Vol. 25 No. 09 »

Can I sponsor my step-parents or adoptive parents to Canada?

Can I sponsor my step-parents or adoptive parents to Canada?

Reis Pagtakhan

Canadian citizens and permanent residents are allowed to sponsor their parents for permanent residency to Canada. The question is whether this includes adoptive parents and step-parents? Can I sponsor my adoptive parents? Immigration law

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UFC MAKES HISTORY IN TORONTO

UFC MAKES HISTORY IN TORONTO

Big Marv

UFC 129 has come and gone and the numbers tell the record breaking story. 55,724 people filled the Rogers Centre on Saturday April 30th, making $12.075 million (US). To put that in perspective, the

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Let Me Hit You with My Rhythm Stick!

Let Me Hit You with My Rhythm Stick!

aLfie vera meLLa

(On the Case of One-Hit Listeners and Musical Ignorance) The Internet age is really a golden era for music enthusiasts, because with the availability and easy accessibility of information, discovering what is new and

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Do You Know What Those Wooden Dolls Are Called?

Do You Know What Those Wooden Dolls Are Called?

aLfie vera meLLa

(On Profiling Matryoshka Dolls) I was in early elementary, in perhaps the late 1970s, when I first saw those fascinating dolls being featured on the children’s television show Sesame Street. Since then I have

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Local Filipino Writers, Where Were You?

Local Filipino Writers, Where Were You?

aLfie vera meLLa

(At the 23rd Annual Manitoba Book Awards) Produced by Manitoba Writers’ Guild with Association of Manitoba Book Publishers, the 23rd Annual Manitoba Book Awards was held on April 17, 2011, at Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain.

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Karmic whammy hits Gloria

Karmic whammy hits Gloria

Perry Diaz

With the abrupt resignation of Ombudsman Merceditas “Merci” Gutierrez, the door is now wide open for President Benigno “P-Noy” Aquino III to fulfill his election promise of bringing ex-president and now-congresswoman Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

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Pacman meets Donald Trump

Pacman meets Donald Trump

Perry Diaz

World boxing champion Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao was working out in a gym in Hollywood, California to prepare for his fight against Shane Mosley on May 7, 2011, when billionaire Donald Trump walked in unannounced.

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Supporter says ‘OMG’ quits due to strings of family problems

Supporter says ‘OMG’ quits due to strings of family problems

The head of a group called the Movement of Enlightened and Responsible Citizens Against Impeachment (MERCI) revealed that Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez resigned due to a chain of family crises that reduced her to a

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Pacquiao-Mosley: Fight Night

Pacquiao-Mosley: Fight Night

Filipino pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao ready to battle Sugar Shane Mosley

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Pacquiao in top form as fight get nears

Pacquiao in top form as fight get nears

The sparring rounds have gone down with exactly a week left before the May 7 showdown with Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Manny Pacquiao went six hard rounds of sparring

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