Spending Mother’s Day 7,000 Miles Away

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May 29, 2009

During Mother’s Day on May 10, there are mothers 7,000 miles away in Canada working as caregivers in the hope that they would be able to reunite with their children soon and be able to provide a better... Read more »

Berting Labra springs to freedom

Hermie Garcia
February 13, 2009

(Following are excerpts from an article published in the Observer magazine in Feb. 1982 after Berting Labra’s release from prison.) Home at last after 12 long years, Berting Labra is again in command... Read more »

A Day in the Life of a Jeepney Driver

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September 26, 2008

eepney drivers work long days and endure a lot of difficulties in their struggle to eke out a daily living. At the end of the day, however, their earnings are far from enough to afford basic necessities. (Read... Read more »

Risking their Lives to Bring Health Services to the Poor in Remote Areas

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September 3, 2008

Even as they provide much-needed health services in far-flung areas, community health workers (CHWs) are not spared from being targets of the military’s counter-insurgency campaign. In Guihulngan, Negros... 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 »

The Ugly Canadian

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January 16, 2006

Special Report on the Mining Industry in the Philippines (First two of a 3-part series of articles that first appeared in The Philippine News Today published in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) By... Read more »

Demonyong Banyaga at si JR

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November 16, 2004

Ni Soliman I. Urduja Sa Timpalak Walang Utak. Host: Sino ang pambansang bayani ng Pilipinas? Contestant: Wala bang clue? Host: Ang mga unang titik ng kanyang pangalan ay JR. Contestant: (Mabilis pa sa... Read more »

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