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Toronto, Montreal &Edmonton celebrate first Filipino Heritage Month

Arts & Culture, Canada News

The late Senator Tobias Enverga, Jr., the first Filipino to be appointed to the Senate of Canada celebrates Philippine Independence with Filipinos in Toronto. (Senate photo) Filipinos across the country jubilant over proclamations By Ted Alcuitas Three cities across Canada are celebrating Filipino Heritage Month for the first time this year when their respective city […]

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Breaking: Alvin Erasga Tolentino, SYM Mendoza receive award

Arts & Culture, Canada News

Tolentino receives the award for his contribution to Asian culture. (Facebook) Vancouver, B.C. Dancer and artist  honoured at Explore Asian Gala By Ted Alcuitas Alvin Erasga Tolentino received the ExploreAsian/ Vancouver Asian Heritage Month- Pan Asian recognition award for his contributions in the arts and advocacy. The Recognition and Awards Gala was held tonight at

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Five Filipinos in the running in Ontario election

Canada News, Politics

Ontario Will any make history on Thursday? By Ted Alcuitas With the Ontario election just five days away on Thursday, June 7, we list the candidates hoping to win a seat in the legislature (MPP). If any of them wins, it would be a first for the province where the largest Filipino population resides. Manitoba

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Breaking: Pinoy binaril sa Winnipeg

Canada News

Noel Talingdan, 37, died after being shot outside Bar Italia early Tuesday. (CBC Instagram) Winnipeg, Manitoba Man killed in shooting outside Bar Italia victim of targeted hit: police Noel Talingdan, 37, said he had to leave the country in social media post a week before shooting Austin Grabish · CBC News · Posted: May 31,

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Breaking: Magno wins libel case against Balita

Canada News

Oswald Magno seen here with wife Mila (left) and Philippine Consul General Rosalita Prospero  at a Raul Sunico concert.(Photo: The Philippine Reporter)    Updated: May 31, 2018, 9:00 AM Toronto, Ontario Could this be the end for Balita newspaper? By Ted Alcuitas  Less than two years after Balita lost a libel case filed by the

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Review: Pope Francis: A Man of His Word

Canada News, Religion

Pope Francis braved the storm that greeted him while visiting the people in Tacloban City, Philippines in January 17, 2015 after Typhoon Haiyan. (CNN iReport) Vancouver, B.C.  “Talk a little, listen a lot, say just enough, and look everyone in the eye,” he says.  By Ted Alcuitas The day news broke out that all Chilean

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“We were misled”: Foreign students claim

Canada News, Foreign Temporary Workers, Live-in Caregivers (LCP), OFWs

Edeline Royo Agoncillo is one of the two lead plaintiffs in the lawsuit. She says she paid thousands of dollars to attend a private college that she thought would qualify her for a federal post-graduate work permit. (CBC) Edmonton, Alberta   Foreign students file lawsuit against private Edmonton college, immigration consultant Students claim they enrolled

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Restaurants: Toronto’s Tinuno impresses blogger

Arts & Culture, Food/Restaurants

Tinuno is located at 31 Howard St., Toronto.  (Photo: Hector Vasquez, BlogTO) Toronto, Ontario What’s in my mouth? By Monica Urrutia I visited Toronto a couple of weeks ago and was interested in trying Tinuno. It had come up in my web search and my friends S and J had only good things to say

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Araw ng mga Nanay: Mothers of courage

Features

In the time before Duterte: From left: Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno,  and Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo as ‘Ninangs’ in a wedding 2015. (Photo: Leni Robredo) Ed’s note: We repost this edited version. In these dark times in the Philippines, we pay tribute to our mothers and especially to these three women

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