Critically acclaimed during its multi-award-winning festival run and successful May 2019 theatrical release in the Philippines, “Quezon’s Game” will begin its U.S./Canadian theatrical rollout on January 24th. A true story of Holocaust heroism during World War II in the Philippines by Filipino President Manuel L. Quezon—who rescued as many persecuted Jews as Oskar Schindler at […]
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Simone Tecson won her second Gold on December 8, 2019 at the Maishima Arena, Osaka, Japan. ( Photo provided) Updated, December 31, 2019, 12:07 PM Vancouver, B.C. Second Gold for Vancouver youth Mildred German Vancouver, BC – 17-year old Filipino-Canadian Simone Tecson traveled to Japan to defend her Gold title and won. In 2018, she won
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Pardz Night has made a historic milestone in the Filipino-Canadian community as Canada’s longest Filipino LGBTQ+ social and network event. (Facebook) Toronto, Ontario Pardz Night 25th Anniversary Mildred German Toronto, ON – The Filipino LGBTQ+ community, supporters, and allies in the Greater Toronto Area gathered at Pardz Night’s 25th Anniversary on December 21, 2019 at
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If you don’t believe in human rights, you might as well not celebrate Christmas,’ Father Ramon Echica tells churchgoers on the 6th day of Simbang Gabi in Cebu. (Facebook photo) Philippines Priest questions Filipinos’ understanding of human rights As Filipinos in the Philippines and all over the world including Canada end their traditional Simbang Gabi,
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‘Worth the wait’: Victims’ kin welcome Ampatuan massacre case verdict but worry for their safety. (Philstar.com/Erwin Cagadas Jr.) Inday Espina-Varona 9 hrs · Lest victory makes us forget some key lessons: Warlords like the Ampatuans don’t exist in a vacuum. Since the time of Marcos, to Aquino, Ramos, Estrada and Arroyo, national administrations coddled and
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Brothers guilty! (CNN) Inday Espina-Varona 7 mins · Ampatuan brothers Datu Unsay and Zaldy : GUILTY as principals. Verdict being read now. A lot of Ampatuans. Reclusion perpetua without parole. BREAKING: QC court finds Datu Andal Unsay Ampatuan, Jr, Zaldy Ampatuan, Anwar Ampatuan, Sr., others GUILTY of 57 counts of murder, sentenced to reclusion perpetua.
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Police investigators look for evidence next to a backhoe after a vehicle and human remains were dug up from a shallow grave in the town of Ampatuan, Maguindanao in a Nov. 25, 2009. (Philstar file photo) Sa Huebes (Dec. 19) na ang desisyon! Gaea Katreena Cabico (Philstar.com) – December 2, 2019 – 3:55pm MANILA, Philippines
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Fr. Terry Sarmiento served in the Archdiocese of Vancouver in 1977 and returned to the Archdiocese of Manila in 1980. (Facebook photo: St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Singalong, Manila) Updated: December 17, 2019, 2:45 PM Today, Dec. 17, Pope Francis abolished the pontifical secret for cases of sexual abuse against minors continuing his path to transparency. Pope
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Author Michele Yee reading at November 21st book launch in Orchard Lyceum Gallery, Toronto. INQUIRER/Patty Rivera BOOKS After That August: A photographic memoir of love lost, regained By: Patty Rivera – @inquirerdotnet INQUIRER.net US Bureau / Toronto Correspondent / 12:21 PM November 29, 2019 TORONTO, Ontario — “I used to be scared. Scared that
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Ruiz is one of seven Filipino authors included in “Immersion, An Asian Anthology of Love, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction” to be launched on December 7. Vancouver, B.C. Conversation with I.J.P. Ruiz and Vincent Ternida A day after Remembrance Day, the rain fell signalling the height of the Fall season. Clocks turned back an hour, daylight ends halfway through
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