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Last U.S. veteran of WWI dies, POW for 3 years in Philippines

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Frank Buckles today at 110 years old.

 

CHARLES TOWN, West Virginia — World War I’s last surviving United States veteran, who also survived being a civilian POW in the Philippines for over three years during World War II, died last Sunday morning of natural causes at his home in Charles Town at age 110.

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Fil-Am G.I. Jane killed in Afghan

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A decorated Filipino-American female Army soldier, who once served at a military camp in New York, was killed by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan while she and her trained dog were clearing areas for an air assault mission.

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$10-M CLASS ACTION SUIT IN B.C.: Pinoy workers sue Denny’s

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A $10-million class action lawsuit has been launched against Denny’s restaurants in British Columbia, charging the family friendly diner chain wronged foreign workers by slashing hours, refusing to pay overtime and failing to pay for the workers’ round-trip airfare.

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U.S. apologizes to Cordillerans for ‘cultural slur’

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U.S. Ambassador Harry Thomas Jr. in an undated photo.

 

BAGUIO CITY — The United States through U.S. Ambassador Harry Thomas Jr. has apologized to Cordillerans for the cultural slur last November at the Manila Hotel where former U.S. President Bill Clinton spoke.

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Filipino family reunited in Montreal

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Elenor Diaz cries as she embraces her husband Nilo as her children look on after their early morning arrival at Pierre Trudeau Airport in Montreal on Dec. 29.  (Photo by Peter McCabe / The Gazette)

 

MONTREAL — A Filipino family whose Christmas was ruined when fraudsters made off with their hard-earned savings was reunited at Pierre Elliott Trudeau airport on Wednesday morning.

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