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Filipino family reunited in Montreal

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Elenor Diaz cries as she embraces her husband Nilo as her children look on after their early morning arrival at Pierre Trudeau Airport in Montreal on Dec. 29.  (Photo by Peter McCabe / The Gazette)

 

MONTREAL — A Filipino family whose Christmas was ruined when fraudsters made off with their hard-earned savings was reunited at Pierre Elliott Trudeau airport on Wednesday morning.

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Senate blocks DREAM Act

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An undocumented student weeps as she watched the debate over the DREAM Act, which failed to win approval in the U.S. Senate on Dec. 18.  (AP photo)

 

WASHINGTON — The dreams of thousands of young undocumented immigrants to stay in the country legally died over the weekend after the U.S. Senate rejected on Dec. 18 the DREAM Act that would have allowed them to pursue a path to legalization and eventually naturalization.

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3 Filipino dads fear deportation

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From left, Ermie Zotomayor, Antonio Laroya and Arnisito Gaviola are now in Winnipeg sleeping on the floor of a friend, awaiting their Dec. 23 immigration hearing.  (Photo by the Winnipeg Free Press)

 

WINNIPEG — Three dads trying to support their families in the Philippines hope they won’t be home for Christmas.

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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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