Vancouver, B.C. Emerging writers LiterASIAN Festival: Celebrating Asian Canadian Writing Teodoro Alcuitas Vancouver, BC – Three Filipino authors are among seven Asian Canadian writers participating in the 2020 LiterASIAN: A Festival of Pacific Rim Asian Canadian Writing which opened today until August 30, 2020. The annual festival, the only one of its kind in Canada, […]
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Project Vinta Spain surrenders to Americans instead of to Filipinos On August 13, 1898, the beleaguered Spaniards inside Intramuros surrendered to the American troops in a mock battle. It ended the 333-year Spanish colonization of the Philippines and began the 48 years of U.S. occupation. This event was conducted to save Spain from embarrassment by
Philippines Systematic killings of peace advocates By Joel Pablo Salud Aug. 10, a few minutes past midnight. Novaliches, Quezon City was largely asleep. Metro Manila had been placed under modified enhanced community quarantine due to the spike in the number of infected. Those who tested positive of Covid-19 had recently breached the 100,000th mark. People
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Catherine Hernandez Virtual Launch of “Crosshairs” Online Event About Catherine Hernandez Virtual Launch “Crosshairs” Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 8 PM – 9 PM EDT Public · Hosted by Another Story Bookshop and Catherine Hernandez Online Event Join HarperCollins Canada and Another Story Bookshop to celebrate the launch of Crosshairs by Catherine Hernandez Virtual Launch:
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Canada Lives are in limbo Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.com Two Filipina caregivers who travelled with their employers abroad are stuck due to the Covid-19 restrictions. Mary Anne De Ramos travelled to Mexico last March with her employer Deborah Lucas to take care of their two young sons. Temporary residents such as those with
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Vancouver, B.C. Isabel Sandoval’s ‘Lingua Franca’ Lingua Franca refers to a common language between two people whose first languages are different. Communication and understanding are key themes in this subtle and understated film, the third feature from award winning writer/director Isabel Sandoval, who also stars as the protagonist Olivia, an undocumented Filipina trans woman living
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Edmonton, Alberta PAGLALAYAG: THE PHILIPPINES TO CANADA JOURNEY Our voices. Our stories. Inform, inspire and transform. February 20, 2021 Paglalayag is the Tagalog word for voyage or journey. Paglalayag: the Philippines to Canada Journey, is a theatrical production that narrates the stories of migration of Filipinos to Canada. It chronicles the waves of migration, and the
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Vancouver, B.C. Subo nga gipahibalo ang pagkamatay sa among asawa, inahan, igsuon ug amiga karong hapon sa 1:46, Domingo, Agosto 9, 2020 sa Vancouver General Hospital. Nipanaw si Inday nga malinawon ug gilibutan sa iyang pamilya – iyang bana, si Priscilo ‘Loly’ Alcordo, mga anak nga Francene ug Basil, pag-umangkon, Eldrizah Alo Empuerto ug iyang
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Ang mga Katutubong Wika sa Maka-Filipinong Bayanihan Kontra Pandemya Ang akdang ito ay maaaring gamitin nang libre para sa online learning o anumang kaugnay na gawain. Sabayang bigkas online Wika ng Kasaysayan, Kasaysayan ng Wika, Ang mga Katutubong Wika sa Maka-Filipinong Bayanihan Kontra Pandemya” Hiligaynon, Sebwano, Bikol, at Pampanggo, Mga wikang dapat ipinagmamalaki mo Pangasinan,
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Philippines Philippine healthcare system was already walking in crutches By Joel Pablo Salud Healthcare is the nation’s ability to address concerns related to the public’s well-being, be it physical, emotional, psychological. The arrival of Covid-19 in Jan. 2020 tested our country’s capacity to contain the virus. While there are no easy answers to the continuing
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