[featured-img-caption] Philippines THE END OF THE AFFAIR? Duterte’s romance with the Reds Who failed the talks? Both the government and the communist rebels claim betrayal. TEXT BY CARMELA FONBUENA Rappler Published 11:54 AM, December 27, 2017 Updated 5:51 PM, December 27, 2017 AT A GLANCE: Rodrigo Duterte, the first president to declare himself a […]
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Paolo Duterte during appearance at Senate investigation into alleged shabu shipment Photo: PhilStar Rappler December 25, 2017 DAVAO CITY, Philippines (UPDATED) – Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte has resigned. He made the announcement during a special session of the city council, which he was supposed to preside on Christmas Day. “My parents never failed
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TRUSTED ALLY: When Duterte became president in June 2016, he appointed Ronald Dela Rosa as his national police chief. Like Duterte, Dela Rosa hails from Davao. Here the two men are pictured together at the presidential Malacanang palace in Manila, in January. REUTERS/Ezra Acayan How a secretive police squad racked up kills in Duterte’s drug
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Rain did not stop protesters in Manila. (ABS/CN photo) Filipino diaspora celebrates International Human Rights Day with protests By Ted Alcuitas Filipinos across the diaspora commemorated the 70th International Human Rights Day by holding rallies and discussions on the current situation in the Philippines. Rallies were held on December 10 in San Francisco, LA, Paris, Sidney,
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In 2006, I stood in front of the Philippine Consulate office in Vancouver together with other activists to protest the killings of church people. Bishop Alberto Ramento of the Iglesia Filipina Independente was brutally murdered on October 3, 2006. Musings on my 78th birthday… By Ted Alcuitas Editor & Publisher philippinecanadiannews.com What does one
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Vatican body approves process for sainthood of Cebu archbishop Philippine Daily Inquirer December 02, 2017 Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma looks at a portrait of the late Archbishop Teofilo Camomot at the Daughters of St. Teresa church.—CEBU DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTO CEBU CITY—The Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints has approved the diocesan process for
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Rappler photo Philippines Reuters reporter Manny Mogato will speak on “Journalism under attack: The phenomenon of fake news and challenges of accountability in the new media” on Monday, November 27 at UBC’s Liu Institute from 6 – 7:30 PM. He will also talk the following day, Nov. 28 at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada office
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Policemen stand guard near the body of a man killed during what police said was a drug related vigilante killing in Pasig, Metro Manila, February 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro Vancouver, B.C. Reporter who followed Duterte’s war speaks Monday,November 27 By Ted Alcuitas Manny Mogato will speak on “Journalism under attack: The phenomenon of fake news and
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Manuel Mogato (right) receives award. Vancouver, B.C. Reporter who exposed Duterte’s ‘killers’ receives 2017 award Manuel ‘Manny Mogato will speak in Vancouver By Ted Alcuitas His Facebook account was hacked by Duterte supporters after he and fellow reporter Karen Lema ran a story on Duterte likening himself to Adolf Hitler and saying he would “be
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(Photo: Canadian Press) Editorial An insulter gets insulted By Ted Alcuitas President Rodrigo Duterte must have been following what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s father said when asked if he would raise the issue of human rights with the dictator Ferdinand Marcos more than 30 years ago. “Nobody likes to be told by
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