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Karate: Simone Tecson wins 2nd Gold in Japan

Simone Tecson won her second Gold on December 8, 2019 at the Maishima Arena, Osaka, Japan. ( Photo provided)  Updated, December 31, 2019, 12:07 PM Vancouver, B.C. Second Gold for Vancouver youth Mildred German Vancouver, BC – 17-year old Filipino-Canadian  Simone Tecson traveled to Japan to defend her Gold title and won. In 2018, she won […]

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Simbang Gabi in Cebu: ‘Why are killings okay?

If you don’t believe in human rights, you might as well not celebrate Christmas,’ Father Ramon Echica tells churchgoers on the 6th day of Simbang Gabi in Cebu. (Facebook photo) Philippines Priest questions Filipinos’ understanding of human rights As Filipinos in the Philippines and all over the world including Canada end their traditional Simbang Gabi,

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Warlords like the Ampatuans don’t exist in a vacuum, veteran journo says

‘Worth the wait’: Victims’ kin welcome Ampatuan massacre case verdict but worry for their safety. (Philstar.com/Erwin Cagadas Jr.) Inday Espina-Varona 9 hrs · Lest victory makes us forget some key lessons: Warlords like the Ampatuans don’t exist in a vacuum. Since the time of Marcos, to Aquino, Ramos, Estrada and Arroyo, national administrations coddled and

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Breaking: Ampatuans guilty!

Brothers guilty! (CNN) Inday Espina-Varona 7 mins · Ampatuan brothers Datu Unsay and Zaldy : GUILTY as principals. Verdict being read now. A lot of Ampatuans. Reclusion perpetua without parole. BREAKING: QC court finds Datu Andal Unsay Ampatuan, Jr, Zaldy Ampatuan, Anwar Ampatuan, Sr., others GUILTY of 57 counts of murder, sentenced to reclusion perpetua.

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Journalists hopeful of conviction in Ampatuan massacre case

Police investigators look for evidence next to a backhoe after a vehicle and human remains were dug up from a shallow grave in the town of Ampatuan, Maguindanao in a Nov. 25, 2009. (Philstar file photo) Sa Huebes (Dec. 19) na ang desisyon! Gaea Katreena Cabico (Philstar.com) – December 2, 2019 – 3:55pm MANILA, Philippines

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Church sexual abuse: Second Filipino priest named in sexual abuse scandal

Fr. Terry Sarmiento served in the Archdiocese of Vancouver in 1977 and returned to the Archdiocese of Manila in 1980. (Facebook photo: St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Singalong, Manila) Updated: December 17, 2019, 2:45 PM Today, Dec. 17, Pope Francis abolished the pontifical secret for cases of sexual abuse against minors continuing his path to transparency. Pope

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Book review: After That August

Author Michele Yee reading at November 21st book launch in Orchard Lyceum Gallery, Toronto. INQUIRER/Patty Rivera BOOKS After That August: A photographic memoir of love lost, regained By: Patty Rivera – @inquirerdotnet INQUIRER.net US Bureau / Toronto Correspondent / 12:21 PM November 29, 2019   TORONTO, Ontario — “I used to be scared. Scared that

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Pinays in SFU Contemporary Arts Graduate Symposium

Kwyn Aquino (left) and Maria Filipina Palad present their works at symposium. (Photo: Kwyn Aquino by Hannah Campbell,   Maria Filipina Palad (Provided)). Vancouver, B.C. Understanding the rapidly changing nature of media: “Visual Becoming” By Ted Alcuitas Two Filipino graduate students of Simon Fraser University’s School for Contemporary Arts are among seven graduates participating in

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Filipino-Canadian artists in FUSE: Resonances

VanVogueJam founder Ralph Escamillan is performing with Kapwatids and other artists in FUSE: Resonance. Vancouver,B.C. Escamillan, KAPWATIDS featured By Ted Alcuitas Filipino-Canadian artists Ralph Escamillan and KAPWATIDS composed of Immortal, Elysse Cloma and Joshua Ongcol will be among future performers on Friday, November 22 for FUSE: Resonances , Vancouver’s most popular art party. Held at

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Book review: C. E. Gatchalian’s abiding hunger for art

C.E. (Chris) Gatchalian reading at the KGB Bar, New York. (Photo by Tanya Marquardt) Vancouver,B.C. Reviewer finds Double Melancholy a valuable resource for the diasporic narrative and Filipinx experience Double Melancholy: Art, Beauty, and the Making of a Brown Queer Man by C.E. Gatchalian Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2019 $18.95 / 9781551527536 Reviewed by Vincent

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