[...] HE may not be as famous (yet) as a rock star or top chef Cristeta Comerford (the Fil-Am chef at the White House), but Dr. Eli Remolona is at the top of his game. Currently the chief representative for Asia and the Pacific of the Bank for International Settlements (the central bank of central banks), Dr. Remolona is considered to be the most prominent Filipino economist in international monetary and financial policy circles. Based in Hong Kong, he deals with the 12 most important economies in the Asia-Pacific region. Read the rest of the story at Inquirer.net [...]

Great money advise for OFW. Our goverment should implement financial literacy or education to our school system.

Sad but true, our culture is inclined to materialism. We, OFW, oftentimes live for the moment and forget the life that we will have back home once our contract is over.

It’s good knowing there are Filipinos making big abroad particularly in finance. With Dr. Remolona’s financial background, he can do better than what he advised about money! The same goes to the articles here!

I’ve been following this blog for quite sometime. But I can’t help notice that there were far more interesting money management articles in the past. There were also more comments having exchanged between the author and the readers. But now you don’t usually get any replies to additional inquiries on the article.

It has been long overdue that Filipinos esp OFWs realize the value of their hard -earned money abroad. It is time for us Filipinos to think “economics” !

[...] from Inquirer.net.blogs, September 25, 2009. [...]

World Bank’s asset is UP School of Economics’ loss. Those who studied under him would know what I mean.

In behalf of our beloved country, I earnestly hope that Dr. Remolona can help better our economy and finance especially in managing our debt.

Mabuhay!

Maggie,

He isnt a money manager. That should be obvious from his background. An economist is not an expert of money management. He is an expert on economic policies that affect money management decisions (among others). So his advice on on money should not be taken as if it is coming from a relevant expert.

I have been an OFW for 24 years now all because our governments from Marcos through Arroyo have been subservient to the IMF/WB.

It has gotten so bad, we are unable to finance critical projects that could save the lives of our citizens.

Case in point; the Paranaque Spillway. This project is part and parcel of the Metro Manila Flood Control System together with the Napindan Floodgate and Mangahan Floodway.

Look at the situation now, all around Laguna Lake. Floods are all over lakeside municipalities. The purpose of the Paranaque spillway is to provide an outlet of excess flood waters from Laguna Lage from wrecking too much damage around the lake. And this was envisioned 30 years ago by the then BPW.

All these because our governments chose to give our money to the banks, we don’t have enough to cover basic health care, education and life-saving infrastructure.

The clowns that have expressed desire for the top job in this country do not want to discuss this issue. Why? I don’t know.

There is international precedent in standing up to the banks. Take Argentina. Kirchner is a patriot of the first degree. Why can’t our politicians learn from him?

Just asking.

Kudos to Dr. Remolona. I am so proud and happy for his achievements and he certainly deserves the awards and accolades. I was a former employee of Bank of Philippine Islands and I support my former employeer for its outstanding awards program. He is an inspiration to Filipinos in abroad like me, working as an Internal Auditor for the Federal Government of Canada.

“He also advised OFWs to open a bank account and send money home carefully so money will be spent wisely at home. “Be careful with money,” he added. Money remittance is safer through banks rather than through informal channels.”

Please also advise us how we can earn money on our own as entrepreneurs and not as employees.

Parang pinapalabas naman na siya ang kauna unahang Pinoy to make it….. Marami na naman nauna sa kanya.

Ingat lang naman tayo sa pagconstruct ng title. kasi baka isipin ng iba na ngayon lang nagkaroon ng ganyan.

Speaking of being careful with money, I hope you can help me warn others of being careful in using online transfers not directly processed thru banks. Please see my series of conversation with Xoom.Com customer service reps:

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Response (Doug Kong) - 10/07/2009 09:26 AM

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Respectfully,

Xoom Verification Group

Customer (Paula Sungahid) - 10/07/2009 01:27 AM
You still had not given me a reason for cancelling those 4 last transactions.
I demand to know exactly why you’ve been cancelling it.
I have no notice of any attempt of your contact to me. You have my email address on file where I’ve been receiving Cancel txn messages from you and never had I received any reason for cancelling the transaction.
— On Wed, 10/7/09, Xoom Customer Service wrote:
From: Xoom Customer Service
To:
sweet_eula@yahoo.com
Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 12:03 AM

Response (Debajit Basu) - 10/07/2009 12:03 AM
Hi

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We have made several attempts in contacting you but without success. Before any future transactions can be made, you will need to contact us to complete the verification process. You must call us at 1-800-935-7154 (toll-free from within the U.S.) or 1-512-501-8263 (International).

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Respectfully,

Xoom Verification Group

Customer (Paula Sungahid) - 10/06/2009 05:58 PM
I need someone to explain to me why my 4 previous transactions had been cancelled.
This is very frustrating since every time there is a cancelled transaction there is no explanation and my funds are getting held at my bank.
Exactly what ” issue violated your Terms of Service”????
— On Tue, 10/6/09, Xoom Customer Service wrote:
From: Xoom Customer Service
To: sweet_eula@yahoo.com
Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 5:24 PM

Response (Roman Dygico) - 10/06/2009 05:24 PM
Dear Ms. Sungahid,

Thank you for contacting Xoom Customer Service regarding your recently cancelled money transfer transaction.

Tracking Number: X061899730615008
Case Number: 091006-001964

Xoom guarantees a safe and secure money transfer service. With this in mind, our Customer Verification Team detected an issue which violates our Terms of Service, and has cancelled your transaction. To review our Terms of Service, please visit https://www.xoom.com/static/tos.html

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Ateneos’ faculty loss is the curse of the Philippines in the person of GMA and her immediate family.

And all along we taught and were made to believe that what we need is an economist to lead the nation.

I wonder what those who studied under her were taught…