AP Sept. 17, 2016 Abu Sayyaf extremists on Saturday freed a Norwegian man kidnapped a year ago in the southern Philippines with two Canadians who were later beheaded and a Filipino woman who has been released by the ransom-seeking militants, officials said. According to the Associated Press (AP) Kjartan Sekkingstad was freed in Patikul town […]
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Winnipeg, Manitoba The Roots: Filipino Rockers and Musicians of Winnipeg (1974-1982) By Levy Abad , Singer-Songwriter Published on PHILIPPINECANADIANNEWS.COM September 18, 2016 Updated: September 19, 2016, 7:04 PM;Sept. 20, 10.17AM Introduction There are a lot of musicians in Winnipeg and their presence goes back to the time the first wave of Filipinos arrived in the early
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Ambush survivor: ‘Matobato tried to kill me in 2014’ A retired agrarian reform adjudicator sees Senate witness Edgar Matobato on TV: ‘I clearly remember his eyes, nose, and mouth, every attribute, including his ball cap. He is the same person who tried to kill me on October 23, 2014’ Editha Z. Caduaya, Rappler Published 11:00
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Web Journal of Fr. Amado Picardal, CSsR The Victims of the Davao Death Squad: Consolidated Report 1998-2015 “It could be chaotic. We could be entering another dark period of our history — like the dictatorial period in the past or worst.” I recently received a consolidated report of the killings perpetrated by the Davao Death
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EDITORIAL Cleaning up Marcos Philippine Daily Inquirer September 14th, 2016 ON SEPT. 11, the Official Gazette of the Philippines decided to mark the 99th birth anniversary of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos, by releasing a graphic. What could possibly go wrong? As it turns out: Almost everything. The graphic produced by the Gazette carried
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We print the following comment from Migrante B.C. to the story we posted: http://philippi.mywhc.ca/canada/duterte-gave-go-ahead-for-veloso-execution-reports/ It is important to get clarifications and here is the most recent statement on the issue of Mary Jane Veloso. Please read below. Press Statement September 13, 2016 Renato M. Reyes, Jr. BAYAN secretary general We welcome clarifications made by Malacanang
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InterAksyon.com The online news portal of TV5 Sept. 12, 2016 (UPDATE 4 – 7:13 p.m.) MANILA – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has said that President Rodrigo Duterte gave the go-ahead for the execution of Mary Jane Veloso, who is on Indonesia’s death row for drug smuggling, The Jakarta Post said in a report published Monday.
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How the body of Ferdinand Marcos ended up in the Philippines Rappler Posted: 10 Sep 2016 11:00 PM PDT  MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte has allowed the transfer of Marcos from his home province of Ilocos Norte to the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery) on September 18, drawing both criticism and
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Teo Mance: Revisited Levy Abad August 13, 2016 Early August, I went to the Forks with my wife to listen to buskers. We hang out at the Human Bean Café to listen to Al and requested him to play Mr. Bojangles when suddenly Tim Miyai, another friend busker, came by to listen to Al, his
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