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                    [Title] => Cuisia hopeful US to honor Pinoy vets
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Ambassador to Washington Jose Cuisia Jr. is hopeful the US will grant recognition and honor to Filipino veterans of World War II.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 457159 [Title] => US to pay off all Pinoy World War II veterans within a year [Summary] =>

The United States is in a rush to pay off by February 2010 all Filipino veterans who can rightfully claim they served Uncle Sam during World War II, a senior Veterans Administration official said.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 443080 [Title] => A major triumph for Filipino veterans [Summary] =>

Thank you America for remembering Filipino World War II veterans, but our fight for final justice, truth, and honor continues.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 442346 [Title] => Mga beterano nangalipay [Summary] =>

CEBU, Philippines - Gikalipay sa mga Beterano sa World War II ang pagpirma sa presidente sa Amerika sa “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009” niadtong Pebrero 17, 2009.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096555 [AuthorName] => Brenda Batuto [SectionName] => Banat Balita [SectionUrl] => balita [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 437288 [Title] => US Senate stimulus bill helps Filipino WWII veterans [Summary] =>

HONOLULU (AP) — The Senate version of the economic stimulus bill being debated in Congress includes $198 million in payments to Filipinos who fought for the US during World War II.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-05 13:40:14 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 70618 [Title] => GMA efforts beneficial for war veterans, VFP reminds critics [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-07-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 47417 [Title] => Obama backs pension for Pinoy war vets [Summary] =>

US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama supports a bill that would award pension benefits to Filipinos who fought under the US flag during World War II when their country was a US colony.

[DatePublished] => 2008-02-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 374153 [Title] => Full equity for Pinoy war veterans within reach [Summary] => WASHINGTON — Filipino World War II veterans are within reach of getting full equity denied them by the US government over the past 60 years, said Bob Filner, presumptive Democratic chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee.

"Now you don’t have to beg. You deserve it and you’re going to get it. We’re on the verge of victory," the congressman from San Diego told a meeting of veterans leaders at the Philippine embassy in Washington on Wednesday. 
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 241418 [Title] => Mapait na ganti sa magigiting [Summary] => NU’NG nakaraang linggo pala naganap ang pinaka-magiting at pinaka-mapait na bahagi ng relasyong Pilipino at Amerikano: Peb. 23, 1945 nang lusubin ng mga Pilipinong USAFFE gerilya at Amerikanong paratroops ang prison camp ng Hapones sa Los Baños, Laguna. Pinalaya ang 2,147 Amerikanong nakatakdang bitayin. Nagwala ang mga sundalong Hapon; kinatay ang mga pamilya ng mga gerilya sa mga paligid-bayan. Binayoneta pati ang mga nagtago sa simbahan.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135482 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 230780 [Title] => Pinoy vets in US get early Christmas gift [Summary] => WASHINGTON — Christmas came early for Filipino World War II veterans living in the United States as President George W. Bush signed into law Saturday the Veterans Health Care Act of 2003.

This new law will provide health care benefits for 8,000 US-based Filipino veterans at an annual cost of $16.3 million, but some 21,000 other veterans living in the Philippines were left out in the cold. [DatePublished] => 2003-12-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) ) )
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