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Immigration to increase to 350,000, more money for pre-arrival settlement services

Canada News, Foreign Temporary Workers, Live-in Caregivers (LCP), OFWs, Philippine News, Politics

Minister Ahmed Hussen (with tie) mets with Filipinos in Toronto. (Ahmed Hussen Twitter) Canada Will help newcomers’ ability adjust to new life  By Ted Alcuitas A new funding announcement by the federal government will help  pre-arrival settlement services for immigrants to Canada.  It will make it easier for new immigrants to adjust to life in […]

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Hundreds of thousands lost by shutdown of Mabini Express

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Jesus and Teresita Mallari are wanted by police for fraud. (The Philippine Reporter) Toronto, Ontario Warrant of arrest for owners Jesus & Teresita Mallari By Ted Alcuitas A nation-wide arrest warrant has been issued for Jesus Mallari, 66, and Teresita Mallari, 69.York Regional Police issued the warrant for the owners of Mabini Express for defrauding

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Canada’s drug problem: MP Jenny Kwan calls for a ‘national emergency’

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Renato Reyes, Jr. (left) fields questions from the audience as Vandu head, Aiyanas Osmond listens. (Photo: Ted Alcuitas) 2nd update: January 11, 2018, 11:13 AM   Vancouver, B.C. “Crimes against humanity but not ‘genocide’ By Ted Alcuitas It was a different scene in a Vancouver drug users’ centre that Renato Reyes, Jr. saw when he

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Bayan’s Renato Reyes speaks in Vancouver this Tuesday, January 8

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Renato Reyes  (with cap) is the face of Bayan. (Renato Reyes Facebook) Philippines brings opposition to drug war to Vancouver By Ted Alcuitas A prominent mass movement leader in the Philippines is bringing the issue of the drug war to the streets of Vancouver, ground zero for the opioid crisis in Canada. Renato Reyes, Jr.,

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Sulong kababaihan!

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POTOLAN!!!! (From FB friend) OBOSAN NG YAGBOLS. (Meme courtesy of Ninotchka Rosca,FB) Opinion Is it open season for raping Filipino women? By Ted Alcuitas Duterte’s ‘confession’ of having sexually assaulted their (No,call that rape!) maid is open season for abusing women caregivers and domestic workers abroad and at home. While mounting another vicious attack on

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Never again to martial law!

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Old warriors meet again – Jose ‘Didi’ Lim (left) and Ted Alcuitas in Vancouver rally.   How we fought the dictatorship – then and now By Ted Alcuitas Winnipeg, Manitoba – 1984 Vancouver, B. C.  Vancouver, B.C.    

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Face to face with terror in the Philippines

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Members of the Canadian delegation pose at the gate to the Hacienda Luisita before proceeding on their mission. (Provided) Philippines (Editor’s Note: In the wake of  yesterday’s conviction of the ‘berdugo’ – General Jovito Palparan, we reprint our story of our trip to the Philippines in 2006 to investigate human rights violations at the height

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Breaking: Life sentence para kay berdugong Palparan !

Philippine News, Politics

DETAINED. Major General Jovito Palparan ran a senatorial campaign in 2016 from his detention cell at Fort Bonifacio. Photo by Carlo Gabuco/Rappler   Jovito Palparan sentenced to life for kidnapping and serious illegal detention Jovito Palparan found guilty RAPPLER.com (UPDATED) Palparan’s co-accused Lieutenant Colonel Felipe Anotado and S/Sgt Edgardo Osorio are also found guilty of

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Opinion: Duterte’s rape of the Mother Country

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BLOODY HOSTAGE DRAMA This photo taken on Aug. 15, 1989, by former Inquirer chief photographer Boy Cabrido shows Australian missionary Jacqueline Hamill and other hostages used as human shields by armed inmates at the Metrodiscom detention center in Camp Leonor in Davao City. Hamill was gang-raped by her abductors. Duterte  suggested that because he was mayor

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Breaking: Manitoba MLA Flor Marcelino one of women trailblazers

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Marcelino (centre) is the first Filipina to be elected to a provincial legislative assembly and the first woman  of colour to become a cabinet minister. (Facebook) First update: 9:45 PM, August 21, 2018 Winnipeg, Manitoba First woman of colour and first Filipina elected to Manitoba legislature By Ted Alcuitas The Manitoba legislature has added MLA

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