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Author Primrose Madayag Knazan wins Canadian Jewish Playwriting Competition.

Primrose Madayag Knazan wins 2021 Canadian Jewish Playwriting Competition.

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Winnipeg, Manitoba Author walks path from her Filipino mother to her husband’s Jewish religion By Charmaine Janis Rodriguez Filipina-Canadian playwright Primrose Madayag Knazan is the winner of the 2021 Canadian Jewish Playwriting Competition. Madayag Knazan’s work, “Precipice,” was chosen by the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, together with the Harold Green Jewish Theatre, Segal Centre […]

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Nina Lee Aquino is the first woman of colour and first Filipino-Canadian to head a national arts theatre.(Photo: Cesar Ghisilieri Photography)

Nina Lee Aquino first Filipina and woman of colour to head Canada’s English Theatre

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Updated: January 13, 2022, 10:11 A.M. Ottawa Historic appointment Breaking glass ceilings in her career  Opinion Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas An outspoken and fierce advocate for diversity in theatre has been appointed to head Canada’s national theatre organization – the first Filipina-Canadian and first woman of colour to assume the position. Acclaimed theatre maker Nina Lee

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Author Catherine Hernandez’s work made into music

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Vancouver, B.C. Filipina-Canadian author Catherine Hernandez’s work ‘I Cannot Lie to the Stars that Made Me’ has been adapted into audio drama by the Vancouver-based the frank theatre co. It is free on line from January 7 to 16 at thefranktheatre.com. Hernandez’s previous work ‘Scarborough’ has been made into a movie. The frank theatre is

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Ellaine Joy Calapao Sanidad graduated with highest distinction at Oxford University. (Photo: Abreninian)

Filipino graduates with highest honour at Britain’s Oxford University

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Philippines Equivalent to Summa Cum Laude A Filipina graduated with highest honours (equivalent to Summa Cum Laude) at the prestigious Oxford University in the United Kingdom. A native of Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Ellaine Joy Calapao Sanidad graduated on December 2, 2021 with a Master of Studies in Diplomatic Program. Graduation ceremonies is set for March

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Zenia Marshall lands a role in the TV series 'One of Us is Lying'. (All photos provided by Zenia Marshall)

Movies: Vancouverite Zenia Marshall stars in ‘One Of Us Is Lying’

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Vancouver, B.C. Marshall  plays Keely Moore  Charmaine Janis Rodriguez Have you seen the series “One Of Us Is Lying” on W Network in Canada and are hooked? Based on Karen M. McManus’s #1 New York Times best-selling novel, One of Us Is Lying (OOUIL) is the story of five high schoolers who walk into detention

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Journalist Teodoro 'Ted' Alcuitas (left) poet Patria Rivera and playwright and author C.E. Gatchalian. (PCN.com composite)

First-ever Filipino-Canadian anthology to be published

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Calling for new, unpublished work of fiction and non-fiction Updated: December 3, 2021, 12:40 P.M. ‘Magdaragat: An Anthology of Filipino-Canadian Writing’, the first ever anthology book on Filipino-Canadian writing is being launched by an editorial team composed of journalist Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas, playwright and author C.E. ‘Chris’ Gatchalian and poet Patria Rivera. The editors are looking

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Isaac Y. Estioco of Winnipeg wins $3000 Grand Prize. (All photos by Joey Baking, LM Confidential Newspaper)

Manitoba teen wins songwriting prize

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Updated:December 6, 2021, 7:10 P.M. Markham, Ontario $3,000 cash prize goes to Isaac Yehoshua Estioco TONY A. SAN JUAN Competing against the best Filipino- Canadian songwriters and singers across Canada, Isaac Yehoshua Estioco of Winnipeg, Manitoba was adjudged the Grand Finals  winner of the “First Annual Songwriting Competition” organized and presented by the Philippines Independence Day Council

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Pagtakhan picks up another degree. (Photo: Facebook)

The Class of 2021: Grace Amanda Pagtakhan picks up another degree

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Winnipeg, Manitoba Congratulations, Grace Amanda on graduating from the University of Manitoba with a Master of Education in Counselling Psychology.  She works with Aulneau Renewal Centre, Women’s Health Clinic and Thrive Counselling. A counsellor at Women’s Health Clinic (WHC), Pagtakhan obtained a Post Baccalaureate Diploma in Education,University of Manitoba in 2019. She is the daughter of

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Call for submissions for Anthology of Filipino-Canadian writing

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