Vancouver, B.C. INA, the Coquitlam, B.C.-based International Nursing Alliance is holding a special nursing presentation this Friday, November 18 at Mosaic at 1522 Commercial Drive. If you want to kick-start your career in health care or wants to work in health care in B.C., this could be your oppourtunity to check it out. According to […]
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Patrick Estacio could not believe he was Canada’s latest millionaire when interviewed by TVA Nouvelles. The 41-year-old Montrealer said “It’s so surreal. By buying a lottery ticket, I did not expect to win the big prize! “ The Philippine-born Estacio has lived in Montreal for only two years. Until now, he had to hold
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Remembering veterans, remembering my father.. By Ted Alcuitas Yesterday Cora and I attended a Remembrance Day Assembly at my granddaughter’s school, Bryne Creek in Burnaby in which she recited the poem ‘In Flanders Field, the Poppies Grow’. The simple but moving ceremony moved me to tears as I listened to my only granddaughter
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5 questions on the dictator Ferdinand Marcos ABS/CBN News Nov 08 2016 The late dictator Ferdinand Marcos still casts a huge shadow over the Philippines, three decades after a “People Power” revolution ended his rule. Here are five questions and answers about Marcos and his family, after the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday he could
South Asian Community Leaders Join Others In Calling On Local Company To Stop Mistreating Hotel Workers The Link November 5th, 2016 RICHMOND – A joint press conference was held Thursday in Vancouver and Toronto with community leaders representing several Filipino, South Asian and faith groups and the union UNITE HERE Canada. Community leaders demanded that
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Rappler: Newsbreak SC verdict on Marcos burial: ‘Not a surprise’ Posted: 07 Nov 2016 11:46 PM PST MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court on Tuesday, November 8, voted 9-5 to allow the burial of ex-president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. The SC ruled, among others, that the late dictator can be buried
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SC OKs Marcos burial at Libingan Inquirer November 08, 2016 Militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) on Tuesday said it cannot accept the decision of the Supreme Court giving the green light to a hero’s burial for the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Bayan secretary general Renato Reyes Jr. said
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AT LEAST 8 JUSTICES EXPECTED TO JUNK PETITIONS VS ‘LIBINGAN’ INTERMENT SC to allow Marcos burial BY JOMAR CANLAS, TMT ON NOVEMBER 7, 2016 EXCLUSIVE The Manila Times A majority of Supreme Court (SC) justices are poised to reject the petitions seeking to stop the burial of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan
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Marcos burial decision set for tomorrow (Philippine time) By Ted Alcuitas “We cry for justice!,” Filipino-Americans, in front of the San Francisco Philippine Consulate, implore the Philippine Supreme Court to stop President Duterte’s action to bury Dictator Marcos with hero’s honors. As organizer Ago Pedalizo read the names of some of Marcos’ martyrs among them, the Lacaba
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Top Rank chief executive Bob Arum was critical of two boxing judges for how they scored the championship fights of Manny Pacquiao and Nonito Donaire Jr. at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas on Saturday. Donaire surrendered his WBO super bantamweight belt to Jessie Magdaleno after he was beaten 112-116, 112-116, and 110-118.Pacquiao,
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