International Women’s Day
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Why do Filipinos love pageants?
For the Love of Pageants: Gender, Sex, Colonialism By May Farrales, PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia (http://philippi.mywhc.ca/canada/colonialism-endures-in-basketball-and-beauty-pageants-says-researcher/) Why do Filipinos love pageants? I did not watch beauty pageants when I was growing up. I did not even watch the Miss Universe Pageant this year and only started following it to see how the news
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First Filipino politician Conrad Santos dies at 81
Winnipeg, Manitoba First Filipino-Canadian MLA Conrad Santos dies at 81 By Ted Alcuitas The man who put Filipinos on the political map of this country has died in Winnipeg, his home for more than five decades. Conrad Santos, the first Filipino-Canadian to be elected to a provincial legislative assembly died at Winnipeg’s Victoria General Hospital
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Franco Orr sentencing gets another delay
Vancouver, B.C. The man who was previously convicted of trafficking a Filipina caregiver from Hong Kong three years ago but won an appeal, is to appear in court on March 9 to set a date for his sentencing. The identity of the Filipina cannot be revealed due to a court publication ban. Franco Orr, whose
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Never Forget: ‘We are the World'(a repost)
Reposting… Editor’s note: As we approach the end of September and memories of Martial Law in the Philippines forty eight years ago fades, we do well to keep re-telling history as it happened. For even as September ends, sinister voices in the motherland are hard at work to revise or even erase that history. These
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Remembering EDSA : The Canadian connection
ATOM rally,city hall Today, the 30th anniversary of the EDSA Revolution, we take a look back at how Filipinos in Canada reacted to the Marcos dictatorship. While the tentacles of the dictatorship reached across the ocean to terrorize and intimidate overseas Filipinos, a few stood against it. ATOM (August Twenty One Movement) was formed in
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Do you know ‘Sheila’?
Surrey, B.C. Do you know this woman? RCMP say she was found wandering around Surrey without any shoes on. (RCMP) RCMP are seeking the public’s assistance identifying an elderly woman found wandering the streets of Surrey, Monday at 4 p.m. PT, without any shoes on. According to a CBC report, police say the woman was
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Artist to talk about his art and the Kamias Triennale
Homecoming: A Talk by Patrick Cruz February 29, 6:30-8:30 PM Multipurpose Room Liu Institute for Global Issues University of British Columbia Open to all The UBC Philippine Studies Series and Centre A is pleased to present a talk by Filipino-Canadian artist Patrick Cruz, winner of the 2015 Annual RBC Painting Competition. Cruz will present
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Bulaklak ng Paraiso shows Patrick Cruz’s works
Vancouver Patrick Cruz mounts exhibit Vancouver, B.C. – The prize-winning artist Patrick Cruz, last year’s Royal Bank of Canada winner, will show Bulaklak ng Paraiso (Flower of Paradise) at Centre A from March 4 to May 7, 2016. Curated by Makiko Hara, the show will include a video screening of the works of the late
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Despite controversy Pacquiao may still win, says InterAksyon
Bilang Pilipino (The Guardian, Feb. 19, 2016: But Pacquiao’s Instagram account seemed to back up his initial comments as a Bible quote appeared, reading: “If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death;
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