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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INQUIRER.net / 07:34 AM November 05, 2016 Rolando Espinosa Sr.. JULLIANE LOVE DE JESUS/INQUIRER FILE PHOTO Updated 9:40 a.m., November 5, 2016 Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. was killed in a “firefight” after allegedly resisting arrest at the Baybay, Leyte Sub-Provincial Jail, early Saturday morning. A firefight between Espinosa and Raul Yap and the
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Dela Rosa in U.S. to watch Pacquiao match Rappler.com Posted: 03 Nov 2016 06:18 PM PDT President Rodrigo Duterte may have recently lashed out at the United States and a Philippine National Police (PNP) plan to procure much-needed rifles may have been shelved, but that didn’t stop the country’s top cop, Director General
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London, Ontario Aspiring boxer hopes to carry Canadian and Philippine flags By Ted Alcuitas A 26-year – old Filipino-Canadian boxer from London, Ontario had a bad experience with Team Paquiao while running with his idol in Hollywood prior to his fight tomorrow against WBO welterweight titleholder Jessie Vargas. Junior featherweight boxer Marc Pagcaliwangan,known as ‘Gwapo’ (handsome)
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Philippines ‘I Will Kill All the Drug Lords’ The making of Rodrigo Duterte By Sheila Coronel The Atlantic Sept. 20, 2016 “The Davao playbook no longer suffices. It’s time to write a new one,” writes Sheila Coronel in this analysis of who the real Duterte is. In the Philippines, the end of Ferdinand Marcos’s 20-year
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Vancouver, B.C. Co.ERASGA proudly present The Gathered Voices and the Artists of “Tini(g)Tipon” Presented at the Scotiabank Dance Centre (677 Davie St) Wednesday, September 21,2016 at 8pm Tickets through www.brownpapertickets.com for $20/$30 (sliding scale) The artists: Kathara PILIPINO INDIGENOUS ARTS COLLECTIVE SOCIETY, Grace Nono, Mutya Macatumpag, Co.ERASGA, Dancers of Damelehamid, Coastal Wolfpack Musqueam Group BC,
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Filipino and Canadian indigenous people seek to bridge cultures By Ted Alcuitas A unique experiment to bring together two indigenous cultures is happening this weekend at Gibsons, B. C. The Third Babylan Conference will be held on indigenous land in Gibsons on September 23-25, 2016. Put together by the Vancouver-based Kathara Pilipino Indigenous Arts
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SENATOR Leila de Lima was evicted chair of the Senate committee on justice and was immediately replaced by Senator Richard Gordon, The Inquirer reports today (September 19). Gordon has earlier called for the suspension of the ‘writ of habeas corpus’. According to the report, it was Senator Manny Pacquiao, who made a motion on the floor
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