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Six years in prison: Former Senator Leila De Lima – still standing!

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  Philippines Leila de Lima marks 6 long years in detention: ‘I will soldier on’, ‘my vindication is at hand’ Inquirer.net is a news partner of Philippine Canadian News.com By: Beatrice Pinlac – @inquirerdotnet INQUIRER.net / 10:23 AM February 24, 2023 Read more: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1734461/leila-de-lima-marks-6th-year-in-detention-i-will-soldier-on#ixzz7vIPyEUXE Follow us: @inquirerdotnet on Twitter | inquirerdotnet on Facebook MANILA, Philippines […]

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Art and spiritualism – the art of Patrick Cruz

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Scarborough, Ontario ‘Novena- (2022) Marissa Largo In Patrick Cruz’s new work Novena (2022), the artist alludes to the devotional practice of nine days of consecutive prayer that many devout Filipinx/o/a Catholics partake in, usually to petition for special requests. For many Filipinx/os/as in the homeland and in the diaspora, devout Catholicism is syncretically entangled with

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Lent: How do you turn the other cheek?

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Mark Guevarra “Today’s gospel teaches us that turning the other cheek is the key to lasting happiness for the individual, but it also has important implications for the church as a whole.” Fired Gay Church Worker Writes on Turning the Other Cheek in a Synodal Church New Ways Ministry February 19, 2023/8 Comments/in Personal Stories,

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Breaking: Law Society of Ontario honours one of its own

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Toronto, Ontario First Filipino-Canadian Justice is honoured with a honorary degree Teodoro Alcuitas The first Filipino to be appointed to the judiciary in Canada is being honoured by his peers with an honorary doctorate Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LLD). Justice Steve Coroza of the Ontario Court of Appeals will be conferred his honourary degree

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Today in history: 37th anniversary of People Power Revolution

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Editorial: No to martial law! Leave a Comment / Canada News, Philippine News, Politics / August 22, 2016 ATOM rally in front of Winnipeg city hall. The sign ‘shames’ the mayor for having a Winnipeg-Manila Sister Agreement. (Ted Alcuitas files) Posted August 21, 2016 Remembering Ninoy Aquino By Ted Alcuitas August 21, 1983 This day

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Leila De Lima: Six years and still in prison!

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DE LIMA MARKS 3RD YEAR OF UNJUST DETENTION; DECRIES CONTINUED POLITICAL PERSECUTION AGAINST HER          

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Manitoba recruiting Philippine nurses

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Winnipeg, Manitoba Second province next to Saskatchewan to recruit nurses Teodoro Alcuitas A delegation of Manitoba officials headed by Filipino-Canadian Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Jon Reyes is currently in the Philippines in a bid to recruit nurses to work in the province. The delegation will be in the Philippines for five days –

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Internationally-trained professionals face challenges

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FOREIGN-CREDENTIAL RECOGNITION IN CANADA: CONTINUING CHALLENGES   By: Tony A. San Juan, OCT. For many years, the problem and challenge of licensing professionals to practice in Canada is a persistent and continuing saga. There is no shortage of  “horror stories”, including discouraging and depressing lamentations abound that you hear from many internationally educated professionals(IEPs) including our

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Benson Flores: First Filipino to settle in Canada in 1861

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Vancouver, B.C. Broadcast journalist Joseph Lopez stumbles on hidden history A planned hike up Mount Gardner in British Columbia’s Bowen Island in May 2011 led to the accidental discovery of a piece of history buried in the pages of a book at the village library. That discovery led to a decades-long quest by the host

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Breaking: Maria Ressa wins tax case, still faces three pending cases

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Philippines Nobel peace Prize winner still faces other cases ’Today, facts win, truth wins, justice wins, ‘ says the embattled Nobel laureate Maria Ressa after being acquitted yesterday of four charges of tax evasion that were filed in 2018 by the previous Duterte government. In an 80-page decision, the Philippines’ Court of Tax Appeals (CTA)

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