Published December 29, 2020, 6:00 AM
Filipino workers abroad have once again saved the day for the Philippine economy during the ongoing pandemic. As they did during the Great Recession of 2008 to 2012, they are softening the blow of the world-wide depression caused by COVID-19 by continuing to send a good portion of their earnings to their loved ones in the Philippines. Already in September and October 2020, the remittances they sent home had started to climb despite the fact that hundreds of thousands of them were forced to return home as they were laid off from work, especially in the Middle East. Thanks to the land-based OFWs who have kept their jobs, their extra generosity during these hard times is limiting the decline of remittances to less than one percent decline on a year to year basis. In fact, they may still surprise us during the months of November and December since as Christmas approached, their generosity could even prevent an actual decline of remitt
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SunStar December 28, 2020 AS I write this it is December 25, 12:30 in the afternoon. It is quiet. If things were normal we would be in the house of my wife’s relatives for the traditional lunch. But things are not normal. Things are different and it is not so bad really.
We completed the novena masses, online. We had noche buena although it almost never happened because the restaurant we ordered from messed up badly. (I let that go. Christmas.) Before that, we attended online mass. Instead of having everyone during the Christmas dinner, there were three of us. The Chinese ham was absent because we could not find any. And I did not want to go around the supermarkets. Instead, we ordered ham from a relative and it was good. After dinner, we went to the prayer room and placed Baby Jesus in His crib and we prayed. This time it was also different, it actually was better because there was peace.