More than 60 per cent of Canadians think Asian immigration will positively impact the country, states a new poll, even as India, China, Philippines, Pakistan and South Korea consistently top the list of source countries for newcomers.
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Many Filipinos in the diaspora support change from Rodrigo Duterte’s presidency, but some are supporting candidates that could arguably continue his legacy.
View More Philippine elections: Competing rallies for and against Duterte
Systemic barriers rooted in Canada’s immigration policy are pushing many foreign nurses to jobs outside of their profession and others to the brink of mental and physical exhaustion. NCM’s Alec Regino reports.
View More Systemic barriers keeping foreign nurses from filling shortages
Filipina journalist Maria Ressa’s Nobel Peace Prize and her courageous reporting helps put a spotlight on the Philippine’s struggle for democracy and widespread criticism of President Rodrigo Duterte, Veronica Cusi writes.
View More Filipina journalist’s Nobel Peace Prize highlights struggle for democracy
After extensive lobbying, the Philippines’ Commission on Elections extended the deadline for overseas absentee voting. But Filipino migrant rights advocates say the extension does not go far enough.
View More Under Pressure, Manila Extends Overseas Voter Deadline
Canadians of Philippine origin organized protests, information campaigns, vigils and other events on Sept. 21 and the days that followed to remember the proclamation of martial law in the archipelago nation. Although 49 years have passed since the proclamation in 1972, many of those assembled say that the long struggle that began that fateful day is not over yet, Veronica Cusi reports.
View More Filipino-Canadians Mark 49th Anniversary of Martial Law
Pinoys on Parliament builds a virtual community for Filipino Canadians to be represented and empowered.
View More Youth Conference Empowers Filipino Canadians
Kherin Dimalanta could be sent back to the Philippines due to her costly dialysis treatment making her ineligible for permanent residency.
View More Should Kherin Dimalanta Be Sent Back to the Philippines to Die?
While studying for the Canadian citizenship test, columnist Ayse Koca found the study guide’s tone to be unfair and patronizing towards newcomers prepping for an already difficult test.
View More The Condescension of Canada’s Citizenship Test
A new Anti-Terrorism Law in the Philippines evokes fear among immigrants from the Pacific archipelago who worry it could imperil their own travel to their home country.
View More Filipino Groups Fear the Worst from Philippines’ New Terror Law