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Manny Pacquiao is hope for battered Filipino community
It's been a tough month for Ramon Villongco of Ronkonkoma, who like thousands of other Filipinos on Long Island has watched footage of his homeland yielding to the punch of wind and water as three typhoons struck with force, killing 1,000 people.
It's also been a month when Filipinos await the advent of a man-made miracle, a countryman who in boxing is among the most awesome forces alive.
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