Calgary, Alberta Tony A. San Juan “My focus and vision are a Calgary where businesses grow and families thrive.” This is the “battle cry” of Grace Yan, a Filipino Canadian of considerable political ambition and great personal determination. Grace Yan is running for Mayor of Calgary, Alberta this coming civic election on October 18, 2021. […]
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Vancouver-Kingsway “Shameful, shocking, blatant racism” After Virginia Bremner tweeted @Virginia Bremner how she was treated by her NDP opponent Don Davies, a number of Liberal candidates tweeted back their support including former cabinet ministers. Bremner tweeted @DonDavies :”Today Don Davies said that because I am a Filipina-Canadian woman running in federal politics that I am
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Vancouver, B.C. Naden Abenes is fifth to run for parliament Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com (PCN.Com)ouve After failing to get nominated in Vancouver Centre, Naden Abenes has been acclaimed as the NDP’s candidate for Vancouver Quadra, the fifth Filipino-Canadian to run for federal office. A single mom who worked as a hotel room attendant for over
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Updated:August 24, 2021, 9:53 P.M. Vancouver-Kingsway He should apologize to the Filipino community, Bremner demands Analysis Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com (PCN.Com) Virginia Bremner, the Liberal candidate, has come out swinging at his opponent calling him “racist and sexist” and pointed to his “white privilege.” Bremner’s ire came after the NDP incumbent Don Davies’ comments in
Toronto, Ontario Elena Laude Aguilar surmounts disability to help others By: Tony A. San Juan Being a person with a physical disability especially a “woman of colour”, is considered a great burden to people with such an affliction and misfortune. But not to Elena Laude Aguilar, a Filipino Canadian woman who has been a resident of Toronto for the
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Updated: August 24, 2021, 5:27 A.M. Winnipeg, Manitoba Cheer and nostalgia for products brought customers during the lockdown Charmaine Y. Rodriguez ASIDE from their very sweet intentions, three brothers found success in a candy and snacks business that has left a very good taste in the mouths of their customers in Winnipeg. To honor the
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PIDC MABUHAY PHILIPPINES FESTIVAL LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE SONGWRITING CONTEST The Mabuhay Philippines Festival, a flagship project of the Philippine Independence Day Council(PIDC), is holding its “First Songwriting Competition-2021” in Canada. The competition is open for Canadian Residents only. This songwriting competition is a part of PIDC’s Mabuhay Philippines Festival 2-day Virtual Event on November 27 – 28,
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New Westminster, B.C. Statement from the New Westminster Police New Westminster – On August 14th, 2021, the New Westminster Police Department asked for the public’s assistance in locating 38-year-old New Westminster resident Eric Cardeno. On August 17th, 2021 at approximately 5:00pm, Mr. Cardeno was located deceased and this matter has now been turned over to
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Updated:August 17, 2021, 10:37 A.M. Toronto, Ontario THINKING ALOUD ON HOW I WILL VOTE IN THE UPCOMING PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ELECTIONS Oswald Magno Considering what we’ve been through during the last five and a half years, I share the sentiment of many Filipino voters about replacing the current administration with something new and different. I use
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Mississauga, Ontario Entrepreneur becomes third Filipina-Canadian to run Tony A. San Juan Rechie Valdez has been acclaimed today, August 15, 2021, as the candidate for Mississauga-Streetsville by the Liberal Party of Canada (LPC), hours after the election was announced. A mother of two, Rechie Valdez is a corporate banker for 15 years with cross-enterprise expertise in reporting, project management, change management
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