Filipiniana News - Rhyme or Reason 13 February 2009 As of this writing, another Filipina live-in caregiver is quietly suffering from advanced stage cancer and has been told that she has less than six months to live. She and her accompanying family members in the Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP) permanent resident application are likely to be declared medically inadmissible for potentially causing an excessive demand on Canadian health and social services. She is therefore seeking an exemption from this requirement on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. This is happening only about half a year after the highly-publicized case of Juana Tejada who was similarly diagnosed with advanced stage cancer and who was initially refused permanent residence in Canada under the live-in caregiver class. She and her husband were later granted permanent resident status on humanitarian and compassionate grounds after extensive media coverage and public pressur...