Ted Alcuitas

From the baul… The death that changed my life: The assassination of Ninoy Aquino

Surrey, B.C. Himig Kabataan Cultural Society (HKCS) Choir wins historic firsts Press Release “Every note I play and we sing as a group is a beautiful expression of our hard work and our collective identities as Filipino-Canadians,” John Reyes, HKCS’s assistant musical director and pianist   The Himig Kabataan Cultural Society (HKCS) Choir, a Filipino-Canadian

Vancouver, B.C. “Writing Our Diaspora: Literature Across Generations” Historian Adrian De Leon is keynote speaker   Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor After a one-year hiatus the Filipino Canadian Book Festival returns with a vengeance – with an impressive list of nearly 30 writers from across Canada and beyond on August 14-17 at the  Museum of Vancouver

Los Angeles, California Search continues as family issues appeal Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News   Despite a massive search effort involing police and volunteers, Angelica Brophy has not been found and the family is issuing an appeal – a coordinated one starting tonight to help find her. Angelica is a 44-year old  emergency

Will Barrocan who has lived in the apartment for more than 23 years fears losing his place. (PCN Photo) Updated: July 27, 2006, 8 AM 2nd Updated: July 27, 2006, 5:12 PM Vancouver, B.C. Tenants oppose demoviction Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News “I was devastated,” says tenant Will Barrocan when he learned that

Update: June 24, 2026, 11:40 A.M. Bert Monterona at work and the Canadian commemorative coin Vancouver, B.C.       The consumate artist.. “I am an artist and, at the same time, a social realist,” ….”My work of art is a process of examining the future and rediscovering the past to build the present, to

Austin Acala graduates from Kindergarten from St. Alphonsus School in Winnipeg. (FB)   1st update:June 16, 2026, 6 PM 2nd update: June 17, 2026, 10:00 AM 3rd update: June 24, 2026, 1:36 A.M. 4th Update: June 30, 2026, 6 PM A rich harvest from Winnipeg… Austin Acala My son graduated kindergarten so happy that he

Updated: June 7, 2026, 9:47 AM Brampton,Ontario Filipino Canadian doctors raise funds for scholarship The Filipino Canadian Medical Association’s (FCMA) ‘Hiraya’  Gala raised $12,000 for a scholarship fund at the University of Toronto. The successful event the Millennium Gardens Banquet Hall in Brampton, Ontario held on May 2,  2026 brought together over 300 physicians, students

“…spellbinding in the way they transform small, quiet moments…” Calgary-based author and poet Renato Gandia wins the 2026 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers Poetry for his poem “In ‘Psalmody for the Estranged.” “In ‘Psalmody for the Estranged,’ Renato Gandia reminds us of the affinity between prayer and poetry, says the jury. The jury