Duterte presents himself as the people’s wolf, a beast to turn loose on perceived enemies. As Duterte is trending in the polls ahead of his rivals, veteran journalist Inday Espina-Varona analysis the reasons why. Varona is a former Marshall McLuhan awardee and visited Vancouver. Killing for peace in the Philippines By Inday Espina-Varona […]
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Filipino environmental activists demand Canada takes back its garbage. (National Post) MANILA – (Nov. 19,2015) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed to address the trash problem which has been an irritant between the two countries for the past two years. Trudeau, who is in Manila for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit, said he has
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took time off from APEC meetings to talk to market vendors wearing a Philippine jacket. (Posted by Jose Ramon Villanueva. Reposted by Ed Finlan).
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DOWN BUT UNBOWED A supporter of indigenous peoples braves a water cannon and continues to record with his mobile phone the dispersal of a protest rally against reported human rights abuses infront of the headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in Quezon City on November 18, 2015. About 700 indigenous peoples from
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (l) pose for official photo with President Benigno Aquino 111. (Philippine Gazette photo) Bilateral talks: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is flanked by Foreign Minister Stephane Dion and International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland. (Official Philippine Gazette photo)
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Members of “Bayan” (My Country) movement burn a mock U.S. flag near the U.S. embassy ahead of the start of the APEC summit in Manila. Photo:Reuters Manila – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Manila Tuesday for APEC amidst protests from groups who denounce the 21-member meeting as no more than window-dressing. With the recent
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A veteran’s son remembers By Ted Alcuitas This month as we pause to remember the men and women who served in our armed forces,I would like to share my memories of my father and the Pacific War that engulfed the Philippines. A war that shaped so much of our lives and many others. I never
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A group called Lumad Mindanao, which claims to represent 33 tribes from Mindanao, asks the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the New People’s Army not to drag them to their propaganda as their people have been suffering because of the conflict. Photo by Frances Mangosing Inquirer Nov.4, 2015 TAGUM CITY—Two months after the paramilitary
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ILIGAN CITY — The Philippines is among the four countries throughout the world that is the focus of this year’s global campaign by freedom of expression advocates against impunity on the killing of journalists. The Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), a global organization representing some 300,000 journalists, in a statement said its annual campaign,
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UN appoints Filipina as oversight chief The United Nations General Assembly recently appointed Commission on Audit (COA) Commissioner Heidi S. Mendoza as Undersecretary General of the UN’s Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS). Mendoza is the first Filipino ever to be appointed as Under-Secretary General in the UN Secretariat, says the Philippines’ Department of Foreign
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