Duterte endorses Mayor Tita V. Baja-Gallantes and Jun Evasco. (Philippine Government photo) Was ‘ipis’ or flirting with town mayor a bad omen? Opinion By Ted Alcuitas Editor Despite being endorsed personally by his boss, former Cabinet Secretary Leoncio “Jun” Evasco Jr. cabinet secretary Leoncio Evasco, Jr. lost to Arthur Yap to become governor of Bohol. The […]
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Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (Twitter image) Dahil sa basura inalis ang Ambassador, consuls Opinion By Ted Alcuitas Instead of the Philippine Marines invading the Port of Vancouver to start ‘Duterte’s War’ today, May 15, the Philippines has recalled the ambassador to Canada and other diplomatic officials after the Canadian government missed the May
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Art by Bencab. University of Washington professor Vicente Rafael weighs in on the Philippine election results and poses perplexing questions in his Facebook post. Silver linings in the recent mid-terms? The Estrada dynasty comes to an ignominious end; Enrile finally spiked; Gadon gone; no Manicad nor Magundadatu; Freddie A. shut out. Plus some good news,
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COMEBACK. Cebu 3rd district representative Gwendolyn Garcia votes on Monday, May 13, 2019. Facebook page of Gwendolyn Garcia MANILA, Philippines – Cebu 3rd district representative Gwendolyn Garcia returns as the province’s governor, beating incumbent Vice Governor Agnes Magpale. As of 5:45 am on Tuesday, May 14, 90.41% of the province’s precincts reported that Garcia garnered
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MANILA, Philippines (Updated) – Not a single opposition candidate is becoming a senator, after the 12 spots in the Senate were dominated by President Rodrigo Duterte’s allies. Reelectionist Senator Cynthia Villar is the top victor with a total of 24,082,934 votes, based on the latest partial and unofficial results from the Commission on Elections transparency
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Three youth participants: Evan Hsieh, Lou Mendoza and Kartik Kumar. ( Photo: Thea Loo) Updated: May 4, 2019, 3:19 PM 2nd update: May 30,2019, 9:00 AM Think Tank 2019 at the Vancouver Art Gallery By Patricia Chan This April the Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) hosted a Think Tank in collaboration with The Cinematheque, a non-profit
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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said today Canada has made an offer to take back garbage. (JUSTIN TANG / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO) Canadian garbage wrongly dumped in the Philippines is coming home More than 6 dozen containers full of rotting garbage to be taken back to Canada
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Filmmaker Jewel Maranan observes the contradictions in this changing landscape and their effect on the lives of various characters who share the same fate. Vancouver,B.C. Jewel Maranan captures everyday violence in struggle for survival in Tondo By Ted Alcuitas Monday, May 6, 2019 – 6:00pm Cinematheque (1131 Howe St.) Extreme poverty and the struggle to
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“Ethereal and elegant, Camia’s reflections are grounded in grief as they do the aching, earth-shattering work of mourning and moving forward”. (Photo supplied) Poet confronts despair in loss By Ted Alcuitas Shirley Camia has always been exploring grief and loss in her poetry beginning with her second book, The Significance of Moths (Turnstone Press, 2015)
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