Updated:January 26, 2021, 3:45 PM Canada “Is it better for me to stay here and get the medication and work still? Or is it better for me to go home, see them, hug them?” she asked. “What would you choose?” – Kherin Dimalanta “How could Canada send somebody home to die in front of their […]
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U.S. Balik Sa Eskwela (Return to School) Project Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian news.Com Three organizations in the U.S. and the Philippines have combined efforts to raise funds to help orphaned school children in the Philippines cope with the effects of the Covid lockdown. The children in grade and high school all came from
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Updated: January 22, 2021, 9:15 AM “It takes a village”, says poet Amanda Gorman who captivated the world with her inaugural poem First Young Poet Laureate had to conquer speech impediment Analysis Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian news.Com In a week filled with anxiety over the looming violence augured the week before, a young
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2nd update: January 17, 2021, &:05 AM Updated:January 16, 2021, 6:50 PM A Quincentenary in Five Minutes by Ricardo Salise Caluen Toronto, Ontario That’s how long it took me to make this presentation during our recent virtual celebration of this year’s Feast of the Sto. Niño. I was asked by my group—Toronto’s Sto. Niño Circle
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Vancouver, B.C. WHO’S NEXT? The January 5 fatal police shooting of a clearly distressed man in Vancouver prompts this rattling question. OPINION by Mildred German Unceded Territories | As the new year 2021 unfolds, news of a 37-year old man in clear mental distress was reported fatally shot by Vancouver Police in the Vancouver Downtown
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Updated:December 31, 2020, 3:20 PM Vancouver,B.C. Gerald Tembrevilla finishes Ph.D from UBC Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian news.Com While it takes a village to raise a child, a recent doctoral graduate says it takes a global village to complete a doctoral degree. Gerald G. Tembrevilla, ‘Tembs’ to friends, graduated with a PhD in Curriculum
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December 18 marks International Migrants Day By Mildred German December 18, 2020 Unceded Territories | As the world grapples due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for doctors, nurses, caregivers, and more healthcare professionals rise globally. Particularly in the US and Canada, the US has been devastated by COVID-19 with 17.4 million
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My brush with the national hero Dr. Jose Rizal Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian news.Com On December 30, Filipinos will celebrate Rizal Day to commemorate the life of Jose Rizal, the national hero of the Philippines. He was executed by firing squad on December 30, 1896 at the age of 35 by the Spanish
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Vancouver, British Columbia “ate, walang magandang kwento ang buhay ko!” By Crisanta Sampang When I sent Neriz Lagumen a message seeking permission to feature her story at the Caregiver Chronicles, she only replied with a series of ‘horrified’ emojis. Just like her. Neriz doesn’t say much, and while she loves volunteering and hanging out with
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