U.S. stops aid package to PH over rights concerns (UPDATED) The country’s socioeconomic planning chief, however, says he ‘won’t lose sleep’ over the loss of the grant Rappler.com Published 5:14 PM, December 15, 2016 Updated 8:18 PM, December 15, 2016 MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – The United States has not renewed a major aid package to […]
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Expose Duterte’s demonic lies, brutality to protect all Filipinos By: Ted Laguatan – @inquirerdotnet INQUIRER.net US Bureau / 02:57 AM December 15, 2016 When we sincerely seek to do good, when we speak the truth, when we try to prevent evil, when we are kind to people, when we help them, when we seek justice,
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Goh Ballet’s The Nutcracker shines this week for another enchanting holiday season Press Release Vancouver, B.C. – One of British Columbia’s most beloved traditions will be returning this week as Goh Ballet’s The Nutcracker premieres for the 2016 holiday season. Premiering on Thursday, December 15, 7:30pm at The Centre for Performing Arts in downtown Vancouver,
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The Opinion Pages Standing Up to a Strongman Contributing Op-Ed Writer By MIGUEL SYJUCO DEC. 11, 2016 A rally in suburban Quezon near Manila, on Nov. 30, to protest the re-burial of the late Ferdinand Marcos at the Heroes’ Cemetery. Credit Bullit Marquez/Associated Press MANILA — Dusk set silver-gray over the crowd gathered in a
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Vancouver, B. C. ‘Giving’ is theme for NextDayBetter + Vancouver 2016 Updated: December 9, 2016, 7:56 AM Saturday, December 10, 2016 The Network Hub 422 Richards St., Vancouver 1:00 to 1:30pm – Registration 1:30 to 3:00pm – Program (Speakers, food tasting & networking) Featuring speakers, creatives, and bold changemakers inspired by the Filipino diaspora. This
Rappler December 5, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – It was an unlikely union forged not by their own choices but by Filipinos who voted for them. With too little common ground between President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo, their alliance was bound to end – and break it did, barely 6 months into
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Toronto, Ontario Eliza Lazaro preyed on her own kababayans By Ted Alcuitas A woman who came to Canada from the Philippines as a live-in caregiver has been jailed for exploiting would-be immigrants in a stiff sentence designed to thwart a wave of bogus immigration consulting, The National Post reported. Eliza Lazaro was convicted just a
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Winnipeg, Manitoba First location in Canada By Ted Alcuitas Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC), the world’s 9th largest restaurant company, brings an early Christmas gift to Canadians as it opens its first-ever store in the country on December 15. The store located at 1406 Ellice Ave. near the airport right beside U.S. food-chain giants McDonalds and Starbucks. It
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Bury Marcos in Ilocos! By Ted Alcuitas Vancouver, B.C. – Rain did not stop protesters from standing before the Philippine Consulate offices in Vancouver today to be in solidarity with the Filipino people to denounce the burial of the the dictator Marcos’ body at the Heroes Cemetery. Led by Pinoy Global Diaspora Canada, the Vancouver rally
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