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FOR DECADES, the global footprint of the Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) has been measured by economic statistics—remittance flows, inflation buffers, and the quiet sacrifices of leaving home.  But true heroism is never defined by a bank transfer. It is measured by the lives transformed along the way.  When an OFW rises to receive the Blas F. Ople Award Para sa Natatanging Bagong Bayani, it represents the absolute zenith of the migrant journey. Named after the historic champion of Filipino labor, this is not...