Editor’s note: As we celebrate Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 9, we feature a Zine work by Mildred Grace German. Her amazing work is just a tiny book ( 2″x3″) of 16 pages. It is a labour of love to draw in such a small page and noticed that it is not stapled but stitched. […]
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Canada Philippine activists call on Canada to stop supporting the Philippine government By Ysh Cabana in Toronto and Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas in Vancouver “Canadian dollars shouldn’t be used to kill us,” said Cristina Palabay, secretary general of rights group Karapatan, during a virtual hearing by the Canadian Parliament’s Subcommittee on International Human Rights, Standing Committee
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Updated:May 6, 2021, 11:35 A.M. Vancouver, B.C. The federal government officially recognized Asian Heritage Month in Canada in May 2002. Mildred German This week, two more Asian seniors were attacked in the US. Two older Asian American women, one who is 85 years old, were approached by a man with a knife and stabbed while
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Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia App aims to connect people to service providers Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.Com They may not be your typical tech-savvy people you know, but a group of young nurses in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, is wading into the crowded field of web applications. The founders of Plzfind, Mona Crisostomo ,
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U.S. Lesbian nominated to be Air Force undersecretary Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian news.Com An Air Force veteran who served in the Iraq War could be the highest-ranking Filipino-American member of the Biden administration if the Senate confirms her nomination. Gina Ortiz Jones, who failed twice to win a congressional seat in Texas, will
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Updated:April 29, 2021, 5:40 P.M. April 29 is International Dance Day International Dance Day is a global celebration of dance and for those who can see the value and importance of the dance art form, it “acts as a wake-up-call for governments, politicians and institutions which have not yet recognized its value to the people”.
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Migrant care workers find their voice through storytelling By Ysh Cabana Toronto Gladys is determined to be a survivor. Throughout her work as a caregiver she has put a great deal of putting the health of others before hers. Amid a global pandemic where everyone is affected, she shares virtually from her COVID-19 isolation room
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Vancouver, B.C. Ralph Escamillan one of eight dancers featured by CBC Watch as 8 incredible Canadian dancers spread good vibes for International Dance Day Vancouver, B.C. Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian news.Com Vancouver’s Ralph Escamillan is one of eight dancers across Canada that continue to motivate others amidst the pandemic despite studios and stages
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Updated: April 29, 2021, 8:55 A.M. Vancouver, B.C. April is National Poetry Month Sol Diana and The Ode to a Seafaring People April is National Poetry Month – a celebration of poetry increasing awareness and appreciation of poetry. Mildred German Unceded Territories – The Suez Canal Crisis may be over. 422 vessels were freed after
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Opinion Mildred German Vancouver,B.C. Updated: April 29, 2021, 4:40 P.M. It was on April 27, exactly 500 years ago, when Datu LapuLapu and his warriors killed Portuguese colonizer Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães). This remarkable historical event not only highlights the battle of the natives of the archipelago against the expansion of the Spanish colonial
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