What do you have to know about church annulment? There is a process to have your marriage annulled. A church expert will be talking about church annulment and other relevant matters. Come and join for a discussion.
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Reposting… The story that shook the diaspora By Ted Alcuitas He never intended to write his final story but fate has brought Pulitzer Prize- winning Alex Tizon’s pen to an end. His searing account of how his family harboured a woman – Eudocia Tomas Pulido, endearingly called ‘Lola’ for 56 years as a ‘secret slave’
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News Release BC groups call on province to prevent abuse in recruitment of temporary foreign workers Vancouver, BC (April 6, 2017) – Today, a coalition of organizations in British Columbia is calling on the provincial government to take action to stop the abuse of temporary foreign workers. The coalition will deliver the open letter to
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No terminal fee for OFWs effective April 30 UNTV News All Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) who will personally purchase plane tickets at all ticketing offices or travel agencies will no longer have to pay 550 pesos for terminal fee, starting April 30 of this year. Meanwhile, terminal fee exemption for all OFWs buying plane tickets
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Toronto, Ontario ‘Unsung hero’ facing deportation under rescinded rule By NICHOLAS KEUNGImmigration reporter Jan. 12, 2017 The Toronto Star A migrant worker who has stood up for fellow workers and become a public face of the labour rights movement is facing deportation herself, caught up in the very rules she fought successfully to change. Gina
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Toronto, Ontario Eliza Lazaro preyed on her own kababayans By Ted Alcuitas A woman who came to Canada from the Philippines as a live-in caregiver has been jailed for exploiting would-be immigrants in a stiff sentence designed to thwart a wave of bogus immigration consulting, The National Post reported. Eliza Lazaro was convicted just a
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Updated Vancouver, B.C.
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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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Man who trafficked Filipina caregiver faces new trial By Ted Alcuitas Vancouver, B.C.- Franco Orr, the first person convicted for human trafficking under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act began his second trial on Monday, June 13 at B.C. Supreme Court. Orr launched a successful appeal of his conviction in March 2015 and a three-judge
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