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Article: GMA urged to caution Filipinos on travel to the United States.(Metro & National News)
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- August 6, 2004
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Byline: BEN R. ROSARIO
Congressmen yesterday warned that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyos public approval rating will plummet to an all-time low if government decides not to issue an advisory cautioning Filipinos from traveling to the United States.
In a press forum in Quezon City, Reps. Ace Barbers (Lakas, Surigao del Sur); Bienvenido Abante (Lakas, Manila) and Benasing Macarambon (NPC, Lanao del Sur) said it has become incumbent on the government to issue the travel advisory following an admission by the US government that terrorist threat of attack against the country is still high.
"Issuing a travel advisory is a manifestation of the ...