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School honours memory of Jomar Lanot

Vancouver, B. C. School remembers murdered Jomar Lanot with mural By Ted Alcuitas Tupper Secondary marked the one year anniversary of the completion of the Jomar Lanot mural at its annual MultiFest on June 10 —a celebration of the school’s diversity with food, art, music, dance, and crafts. “Culture is the root of our lives, […]

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KAMP, Dr. JP Catungal win award

KAMP and Dr. JP Catungal receive Antipode Foundation Scholar-Activist Project award By Ted Alcuitas A Filipino scholar and a community-led mentorship program will receive the Antipode Foundation Scholar-Activist, one of six awards given this year. UBC’s Dr. John Paul Catungal and KAMP ( Kababayan Academic Mentorship Program) will collaborate to conduct research on how mentorship

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Breaking: Abu Sayyaf frees kidnapped Marites Flor

MANILA, PHILIPPINES—Abu Sayyaf extremists rejoiced as they watched two Canadians being beheaded in the jungles of the southern Philippines, said a still-shocked Filipino hostage who was freed Friday. (June 24), The Philippine Star reported. Cabinet secretary Jesus Dureza also posted the release of Flor in his Facebook page today showing the secretary and Flor hugging

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Immigrants fuel job growth – Stats

Canada has become completely reliant on immigrants for job growth, and the proof can be found in StatsCan’s latest employment data, reports the Huffington Post Canada. Accordingto HuffPost, this is the second time on record that the number of immigrants with a job grew over the last year, while the number of Canadian-born people with

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Brothers drop off pants for prostate cancer

Updated: 6 PM, August 28, 2018   Ed’s note: The author,Michael Izen died on August 26, 2018, six years after he was diagnosed with prostrate cancer. How the Izen brothers use humour to address a grim prospect By Ted Alcuitas   They were raised in a ‘funny way’ with a dad who can never stop

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Marking International Domestic Workers Day in B.C.

Vancouver, B.C. Stop CBSA’s ‘Project Guardian’ MIGRANTE BC·SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 2016 Domestic work is still one of the lowest paid, the most undervalued, and the least protected form of employment. This is work that is done by the world’s 67 million people, mostly women. Of that number, 11.5 million are migrant domestic workers scattered all

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Jeremy Senaris loses MasterChef to Mary Berg

Breaking Crown should have gone to Jeremy Opinion by Ted Alcuitas In one of the closest competition ever in the history of MasterChef Canada, Winnipeg’s Jeremy Senaris lost to Toronto’s Mary Berg. In the final round today (June 19, 2016), the judges picked Berg’s ‘cohesive’ style of cooking to Senaris’ ambitious and daring dishes. Senaris

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Immigration to speed up spousal sponsorship

Admissions to expand by 25 per cent   Ottawa has said “I do” to slashing the lengthy backlog for Canadians trying to sponsor their foreign-born spouses, the Toronto Star reports. According to the Star, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada will expand its annual quota of admissions for foreign spouses married to Canadians by 25 per

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Former Iglesia ni Cristo minister ‘fears for his life’

Local church members oppose refugee claim     By Ted Alcuitas Vancouver, B.C. – A former Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) minister is on the run for his life and is seeking refugee status in Canada. Lowell Menorca told CBC News he is being stalked and his family members are being threatened by church members in

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Groups demand end to deportations

Press Release Vancouver – Today, on June 16 International Domestic Workers Day, local caregivers and their advocates will hold a rally at the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) office in Downtown Vancouver to highlight their call to end “Project Guardian”, a program that conducts raids and deportations of foreign caregivers. The groups will also launch

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