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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at the Matina Enclaves in Davao City on August 24, 2020. ROBINSON NIÑAL JR./PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO

Joel Pablo Salud: Between Covid-19 and the jaws of tyranny: Where do we go from here?

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Philippines We can start, slowly but surely, by pushing back the jaws of tyranny wherever we are. By Joel Pablo Salud Manila – Days ago, 14 people died and scores injured after two bombs rocked the province of Jolo located at the southernmost part of the Philippines.  Both explosions were reportedly carried out by female suicide […]

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Photographer Christophe Met took this picture of Zarah Alvarez in November last year. She was assassinated on August 17, 2020 in the city of Bacolod, Negros Occidental as part of President Rodrigo Duterte's war on 'terrrorists'. (Photo: Christophe Smets Copyright © Christophe Smets)

Belgian photog pays tribute to fallen Zarah Alvarez

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Christophe Smets Updated: August 27, 2020 Former Photographer / Coordinateur Projets at la boîte à images. He  did the interview for a Belgian NGO called Viva Salud. You can find the whole interview here : vivasalud.be August 25, 2020 Dear Zara, Excuse me, it took me some time, a whole week, to write to you after your

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Empinado (left) is all smiles as he receives his award certificate. (Photo provided)

Sa Kitimat: Nurse Edwin Empinado wins award

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Kitimat,B.C. City councillor Edwin Empinado receives Jago Award  Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian news.com Operating room nurse Edwin Empinado has been recognized as one this year’s Jago awardee from Northern Health.  The Dr. Charles Jago Awards, named after the  former board chair, acknowledge and celebrate the NH staff, physicians, and teams who have made outstanding

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Carlos Bulosan inspired generations of Filipinos.

Immigrant finds strength, solace in Carlos Bulosan

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By: Danny Petilla – @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:00 AM August 16, 2020 SEATTLE — Ninety years ago during the Great Depression, the 17-year-old peasant Carlos Bulosan traveled from his small village in the Philippines and arrived in this city. Bulosan would become one of the great writers of his generation and make a

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Authors (left) Kawika Guillermo, Nathalie De Los Santos and Carlo Javier are panelists in LiterAsian Festival 2020. (Photo composite: PCNcom)

Three Filipino authors in LiterAsian Festival 2020

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Vancouver, B.C. Emerging writers LiterASIAN Festival: Celebrating Asian Canadian Writing Teodoro Alcuitas Vancouver, BC – Three Filipino authors are among seven Asian Canadian writers participating in the 2020 LiterASIAN: A Festival of Pacific Rim Asian Canadian Writing which opened today until August 30, 2020.  The annual festival, the only one of its kind in Canada,

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The Battle of Manila Bay
On August 13, 1898, the beleaguered Spaniards inside Intramuros surrendered to the American troops in a mock battle. It ended the 333-year Spanish colonization of the Philippines and began the 48 years of U.S. occupation. (Project Vinta)

Today in history: The ‘mock battle’ that ended Spanish colonization and beginning of American occupation

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Project Vinta Spain surrenders to Americans instead of to Filipinos On August 13, 1898, the beleaguered Spaniards inside Intramuros surrendered to the American troops in a mock battle. It ended the 333-year Spanish colonization of the Philippines and began the 48 years of U.S. occupation. This event was conducted to save Spain from embarrassment by

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Randall Echanis 'Ka Randy', a peasant activist and a peace consultant for the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) was murdered inside his house. (Photo: Anakpawis Partylist Facebook)

Joel Pablo Salud writes from Manila: In my country, they kill peacemakers

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Philippines Systematic killings of peace advocates By Joel Pablo Salud Aug. 10, a few minutes past midnight.  Novaliches, Quezon City was largely asleep. Metro Manila had been placed under modified enhanced community quarantine due to the spike in the number of infected.  Those who tested positive of Covid-19 had recently breached the 100,000th mark. People

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Catherine Hernandez launch second book of fiction

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Catherine Hernandez Virtual Launch of “Crosshairs” Online Event About Catherine Hernandez Virtual Launch “Crosshairs” Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 8 PM – 9 PM EDT Public · Hosted by Another Story Bookshop and Catherine Hernandez Online Event Join HarperCollins Canada and Another Story Bookshop to celebrate the launch of Crosshairs by Catherine Hernandez Virtual Launch:

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Mary Anne De Ramos (left) with her employer in Mexico and Genalin Bautista in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photos: The Star)

Covid 19: Two Filipina caregivers stuck abroad since March

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Canada Lives are in limbo Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.com Two Filipina caregivers who travelled with their employers abroad are stuck due to the Covid-19 restrictions. Mary Anne De Ramos travelled to Mexico last March with her employer Deborah Lucas to take care of their two young sons. Temporary residents such as those with

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A groundbreaking trans filmmaker and actor whose work has screened around the world, Isabel Sandoval's film Lingua Franca will be shown on Wednesday, August 19, 2020. (Photo: Passer-by)

Vancouver Queer Film Festival: Filipina trans’ movie is centrepiece gala

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Vancouver, B.C. Isabel Sandoval’s  ‘Lingua Franca’ Lingua Franca refers to a common language between two people whose first languages are different. Communication and understanding are key themes in this subtle and understated film, the third feature from award winning writer/director Isabel Sandoval, who also stars as the protagonist Olivia, an undocumented Filipina trans woman living

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