FROM Thursday local families who protested about the cost of sending parcels to their hero sons in the Middle East can post them free of charge.
Packages weighing upto 2 kilos will be gratis, but the armed forces minister has appealed to people to limit the number they send so that the system does not become overloaded.
Better late than never.
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