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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 196463 [Title] => US solon wants benefits for Filipino war vets [Summary] => A bill seeking to provide Filipino veterans of World War II with benefits similar to those of American soldiers who fought beside them was recently filed in the US Congress.
California Rep. Robert Filner, the principal author of House Bill 664 (HR 664), urged his colleagues to support the bill.
"We owe not only a debt of gratitude to these brave veterans, but we owe them recognition as veterans of the US military," Filner said in a statement. "We owe them the benefits they were promised."
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 195592 [Title] => Fil-Am vets in US press for health benefits [Summary] => Washington About 11,000 Filipino World War II veterans living in the United States are pressing Congress to approve legislation that will provide health care for them, hopefully before they all die.
The health care issue has been moving in fits and starts over the past two years. At the last session of the 107th Congress last year, the House of Representatives passed the measure but the Senate was unable to act on it before adjournment.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 163469 [Title] => US House hearing offers ways to help Pinoy war veterans [Summary] => WASHINGTON The United States should at the very least provide medical care to Filipino veterans who fought under the American flag in World War II, a ranking US congressman said Monday.
Democrat Rep. Bob Filner of California said a hearing by the House veterans affairs subcommittee on health on June 13 to look into providing access to health care for these veterans was "a step toward addressing the injustices of the past."
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 196463 [Title] => US solon wants benefits for Filipino war vets [Summary] => A bill seeking to provide Filipino veterans of World War II with benefits similar to those of American soldiers who fought beside them was recently filed in the US Congress.
California Rep. Robert Filner, the principal author of House Bill 664 (HR 664), urged his colleagues to support the bill.
"We owe not only a debt of gratitude to these brave veterans, but we owe them recognition as veterans of the US military," Filner said in a statement. "We owe them the benefits they were promised."
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 195592 [Title] => Fil-Am vets in US press for health benefits [Summary] => Washington About 11,000 Filipino World War II veterans living in the United States are pressing Congress to approve legislation that will provide health care for them, hopefully before they all die.
The health care issue has been moving in fits and starts over the past two years. At the last session of the 107th Congress last year, the House of Representatives passed the measure but the Senate was unable to act on it before adjournment.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 163469 [Title] => US House hearing offers ways to help Pinoy war veterans [Summary] => WASHINGTON The United States should at the very least provide medical care to Filipino veterans who fought under the American flag in World War II, a ranking US congressman said Monday.
Democrat Rep. Bob Filner of California said a hearing by the House veterans affairs subcommittee on health on June 13 to look into providing access to health care for these veterans was "a step toward addressing the injustices of the past."
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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