South Asian Community Leaders Join Others In Calling On Local Company To Stop Mistreating Hotel Workers The Link November 5th, 2016 RICHMOND – A joint press conference was held Thursday in Vancouver and Toronto with community leaders representing several Filipino, South Asian and faith groups and the union UNITE HERE Canada. Community leaders demanded that […]
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Rappler: Newsbreak SC verdict on Marcos burial: ‘Not a surprise’ Posted: 07 Nov 2016 11:46 PM PST MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court on Tuesday, November 8, voted 9-5 to allow the burial of ex-president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. The SC ruled, among others, that the late dictator can be buried
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SC OKs Marcos burial at Libingan Inquirer November 08, 2016 Militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) on Tuesday said it cannot accept the decision of the Supreme Court giving the green light to a hero’s burial for the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Bayan secretary general Renato Reyes Jr. said
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AT LEAST 8 JUSTICES EXPECTED TO JUNK PETITIONS VS ‘LIBINGAN’ INTERMENT SC to allow Marcos burial BY JOMAR CANLAS, TMT ON NOVEMBER 7, 2016 EXCLUSIVE The Manila Times A majority of Supreme Court (SC) justices are poised to reject the petitions seeking to stop the burial of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan
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Marcos burial decision set for tomorrow (Philippine time) By Ted Alcuitas “We cry for justice!,” Filipino-Americans, in front of the San Francisco Philippine Consulate, implore the Philippine Supreme Court to stop President Duterte’s action to bury Dictator Marcos with hero’s honors. As organizer Ago Pedalizo read the names of some of Marcos’ martyrs among them, the Lacaba
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Top Rank chief executive Bob Arum was critical of two boxing judges for how they scored the championship fights of Manny Pacquiao and Nonito Donaire Jr. at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas on Saturday. Donaire surrendered his WBO super bantamweight belt to Jessie Magdaleno after he was beaten 112-116, 112-116, and 110-118.Pacquiao,
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INQUIRER.net / 07:34 AM November 05, 2016 Rolando Espinosa Sr.. JULLIANE LOVE DE JESUS/INQUIRER FILE PHOTO Updated 9:40 a.m., November 5, 2016 Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. was killed in a “firefight” after allegedly resisting arrest at the Baybay, Leyte Sub-Provincial Jail, early Saturday morning. A firefight between Espinosa and Raul Yap and the
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Dela Rosa in U.S. to watch Pacquiao match Rappler.com Posted: 03 Nov 2016 06:18 PM PDT President Rodrigo Duterte may have recently lashed out at the United States and a Philippine National Police (PNP) plan to procure much-needed rifles may have been shelved, but that didn’t stop the country’s top cop, Director General
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London, Ontario Aspiring boxer hopes to carry Canadian and Philippine flags By Ted Alcuitas A 26-year – old Filipino-Canadian boxer from London, Ontario had a bad experience with Team Paquiao while running with his idol in Hollywood prior to his fight tomorrow against WBO welterweight titleholder Jessie Vargas. Junior featherweight boxer Marc Pagcaliwangan,known as ‘Gwapo’ (handsome)
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Philippines ‘I Will Kill All the Drug Lords’ The making of Rodrigo Duterte By Sheila Coronel The Atlantic Sept. 20, 2016 “The Davao playbook no longer suffices. It’s time to write a new one,” writes Sheila Coronel in this analysis of who the real Duterte is. In the Philippines, the end of Ferdinand Marcos’s 20-year
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