Breaking Tribunal rules China has no legal basis to claim historic rights to disputed territory in the South China Sea. An arbitration tribunal in The Hague has rejected China’s claims to economic rights across large swaths of the South China Sea, in a ruling that will be claimed as a victory by the Philippines. Al […]
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Robredo is housing czar Finally, a Cabinet post for Vice President Ma. Leonor “Leni” Robredo, the Inquirer reports today, July 7. According to the report, President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Robredo as head of the government’s Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC), Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar confirmed Thursday.(July 7 in the Philippines)
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Migrant workers shut out of secretive closed door immigration consultations Posted on July 6, 2016 By Ted Alcuitas A coalition of migrant workers today slammed the government’s secretive consultations on immigration policy. The Coalition for Migrant Worker Rights Canada, the representative body of migrant workers released a statement denouncing the exclusion of migrant workers from
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The Philippines and Filipinos were among several countries featured CBC-TV, February 11, 2016 In the late 1800s, colonial exhibits became popular in the western world — exhibits that not only showcased artifacts but actual people. In the era before cinema, these shows allowed westerners to see the foreigners they’d only heard of, and led to huge
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Toronto, Ontario ANOTHER EPIC MISTAKE? Tobias Enverga’s Skewed History of Philippine Independence By ROMEO P. MARQUEZ Editor, Filipino Web Channel June 28, 2016 “Ignorance is not bad faith. But persistence in ignorance is.” — Joanna Russ TORONTO – As I write these lines, Filipino community organizations in Greater Toronto Area are not yet done
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THE PREZ AND THE PRESS (Pooled editorial) INDAY ESPINA-VARONA·TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2016 REGRETTABLY, the conversation between President-elect Rodrigo Duterte and the news media has turned sharp and shrill. All but lost in the noise is the two parties’ common duty in law and tradition to serve and to inform the Filipino people on issues, events
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Local church members oppose refugee claim By Ted Alcuitas Vancouver, B.C. – A former Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) minister is on the run for his life and is seeking refugee status in Canada. Lowell Menorca told CBC News he is being stalked and his family members are being threatened by church members in
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Press Release Vancouver – Today, on June 16 International Domestic Workers Day, local caregivers and their advocates will hold a rally at the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) office in Downtown Vancouver to highlight their call to end “Project Guardian”, a program that conducts raids and deportations of foreign caregivers. The groups will also launch
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Trudeau vows to find killers of Canadian hostage in Philippines Toronto Star June 13, 2016 With the second of two Canadians taken hostage last year in the Philippines murdered by his captors, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau affirmed Canada’s policy Monday of not paying ransoms to terrorists. The Toronto Star reported Monday (June 13) that the Prime
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By Inday Espina-Varona Freedom… independence. Big words. A million people waving the flag will have a million and one different views of what it represents, and what these words mean. As it should be. Insisting the flag only exists to represent one view mocks everyone who has sacrificed for country and people. Neither is the
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