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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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