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Ernesto Ofiaza, Jr. and wife Catherine sing their jingle to encourage kababayans to get vaccinated. (Photo: Ernesto Ofiaza, Jr.Facebook)

As Manitoba faces Covid-19 crisis, couple reaches out to kababayans through music

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Winnipeg, Manitoba Kabarangay Magpabakuna Na! Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com (PCN.Com) A musical couple from Winnipeg has turned to music to encouraged kababayans to roll up their sleeves and get vaccinated. With Manitoba in “dire” circumstances coping with the upsurge of cases prompting the ‘shipment’ of some  patients to Ontario, Ernesto Ofiaza, Jr. and wife […]

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SFU student Jeannifer Decena wants Filipino voices heard in academia. (Photo: SFU)

Asian Heritage Month : SFU student and health care worker shares thought 

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Vancouver, B.C. “…I am a silent survivor in the healthcare field while continuing my studies.” Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com (PCN.Com) Filipina-Canadian psychology student Jennifer Daet Decena thinks our voices should not only be heard on social media but also within the academia. Decena,who is also a health care worker, speaks her mind about Asian

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Giselle General wants to break glass ceilings in her climb to municipal politics. (Campaign photo)

Edmonton municipal politics: This woman wants to be a ‘trailblazer’

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Edmonton, Alberta “Smash some glass ceilings along the way” Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com (PCN.Com) Thirty years after coming to Canada as a 16-year-old orphan, Giselle General is out to prove that someone like her – an immigrant and a woman of colour, can be in in a leadership position. “I want to be a

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Multi-awarded Filipino-Canadian filmmaker Joella Cabalu is reaping more awards for her work. (Photo: CBC)

Behind the Façade: Ten award winning short films to air on Knowledge Network June 3

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Updated:May 27, 2021, 3:00 P.M. Vancouver, BC:  Behind the Façade, a collection of award-winning shorts by acclaimed directors, airs on Knowledge Network June 3, 2021.   Acclaimed directors: Banchi Hanuse, Baljit Sangra, Joella Cabalu, Lyana Patrick, Dave Rodden-Shortt and Rosemary Georgeson celebrate the strong, diverse communities that make up British Columbia’s history. From a whirlwind

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Scientist Phil De Luna has been included in this year's Class of 2021. ( Photo: Jasmine Chong)

Politics: Young scientist Phil De Luna seeks Toronto seat for Greens

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Updated: April 3, 2022, 4:01 P.M. Updated: May 21, 2021, 5:53 P.M. Toronto, Ontario If science could send a man to the moon, could it send a Filipino-Canadian to Parliament? Toronto, Ontario With files from Ysh Cabana in Toronto Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas in Vancouver The youngest-ever research director and a leading scientist in clean tech

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The newly-completed banner done by community participants hangs proudly at the entrance of the Carnegie Community Centre in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. (Photo: Carnegie Centre)

May 2021 Asian Heritage Month : Making Art Amidst Anti-Asian Hate

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Vancouver, B.C. – The Anti-Asian hate crime capital of North America The Carnegie Community Centre is proudly celebrating the Asian Heritage Month in Canada with community-based arts, meals, history, documentaries, and learning opportunities. (All Photos by The Carnegie Community Centre) Mildred German Unceded Territories – The world-renowned Vancouver Downtown East Side (DTES) is not only home

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President Rodrigo Duterte(left) and former senator Juan Ponce Enrile. (Photo: Inquirer.net)

Enrile the ‘ultimate trapo’, defends Duterte on China row

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Updated:July 11, 2021, 2:36 P.M. Updated: May 20, 2021, 7:55 A.M. (Editor’s note) In 2013 while vacationing in the Philippines, I wrote this piece about Enrile who was in news at the time for the pork barrel issue. Currently, he is again in the news for defending President Duterte’s stand on China’s encroachment on Philippine waters.)

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Professor Adrian de Leon co-hosts PBS show.

Filipino-Canadian professor co-hosts new PBS Voices show

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“A People’s History of Asian America” premiered May 6 on PBS By Ysh Cabana  in Toronto U.S. public broadcaster PBS has begun streaming a miniseries highlighting Asian Americans. PBS Digital Studios partnered with the Center for Asian American Media in “A People’s History of Asian America” which premiered on May 6. The four-part educational show

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B.C. Filipino-Canadian nurse, Monday Manila, was a former at-risk youth and continues to work amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.(Provided)

May 10-16, 2021 – International Nursing Appreciation Week

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Vancouver, B.C. Each day, nurses work tirelessly to save lives, to comfort the sick and the dying, and to uphold frontline, social work, welfare to task, and in service in the name of God. Opinion Mildred German As a reading from the letter of Paul to the Thessalonians “We were gentle among you, like a

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The first Filipina lawyer in Ontario, Alicia Natividad is chair of the newly-formed Filipino-Canadian Lawyers Network (FCLN). (Photo: Ryerson.ca)

First Filipino woman lawyer in Ontario heads new organization 

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Updated: May 17, 2021, 12:20 A.M Toronto, Ontario  Alicia Natividad heads  Filipino-Canadian Lawyers Network (FCLN)  Teodoro ‘Ted’ Acuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.Com (PCN.Com) The first Filipina to be admitted to the Ontario Bar, Alicia Natividad, is heading the newly-formed Filipino lawyers in Canada – Filipino Canadian Lawyers Network –  Réseau d’avocats philippinos canadiens (FCLN). FCLN

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