+ Follow BOB FILNER Tag
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[Summary] => MANILA, Philippines - Ikinatuwa kahapon ni Pangulong Gloria Arroyo ang pagpasa sa US Congress ng American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 kung saan nakapaloob ang $198M para sa mga Filipino World War II veterans.
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[Summary] => Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton pledged that if elected president she would work for the passage of a Filipino veterans equity bill, which seeks to provide a monthly US pension for World War II veterans living in the Philippines.
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A congressional group representing Americans of Asian and Pacific heritage backed legislation to reverse a six-decade-old law and award veterans’ benefits to Filipinos who fought with US forces in World War II.
Rep. Mike Honda said Wednesday that the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, which he heads, considers giving full equity of benefits for an estimated 20,000 surviving veterans a top legislative goal of the caucus.
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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.
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[Title] => Resolution to honor Filipino-Americans filed in US Congress
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[Title] => GMA seals $200-M IPP deal in US
[Summary] => SAN FRANCISCO, California (via PLDT) — President Arroyo signed here yesterday a $200-million investment deal with an American company to build a 150-megawatt power plant in the country using solar energy.
It would be her administration’s first deal with an independent power producer (IPP).
The President, along with Trade and Industry Secretary Mar Roxas II, Press Secretary Ignacio Bun-ye and Ambassador to Washington Alberto del Rosario witnessed the signing of the letter of intent by Sunpower Corp. in her suite at the Hilton Hotel here.
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Rep. Mike Honda said Wednesday that the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, which he heads, considers giving full equity of benefits for an estimated 20,000 surviving veterans a top legislative goal of the caucus.
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"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.
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It would be her administration’s first deal with an independent power producer (IPP).
The President, along with Trade and Industry Secretary Mar Roxas II, Press Secretary Ignacio Bun-ye and Ambassador to Washington Alberto del Rosario witnessed the signing of the letter of intent by Sunpower Corp. in her suite at the Hilton Hotel here.
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October 30, 2002 - 12:00am
