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Today in history: The ‘mock battle’ that ended Spanish colonization and beginning of American occupation

Project Vinta Spain surrenders to Americans instead of to Filipinos On August 13, 1898, the beleaguered Spaniards inside Intramuros surrendered to the American troops in a mock battle. It ended the 333-year Spanish colonization of the Philippines and began the 48 years of U.S. occupation. This event was conducted to save Spain from embarrassment by […]

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Joel Pablo Salud writes from Manila: In my country, they kill peacemakers

Philippines Systematic killings of peace advocates By Joel Pablo Salud Aug. 10, a few minutes past midnight.  Novaliches, Quezon City was largely asleep. Metro Manila had been placed under modified enhanced community quarantine due to the spike in the number of infected.  Those who tested positive of Covid-19 had recently breached the 100,000th mark. People

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Catherine Hernandez launch second book of fiction

Catherine Hernandez Virtual Launch of “Crosshairs” Online Event About Catherine Hernandez Virtual Launch “Crosshairs” Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 8 PM – 9 PM EDT Public · Hosted by Another Story Bookshop and Catherine Hernandez Online Event Join HarperCollins Canada and Another Story Bookshop to celebrate the launch of Crosshairs by Catherine Hernandez Virtual Launch:

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Covid 19: Two Filipina caregivers stuck abroad since March

Canada Lives are in limbo Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.com Two Filipina caregivers who travelled with their employers abroad are stuck due to the Covid-19 restrictions. Mary Anne De Ramos travelled to Mexico last March with her employer Deborah Lucas to take care of their two young sons. Temporary residents such as those with

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Plagued, engulfed, crushed to the point of surrender:  Besieged doctors cry for help

Philippines Philippine healthcare system was already walking in crutches By Joel Pablo Salud Healthcare is the nation’s ability to address concerns related to the public’s well-being, be it physical, emotional, psychological.  The arrival of Covid-19 in Jan. 2020 tested our country’s capacity to contain the virus. While there are no easy answers to the continuing

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Rani Rivera: Honouring a young poet and daughter

4th update: August 14, 2020, 4:41 PM 3rd update: August 8,2020, 8:10 AM 2nd Upate: August 8, 2020, 8 AM First update: August 8, 2020, 7 AM Toronto, Ontario The recent visit to The Hub brought back memories of how Rani Rivera came to start the project. Here’s what her parents posted on Facebook. Children

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Is the Philippines winning the war against Covid-19?

2nd Update: August 3, 2020, 10:56 AM Updated: August 3, 2020, 10:35 AM Philippines   By Joel Pablo Salud   As the world slept on the eve of the Ghost Month—August—the new coronavirus swept across the archipelago and breached the 100,000 mark. The latest Department of Health (DOH) figure reached a staggering: 103,185 confirmed cases

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Police shootings: Remembering the killing of Jeffrey Reodica, 16 years ago

In memory of Jeffrey Reodica – killed by police for holding a ‘stone’. “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.” – John.8 Ted Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.Com (PCN.Com) Seven years ago on July 31, 2013, I wrote this editorial about police shootings and innocent lives lost,

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Duterte’s looking-glass world and the idolatry of death

4th Update, July 31, 2020,8 PM 3rd update: July 31, 2020, 9:53 AM 2nd Update: July 31, 2020, 8:42 AM Updated: July 31, 2020, 8:05 AM   By Joel Pablo Salud  July 30, 2020 Salud is the author of several books of fiction and political nonfiction. Member: Philippine Center for International PEN, Unyon ng Manunulat

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Beginning a new series: Our stories – I was the ingenious bootblack…

Updated: December 25, 2021, 6:45 A.M. Updated: July 29, 2020, 7:15 PM   Beginning a new series… Nanawagan kami sa lahat na magpadala ng inyong kuwento… Mga kuwento sa lipunan My story, your story – our stories. I was the Ingenious Bootblack   By Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.com It was one of our

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