Tag: OFW UsapangPiso

So Close,Yet So Far Away – Free Personal Finance Seminar for OFW’s in Israel

Our personal finance guru, Randell Tiongson will be conducting a free simple financial planning seminar for our OFWs based in Israel.  Most of the invited attendees are members of our OFW UsapangPiso Forum based in Haifa and Tel Aviv.

As compared to our previous personal finance seminar in Singapore, which is actually several thousand miles away from where I am, this one is a little bit more challenging. In case you don’t know, telecommunication between Saudi Arabia and Israel is totally forbidden, even if they are just neighboring countries.

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What Hurts You Can Make You Move (OFW Stories)

Every end of the month I send money back home for our tithes, to fund my investment portfolio, and a few more bucks for my mother’s monthly needs. Call it routine for many Filipinos like me who’s based and working abroad.

It’s common to see kababayans lining up the banks and remittance centers during the last week and first days of the month.  As you know, salaries abroad are given mostly on a monthly basis unlike in the Philippines where many companies pay their employees twice a month.

In fact, there are lots of heartbreaking stories you will hear from fellow Filipinos while waiting in line to send money. These are a few of them:

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