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Overseas Filipinos feel heartache over missing parcels for loved ones, demand answers
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At this time of year, Fatima Ramos would normally be preparing her balikbayan boxes. Overseas Filipinos typically fill these boxes with gifts, clothes, food and household items to send to their loved ones back home in the Philippines for Christmas.
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24 Oct 04:00
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Overseas Filipinos feel heartache over missing parcels for loved ones, demand answers
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