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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OFWS exempted from fee InterAksyon.com The online news portal of TV5 MANILA – Returning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) whose tickets were purchased abroad will be exempted from paying airport terminal fees starting March 2017. Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) General Manager Ed Monreal said airlines have agreed to automatically relieve OFWs who purchased their return
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Updated, November 29, 2016. 2:27 PM Updated, Nov. 30, 9:20 AM Vancouver screenings: Saturday, Dec. 3 @ 4 PM/ Sunday, Dec. 4 @ 7:30 PM Vancity Theatre – 1181 Syemour St. at Davie St. Toronto: Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, starting Dec.2 for one week ‘The Apology’ – Profiles of three women of courage
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Join rallies tomorrow, November 30! By Ted Alcuitas
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Updated, November 29, 2016, 7 AM Winnipeg, Manitoba ‘Silangan Rising: The Crafting of the Filipino Self and ‘other’ in Winnipeg through ethnic media’ By Ted Alcuitas Silangan, one of the pioneer Filipino newspapers in Canada will be the subject of an academic lecture at the University of Manitoba on Thursday, December 1, 2016 at
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InterAksyon.com The online news portal of TV5 November 27, 2016 IN THE SIERRA MADRE – As news of the demise of Cuba’s iconic revolutionary leader Fidel Castro hugged the news headlines all over the world, somewhere in the bushy, leafy fastness of this great mountain range of Luzon, a local revolutionary rises to prominence. Unlike
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