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...Foundation plans to solicit donations through mailing and fundraising appeals directed towards the Filipino-American community in Boston and nationwide. Ezpeleta estimates that half a million Filipino-Americans live in the U.S., of which approximately 3000 live in Boston...
...Filipino-American community is not culturally accustomed to supporting foundations. We really don't know what reaction we'll receive to our initial thrust," he says...
Failure to raise enough funds from the Filipino community might force the foundation to approach other foundations and institutions in the secular community, says Ezpeleta...
Also planned for the future is a trade conference and workshop to increase trade relations between the Philippines and the United States. The foundation, in conjunction with the Philippine Embassy, Department of Commerce and Trade and Chamber of Commerce, will sponsor a series of workshops and displays of Filipino goods in hopes of attracting new markets and increasing United States investment in the Philippines...
...Aquino-appointed committee, calls for a referendum on renewing the leases of U.S. military bases, a cutback in presidential powers and the establishment of a two-chamber congress. Aquino says the document is "worthy of the great collective act that made it possible: the rising of the Filipino people to vindicate their voice...