Updated: May 3, 2022, 12:33 P.M. ORGANIZE THE PINK MOVEMENT AS A NATIONAL POLITICAL PARTY Mila Magno started this petition Dear VP Robredo and Sen. Pangilinan: Your ‘Gobyernong Tapat, Angat Buhay Lahat’ slogan struck a chord in the hearts of millions of Filipinos in the recently concluded Philippine national election, especially among the young. […]
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Toronto, Ontario Canada’s three Filipino-Canadian justices in webinar on June 1st, 2022 Tony A. San Juan, OCT-Retired In celebration of “Filipino Heritage Month” the Filipino Canadian Lawyers Network ( FCLN) will feature Canada’s three first Filipino-Canadian justices across Canada. The Filipino-descent justices will speak and engage in a webinar on June 1, 2022 (Wednesday)
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Updated:May 21, 2022, 12:19 P.M. Vancouver, B.C. Community members organize to keep cultural assets in the Joyce-Collingwood neighbourhood The Joyce Street Action Network is organizing a second town hall meeting on Tuesday, May 31 at for an in-person discussion to reimagine Joyce St. neighbourhood in east Vancouver. The network which supports the retention of cultural
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Updated:May 21, 2022, 11:05 A.M. Toronto, Ontario Opinion Millions lost faith in elections Oswald Magno It is no idle talk to say that millions of Filipinos have lost faith in the integrity of elections and, by extension, in their trust of COMELEC, the constitutional body charged with the primordial responsibility of protecting the sanctity of
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Demands immediate and independent investigation Charmaine Janis Rodriguez A group of migrant and overseas Filipinos in the US and Canada declared last Wednesday, in a manifesto, that they are rejecting Marcos and Duterte as the president-elect and vice president-elect, respectively, of the Philippines. “We believe that their presumptive victory in the recently conducted elections is
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Winnipeg, Manitoba Police not giving up on finding his body The man accused of killing Eduardo Balaguit has been convicted of manslaughter by a jury on May 4, 2022. Kyle Pietz, 35, was found guilty of manslaughter in the disappearance and presumed death of Eduardo Balaquit, who went missing from his workplace nearly four years
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OPINION The election won by lies Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Based on unofficial results, it is clear that Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte has won the election. While Robredo has not conceded yet, analysts say it will be difficult to expect otherwise. We here in the diaspora is extremely disappointed by the outcome as thousands
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Toronto, Ontario Race Relations Committee reconstituted with Tanuan and three Filipino-Canadians Tony A. San Juan, OCT-Retired The Toronto Catholic District School Board( TCDSB), Canada’s largest Catholic school system in terms of student population, has reconstituted its Race Relations Committee as the “Special Board Advisory Committee on Race Relations” on March 10, 2022. The Race Relations Committee
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By Charmaine Janis Rodriguez More than 65.7 million Filipinos are trooping to their polling precincts today to cast their votes for the 17th President and Vice President of the Philippines as well as for other national and local candidates in the 2022 National and Local Elections. The race to replace President Rodrigo Duterte has been
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A Message from Fr. Amado Picardal (Ed’s note:Fr. Picardal has been in self-exile in Rome for a number of years now to escape the Duterte regimes’ effort to kill him, Onward, Warriors of the Light. This is not the last fight. There are more battles to come. Whatever the immediate outcome remember there is no
