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Priest who documented DDS killings hails ICC probe into Duterte’s drug war

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Philippines By CBCP News September 18, 2021 Manila, Philippines A Redemptorist priest has welcomed the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open a probe into the drug war killings under President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration. Fr. Amado Picardal, who helped document the killings in Davao City when Duterte was mayor, said he is hopeful […]

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ICC pre-trial chamber authorizes start of probe into drug war killings

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Philippines By: Zacarian Sarao – @inquirerdotnet INQUIRER.net / is a news partner of PhilippineCanadianNews.Com 10:17 PM September 15, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has approved the start of the probe into the crimes against humanity cases filed against President Rodrigo Duterte in connection with the drug

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Canadian-born, multiracial tennis phenoms face off tomorrow, Saturday at 4 PM (PST)

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Filipina Fernandez vs. Chinese Raducanu, both daughters of immigrants Updated: September 10, 2021, 7:05 P.M. Charmaine Janis Rodriguez  With a determination that  everything she’d dream of she will achieve, Canadian tennis star Leylah Annie Fernandez will face-off with British player Emma Raducanu in the US Open women’s final on Saturday, September 11, 2021, at 4

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Phil de Luna inducted into Royal Academy of Science’s (RSC) Class of 2021

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The youngest ever-program director at the National Research Council at age 29, Phil de Luna has added another accolade to his string of achievements. De Luna was recently inducted into the  Royal Society of Canada (RSC) Class of 2021, possibly the youngest in this year’s crop and the first-ever Filipino-Canadian to join the prestigious society.

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Halalan: Bumoto sa September 20!

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OP-ED :  SA AKING MGA KABABAYAN “Tara na, Kabayan , mag-boto na tayo”! ELECTION MATTERS! GET OUT and VOTE   Tony A. San Juan, OCT-Retired The federal election is just around the corner.  Canada’s new Governor-General has ordered the writ to be issued, the Parliament is dissolved, and the whole country, amid the pandemic, is at it.

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Federal elections: The bare-foot campaigner?

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Vancouver, B.C. Liberal Virginia Bremner keeps knocking Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.Com (PCN.Com) Being a first-timer and an underdog doesn’t faze Virginia Bremner who is running in the Vancouver-Kingsway riding for the Liberal Party. Since her acclamation , she has been busy knocking on as many doors as she can. She hopes to topple

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Federal elections: Liberal candidates face harassment

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Ontario “I feel like I have a target on my back”, say Elizabeth Quinto First-time Liberal candidate Elizabeth Quinto insists that most people in her southern Ontario riding of Oxford aren’t hostile. But recent events makes her feel anxious when putting up signs and tries not to door-knock alone. Over the past two weeks, Quinto

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Filipino Canadian woman runs for mayor of Calgary

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Calgary, Alberta Tony A. San Juan “My focus and vision are a Calgary where businesses grow and families thrive.” This is the “battle cry” of Grace Yan, a Filipino Canadian of considerable political ambition and great personal determination. Grace Yan is running for Mayor of Calgary, Alberta this coming civic election on October 18, 2021.

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Liberal bigwigs rally around colleague Virginia Bremner

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Vancouver-Kingsway “Shameful, shocking, blatant racism” After Virginia Bremner tweeted @Virginia Bremner how she was treated  by her NDP opponent Don Davies, a number of Liberal candidates  tweeted back their support including former cabinet ministers. Bremner tweeted @DonDavies :”Today Don Davies said that because I am a Filipina-Canadian woman running in federal politics that I am

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Philippine elections: Reflections of an expatriate

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Updated:August 17, 2021, 10:37 A.M. Toronto, Ontario THINKING ALOUD ON HOW I WILL VOTE IN THE UPCOMING PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ELECTIONS Oswald Magno Considering what we’ve been through during the last five and a half years, I share the sentiment of many Filipino voters about replacing the current administration with something new and different. I use

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