Arts & Culture

Carlos Esguerra wins prestigious photography award

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Photographer Carlos L.Esguerra stands beside his winning entry at the FotoNostrum Gallery in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo:   Carlos Esguerra Facebook) Multi-awarded photographer wins gold for architecture in Barcelona Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas New York-based photographer Carlos L. Esguerra has picked another award, winning Gold in the Photography Gala Awards competitions at the 13th and the 14th

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Magno sues Balita publisher, sons for fraud

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Oswald Magno (right) has sued Balita publisher Tess Cusipag and sons for civil fraud ( Photo composite: Philippine Canadian News.Com (PCN.Com) Toronto, Ontario Balita faces another lawsuit Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Oswald Magno, who won a libel suit in May 2018 against Balita publisher Tess Cusipag and was awarded $410,000, has brought another lawsuit over three

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Poetry: ‘Deep Hole’, a cancer survivor turns to poetry

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Retired nurse Clara Costales- Orallo writes about her struggles with cancer. (Facebook) Vancouver, B.C. Deep Hole Clara Costales-Orallo (For three years now, I have been treated with medicine to target the metastatic cancer in my lungs.  This is what happens after I have a treatment of immunotherapy) My deep hole so dark and cold, Climb

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Lady Sunrise premieres in Toronto February 15

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The sterling cast includes an ensemble of six Asian Canadian talented performers, including Belinda Corpuz, recently of Tita Jokes (Toronto Fringe) & Prairie Nurse (Factory Theatre/Thousand Islands Playhouse), Ma-Anne Dionisio, recent star of Next to Normal (Mirvish Theatre/Musical Stage Company), Zoé Doyle of Mixie and the Half-Breeds (fu-GEN), Workin’ Moms(CBC) and Orphan Black (Space/BBC America),

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Movie review: ‘Parasite’ set to make movie history

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Upstairs/Downstairs – ‘Parasite’ is a vivid portrayal of people who live in the bowels of poverty and those who wallow in their wealth. Images: Neon (Parasite), Studio-Annika/Getty Images (Stage Blood)Vanity Fair.HWD Can Filipinos become parasites? A review by Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Is it possible that a Filipino family can become parasites (ang nabubuhay sa gugol ng

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Quezon’s Game opens tomorrow ( January 24) in Surrey

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Quezon’s Game: A Filipino Schindler’s List.The players include the Nazi (Kevin Kraemer), the president (Raymond Bagatsing), the general (David Bianco), and the Jew (Billy Ray Gallion). Canada Netizens weigh in on ‘Quezon’s Game’ Why is Winnipeg missed in the screenings? Updated: Teodoro Alcuitas The announcement of the movie Quezon’s Game which opens tomorrow ( January 24)

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Movie: Quezon’s Game screens in Canada

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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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Filipino LGBTQ+ celebrates 25th Anniversary 

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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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Book review: After That August

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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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‘Immersion’ book launch on December 7

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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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