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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Vancouver, B.C. Co.ERASGA proudly present The Gathered Voices and the Artists of “Tini(g)Tipon” Presented at the Scotiabank Dance Centre (677 Davie St) Wednesday, September 21,2016 at 8pm Tickets through www.brownpapertickets.com for $20/$30 (sliding scale) The artists: Kathara PILIPINO INDIGENOUS ARTS COLLECTIVE SOCIETY, Grace Nono, Mutya Macatumpag, Co.ERASGA, Dancers of Damelehamid, Coastal Wolfpack Musqueam Group BC,
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Filipino and Canadian indigenous people seek to bridge cultures By Ted Alcuitas A unique experiment to bring together two indigenous cultures is happening this weekend at Gibsons, B. C. The Third Babylan Conference will be held on indigenous land in Gibsons on September 23-25, 2016. Put together by the Vancouver-based Kathara Pilipino Indigenous Arts
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SENATOR Leila de Lima was evicted chair of the Senate committee on justice and was immediately replaced by Senator Richard Gordon, The Inquirer reports today (September 19). Gordon has earlier called for the suspension of the ‘writ of habeas corpus’. According to the report, it was Senator Manny Pacquiao, who made a motion on the floor
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AP Sept. 17, 2016 Abu Sayyaf extremists on Saturday freed a Norwegian man kidnapped a year ago in the southern Philippines with two Canadians who were later beheaded and a Filipino woman who has been released by the ransom-seeking militants, officials said. According to the Associated Press (AP) Kjartan Sekkingstad was freed in Patikul town
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Winnipeg, Manitoba The Roots: Filipino Rockers and Musicians of Winnipeg (1974-1982) By Levy Abad , Singer-Songwriter Published on PHILIPPINECANADIANNEWS.COM September 18, 2016 Updated: September 19, 2016, 7:04 PM;Sept. 20, 10.17AM Introduction There are a lot of musicians in Winnipeg and their presence goes back to the time the first wave of Filipinos arrived in the early
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Ambush survivor: ‘Matobato tried to kill me in 2014’ A retired agrarian reform adjudicator sees Senate witness Edgar Matobato on TV: ‘I clearly remember his eyes, nose, and mouth, every attribute, including his ball cap. He is the same person who tried to kill me on October 23, 2014’ Editha Z. Caduaya, Rappler Published 11:00
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