CANADA’S FIRST AND ONLY NATIONWIDE FILIPINO-CANADIAN NEWSPAPER SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
VOL. 9 NO. 236
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Bring home more stranded Filipino workers overseas
De Lima: UN exec to probe extrajudicial killings in PHL
Not a word from Rody on Matobato’s allegations
Three ways politics touched us this week
Urban makeover!
CPP reform to sting economy, jobs over short term, but help beyond 2025: feds Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon (center) shows to members of the media the seized parcels containing more or less 5,000 pills of ecstasy with an estimated street value of P7.5 million which were intercepted at the Manila Central Post Office.
BY ANDY BLATCHFORD The Canadian Press
JOAN BONDOC / PDI
‘No new reso, no more Matobato’ BY CHRISTINE O. AVENDAÑO Philippine Daily Inquirer A NEW resolution would be needed before the Senate could look further into the testimony of self-described hit man Edgar Matobato, who accused President Duterte of ordering him and others to kill criminals in Davao City when Mr.
Duterte was its mayor, Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said yesterday. Pimentel, president of Mr. Duterte’s political party, PDPLaban, said he would relay this to Sen. Leila De Lima today because the Senate committee on justice and human rights had gone “off topic”
So, what are survival jobs?
OTTAWA — The federal government is expecting Canada Pension Plan reform to slow economic and employment growth slightly in the short term before boosting both in the long run. The Finance Department released new projections Monday showing what Canadians can expect if Ottawa moves ahead with the tentative CPP agreement it reached with most provinces. The changes would gradually increase mandatory contributions to the public plan as a way to boost the program’s benefits for future generations of retirees. The Liberal government has been
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