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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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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The late senator seen here as he lays the wreath on behalf of the Senate of Canada at this year’s Remembrance Day event in Ottawa on November 11, 2017. Updated: April 4, 2020, 8:00 AM Toronto, Ontario First Filipino senator died on Nov. 16 Funeral arrangements for the late Senator Tobias C. Enverga, Jr.have been
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Updated: November 21, 2017, 8:25 AM Ottawa Died in Columbia of apparent heart attack By Ted Alcuitas The first and only Filipino-Canadian senator died today (November 16, 2017) in Medellin, Columbia where he was attending a parliamentary meeting. The Ontario senator was in the South American country for the ParlAmericas Annual Plenary Assembly, along
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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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Leaders attend a photo session at the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam. Pictured top right is Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is at centre. (Jorge Silva/AP Photo) CBC Nov. 11, 2017 Anti-drug campaign has left 7,000 Filipinos dead; PM to meet with ASEAN leaders Sunday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves the APEC
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Suspect Russell Salic is shown here as he is being led by Phiippine police. (ABS/CBN) Philippines Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said on Sunday that the extradition process for a Filipino doctor accused of plotting terror attacks in the US should already begin, reports Inquirer.net. “It only means that we have to begin the extradition
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Federal Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen must announce immigration targets for 2018 by Nov. 1. (FRED CHARTRAND / THE CANADIAN PRESS) The debate over immigration levels heightens as the deadline for the government’s announcement is due at the end of this month. Three weeks ago, The Globe anad Mail came out with a four-page feature ‘Far From
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