Manila, July 2 -- Sen. Joel Villanueva on Thursday said the Department of Finance's (DOF) move to reduce remittance fees for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) should give fresh urgency to a Senate-approved measure that seeks to protect every peso sent home by Filipino workers abroad.

Villanueva said the DOF initiative reinforces the need to enact Senate Bill No. 1917, or the proposed OFWs Remittance Protection Act, which the Senate approved on third and final reading in March.

"We strongly support the initiative of the Department of Finance to find ways to reduce the remittance fees of our OFWs," Villanueva said.

"The DOF's call gives us an impetus to push anew for the passage into law of our OFWs Remittance Protection bill," he added....