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Filipino Community across Canada increasingly growing suspicious of Jason Kenney’s so called “Significant improvements” to the Live in caregiver program

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      JASON KENNEY

The Filipino Canadian community is more and more becoming suspicious of the changes made to the Federal government’s Live-in caregiver program (LCP) and remain further committed to campaigning for justice in the face of the continuation of the antiquated, anti-woman program.

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U.S. envoy assures review of advisory

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    AMBASSADOR THOMAS

 

MANILA — United States Ambassador Harry Thomas Jr. said the U.S. will continue to review its travel advisory on the Philippines for the safety and security of its nationals.

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U.S. welcomes VFA review but gives no hint it will seek Senate concurrence

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Protesters against the Visiting Forces Agreement in an undated photo.

 

MANILA — The United States has welcomed the review of its Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the Philippines but has not given an indication that it would submit the new treaty to its Senate for concurrence.

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Murdered Filipina’s bill faces uphill battle in Canada’s House of Commons

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Nov. 19, 2010


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ROXANNE FERNANDO

 

OTTAWA, Ontario — A controversial bill named after a Filipina murder victim that would make it a crime to coerce a woman into having an abortion, faces a rough ride in the House of Commons.

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Why world leaders smacked down Obama at G20 summit

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President Barack Obama gestures during a closing press conference at the G20 Summit in Seoul, South Korea on Nov. 12. (Yonhap News Agency/AP)

WASHINGTON — How do you say “shellacking” in Chinese? Or German? Or Korean?
 

Fresh from his self-described shellacking in this month’s midterm elections, President Obama has gotten pretty much the same treatment from foreign leaders as he has made his way through Asia this week.

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