Philippine Canadian Inquirer Issue #25

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CANADA’S FIRST AND ONLY NATIONWIDE FILIPINO-CANADIAN NEWSPAPER VOL. 8 NO. 25

FRIDAY AUGUST 10, 2012

CANADA NEWS How KAPISANAN makes a difference in Toronto and the rest of the world (On pages 20-21) Saskatchewan immigrants say rule changes impacting families could lead to exodus (On page 25)

NINO JESUS ORBETA

Filipino-Canadian in Focus: KAPISANAN’s Caroline Mangosing (On page 24)

MAKING WAVES Children in frolic in the surf near the seawall in Navotas City on Thursday as floodwaters whipped by Typhoon “Gener” continue to swamp the coastal city. The overstaying typhoon has finally left the country and is now headed to China after battering Taiwan.

Enrile, Sotto, Honasan join anti-RH rally BY KRISTINE L. ALAVE Philippine Daily Inquirer THE CATHOLIC Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) leads tens of thousands in a prayer-rally at the Edsa Shrine in Mandaluyong City today to show Congress that most Filipinos oppose a bill that would curb the country’s population growth. Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and Senators Vicente Sotto III and Gregorio Honasan will lead politicians who plan to attend the rally. Sotto said he knew about a plot involving a foreign group to make the bill include abortion. He said he would expose the attempt during the

What if Marilyn Monroe died today? (On page 33)

Church ‘show of force’

interpellation of the bill’s proponents in the Senate next week. In the House of Representatives, lawmakers will vote next to decide whether to close the interpellation and send the bill for amendments, a shortcut that will speed up adoption of the Malacañang-backed proposal. The Catholic Church views the Aug. 7 vote as a rush to impose birth control on the Filipinos. President Aquino supports the bill, and the Palace has called on Congress to approve the measure as a major step in dealing with the country’s socioeconomic problems, particularly poverty and unemployment.

But the bill, after 10 years of failure due largely to opposition from the Catholic Church, is coming up for approval at a most inconvenient time for most of the allies of the President in both houses of Congress. They are facing their first election next year since coming to power with Mr. Aquino in 2010, and the Church has promised to campaign against their reelection unless they drop the reproductive health bill. Next year’s midterm elections are mostly local races, and the Church believes it commands the local vote in this Catholic-majority country.

Road across Canada ends in Tofino on Vancouver Island, locals say (On page 36)

Philippine English (On page 42)

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