OTTAWA –Filipino migrant organizations and solidarity groups across Canada have joined together to form a country-wide committee to defend the rights of Filipino anti-imperialist leader Prof. Jose Maria (Joma) Sison, arrested by Dutch police on August 28, 2007. Prof. Sison is a political refugee who has been living in exile for 20 years in Utrecht, ⇒

TORONTO–Canadians report feeling more in debt than ever with 90% saying they have more debt today than five years ago, according to a recent study sponsored by Credit Canada. Despite this feeling of indebtedness, over half of Canadians (53%) still do not have a personal/household budget. Furthermore, they remain unaware of critical information and tools ⇒

NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE — In the outskirts of beautiful Niagara-on-the-Lake, on a Road called Line 6, is a modest stretch of farmland owned by Pavel Varadinek and family. At the end of the family home’s driveway by the road, is a small table with baskets of fruits — plums, prunes, peaches, grapes and apricots — and a ⇒

OTTAWA-The Canadian Labour Congress is increasingly concerned about the well-being and whereabouts of a number of Filipino migrant workers who recently came to Ontario under the federal government’s Foreign Workers Program. “This program fails these workers and will damage the reputation of all Canadians,” says Hassan Yussuff, secretary-treasurer of the Canadian Labour Congress. “In the ⇒

It’s taken almost two years for Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) to finally respond to one of its greatest defeats in the Supreme Court of Canada. In October, 2005 the court made a landmark ruling involving two medical refusal cases. David and Susan Hilewitz tried to immigrate here with their two boys. Their younger son ⇒

By Tony A. San Juan TORONTO–The Philippine Teachers Association (PTA), a year- old “kapisanan ng mga guro” in the Greater Toronto Area, will sponsor and undertake a two-day seminar-workshop for internationally-educated teachers jointly with the Kababayan Community Centre of Toronto. The historic initiative , a brainchild of Tony A. San Juan – PTA Vice president ⇒

The Lucban Association of Toronto had their annual picnic on August 19th. Formed in 1988, the association is one of the most dynamic and active organization in the Greater Toronto Area. They have two main activities in the year. One is the summer picnic that is usually held in August, close to the fiesta in ⇒

“My employer doesn’t consider me as nanny or house maid. She wants me to feel at home and be part of their family. That’s why for two full years she never gave me any overtime pay.” Is this a kind of hospitality or pure labour absurdity? It is for sure a reality. And it happened ⇒

Doctor Recycle, the Mad Junkologist from British Columbia is coming back to do his rounds in Toronto Oct 31-Nov 17. Oliver Samonte, aka Dr. Recycle, the popular mad junkologist of BC is going to be presenting at two teachers’ conventions in Toronto. On Nov. 1, he will be presenting at ACSI’s Convention (Association of Christian ⇒

CLARENVILLE, NL–Oikos Game wins the prestigious 2007 Platinum Award. Serena Phillips of The Family Review Magazine & Review Center, a Washington-based organization, explains that the Platinum Award is a mark of distinction, being given only to the highest of quality products reviewed at the Review Center. Family Review Magazine reviews products for companies worldwide and ⇒