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Binay wrests title of Mr. Palengke from Roxas
Catholic schools back Ateneo stance vs martial law
Turn PH into next Makati? Please don’t, Mar tells Binay
Washington will greet Trudeau with telltale sign
Wardrobe for seasonal transition
THE GREAT DIVIDE
The growing gap between the rich and the poor is best illustrated in this photograph showing the midrise buildings and skyscrapers of the Makati Central Business District overlooking the shanties of Barangay San Roque Riverside in Pasay City. RAFFY LERMA / PDI
Court rules Grace Poe can run for president BY JIM GOMEZ The Associated Press MANILA, PHILIPPINES — The Philippine Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Sen. Grace Poe is eligible to run for president in May 9 elections, overturning an elections commission decision to disqualify her and removing a long-hanging legal question over a tightly fought race
to lead the Southeast Asian nation. The justices voted 9-6 in favour of Poe’s petitions against the Commission on Elections’ decision last December to disqualify her on the grounds that she was not a natural-born citizen and did not have the 10 years of Philippine residency required of presidential candidates, Supreme Court spokesman Theo-
Fil-Can in Focus: Elle Harris
Cancel raids on caregivers, say local groups to PM Trudeau MIGRANTE-BC, the West Coast Domestic Workers Association and MLA Mable Elmore recently called on Prime Minister Trudeau to cancel a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) project that targets foreign caregivers in their employers’ homes. The CBSA’s “Project Guardian”, refers to an investigative unit set up in the agency’s BC and Yukon region to tackle allegations of fraud and violations of the foreign caregiver program. An example is where a caregiver may be working for an employer that is not stated in their work permit. “Foreign caregivers come to Canada on work permits tied to their specific employer. So if they are let go or have to leave for various reasons including abuse, they need a new work permit. Processing times for the new permits can take as long as half a year and while waiting, the caregivers are not allowed to work or may not be eligible to collect employment insurance,” says Erie Maestro, Migrante-BC Coordinator. According to Maestro, her group has
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