(Editor’s note: Fr. Picardal was in hiding in 2018 for fear of his life. A Google search do not show if he is still in hiding. Fr. Picardal is not the only high-profile priest threatened by Duterte. He also wanted Bishop Pablo ‘Ambo’ David killed for criticizing EJK’s ) Rappler.com CATHOLIC CHURCH [OPINION] Why did priests
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https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/07/02/filipino-racism-vancouver-bus/ Another racist incident that could go unsolved Opinion Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, philippinecanadiannews.com A Filipino passenger on a Vancouver Transit bus was subjected to a racist slur and told to speak English by a woman passenger. “You f***ing people. Speak in English here,” the woman shouted at Samson James Ordonez while he was
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https://www.facebook.com/narimadc/videos/10216512678065767 2nd Update: July 3, 2020, 6:45 AM Updated: July 2, 2020, 9:53 PM Surrey, B.C. Surrey’s Glisha Dela Cruz holds record for singing Oh Canada for 12 consecutive years in a Canada Day celebration Teodoro Alcuitas Editor philippinecanadiannews.com A 19-year old songstress has literally grown up on the stage of the Fort Langley Canada Day
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Philippines Announcement surprises media community Analysis By Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, philippinecanadiannews.com In a terse one-sentence notice in his Facebook page today (yesterday in the Phiippines), long-time editor-in-chief Joel Pablo Salud of the Philippines Graphic caught everybody by surprise as they woke up this morning. “I regret to inform everyone that as of today, I am
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Updated: June 30, 2020, 6 AM Vancouver, B.C. The son of a high school dropout, he will proceed to a Master’s Program Mildred German Unceded Territories – Canadian born and raised queer Filipino youth and community advocate, William Canero, graduates with a B.A in Political Science from the University of British Columbia (UBC). He wrote
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Burnaby, B.C. A family tradition of studying at the St. Thomas More Collegiate STMC) was recently repeated with the graduation of Gabe Nacario. The Catholic-run secondary school was home to Dad Percy (1989) uncles Rey (1987) and Remuel (1991) as well as elder brother Nathaniel (2018). A senior point guard of Burnaby’s Knights, Gabe
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LGBTQ Nation Bill Browning, June 29,2020 As Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted about honoring Stonewall, the NYPD was unleashing pepper spray on LGBTQ people dancing in celebration. The NYPD may have apologized last year for raiding the Stonewall Inn, spawning days of riots and police brutality, but they apparently haven’t decided to stop the behavior.
NYC memories and reflection of queer resistance June 28, 2020 Mildred German Unceded Territories – Today marks World Pride Day, a day to celebrate and commemorate the ongoing queer resistance and the struggle for LGBTQ rights and liberation. In 2019, the largest International Pride celebration in history was celebrated in New York City. With over
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