Mildred German (right) with VQFF 2019’s “Come Around” crew, Virgil Hilario and Rhea Casido. (Provided) Updated: August 18, 2019, 10 PM. Two films highlight Filipino LGBTQ+ community members Mildred German Vancouver, BC To bring diversity to the audience, VQFF 2019 will present two films that highlight the Filipino LGBTQ+ stories. These films are “Billie and Emma”, which […]
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Survivor Coleen Alcaraz turned to painting to cope with the trauma of the typhoon. This is her self-portrait. (Photo: Mildred German) Updated: August 4, 2019, 7:30 AM Philippines Fear, rage, and hope amidst Super Typhoon Haiyan (Ed’s note: Vancouver artist/activist Mildred German, who hails from Leyte, Eastern Visayas, was in the Philippines earlier this year
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Ivy Lopez Sarmiento (second from right to left) with her twins Isabel (left) and Anabel (right) and her mother Tessie Lopez Harrison (far left) who immigrated from the Philippines when she was just 20 years old. (PHOTO BY LIGIA BRAIDOTTI, Winnipeg Free Press) Winnipeg, Manitoba Is it the death of the Filipino language program? Opinion
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Nina Lee Aquino is the recipient of the 2019 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Direction. ANNE-MARIE KRYTIUK Updated: July 20, 2019, 8:45 PM Toronto, Ontario Aquino believes theatre can change the world By Ted Alcuitas This year has been a big harvest for director Nina Lee Aquino, winning three major awards in theatre. The
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Despite the hardships faced by Filipino immigrants, Bulosan had faith that he would be received into the hearts of the American people. (Book Cover) Updated: October 3. 2020, 9:35 AM U.S. Carlos Bulosan believed that America was “a heart unfolding to receive him” Opinion By Ted Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.com With the latest racist
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German’s workshop will be held on July 18 at Pandora Park field house, 2325 Franklin Street, Vancouver. ( Vines Art Festival) Heal DTES! (Downtown Eastside) Vines Art Festival With the Trans Mountain Pipeline in BC, the expansion also means the destruction and possible closure of the Crab Park in the DTES.Crab Park has been home to
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Singer songwriter Ria Jade came back from depression to follow her passion- singing. (Photo: riajade.com) B.C. The woman who was saved by her voice By Ted Alcuitas She is Ria Jade to her fans – a singer-songwriter with a beautiful voice. In real life, she is Maria Paula Nina, the youngest of two daughters to
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Gabrielle Thea I. Ramos, daughter of slain human rights lawyer Benjamin Ramos, graduates in BS (Biology), University of the Philippines Visayas. (Facebook) HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER. People’s lawyer Benjamin Ramos is gunned down by unidentified assailants in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, on November 6, 2018. Photo courtesy of National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers. A daughter’s message
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This lecture-workshop will feature the Panay Bukidnon’s music and dance in the context of their ideology called “sibod”. This is a body of concepts that translates to sunu (structure/basis), hampang (play), santu (synchronization), salu (catch), and tayuyon (flow; mastery). These concepts underpin their binanog (hawk-eagle music dance tradition), which is expressed during courtship rituals, farming,
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By singing in her native dialects, HanHan stays true to herself. (Photo: Fruhlein Econar, Grid) Vancouver, B.C. Songs grapple social issues faced by immigrants. Patricia Chan This July, Filipina Canadian rapper HanHan will be coming to Vancouver to perform at the Indian Summer Festival 2019, which is an eleven-day festival of arts, music and ideas running from
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