Pet Cleto, right, with another womens activist Bernadette Ellorin, chair of USA Bayan. Toronto,Ontario Life-long devotion to womens issues By Ted Alcuitas She was called a revolutionary woman, defender of human rights and a journalist, but to the mostly young women who followed her, she was plain ‘Tita Pet’ and to those on the […]
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Rappler CEO Maria Ressa. (ABS/CBN) Philippines In a move reminiscent of Ferdinand Marcos’ muzzling of the press, President Rodrigo Duterte, through the Securities and Echange Commission (SEC) today revoked the registration of Rappler, a fierce critic. The move happened just as the movie The Post was released to international audiences. The movie is about The
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Vancouver, B.C. RBC winner will display art By Ted Alcuitas Multi-awarded Filipino-Canadian artist Patrick Cruz will open the first artist talk at Langara College’s Dept. of Fine Arts on Thursday, January 18 at 1:15PM in Rm. A046. http://www.patrickcruz.org Cruz is a Filipino-Canadian artist and organizer working between Vancouver, Toronto and Manila. He studied painting at the
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Relics. Devotees and the sisters of the Daughters of Saint Therese facilitate the installation of the wax image containing the remains of the late Archbishop Teofilo Camomot at the Domus Teofilo in Barangay Valladolid, Carcar City. (SunStar Photo/Alex Badayos) Cebu, Philippines SunStar Cebu January 04, 2018 Camomot’s relics moved to museum THE 10-hour exhumation of
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Author Shirley Camia reads at Pluma’s literary event on November 23 in Toronto. (The Philippine Reporter) Updated: Dec. 30, 2017, 6:11 AM Vancouver, B.C. Children Shouldn’t Use Knives gains praise By Ted Alcuitas Shirley Camia explores the ‘darker’ side of youth in her daring new book, Children Shouldn’t Use Knives which was released this fall.
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[featured-img-caption] Philippines THE END OF THE AFFAIR? Duterte’s romance with the Reds Who failed the talks? Both the government and the communist rebels claim betrayal. TEXT BY CARMELA FONBUENA Rappler Published 11:54 AM, December 27, 2017 Updated 5:51 PM, December 27, 2017 AT A GLANCE: Rodrigo Duterte, the first president to declare himself a
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Paolo Duterte during appearance at Senate investigation into alleged shabu shipment Photo: PhilStar Rappler December 25, 2017 DAVAO CITY, Philippines (UPDATED) – Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte has resigned. He made the announcement during a special session of the city council, which he was supposed to preside on Christmas Day. “My parents never failed
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Burnaby, B.C. Bullet holes inspire art at Burnaby high school Cornelia Naylor / Burnaby Now DECEMBER 19, 2017 09:37 AM Byrne Creek Community School Grade 11 student Maya Arradaza and Grade 12 student Lily Whitford hold up a happy collage they made out of a sheet of plywood that had been used to cover a
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TRUSTED ALLY: When Duterte became president in June 2016, he appointed Ronald Dela Rosa as his national police chief. Like Duterte, Dela Rosa hails from Davao. Here the two men are pictured together at the presidential Malacanang palace in Manila, in January. REUTERS/Ezra Acayan How a secretive police squad racked up kills in Duterte’s drug
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Hector Mantolino arrives at Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax for his trial on Tuesday. (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press) Halifax, Nova Scotia Temporary workers vindicated By Ted Alcuitas It was a moment of vindication for several dozen Filipino temporary workers when the man who brought them to Canada under false information pleaded guilty on December
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