Mayweather shows
pacquiao who's the boss
Siddhartha’s Kitchen –
an indian delight
The statistics can't lie. Floyd
Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26 KOs)
outshattled and outslugged the
tentative Manny Pacquiao (57-6-2,
38 KOs).
He calls his food organic and
describes it as "feels good
cuisine." He prefers to use organic
vegetables which he selects with
care.
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President Aquino’s state
visit to Canada set
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Various environmental groups in 63 countries
supports EcoWaste demand for Canada to take
back its garbage.
Zero Waste Group
Urges P-Noy
to Take Up
Cudgels against
Garbage Dumping
By Yul Baritugo
in particular ASEAN (Association of SouthEast Asian Nations) countries. The ASEAN
response has been correct but cautious,
waiting for Canada to demonstrate
convincingly that it is prepared to sustain its
newfound interest in Asia, observes Hugh
Stephens, senior fellow at the Asia Pacific
Foundation of Canada and the Canadian
Defense and Foreign Affairs Institute, a
Calgary-based research institute, in his
report to the Globe and Mail.
An environmental coalition for zero
waste and a toxics-free society had
appealed to President Benigno Aquino III to
seek no less than the immediate return of 50
container vans of mixed garbage shipment
from Canada when he meets Prime Minister
Stephen Harper Thursday.
President Aquino will depart for Canada
for a state visit from May 7 to 9 that
according to Prime Minister Harper’s official
website “will provide an opportunity for
both leaders to reaffirm close relationship
between Canada and the Philippines based
on strong people-to-people ties.”
“We urge President Aquino to seek
a just closure for the garbage dumping
controversy that has remained unresolved
almost two years since the first batch of the
mixed trash shipment arrived in Manila in
June 2013,” said Aileen Lucero, Coordinator
of the EcoWaste Coalition.
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President Benigno S. Aquino III converses with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper during the latter's State Visit to the Republic of the Philippines last
November 10, 2012. Photo by Jay Morales / Malacañang Photo Bureau.
By Emmy Buccat and Yul Baritugo
Philippine President Benigno S.
Aquino’s state visit to Canada is all set
from May 7 to 9, 2015 at the invitation
of Canadian Governor General David
Johnston. This is the first State Visit of a
Philippine President to Canada after 18
years since former President Fidel V. Ramos
visited in 1997.
After stopping in Ottawa, he will visit
Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver, all
cities with sizeable Philippine communities
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including a short stop to Chicago to meet
members of the Philippine-American
community there.
President Aquino will meet the Filipino
community in B.C. on Saturday, May
9th 2015 in an exclusive gathering at the
Vancouver Convention Center.
This year the Philippines chair the
annual APEC process and will play host to
the APEC summit in Manila in November.
Canada, also an APEC member, has been
working hard to re-establish its credibility
as a worthwhile interlocutor for APEC, and
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