British Columbia Liberals leading 43 -41 with Greens 3 By Ted Alcuitas The first and only Filipino MLA in British Columbia has been reelected in Vancouver-Kensington. Media organizations have declared the NDP’s Mable Elmore the winner by a wide margin over her Liberal opponent . Elmore got 10,916 votes against Liberal Kim Jee Chan Logan’s […]
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‘Democracy as we know it is dead’: Filipino journalists fight fake news Filipinos spend more time on social media than anyone else in the world By Adrienne Arsenault, CBC Posted: Apr 27, 2017 5:00 AM ET Last Updated: Apr 27, 2017 7:36 AM ET About The Author Adrienne Arsenault Senior Correspondent Based in Toronto, Adrienne
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The Opinion Pages | CONTRIBUTING OP-ED WRITER The New York Times The Injustice System Miguel Syjuco April 26, 2017 MANILA — In one jail here, 91 men share a cell so small they take turns sitting down. It’s dizzyingly hot, and there are only two buckets for personal hygiene. And not one of the
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Statue of Leon Kilat in Carcar, Cebu where he was assassinated on Good Friday, 1898. (PCN.Com photo) Reposting… Hero or villain? SunStar Cebu By Ted Alcuitas (Updated: April 6, 2017, Alegrado and Quijano added) Updated: April20, 2019 APOLINARIO Alcuitas killed Leon Kilat on Good Friday, April 8, 1898, exactly 119 years ago this month. Entry
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Philippines (Ed’s note: For the many times Duterte has been photographed with a gun, he might as well be the Poster Boy for the National Rifle Association. In this revealing story by the New York Times, we glimpsed into how he has morphed into the man he is today.) Becoming Duterte: The Making of
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Toronto, Ontario Balita’s Cusipag violates condition, senator alleges By Ted Alcuitas Less than a year after winning a $340,000 libel case against Balita publisher Tess Cusipag, Senator Tobias Enverga, Jr. is claiming damages and wants Cusipag cited for contempt of court. Balita is the leading and oldest Filipino newspaper among Toronto’s more than 15 print
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Duterte silences his loudest critic By Ted Alcuitas In a dramatic end to a long standing opposition to President Rodrigo Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’ and its resulting extrajudicial killings , Senator Leila de Lima surrendered herself to police on Friday, February 24. “It’s an honor to be jailed for what I’m fighting for,” Senator Leila
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By: Jhesset Enano, Leila B. Salaverria – @inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer / 12:53 AM January 26, 2017 President Duterte holds a copy of the book “Altar of Secrets,”which he misquoted to launch new attacks on the Catholic Church. —JOAN BONDOC President Duterte holds a copy of the book “Altar of Secrets,”which he misquoted to launch new
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Toronto, Ontario ‘Unsung hero’ facing deportation under rescinded rule By NICHOLAS KEUNGImmigration reporter Jan. 12, 2017 The Toronto Star A migrant worker who has stood up for fellow workers and become a public face of the labour rights movement is facing deportation herself, caught up in the very rules she fought successfully to change. Gina
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Philippines President Duterte’s List He has the names of more than a million supposed drug dealers and corrupt officials in the Philippines. In this violent new drug war, who is determining who dies? New York Times Magazine By PATRICK SYMMESJAN January 10, 2017 President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines waved a thick sheaf of papers
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