June 2013 Edition - Filipino Star

June 2013 The North American Filipino Star
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Cotler discusses current
issues in the world
By W. G. Quiambao
In a brief and an informal press
conference at Pusha Restaurant on June
9, Irwin Cotler, MP for Town of Mount
Royal and a Liberal Party's special adviser
on Human Rights and International
Justice, spoke before a small crowd about
current issues in the world.
Following his discussion on
health care, violence against women and
elderly, Cotler assured the crowd that the
riding in Mount Royal maintains its
credibility - culturally, territorially and
socially. On a more serious note, Cotler,
who introduced the legislation that will
hold Iran accountable for the killing of
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5,000 political prisoners 25 years ago, said
that the Canadian government became the
MP of Mount Royal, Irwin Cotler, is surrounded by his constitutents, after the press
conference
first parliament in the world to establish
Sept. 1 as Iranian Day. In addition, he
talked about what is happening in Syria
which is beyond belief. More than 100,000
have been killed, four and half million have
been displaced during the war there.
Before ending the press
conference, Cotler mentioned that when
he was in Victoria, B. C., he saw how
people there got excited and inspired
when they met Justin Trudeau .They
believe that he is the person who will
change the human conditions in Canada.
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Updates on Ronald Santos
W. G. Quiambao
Ronald is the son of Reuben
Santos, former president of the Filipino-
Canadian Tennis Association of Montreal.
A sociology and an anthropology graduate
from Loyola University and owner of
TRICAN Multimedia Solutions, Ronald was
featured as Personality of the Month last
June 2012.
From April 2011 to May 2013, he
worked as civilian consultant for Coffey
consultant International Development
based in London, England on a project
called Helmand Monitoring and Evaluation
Programme (HMEP), which evaluates the
effectiveness of the activities of the
Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Team
(HPRT). Because he was stationed at the
H-PRT in Lash Kar Gah, Helmand
Province, Afghanistan between 2011 and
2012, he received two service medals, one
from the North American Treaty
Organization (NATO) and one from the
United Kingdom. The Medal for ISAF
(Afghanistan) is for supporting NATO
operations in Afghanistan . The Civilian
Service Medal (Afghanistan) is awarded by
the British government to civilians (and
some members of the UK Armed Forces)
to recognize service since November 19,
2001 in the transition to democracy in
Afghanistan.
The Helmand PRT is part of the
North American Treaty Organization
(NATO) international Security Assistance
Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. Headed by
British diplomat Cationa Laing, it has over
100 civilian and military core staff, mainly
from the UK, Afghanistan, Denmark,
Estonia and the USA. . It is funded by the
UK, USA Danish and Estonian
governments . The Provincial
Ronaldo Santos (center) is flanked by his
friends.
Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Helmand
coordinates international stabilization and
development work across Helmand,
working with the Government of
Afghanistan. the ISAF elements in the
Province partnered with their Afghanistan
National Security Force (ANSF)
counterparts and international donors.
Ronald is working on a similar
project for the Australian Government in
Urugan Province, Afghanistan . He also
works on a Peace Building and
Governance in Islamabad, Pakistan.
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