The balikbayan box: The way Filipino Americans have sent love all the way back home
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Source: The Manila Times
Published: 2026-05-16 04:32 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Philippines, World News, Asia Pacific
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PHOENIX — Beginning in the 1970s, just about every Filipino household in America was either hauling balikbayan boxes in person or mailing them to relatives back in the Philippines.
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