DOWN BUT UNBOWED A supporter of indigenous peoples braves a water cannon and continues to record with his mobile phone the dispersal of a protest rally against reported human rights abuses infront of the headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in Quezon City on November 18, 2015. About 700 indigenous peoples from
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (l) pose for official photo with President Benigno Aquino 111. (Philippine Gazette photo) Bilateral talks: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is flanked by Foreign Minister Stephane Dion and International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland. (Official Philippine Gazette photo)
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Members of “Bayan” (My Country) movement burn a mock U.S. flag near the U.S. embassy ahead of the start of the APEC summit in Manila. Photo:Reuters Manila – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Manila Tuesday for APEC amidst protests from groups who denounce the 21-member meeting as no more than window-dressing. With the recent
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Owners Matthew Adolfo (l) and Greg Edwards. (Rob Newell photo, Westender) From Windsor to Ottawa, Winnipeg and Vancouver, Filipino chefs have been challenging the notion that Filipinos are averse to risk-taking. Most of them second generation, they have embarked on taking on the risky and highly competitive food business from small operations of a few
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Ottawa Philippine culinary talent gained another boost with the recent win of Chef Jil Aranas at the 2015 Embassy Chef Challenge in Ottawa on November 5. Competing with six chefs from other embassies, Chef Aranas ‘kinulob na itik’ entry, a favourite dish from her home province of Laguna was picked the People’s Choice Award
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A veteran’s son remembers By Ted Alcuitas This month as we pause to remember the men and women who served in our armed forces,I would like to share my memories of my father and the Pacific War that engulfed the Philippines. A war that shaped so much of our lives and many others. I never
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In a historic swearing-in ceremony that was full of firsts, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet of 15 women and 15 men took their oaths before Governor General David Johnston at Rideau Hall on Parliament Hill on Nov. 4. Trudeau is the first son of a prime minister to take office in Canada and
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A group called Lumad Mindanao, which claims to represent 33 tribes from Mindanao, asks the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the New People’s Army not to drag them to their propaganda as their people have been suffering because of the conflict. Photo by Frances Mangosing Inquirer Nov.4, 2015 TAGUM CITY—Two months after the paramilitary
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ILIGAN CITY — The Philippines is among the four countries throughout the world that is the focus of this year’s global campaign by freedom of expression advocates against impunity on the killing of journalists. The Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), a global organization representing some 300,000 journalists, in a statement said its annual campaign,
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UN appoints Filipina as oversight chief The United Nations General Assembly recently appointed Commission on Audit (COA) Commissioner Heidi S. Mendoza as Undersecretary General of the UN’s Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS). Mendoza is the first Filipino ever to be appointed as Under-Secretary General in the UN Secretariat, says the Philippines’ Department of Foreign
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