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American troops occupy a Philippine barrio in the film Amigo starring Joel Torre
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WINNIPEG – Winnipeggers will have a rare glimpse of Philippine history beginning on February 10 with the showing of the film Amigo by American independent writer-director Jon Sayles.
The movie, which was filmed entirely on location in Bohol, stars Americans Chris Cooper and Garret Dillahunt with a cast of Filipino actors including Joel Torre, Rio Locsin, Ronnie Lazaro, Irma Adlawan, Bembol Roco, Pen Medina, John Arcilla, Spanky Manikan and Miguel Faustman.
Amigo is set 1900 during the Philippine-American War, a brutal period of history after the revolution against Spain when the former American allies became the enemy and the new colonial rulers of the Philippines. It is a period of history rarely told in cinema and almost completely ignored in both Philippine and American education.
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Federal Minister of Health Leona Aglukkaq
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OTTAWA – Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq unveiled on January 31st the federal government’s $67.5 million investment that aims to help Canadians get more effective treatment and make the healthcare system more sustainable through genetics-based personalized medicine.
“The potential to understand a person’s genetic makeup and the specific character of their illness in order to best determine their treatment will significantly improve the quality of life for patients and their families and may show us the way to an improved health care system and even save costs in certain circumstances,” Minister Aglukkaq said.
Personalized medicine promises the potential to transform the delivery of healthcare to patients by evolving from what the current government calls a reactive “one-size-fits-all” system towards a system of predictive, preventive and more precise care.
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