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Maria Garcia

52 Posts

The Balikbayan Box Got More Expensive While You Were in Dubai post image
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The Balikbayan Box Got More Expensive While You Were in Dubai

by Maria Garcia
Bicol Farmers Are Planting Cassava Where Pili Trees Stood for 40 Years post image
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Bicol Farmers Are Planting Cassava Where Pili Trees Stood for 40 Years

by Maria Garcia
Cebu Sari-Sari Owners Took Their Inventory to Messenger When the Canned Goods Stopped Selling post image
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Cebu Sari-Sari Owners Took Their Inventory to Messenger When the Canned Goods Stopped Selling

by Maria Garcia
Jakarta Office Workers Built a Salary Spreadsheet HR Cannot Touch post image
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Jakarta Office Workers Built a Salary Spreadsheet HR Cannot Touch

by Maria Garcia
An Ayala Surname Gets the Callback. A Lumad Surname Gets a Pronunciation Question. post image
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An Ayala Surname Gets the Callback. A Lumad Surname Gets a Pronunciation Question.

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by Maria Garcia
Marawi Families Resettled to Iligan in 2017 Are Packing Again as the Rivers Rise post image
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Marawi Families Resettled to Iligan in 2017 Are Packing Again as the Rivers Rise

by Maria Garcia
Filipina Nurses Are Paying Five-Figure Buyouts to Leave NHS Trusts and Their Recruiters Pocket the Gap post image
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Filipina Nurses Are Paying Five-Figure Buyouts to Leave NHS Trusts and Their Recruiters Pocket the Gap

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by Maria Garcia
Bali Villas Host the Wedding Vows No Indonesian Office Will Sign post image
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Bali Villas Host the Wedding Vows No Indonesian Office Will Sign

by Maria Garcia
Yolanda Survivors Moved to Mindanao to Be Safe. BARMM Floods Just Moved Them Again. post image
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Yolanda Survivors Moved to Mindanao to Be Safe. BARMM Floods Just Moved Them Again.

by Maria Garcia
Tel Aviv Caregiver Contracts for 2026 Are Out. The Embassy Hotline Rings Without Answer. post image
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Tel Aviv Caregiver Contracts for 2026 Are Out. The Embassy Hotline Rings Without Answer.

by Maria Garcia
GrabMart Will Deliver One Sachet of Shampoo for Less Than the Sari-Sari Markup post image
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GrabMart Will Deliver One Sachet of Shampoo for Less Than the Sari-Sari Markup

by Maria Garcia
Palawan Dive Shops Shut for May and June. The Boatmen Found Out in April. post image
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Palawan Dive Shops Shut for May and June. The Boatmen Found Out in April.

by Maria Garcia