Peso�s Gain Is OFWs� Bane

MANILA, Philippines � In a remittance slip, there was an additional US$50 that Cesar Dimasupil�s daughter Arlene sent from London. But he remained stoic. �That [money] would just even things out,� Dimasupil says of the dilemma that most families of overseas Filipino workers are facing under a stronger peso and a record-low inflation rate.

Dimasupil, like most Filipinos brought up in a male-as-strong society, says he doesn�t know if he should celebrate for getting the added money from something he said he shouldn�t have asked from his daughter in the first place. �But what can I do? They say the strong peso could lead to lower prices. That hasn�t happened in the past months,� Dimasupil said.

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