Ontario Will any make history on Thursday? By Ted Alcuitas With the Ontario election just five days away on Thursday, June 7, we list the candidates hoping to win a seat in the legislature (MPP). If any of them wins, it would be a first for the province where the largest Filipino population resides. Manitoba […]
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Noel Talingdan, 37, died after being shot outside Bar Italia early Tuesday. (CBC Instagram) Winnipeg, Manitoba Man killed in shooting outside Bar Italia victim of targeted hit: police Noel Talingdan, 37, said he had to leave the country in social media post a week before shooting Austin Grabish · CBC News · Posted: May 31,
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Oswald Magno seen here with wife Mila (left) and Philippine Consul General Rosalita Prospero at a Raul Sunico concert.(Photo: The Philippine Reporter) Updated: May 31, 2018, 9:00 AM Toronto, Ontario Could this be the end for Balita newspaper? By Ted Alcuitas Less than two years after Balita lost a libel case filed by the
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Pope Francis braved the storm that greeted him while visiting the people in Tacloban City, Philippines in January 17, 2015 after Typhoon Haiyan. (CNN iReport) Vancouver, B.C. “Talk a little, listen a lot, say just enough, and look everyone in the eye,” he says. By Ted Alcuitas The day news broke out that all Chilean
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Edeline Royo Agoncillo is one of the two lead plaintiffs in the lawsuit. She says she paid thousands of dollars to attend a private college that she thought would qualify her for a federal post-graduate work permit. (CBC) Edmonton, Alberta Foreign students file lawsuit against private Edmonton college, immigration consultant Students claim they enrolled
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Burnaby Mayor Derrick Corrigan presents certificate to Maya Lorena Arradaza at presentation ceremonies at council chambers, May 7. (PCN.com photo) Burnaby, B.C. Arradaza, Sugue honoured by Burnaby City Council By Ted Alcuitas Maya Lorena Arradaza, a Grade 11 student from Byrne Creek Community School and Andrea Sugue of Burnaby South Secondary were among 15 youths
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Transportation advocate Daryl Dela Cruz at Vancouver’s Burrard Skytrain station. (philippinecanadiannews.com photo) Surrey, B.C. Daryl Dela Cruz – what’s behind his passion for transportation By Ted Alcuitas He could talk non-stop for hours on his favourite topic – the need to change LRT to Skytrain in Surrey. The man behind the advocacy group –
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Carcar City, Philippines Breaking: Fire rages in Carcar City By Ted Alcuitas Fire is raging right now in the City of Carcar, 45 kms. south of the capital Cebu City, according to posts from netcitizens. Ironically, none of Cebu’s daily newspapers has posted anything about the fire. This is the second major fire in the
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Toronto, Ontario Tungohan will look into government policies on temporary foreign workers By Ted Alcuitas Dr. Ethel Tungohan, Ph. D. , has been appointed one of four new Canada Research Chairs (CRC), York University announced today. Tungohan will be Chair in Canadian Migration Policy, Impacts and Activism. She will study topics ranging from the
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Cover of The Philippines Rediscovered II by Stuart Naval Dee. (Photo courtesy of the author) Updated: May 2, 2018, 6:26 PM Vancouver, B.C. April 26, 2018 For immediate release PCG Vancouver set to launch “The Philippines Rediscovered II” The Philippine Consulate General (PCG) in Vancouver is proud to announce the launch of acclaimed Canadian-Filipino travel
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