Winnipeg, Manitoba CONSULAR OUTREACH IN WINNIPEG The Philippine Consulate General in Toronto announces its consular services in Winnipeg for October 21 to 23, 2017 at the Holiday Inn Winnipeg Airport – Polo Park, 1740 Ellice Avenue Winnipeg. Doors will open at 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM for the three-day service. For further inquiries, please […]
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Suspect Russell Salic is shown here as he is being led by Phiippine police. (ABS/CBN) Philippines Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said on Sunday that the extradition process for a Filipino doctor accused of plotting terror attacks in the US should already begin, reports Inquirer.net. “It only means that we have to begin the extradition
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Federal Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen must announce immigration targets for 2018 by Nov. 1. (FRED CHARTRAND / THE CANADIAN PRESS) The debate over immigration levels heightens as the deadline for the government’s announcement is due at the end of this month. Three weeks ago, The Globe anad Mail came out with a four-page feature ‘Far From
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[featured-img-caption] Canada Applicants 65 years and above no longer need to pass language and knowledge requirement By Ted Alcuitas Permanent residents will find it easier to become citizens of Canada after changes to the naturalization proces comes into effect next week on October 14. Among major changes announced by the government is the reduction
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[featured-img-caption] Syjuco’s ‘Mi Ultimo Adios’? No Eulogy for the Living – An Open Letter to the Philippines By Ted Alcuitas Miguel Syjuco has only 40 days or 40 years to live! That’s the startling revelation by the prize-winning author of a piece he wrote for the Boston Review published on September 29. Entitled ‘Eulogy
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[featured-img-caption] Vancouver Karla Lenina Comanda wins Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writer award By Ted Alcuitas LiterAsian has awarded the Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award for Poetry to Karla Lenina Comanda. Comanda is the second Filipino to win the literary award by LiterAsian, an annual festival of Pacific Rim Asian Canadian writing launched in 2013 by the
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[featured-img-caption] A plea by Ted Alcuitas Today is the 45th year since Marcos declared martial law in the Philippines. We are posting images of the struggle during that era and will continue posting images from the past. It is important that we recall what happened because it is now coming back to haunt us.
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whatsinmymouth Getting a mouthful at Manny’s By Monica Urrutia A new Filipino restaurant opened up in my neighbourhood recently and I finally had a chance to try it: Manny’s Grill and Silog House, Authentic Manila BBQ by Kayturing. For full disclosure, I will say up front that I do know the owner but I believe
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Updated: 8:04 PM, Sept. 20, 2017 Stop the Killings By Ted Alcuitas Today is the 45th anniversary of martial law in the Philippines when the dictator Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law on September 21, 1972. But while martial law happened 45 years ago, we see the spectre of martial law happening under President Rodrigo Duterte.
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Updated: 6:22 AM, Sept. 21, 2017 Catherine Hernandez will be in Vancouver Sept. 22 By Ted Alcuitas Catherine Hernandez and Lorina Mapa are among 17 writers included in this year’s CBC writers to watch for 2017. Hernandez is the author of the just released novel ‘Scarborough’. Published by Arsenal Press,Hernandez’s plays Singkil and Kilt Pins were
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