Researchers studied the ways spending affects our happiness. The results are eye-opening, as this Upworthy (upworthy.com) article finds out. By Ted Alcuitas It can be hard to resist a good sale. Especially when they’re so hard to avoid. The U.S., for example, has more mall space than any other country in the world. No matter
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British Columbia Opinion MetroVan Independent News focusing online By Ted Alcuitas Barely a month after their first year anniversary, the upstart Metrovan Independent News is calling it quits but will continue as a digital paper. In a surprise announcement posted on line on May 13, 2016, publishers Steve and Luisa Marshall broke the news
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British Columbia Arnis grandmaster Shishir Inocalla in Vancouver for world tour By Ted Alcuitas The original Filipino Ninja Turtle, Shisher Inocalla, will be in B.C. as part of his world tour to promote ‘arnis’, the Philippines’ national martial art and sport. He arrives in Vancouver on May 30 and will be in the following locations:
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PRESIDENT-ELECT D*&%!^3 – EXCLUSIVE! by The Professional Heckler “The problem with political jokes is they get elected.” (see also Mickey Bustos, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laa0wrASJ4U) PRESIDENT-ELECT Rodrigo Duterte granted this blogger an exclusive interview but questions were pre-screened by his staff. Here’s the unedited transcript. Good evening Sir! President ho ba o mayor ang itatawag ko sa inyo? Aba,
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British Columbia Escueta among Canada’s top teachers By Ted Alcuitas “You don’t have what it takes to learn French”, Emmanuel Escueta, (‘Noel’ to friends), was told as a young 16-year old immigrant in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1981. That remark did not discourage him, Escueta told Philippine Canadian News.com (PCN.com) in a telephone interview. Instead, it
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This week’s ‘elbowgate’ incident in Canada’s parliament spawned a plethora of memes including the website Beaverton.com which posted an article claiming that the whole NDP caucus arrived in Parliament the following day in neckbraces and wheelchairs. The Beaverton is a news satire and parody publication and its stories are fictitious. The post was obviously a
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The man who rules a kingdom is ‘losing’ it By Ted Alcuitas He vowed to lead a revolution if Duterte was not elected, seemingly in tandem with Communist Party founder Jose Maria Sison’s assurance that the CPP would back a revolution if Duterte was cheated out of victory. Quiboloy, 66, claims to be the “appointed son
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EDITORIAL Blatant horse-trading Philippine Daily Inquirer May 21st, 2016 02:15 AM When even your closest friends publicly disagree with you on your choices, perhaps you should pause and take stock. Evangelist Apollo Quiboloy, a longtime friend of Rodrigo Duterte, is not happy with the Cabinet appointments announced so far by the incoming president’s team. He
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Surrey Surrey’s Mayor thinks helicopter pads more important than transit by daka_x The City of Surrey has decided to leave the city’s transit commuters behind while putting members of the “1%” who want to commute by helicopter first. From The Globe and Mail: People travelling the 40 kilometres between Surrey and Vancouver tend to
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The problem of too many over-qualified immigrants By Ted Alcuitas Philippine Canadian News.com: What inspired you to proceed with the book, given that you were privy to many of their stories in your work with institutions catering to their needs. Eleanor Guerrero-Campbell: The underemployment of skilled immigrants is now a widely known fact in Canada. Many
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