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I'm Henia Espinoza and this is your TFC News Now.
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We begin in Canada, where members of the community and some elected officials
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are rallying behind a Filipino activist
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who is fighting to stay in the country despite a deportation order.
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Danilo Dalion, who first came to Canada in 2009
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as one of the temporary foreign workers who helped fill the labor shortages in the country at that time,
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says he has never been a burden to Canada.
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Various progressive groups, led by the Canadian Union of Public Employees,
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the largest labor union in Canada, have joined the calls to stop the deportation of Dalion.
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Elected officials have also expressed their support
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for the grant of permanent residency to Dalion on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.
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Filipino-Canadian lawmaker Mabel Elmore wrote a letter to Immigration Minister Sean Fraser
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calling on him to act on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's mandate letter
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for the regularization of undocumented workers, which Dalion also echoed.
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Back in the U.S., it's boarding time for the Philippine Consulate
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and the Department of Tourism's Very Important Pinoy Tour,
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set to take place July 16-24, 2023.
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But it doesn't mean that our love for enjoyment has to forever change.
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Everybody's so excited about it actually, especially now that we have, number one, a new government
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and the Philippine economy is really picking up.
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I was just in the Philippines several weeks ago
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and you could feel really the dynamism, energy of the Philippine economy.
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Everybody's so excited and we're seeing an uptick also in the number of arrivals.
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Tour packages start at less than $2,000 for single occupancy.
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The VIP tour will have stops in Manila, Iloilo and Boracay.
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Arrangements are also being made for guests to meet with Philippine officials.
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And finally in sports, another milestone for Filipino-American Miami Heat head coach Eric Spoelstra,
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the two-time NBA champion, has climbed into the NBA's top 20 coaching career wins list.
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The Heat beat the visiting Utah Jazz 119-115 on Monday night,
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marking Spoelstra's 697th career win.
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The Jazz were playing without Phil Amgar, Jordan Clarkson.
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Spoelstra has been Miami's head coach since 2008
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and has posted a 589 winning percentage.
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The Heat are currently in 7th place in the Eastern Conference
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with 12 regular season games left on their schedule.
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And those are the newsmaking headlines today.
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Catch more TFC news on the ABS-CBN News website,
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news.abs-cbn.com slash tfcnews
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and on the ABS-CBN News YouTube channel.
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Stay with us, Kapa Media.
