Within days of becoming the first aboriginal woman to win this international pageant, 25-year-old is calling Ashley Callingbull out the Conservative party, which faces elections next month, for ignoring First Nations issues, including missing and murdered aboriginal women.
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For over a century, U.S. law has declared that every child born on American soil is born with the same rights as every other U.S. citizen.
But that right is being challenged.
On Sunday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump released a series of immigration proposals, including bringing an end to birthright citizenship. This statement in particular is receiving extraordinary media attention — even as a policy idea that’s been dredged up time and again through the years, largely to stir up anti-immigrant sentiment.
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Four high school students, Annicka Koteh, Anjeli Panis, Tiffany Lao, and Melissa Cheng, representing the Philippines went home triumphant as they won gold and bronze medals for their research projects in this year’s Global Environmental Issues and Us (GENIUS) Olympiad 2015 held last June 14 to 19 at the State University of New York in Oswego.
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Palawan, an island in the Philippines, was voted the No. 1 island in the world by Condé Nast Traveler. Traveler readers rated it an 88.750. Writer and traveler Lindsay Talbot traveled there to take photos and enjoy the exotic island’s natural, wondrous beauty, capturing sites like the Twin Lagoon, Coron Island, and the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River.
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For many women in their 60s and older, Social Security checks are the all-important means of survival. But for older female immigrants those benefits often don't exist. After spending their working lives taking care of their families or working off-the-books in low-wage jobs, they don't qualify. So what do they do? The answer, according to a recent study by a New York group, is many just keep on working.
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Afril Bernardino fired a tournament-high 32 points as Perlas Pilipinas downed India, 82-76, in the relegation playoff, earning the Filipinos a ticket to Fiba Asia Women’s Championship’s elite Level I competition.
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In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, Bataan Legacy Historical Society, Memorare Manila 1945, the Philippine Consulate General of San Francisco & the San Francisco Public Library present World War II in the Philippines: The Legacy of Two Nations, An Exhibition & Conference. The four-month exhibition will open on Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 10:30 AM at the San Francisco Main Public Library (Third Floor) located at 100 Larkin St., San Francisco, CA. The Conference will take place on Saturday, October 24th, 2015 at 10AM at the Koret Auditorium of the San Francisco Main Public Library. Both events are open to the public. Admissions is Free but Registration through Eventbrite (Bataan Legacy) is recommended for the Conference.
For further information, please visit bataanlegacy.org
