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Friday, 06 September 2013 10:35




By Romy P. Marquez


A bout one-quarter or 26.2% of Filipino elderlies in the Greater Toronto Area have individual yearly incomes of $12,000 or less, according to results of a joint study by the University of Toronto and the Filipino Centre Toronto bared at a press conference on Aug. 29. FCT president Linda Javier and Prof. Roland Sintos Coloma, Ph.D., presided.


Here's the first part of the news coverage: http://youtu.be/ytFGnpWrUGk


Here's Part Two of the news video at: http://youtu.be/FH0saPYQP2g



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