Filipinos in New York City Mobilize Relief Efforts

The massive typhoon that slammed into the Philippines, causing the deaths of at least two thousand people and flattening entire cities, was merely the beginning of the suffering in that Pacific nation. Catastrophic food and water shortages and problems in the delivery of aid continue to worsen. New York City's Philippine-American community, which numbers around 50,000, is mobilizing to provide relief.    Thousands of kilometers and a world away from the epicenter of the...

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