In Alberta, the application for medically-assisted death (MAD) – as lodged by Hanne Schafer was granted in February 2016 by then Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Justice now Supreme Court ...
February 16- 28, 2020
Editorial The costs of Philippine Immigration and Love of Country (February 2020) According to the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa, of the 837,130 people in Canada with Filipino ethnic origin based on the census conducted in May 2016, 780,130 reported they were a visible minority in the country, making Filipinos and Filipino-Canadians the 4th largest visible minority after South Asians (1,924,635), Chinese (1,577,060) and black (1,198,545) minorities in the country. Read more
Recently, dire occurrences have been reported that have made people reflect on the future of humanity. Unusual volume of rainfall during bad weather causing killer floods and landslides, permafrost ...
The results of the May 13 elections confirmed the early survey results. Duterte’s allies dominated the election while there was a complete shutout (a “massacre” according to an Inquirer ...
MAUBAN, QUEZON-A while ago at noon in the kitchen, I heard our housemaids giggling, so I was curious. They were chatting on the cellphone with Belen, who was vacationing in ...
You speak very good English. Where are you from?
* English is a very easy language to learn. I learned it on board the plane on my way here.The first line may strike one as a real compliment yet ...
The Canadian Press and the CTV News brought to public attention on December 4, 2018 that “Trudeau and Scheer clash over Canada signing UN compact on migrants.” Even before the signature of the ...
The history of cannabis criminalization is firmly rooted in racial discrimination. Even prior to Richard Nixon’s declaration on the war on drugs in 1971, Harry Anslinger, the head of the Bureau of ...
Global warming isn't a prediction. It is happening. - James Hansen. One of the most pressing problems that confront the world right now is the rising temperature of the oceans monitored by scientists ...
One of the most heartbreaking trends, observe our Filipino service providers and youth workers in Canada, is how our youth, especially children of new immigrants in the last 10 years, are no longer ...
The effects of the mid1980s neoliberal policy of privatizing social services such as higher or postsecondary education have been widely felt in North America, specifically Canada. A.k.a. Reaganism or ...
Vocational education programs have made a real difference in the lives of countless young people nationwide; they build self-confidence and leadership skills by allowing students to utilize their ...
More questions spring from that headline question above: 1) what ranks as the Filipinos’ choicest job? 2) what makes Filipinos stay in their choicest job? 3) how does this job enhance Filipinos’ ...
