Filipino hotel workers get support from community

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February 16, 2006

Cleaning 16 rooms in 8 hours TORONTO–Some 60 Filipino workers (caregivers, factory workers, hotel and restaurant and other service workers), and their allies and supporters from the Filipino and other... Read more »

Hotel workers support tourism tied to good jobs

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February 16, 2006

Toronto hotel workers would welcome any new government investment in Toronto tourism but to truly benefit the people of this city, that investment must be tied to the creation of good jobs that will sustain... Read more »

Carbon monoxide poisoning

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February 16, 2006

In the wake of a recent incident and colder weather, the Toronto Fires Services wants you to keep your family and pets safe from carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide is a gas that you can’t see,... Read more »

New community center premiers with Rizal event

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February 16, 2006

A symposium on Dr. Jose Rizal, the Philippine national hero and martyr, was the maiden event for the Philippine Center Ontario, itself a new Filipino community center still to be formally inaugurated. The... Read more »

I do and the meaning of spouse

Berto Volpentesta
February 16, 2006

Canadian Immigration News and Views I do - two simple words that capturing the essence and sentiment of the participants that would bind them together in matrimony and combine their lives. By saying... Read more »

Volpe’s office refuses to receive petition vs deportation of live-in caregivers

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February 1, 2006

By SIKLAB, Ontario TORONTO–The office of Citizenship and Immigration Minister Joe Volpe refused to receive a petition signed by some 1,000 people from across Canada demanding a stop to the unjust deportation... Read more »

SIKLAB-Ontario lines up February events

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February 1, 2006

SIKLAB-Ontario recently led Filipino migrant workers’ rights activists and sympathizers in a protest action in front of Immigration Minister Joe Volpe’s campaign headquarters Friday January 13. The... Read more »

NOTEBOOK: Elections Canada: Immigrants’ view

Hermie Garcia
February 1, 2006

IT’S NOW a week after the acri-monious federal elections and the dust has settled. Is there an atmosphere of exhiliration now that the Liberal Party has been booted out of power after 12 years of... Read more »

A Petition for Press Freedom

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February 1, 2006

Proposed amendment to Bill of Rights: A menace to Philippine democracy We, the undersigned journalists and media organizations, oppose the move to amend the Bill of Rights of the Philippine Constitution... Read more »

The Ugly Canadian; Globalizing Philippine Mining

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February 1, 2006

(Last of a 3-part series of articles that first appeared in The Philippine News Today published in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) By Ted Alcuitas Barrick Gold’s takeover of Placer Dome Inc.,... Read more »

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