3rd Update: July 27, 2020, 4:14 PM 2nd Update: July 27, 2020, 2:30 PM First Update: July 27, 2020, 1:42 PM Importance of research with Filipinx communities including LGBTQ Burnaby, B.C. Opinion Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.com May Farrales, PhD joins the faculty of the Simon Fraser University (SFU) as an Assistant Professor […]
Who will replace Agcaoili? Teodoro Alcuitas The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) top negotiator died on Thursday (July 26) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Fidel V. Agcaoili’s death by “..massive internal bleeding” was announced by CPP leader Jose Maria Sison, who together with Agcaoili, has been living in exile in The Netherlands for decades. Agcaoili
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Updated:July 22, 2020, 9:22 AM From the post of Photojournalist Jess Aznar. (July 21, 2020) “The murder continues. A man who was selling balut was gunned down by unidentified assailants in Quezon city just last night. A few days after the new draconian anti-terror law, that resembles that of HongKong’s new law from China, took
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CIC NEWS CANADA IMMIGRATION NEWSLETTER July 16, 2020 By Shelby Thevenot Canada changes definition of “parent” for the 21st century A loophole in Canadian Citizenship law that prevented some parents from passing on citizenship to their children has been closed to support the needs of modern families. Canadian citizenship law is catching up with the
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Manila bishop dares government to sue Philippine Catholic Church leaders LiCAS•news LIGHT of CATHOLICS in ASIA Light for the Voiceless Jose Torres Jr. July 20, 2020 Bishop Broderick Pabillo, Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Manila, challenged the Philippine government on Monday, July 20, to file a case against the country’s Catholic bishops. The prelate was
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Inday Espina-Varona Follow scaRRedcat Veteran, award-winning journalist, former chair of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, and Knight Intl Fellow at Stanford Posted, July 18, 2020, 1 hr. Good morning, friends. It’s heart-warming to see people standing up and speaking out, online and onground, in defense of press freedom and free expression. It
(Editor’s note: Fr. Picardal was in hiding in 2018 for fear of his life. A Google search do not show if he is still in hiding. Fr. Picardal is not the only high-profile priest threatened by Duterte. He also wanted Bishop Pablo ‘Ambo’ David killed for criticizing EJK’s ) Rappler.com CATHOLIC CHURCH [OPINION] Why did priests
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Philippines Announcement surprises media community Analysis By Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, philippinecanadiannews.com In a terse one-sentence notice in his Facebook page today (yesterday in the Phiippines), long-time editor-in-chief Joel Pablo Salud of the Philippines Graphic caught everybody by surprise as they woke up this morning. “I regret to inform everyone that as of today, I am
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LGBTQ Nation Bill Browning, June 29,2020 As Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted about honoring Stonewall, the NYPD was unleashing pepper spray on LGBTQ people dancing in celebration. The NYPD may have apologized last year for raiding the Stonewall Inn, spawning days of riots and police brutality, but they apparently haven’t decided to stop the behavior.
