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'Islands' lead actors Sheila Lotuaco and Rogelio Balagtas were top winners in ACTRA. (Photo composite by Philippine Canadian News.Com)

Movies: ‘Islands’ wins ACTRA Best Performance Award

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Winnipeg, Manitoba Rogelio Balagtas and Sheila Lotuaco best performers Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Filipino-Canadian actors were picked as the best performers by the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) in the Gimli International Film Festival (GIFF), Manitoba’s premier film festival and the largest rural film festival in all of Canada. Rogelio Balagtas and Sheila

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Saskatchewan Filipino Music and Food Street Festival

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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Celebration of Filipino culture and cuisine on August 5-7 By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez A celebration of Filipino culture and cuisine will again take center stage in the  Saskatchewan Filipino Music and Food Street Festival 2022 this August 5, 6 and 7 at the Kiwanis Memorial Park. With the theme “Bring the taste and

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Concert Review
: ‘Jagged Little Pill’

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Vancouver, B.C. Sunday night’s Alanis Morissette concert celebrates ground-breaking ‘Jagged Little Pill’ success Mildred German

 Vancouver, BC – On July 31, 2022, Alanis Morissette performed at Rogers Arena. It was part of the world tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of the groundbreaking 1995 album ‘Jagged Little Pill’. Born and raised in Ottawa, American-Canadian singer Alanis

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Founder of Taste of Manila Rolando Mangante stands in the Bathurst and Wilson Ave. area where the festival is held. (Photo: Justin Greaves/Metroland,/toronto.com)

Toronto’s ‘Taste of Manila’ set for August 20-21

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Toronto, Ontario Biggest Festival outside Philippines Charmaine Y. Rodriguez The Taste of Manila (ToM) Street Festival returns this year with a promise of more Filipino products with new partners next month. Dubbed the biggest Filipino festival outside the Philippines, the event is set for August 20-21, 2022 along Bathurst Street, from Wilson Avenue up to Yorkdowns

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“Buto/Buto: Bones are Seeds”: Play reconstructs life of Ben Flores, the first Filipino to settle in Canada

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Vancouver, B.C. Filipinos arrived in Canada in the 19th century Charmaine Janis Rodriguez An original play with an all Southeast Asian cast and crew will tell the story of how the first Filipinos settled in Canada in the 19th century. It  will take centre stage at the Russian Hall in Vancouver on July 28-31, 2022.

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Senior citizen shares artistic talent

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Toronto, Ontario Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Filipino-Canadian landscape artist Frank Cruzet is not only painting artworks but is making the life of others more colorful. He is an active member of the Philippine Artists Group of Canada and teaches other Filipinos his knowledge and skills in painting at the Filipino Centre Toronto (FCT) every Wednesday. “Nag-start

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Vicente L. Rafael, is Professor of History and Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is the author, most recently, of The Sovereign Trickster: Death and Laughter in the Age of Duterte (2022), and Motherless Tongues: The Insurgency of Language Amid Wars of Translation (2016). (Photo: Vicente L. Rafael)

“I’m going to kill all of you. But I’m also probably going to die tomorrow.” Vicente Rafael on Duterte and authoritarian nihilism

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The eminent professor Vicente L. Rafael recently released his book The Sovereign Trickster: Death and Laughter in the Age of Duterte. Among the  interviews he has done about the book, his conversation with Ruth Ben-Ghiat go Lucid ( a publication about threats to democracy and abuses of power) on March 5, 2022 reveals facets of Duterte

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British Columbians will celebrate Robredo's birthday tomorrow as Robredo and Pangilinan greet supporters in yesterday's rallying Pasay City.(Photo: The Star)

16 days -Election countdown: Kalikasan, Klima, Kalusugan

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British Columbia  Birthday bash for LENI ROBREDO, tomorrow, Sunday (April 24)  Charmaine Janis Rodriguez To promote Presidential candidate Leni Robredo’s platform of government, her supporters organized Kalikasan, Klima, Kalusugan on Sunday, April 24 in Sunrise Park, Vancouver in time for her birthday celebration. Rain or shine, the event will start at 12:30 p.m. and will

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Islands

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Vancouver,B.C.  Filipinx movie ‘Islands’ starts screening today at VIFFat 6:30 PM Called one of the best Canadian films of the year by the Globe and Mail, ‘Islands’ has an all-Filipino cast with a film debut of by its leading actor , Rogelio Balagtas. Balagtas, who is from Winnipeg,plays the role of Josua, a shy middle-aged

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Hate crimes against Vancouver's Asian communities began to increase in the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak and organizers and participants at the Vancouver Asian Film Festival (above) tried in May to shine a spotlight on the problem with an online video campaign. This week a report by the Vancouver Police Department showed that anti-Asian hate crimes last year were up 717 per cent from 2019. (The Associated Press/Steven Senne)

Sistemikong rasismo

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Ministry of Attorney General BAGONG BALITA Libu-libo ang nagbahagi ng kanilang mga puna hinggil sa paggamit ng datos upang tugunan ang sistemikong rasismo VICTORIA – Mahigit sa 13,000 British Columbians ang lumahok sa isang engagement tungkol sa kung paano ligtas at maingat na magagamit ng pamahalaan ang demograpikong datos upang tugunan ang sistemikong rasismo at

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