ISABEL LLACUNA ALCUITAS November 19, 1902 – May 20, 1988 Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas As we celebrate Mother’s Day tomorrow in the middle of the pandemic, I remember my Mama. My mentor, my rock. I was a child of war whose memories of ‘bakwet’ looms large in my memory. Mama Babing, as she was affectionately called […]
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Revelina Balisi Updated: May 10,2020, 3:01 PM Updated: May 9. 2020, 3 PM Thank you, Mama. Pagsilang. Pasasalamat kay Mama Iniluwal mo ako mula sa mapagkalingang kanlungan na aking kinagisnan. Siyam na buwan ding inaruga, inihele Walang kang pakundangan sa mga pagbabago sa iyong katawan. Sa takdang panahong hindi mapipigilan, mula sa iyong mainit na
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Updated… Updated: May 8, 2020, 11:40 A.M. Want to honour and pay tribute to the mothers, women in your lives? How did she form you? Influence you? Nurtured you to who you are now? What sacrifices did she go through? The joys and moments of celebration with her/etc… Share your stories with us and celebrate
Calgary, Alberta Worker is also positive for the virus Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas The father of a Cargill worker has died of coronavirus on May 6, Alberta Health confirmed. Arwyn Sallegue told Global News his father, 71-year-old Armando Sallegue, was taken to hospital on April 22 and tested positive for COVID-19 a day later. At the
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Burnaby, B.C. Michael Buble gives his Lolo’s house to caregiver to fulfill dying wish Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas ‘Grandpa thank you so much,’ Minette said. ‘Wherever he is, he’s still thinking.’ The caregiver known only as ‘Minette’ thanks his former ward as the well-known singer Michael Buble surprised her with the house which he has
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RJ Aquino (right) of Tulayan and Prof JP Catungal wants data collection.(Composite by PCN.com) Vancouver, B.C. Group calls for ethnic and data collection to fight Coronavirus Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.Com A University of British Columbia professor and a community advocacy group is calling for the collection of ethnic and racial data as
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Philippines Philippine journalists are dying and media establishments are under attack Mildred German May 5, 2020 Vancouver, BC | Unceded Territories – Philippine journalists are dying and media establishments are under attack. Two days after the May 3rd World Press Freedom Day, ABS-CBN, Philippines’ biggest broadcast network was forced to shut down today after years
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“Sa pinakamalaking dagok at hamon sa aming kompanya at sa aming hanapbuhay, hinding-hindi namin kayo tatalikuran, kabayan ” – Noli de Castro Editorial Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.com Thirty seven years ago today, we wrote this article for The Winnipeg Sun after returning to Canada from a month-long trip to the country of my
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“Journalism is a public good and it deserves public support.” (Photo: Philippine Star) Trolls are a threat to free press, journalists are ‘antidote’ to health crisis By Ysh Cabana The working conditions for journalists around the world are already hit during the coronavirus pandemic, dictatorial regimes including the Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte make it harder
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“..It’s too late,” Fernando (not his real name) a meat cutter at Cargill who tested positive for COVID-19 told The Globe and Mail about the company’s slow response. (Photo:TODD KOROL/THE GLOBE AND MAIL) Calgary, Alberta Why is Cargill, the “world’s worst company” thriving in Alberta? Editorial By Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian news.Com Cargill’s
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