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Coronavirus Chronicles 5: In the Philippines – stories from the frontlines

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‘Proud ako’ says janitor Rowel Togo of his job making sure the rooms, hallways, etc. is scrubbed clean everyday. (Drawing by Geloy Concepcion) NINE ROOMS AND A HALLWAY A story from the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak RAPPLER TEXT BY PATRICIA EVANGELISTA. ILLUSTRATIONS BY GELOY CONCEPCION. Published 10:51 AM, April 02, 2020 Updated 2:17 PM, April […]

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Nurse to be deported for failing to pay $100 fee

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“It hurts to know that I could have been of help and saving lives right now,” Christine Joyce Vega laments as she awaits her deportation. (Toronto Star) Updated: March 31, 2020, 9 PM Toronto, Ontario “Crude and insulting response to her mistake,” says lawyer By Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor Philippine Canadian news.Com (PCN.Com) As countries

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Coronavirus Chronicles 3: This frontliner shares the lonely nature of COVID-19 care and deaths

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Dr. Brian Cabral, a doctor at St. Luke’s Global City, has been volunteering to help with the COVID-19 efforts. CULTURE SPOTLIGHT Philippines Philippine doctors are dying of Covid-19  ABS-CBN “The isolation is just as painful as the infection.” BY BRIAN MICHAEL ICASAS CABRAL | Mar 30 2020 facebook twitter Dr. Brian Cabral is one of

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Philippines: Killings continue amid Covid-19 pandemic

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Justice for Marlon Maldos! Stop The Attacks Against Cultural Workers! by Mildred Grace German March 20, 2020 – As COVID-19’s first case sprouted in December 2019, the New York Times published major articles on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal extra judicial killings (EJK). Reports of over 30,000 killings in the past three years of Duterte’s

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Coronavirus in the Philippines: How it is impacting the poor

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“Isang kahig, isang tuka” Pablo Virgilio David Follow 13 hrs HOW DO WE APPLY CONCEPTS LIKE “LOCKDOWN” & “COMMUNITY QUARANTINE” IN THE NON-FIRST WORLD SETTING? Bishop Pablo Virgilio David As usual, it is the poor who suffer the most when a first world concept is applied in a third world setting. Yesterday was Sunday. I

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Carlos Esguerra wins prestigious photography award

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Photographer Carlos L.Esguerra stands beside his winning entry at the FotoNostrum Gallery in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo:   Carlos Esguerra Facebook) Multi-awarded photographer wins gold for architecture in Barcelona Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas New York-based photographer Carlos L. Esguerra has picked another award, winning Gold in the Photography Gala Awards competitions at the 13th and the 14th

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Duterte moves against media just as Marcos did 37 years ago

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We Stand with ABS-CBN and its Workers: Filipino Americans led by the San Francisco-based Filipino Americans Human Rights Alliance (FAHRA) kicked off their campaign to commemorate the People Power Revolution by rallying at the Philippine Consulate on Tuesday, February 25. Protests are planned for other Philippine consulates abroad as President Duterte moves to close ABS-CBN.

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Coronavirus 3rd update: Canadians arrive tomorrow morning

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Marichu Camales-Torrijos posted this picture inside the bus carrying Canadians to the airport to fly back to Canada today. The chartered flight is expected to arrive in Trenton, Ontario early tomorrow (Friday). (Photo: Marichu Camales-Torrijos Facebook) Canadians are finally flying home 4th Update:February 20, 2020, 7:30 P.M. 3rd Update: February 20, 2020, 3:30 P.M. 2nd

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Immigration: Philippines drops to third

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At Guildford Park Secondary School in Surrey, B.C., English teacher Kristin Dorey, shown at middle with student Carmella Arellano, mentors Filipino-Canadian teenagers as they juggle the usual stresses of high-school life with culture shock and family pressures as their parents work multiple jobs. Other Guildford pupils include Shani Norte Tangkhpanya and Paolo Salud, left, and

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Coronavirus: Surrey couple among those in quarantined ship in Japan

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Diamond Princess is quarantined at Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images Surrey, B.C. Coronavirus ‘grounds’ couple’s trip Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas A Filipino couple from Surrey, B.C. is among 3,600 passengers onboard the cruise ship  Diamond Princess now being quarantined in Yokohama, Japan due to fears of the coronavirus. PhilippineCanadianNews.com (PCN.Com) has

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