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                    [Title] => GMA vows to work for lower remittance charges for OFWS
                    [Summary] => LOS ANGELES (via PLDT) – President Arroyo said Saturday she will work for the lowering of remittance fees paid by overseas Filipinos sending money through banks.


Speaking during Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Mrs. Arroyo told some 4,000 Filipino-Americans lower remittance fees would "make it easier" for about $7 billion from OFWs in the United States and other countries to flow to the Philippines.
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There are so many similarities between the Mexican people and our kababayans in the Philippines. Like their Philippine counterparts, the Mexican government officials just condone the thousands of people (some carrying babies) to peddle most anything from religious statues to food, rugs and blankets just to make a buck.
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133361 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1099685 [AuthorName] => A VOICE FROM AMERICA By Ernie D. Delfin [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 86490 [Title] => Surviving Life [Summary] => As the world’s camera focused its wide angle lens on the Philippines’ unbelievable "Poor People Rebellion," we Filipinos in America were at a loss when answering our non-Filipino friends when they asked, "What’s happening in your country now? [DatePublished] => 2001-05-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133361 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1099685 [AuthorName] => A VOICE FROM AMERICA By Ernie D. Delfin [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 101931 [Title] => Surviving Life - A VOICE FROM AMERICA by Ernie D. Delfin [Summary] => As the world’s camera focused its wide angle lens on the Philippines’ unbelievable "Poor People Rebellion," we Filipinos in America were at a loss when answering our non-Filipino friends when they asked, "What’s happening in your country now? [DatePublished] => 2001-05-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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