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Pinoys top in blocking people over politics – social media study

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A study on mobile technology and its social impact conducted by United States-based Pew Research Center ranked the Philippines on top of 11 emerging economies when it comes to the number of users who blocked someone because of politics. (Leviathanjounral.org) Pinoys pinakaraming gumamit sa social media tungkol sa politika (The Philippine Star) – May 19, […]

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NDP MP Don Davies calls for an apology. (Provided)

Breaking: MP Don Davies holds press conference on recall of Philippine diplomats

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NDP MP Don Davies (Vancouver – Kingsway) today criticized the Trudeau government for missing its May 15 deadline to repatriate garbage dumped in the Philippines.(Provided) Updated: 6:30 PM, May 17, 2019 Vancouver, B.C. VANCOUVER – NDP MP Don Davies (Vancouver – Kingsway) today criticized the Trudeau government for missing its May 15 deadline to repatriate

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Rotting garbage: The stink that never goes away

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MP Kevin Lamoureux(centre), Chair of the Friendship Group mets with Philippine Embassy officials May 13, 2019, in preparation for the first Filipino-Heritage Month celebrations scheduled in June. (From left:) Danilo Arriola, Founder of the Philippine Dance Troupe of Ottawa (PDTO), Member of Parliament (MP) Wayne Stetski, MP Kevin Lamoureux, Philippine Ambassador to Canada Petronila Garcia,

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Tita Collective at the Toronto Fringe Festival

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The Spice Girls of Comedy- with a Filipina Twist. (Photo: Tyra Sweet) Toronto, Ontario Press Release Tita Collective presents TITA JOKES The Spice Girls of Comedy – with a Filipina Twist July 3 – 14 at the Tarragon Theatre The Tita Collective, an all Filipina collective of multidisciplinary artists in Toronto, will present Tita Jokes

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Reconnecting to our roots

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Philippines Historama uses  traditional dance, and songs to tell the story of a birth of a nation. The cultural performing arts group, Kababayang Pilipino takes part in the presentation.(Photo Provided) Updated: 8:45 AM, May 16, 2019 The Birth of a Nation Patricia Chan The Philippines is a country with a deep and rich cultural history,

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Duterte top aide Jun Evasco lost bid for governor of Bohol

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Duterte endorses Mayor Tita V. Baja-Gallantes and Jun Evasco. (Philippine Government photo) Was ‘ipis’ or flirting with town mayor a bad omen? Opinion By Ted Alcuitas Editor Despite being endorsed personally by his boss, former Cabinet Secretary Leoncio “Jun” Evasco Jr. cabinet secretary Leoncio Evasco, Jr. lost to Arthur Yap to become governor of Bohol. The

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Breaking: Philippines recalls ambassador, consular officials to Canada

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Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (Twitter image) Dahil sa basura inalis ang Ambassador, consuls Opinion By Ted Alcuitas Instead of the Philippine Marines invading the Port of Vancouver to start ‘Duterte’s War’ today, May 15, the Philippines has recalled the ambassador to Canada and other diplomatic officials after the Canadian government missed the May

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Should Philippine politics be reinvented? Fil-Am academic

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Art by Bencab. University of Washington professor Vicente Rafael weighs in on the Philippine election results and poses perplexing questions in his Facebook post. Silver linings in the recent mid-terms? The Estrada dynasty comes to an ignominious end; Enrile finally spiked; Gadon gone; no Manicad nor Magundadatu; Freddie A. shut out. Plus some good news,

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Gwendolyn Garcia returns as Cebu’s governor

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COMEBACK. Cebu 3rd district representative Gwendolyn Garcia votes on Monday, May 13, 2019. Facebook page of Gwendolyn Garcia MANILA, Philippines – Cebu 3rd district representative Gwendolyn Garcia returns as the province’s governor, beating incumbent Vice Governor Agnes Magpale. As of 5:45 am on Tuesday, May 14, 90.41% of the province’s precincts reported that Garcia garnered

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