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Ted Marcelino seeks second term

Manitoba elections Tenacious Ted fights second term By Ted Alcuitas “I am not taking it for granted. Kelangan kayud ng kayud,” says Ted Marcelino as he faces another battle to retain his Tyndall Park seat for the NDP on April 19. He is seeking a second term in a riding with a large number of […]

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Four Filipinos seek seats on April 19

Candidates in the Manitoba provincial election By Ted Alcuitas Political battles in Manitoba are won or lost in Winnipeg where the majority of Manitoba’s Filipino community resides. Province-wide, Filipinos comprise the largest ethnic population. The vote-rich city is therefore coveted by all political parties as they go into elections. In this continuing series focusing on

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Filipinos nail themselves to crosses on Good Friday

Gory ritual survives In one of the most enduring rituals during Lent, the re-enactment of Christ’s death on the Cross on Good Friday has persisted to this day despite being frowned upon by church leaders – drawing crowds of tourists and locals to the gory spectacle. The annual ritual happens in San Pedro Cutud village,

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Another caregiver dies in ‘hit and run’ in Surrey

Surrey, B.C. Another Pinay caregiver killed in ‘hit and run’ accident By Ted Alcuitas Less than a week after the death of a caregiver hit by two cars in Vancouver, another one died in a ‘hit and run’ crash in Surrey, B. C. Josie Belcourt, 57, was hit on March 14 by a grey 2010

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Fr. ‘Edu’ Gariguez is an ‘environmental hero’

Priest -turned activist wins award for environmental work By Ted Alcuitas Long before Laudato Si, Pope Francis’ encyclical on The Care of Creation and the Climate Change movement, an obscure priest from the island of Mindoro in the southern Philippines was waging his own battle against environmental degradation. Fr. Edwin ‘Edu’ Gariguez received an “environmental

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This is the real King Crab!

Bayan Mo, Ipatrol Mo’s Rowena Caranza-Paraan in front of ‘Alimango’ mountain.   Alimango Festival The Alimango Festival is an annual celebration in the town of Lala in Lanao del Norte. Residents of Lanao del Norte and neighboring areas, including stakeholders of the local fishing industry, trooped to this town to witness and participate in the celebration.

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Cebuano Jeopardy winner almost missed it

Philipp Tiu thought he died By Ted Alcuitas One of Jeopardy’s biggest winner vacillated between Victoria or Vancouver in answering the final question and almost “died”. “I really thought I had died and and gone to heaven. I told my wife afterwards, ‘No offense to you honey, but I’m happier, more elated than the moment

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Polls indicate PC ‘runaway victory’ in Manitoba election

  Manitoba Four Filipinos seek seats in Manitoba’s April 19 election By Ted Alcuitas Four Filipino candidates are running in the Manitoba provincial election on April 19, two less than the last 2011 elections where a record six candidates run for office. Two incumbents – NDP Flor Marcelino in Logan and NDP Ted Marcelino in

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Philippine government cancels licenses of recruitment agencies

InterAksyon.com means BUSINESS March 19, 2016 MANILA, Philippines — Attention overseas Filipino workers, the following is a list of recruitment agencies whose licenses to recruit and send workers abroad have been cancelled.  The list was taken from the records of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration which issued final and executory orders against them, indicating respective

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Lawyer Fay Faraday calls for action for migrant workers

Vancouver, B.C. Noted lawyer speaks at Migrante Gala By Ted Alcuitas Noted constitutional and human rights lawyer Fay Faraday will speak at the Migrante B. C. gala fund-raising dinner on Friday, March 18 at the Holiday Inn on Broadway. The Toronto-based lawyer will speak on “Moving Forward Together: Building Migrant Worker Security” to critically assess

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