Q1 remittances up

Efforts by supporters of former President Rodrigo Duterte to disrupt overseas remittance flows through a self-declared “no remittance week” in March failed to dent inflows, as cash sent home by Filipinos rose by 2.6 percent that month, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed.

- By DERCO ROSAL

Money sent in by Filipinos working and living overseas increased to $2.81 billion in March from $2.74 billion in the same month last year, dat