Magdalena Botea was last seen at the B.C. Ferries Swartz Bay terminal headed for Vancouver on Saturday afternoon. Vancouver, B.C. The missing pregnant woman from Victoria has been found by the Vancouver Police Department. Victoria’s Times Colonist reported that Magdalena Botea, 32 and eight months pregnant, has been located safety, Victoria Police reported early Sunday […]
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Victoria, B.C. Victoria police send out urgent call to find missing 8-month pregnant woman Officers say Magdalena Botea is at immediate risk of harm CBC News Posted: Jul 30, 2016 6:15 PM PT Last Updated: Jul 30, 2016 6:15 PM PT Victoria police say Magdalena Botea is at immediate risk of harm after going missing
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Winnipeg, Manitoba Tewodros Kassahun first Star of a Generation awardee Levy Abad The Winnipeg Multicultural Human Rights Forum (WMHRF), a grassroots human rights organization based in Winnipeg, successfully presented its first Star of a Generation award to internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Tewodros Kassahun, more popularly known as ‘Teddy Afro’ in the Ethiopian and international music scene.
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Toronto, Ontario “This is a victory for the community,” says Senator Balita will appeal By Ted Alcuitas The long simmering dispute between Senator Tobias Enverga, Jr. and Balita’s publisher Tess Cusipag ended July 13 with a judgement against the newspaper and its publisher. Balita is appealing the decision,according to the following Facebook message received
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Filipino-Canadian Artist in Mad Pride: Mad City Group Exhibit Migrante BC·Monday, July 11, 2016 Vancouver, July 8, 2016 —‘Mad Pride: Mad City’ opened with a public reception at the Gallery Gachet located in the Gastown area of Vancouver, BC. In this group exhibition, the featured artists of Gallery Gachet have come together “to build a
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Dahong Pilipino July 14, 2016 Filipinos in Vancouver led by Treenee Lopez of the Global Pinoy Diaspora Canada celebrated the decision of the United Nations-backed Permanent Court of Arbitration in the case filed by the Philippines against China for its illegal occupation of its territories in the West Philippine Sea by holding a rally in
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Debunking high school dropout myth By Ted Alcuitas (Full disclosure: Maya Lorena Arradaza is my granddaughter) It has been said that Filipinos has the highest rates of high-school dropouts not only in B.C. but probably in the country. Studies show that there is a bigger proportion of Filipinos that do not complete high school compared
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Migrant workers shut out of secretive closed door immigration consultations Posted on July 6, 2016 By Ted Alcuitas A coalition of migrant workers today slammed the government’s secretive consultations on immigration policy. The Coalition for Migrant Worker Rights Canada, the representative body of migrant workers released a statement denouncing the exclusion of migrant workers from
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The Philippines and Filipinos were among several countries featured CBC-TV, February 11, 2016 In the late 1800s, colonial exhibits became popular in the western world — exhibits that not only showcased artifacts but actual people. In the era before cinema, these shows allowed westerners to see the foreigners they’d only heard of, and led to huge
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