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Grace Notes: Philippine musicians on the road

Elaine Chan
Jul 04, 2006
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Hundreds of thousands of Philippine entertainers are scattered around the world, braving mayhem and sexual exploitation, to send money home Wearing identical slinky black dresses with spaghetti straps and clutching their microphones, Joy Villanueva and Mary-Jane Jocson patrol a smoky bandstand at the Q88 Wine Bar in the JW Marriott Hotel at Pacific Plac…

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