Lowell Menorca with wife in a Facebook profile image. Vancouver, B.C. Iglesia ni Cristo fugitive wins case By Ted Alcuitas The Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board has granted INC minister Lowell Menorca refugee status citing the current climate of impunity and extrajudicial killings among the reasons in approving the claim. “When the panel considers the […]
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From left Mila Magno, Consul Gen. Rosalita Prospero and Oswald Magno in a Dr. Raul Sunico concert last year.(Photo: The Philippine Reporter) Toronto, Ontario Lawyers seek summary judgment against Balita By Ted Alcuitas An Ontario Superior Court Justice has heard the libel case against Balita Media Inc., Teresita Cusipag and Romeo Marquez on January 22 and
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Dylan Decolongon (Facebook) Vancouver, B.C. Narima Dela Cruz, Community Advocate & Volunteer shared Daniel Decolongon‘s post. 15 hrs · Let us find help Dylan and reunite him with his family! Daniel Decolongon added 3 new photos. January 26 at 7:06pm · hey guys, my brother Dylan went missing just over an hour ago and any
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Pet Cleto, right, with another womens activist Bernadette Ellorin, chair of USA Bayan. Toronto,Ontario Life-long devotion to womens issues By Ted Alcuitas She was called a revolutionary woman, defender of human rights and a journalist, but to the mostly young women who followed her, she was plain ‘Tita Pet’ and to those on the
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Vancouver, B.C. RBC winner will display art By Ted Alcuitas Multi-awarded Filipino-Canadian artist Patrick Cruz will open the first artist talk at Langara College’s Dept. of Fine Arts on Thursday, January 18 at 1:15PM in Rm. A046. http://www.patrickcruz.org Cruz is a Filipino-Canadian artist and organizer working between Vancouver, Toronto and Manila. He studied painting at the
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Author Shirley Camia reads at Pluma’s literary event on November 23 in Toronto. (The Philippine Reporter) Updated: Dec. 30, 2017, 6:11 AM Vancouver, B.C. Children Shouldn’t Use Knives gains praise By Ted Alcuitas Shirley Camia explores the ‘darker’ side of youth in her daring new book, Children Shouldn’t Use Knives which was released this fall.
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Burnaby, B.C. Bullet holes inspire art at Burnaby high school Cornelia Naylor / Burnaby Now DECEMBER 19, 2017 09:37 AM Byrne Creek Community School Grade 11 student Maya Arradaza and Grade 12 student Lily Whitford hold up a happy collage they made out of a sheet of plywood that had been used to cover a
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Hector Mantolino arrives at Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax for his trial on Tuesday. (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press) Halifax, Nova Scotia Temporary workers vindicated By Ted Alcuitas It was a moment of vindication for several dozen Filipino temporary workers when the man who brought them to Canada under false information pleaded guilty on December
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Rain did not stop protesters in Manila. (ABS/CN photo) Filipino diaspora celebrates International Human Rights Day with protests By Ted Alcuitas Filipinos across the diaspora commemorated the 70th International Human Rights Day by holding rallies and discussions on the current situation in the Philippines. Rallies were held on December 10 in San Francisco, LA, Paris, Sidney,
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Marshall McLuhan Fellow Manny Mogato (in white t-shirt) spoke to members of the UBC Philippine Studies Series (PSS) 0n November 27. Back, from left: Tania Leiva, Gym Pangilinan, Roseller Fabros, Dr. John Paul Catungal, Carlo Figueroa of the Canadian Embassy, Allison Gacad, Teilhard Paradela and Gerald Tembrevilla. Front from left: Dr. Nora Angeles, Luisa Marshall
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