Category: Feature News
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Pacquiao floats Ma-So (Manny-Sotto)
PROMDI presidAdd Newential aspirant Sen. Manny Pacquiao yesterday brought up the possibility of adopting Senate president Tito Sotto as his running mate should his vice-presidential candidate, former Manila mayor Lito Atienza, backs out. Atienza recently underwent surgery on his knee after an accident at home before the start of the official campaign period. Pacquiao said…
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FilCan youth group Tulayan mobilizes community during COVID-19 pandemic
Tulayan, meaning to “Bridge the Gap” is a grassroots community-powered group of young Filipino-Canadians with a mission to serve the ever growing Filipinx Diaspora and bridge gaps within our community. They recognize it’s important to build a community and foster relationships through meaningful action that have longstanding effects on people’s lives. They’re also embracing the…
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Fraser Health Mobile Health Clinic powered by TELUS launches in Surrey
SURREY, British Columbia, March 11, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Individuals in Surrey will now have easier access to immunizations, dental care and sexual health services with the launch of the Fraser Health Mobile Health Clinic powered by TELUS. This new mobile clinic is part of TELUS’ commitment to expand the company’s innovative Health for GoodTM…
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ABS-CBN CONDUCTS CLEAN-UP DRIVES, GIVES AWAY LIGTAS BAGS FOR TAAL VICTIMS
The status of Taal Volcano is down to Alert Level 2 but Kapamilya love continues to be felt by displaced families through ABS-CBN’s “Tulong-Tulong sa Taal” public service campaign. The Kapamilya network has united with various groups for clean-up drives done in Agoncillo and Tanauan in Batangas, relief operations, and distribution of Ligtas Bags with…
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WHO:World now in ‘uncharted territory’ with COVID-19
As the novel coronavirus continues to spread and claim lives, the World Health Organization has a dire warning. “We are in uncharted territory,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on March 2. “We have never before seen a respiratory pathogen that is capable of community transmission, but which can also be contained with the right…
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Prime Minister creates committee on COVID-19
The Government of Canada’s top priority is the wellbeing and safety of all Canadians. With the COVID-19 outbreak evolving rapidly internationally, we need to continue working closely with local, provincial, territorial, and international partners to reduce potential risks to Canadians and our economy. While Canada has not experienced the impacts that other countries are experiencing…
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FCCHS Taal Fundraiser a Huge Success
Last January 12, 2020, the Philippines was hit with another natural disaster, this time in Taal, Batangas, as Taal Volcano awoke with rage. Families and homes in Batangas and the neighboring towns of Tagaytay City and other towns in Cavite were destroyed and devastated, covered in ashfall and other debris, and crumbled under the weight…
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Filipino archbishop requests abstinence from applause during Mass
Dagupan, Philippines – In a pastoral letter anticipating the beginning of Lent on Wednesday, Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan has asked that the faithful not clap in church, either during or after Mass. “The season of Lent has a somber purple color. It has a sober and calm aura. The altar decors are restrained. The…
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Jawo leads Pinoys’ return to ’68 Games
The Philippines’ 49-athlete contingent, sent to carry the country’s colors in the first Olympic Games held in Latin America, failed to take advantage of the momentum of featherweight boxer Anthony Villanueva’s silver medal heroics four years back in Rome, returning home empty handed anew. This, despite the presence of future world weightlifting champion Salvador del…
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Women’s Global Strike 2020 – If women stop, the world stops
On International Working Women’s Day (IWWD), March 8, 2020, we are calling on all working class women to join the Global Women’s Strike. On this day, we are going to: 1) Withdraw from or slow down our formal (paid or compensated) work and care (domestic or reproductive) work where we reasonably can 2) Unite with…