Filipinos urged to develop skills on financial planning

Lebig has participated in the financial literacy advocacy of the Philippine Government in the past 10 years of his 19-year residency in the UAE

- MaricarIara-Puyod

Never be ashamed of financial literacy engagements. Becoming financially literate lies within families where adult members should be the ones enlightened on financial matters.

Basic to tertiary education curricula must integrate that which permits everyone to wisely spend and invest resources.

These were from Lebig and Kelly Brulles, among the private sector volunteer “Registered Financial Advisers” (RFA) of the Philippines in the UAE, which has been widely advocating financial literacy sessions among their Filipino countrymen, particularly for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), since the 2008 borderless financial debacle.

Long-time UAE residents, corporate man Lebig and food & beverage industry player Brulles, cited alarming stories.

The two were interviewed after the recent Philippine Consulate General-Dubai “Karabaw” Outreach Programme in Fujairah.