[featured-img-caption] Duterte’s Enablers By Miguel Syjuco Contributing Writer New York Times Sept. 20, 2017 The body of an alleged drug dealer killed during a police operation in Manila, in August.CreditNoel Celis/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Rodrigo Duterte is not to blame for the thousands of Filipinos killed during the 15 months of his presidency. […]
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[featured-img-caption] A plea by Ted Alcuitas Today is the 45th year since Marcos declared martial law in the Philippines. We are posting images of the struggle during that era and will continue posting images from the past. It is important that we recall what happened because it is now coming back to haunt us.
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Updated: 8:04 PM, Sept. 20, 2017 Stop the Killings By Ted Alcuitas Today is the 45th anniversary of martial law in the Philippines when the dictator Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law on September 21, 1972. But while martial law happened 45 years ago, we see the spectre of martial law happening under President Rodrigo Duterte.
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Vancouver, B.C. Human rights campaigner speaks on extrajudicial killings By Ted Alcuitas Fresh from a successful campaign before the U.S. Congress, Ellecer Carlos will be in Vancouver on Saturday, July 29 to report back on the pubic hearing. The spokesman for the Philippine coalition In Defense of Human Rights and Dignity Movement Coalition of the
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British Columbia Mable Elmore bypassed for cabinet By Ted Alcuitas Three-termer MLA Mable Elmore has been bypassed for cabinet in today’s announcement of the New Democrat’s swearing-in ceremony. Instead, the MLA for Vancouver-Kensington, where a substantial number of her constituents are Filipino Canadians, has been relegated to the position of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister
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Philippines New head could mend fences? By Ted Alcuitas A thawing of relations between President Rodrigo Duterte and the Catholic Church could happen with the election Saturday, July 8 of Archbishop Romulo Valles of Davao as new head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). Archbishop Romulo Valles of Davao – who once
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Rappler: Newsbreak FAST FACTS: What you should know about the Maute Group Posted: 23 May 2017 08:02 PM PDT MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law over Mindanao on Tuesday, May 23, prompted by a raging gun battle between government forces and members of the Maute group in Marawi City. The local terrorist
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Reposting… The story that shook the diaspora By Ted Alcuitas He never intended to write his final story but fate has brought Pulitzer Prize- winning Alex Tizon’s pen to an end. His searing account of how his family harboured a woman – Eudocia Tomas Pulido, endearingly called ‘Lola’ for 56 years as a ‘secret slave’
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“Martial law of Mr Marcos was very good,” :Duterte INQUIRER.net / 06:30 PM May 24, 2017 He says “if I think that ISIS has taken a foothold also in Luzon,” the main northern island, “and terrorism is not really far behind, I might declare martial law throughout the country.” Duterte also said that militants who
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Winnipeg,Manitoba Trail blazer is honoured by province By Ted Alcuitas Updated 3 PM, May 13, 2017 “I was overcome with emotion when I received the call from the Lieutenant Governor about my selection,” Dr. Rey Pagtakhan told PhilippineCanadianNews.com by phone from his home in East St.Paul’s,Manitoba. Pagtakhan was named one of 12 Manitobans to received the
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