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Food: Bao Down gets praise

Updated….July18, 2017, 7:35 PM           Just beginning at Bao Down by whatsinmymouth With a toddler in tow, it is difficult to get to places that are not in my neighbourhood or along my regular commuting/shopping routes. So, I always appreciate when my work provides me with the opportunity to try restaurants that […]

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Esmie Gayo McLaren one of featured artists

Updated: 10:24 AM, July 22, 2017 Vancouver Her works tell of passion and childish abandon By Ted Alcuitas Vancouver artist Esmie Gayo Mclaren’s works will be one of several  exhibited at the ‘Work on Paper’ exhibition at Vancouver Lipont Art Centre in Richmond. The 2017 Summer Group exhibition will run from July 15 to August

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Vancouver-born author launches second book

Vancouver, B.C. Family plays important role in author’s life By Ted Alcuitas Vancouver-born author Marie Claire Lim Moore returns to her birthplace to launch her second book – ‘Don’t Forget the Parsley’ this Wednesday,July 19 at Chapters Metrotown. The book  builds on her first memoir, Don’t Forget the Soap, offering more entertaining stories about her

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Maraming salamat: top immigrant Flor Marcelino

Winnipeg and Toronto Canada’s first woman of colour to head a provincial party By Ted Alcuitas   Flor Marcelino, leader of the Manitoba NDP party is one of two Filipinos in the 2017 RBC Top Immigrants in Canada. Marcelino and Agnes P. Miranda of Toronto are among Top 25 Canadian immigrants in the annual search

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Dance: Unwrapping Culture starts tomorrow

Vancouver, B.C. Two renowned dancers unwrap their cultures By Ted Alcuitas Unwrapping Culture brings together two exceptional male dance artists: Vancouver’s own Alvin Erasga Tolentino, a Filipino-Canaddian, and Pichet Klunchun, an outstanding exponent of the Thai classical dance style of Khon. Pichet is known internationally for contemporizing this ancient form. Unwrapping Culture will start tomorrow,

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Food: Minnoz Restaurant & Lounge, Nanaimo,B.C.

What’s in my mouth? Food Blog Sharing what I think is Mmm…Sarap!  Making do at Minnoz JULY 5, 2017 WHATSINMYMOUTH I know most would avoid restaurants that are attached to hotels, but sometimes work and time creates limited options and thankfully Minnoz Restaurant and Lounge in Nanaimo did have a surprise or two in store. I ordered the

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Freedom of the press and Balita’s woes

Updated: July 11,2017, 7:o1 AM Updated: July 10, 2017, 10:39 AM Toronto Editorial Press freedom and the limits of free speech By Ted Alcuitas The saga of Toronto’s ‘Balita’ newspaper and its publisher Teresita ‘Tess’ Cusipag, is a sober reminder that there are limits to free speech. http://www.balita.ca Cusipag has just been released from jail

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The Class of 2017 : Call for submissions

Editor’s note: Please send us photos and bios of graduates – from elementary to college. Send awards info  even if they haven’t graduated yet. We want to honour and encourage our youth to pursue higher learning and celebrate their scholastic achievements. Salamat!  Send to: email: tedalcuitas@shaw.ca Post mail:Ted Alcuitas 708-1723 Alberni St. Vancouver, B.C. V6G

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Breaking: Balita’s Tess Cusipag in jail for contempt of court

Toronto Balita publisher Tess Cusipag goes to jail for 21 days By Ted Alcuitas Analysis “It is the court’s true wish that you learn from this experience that you are bound by the law and you must comply with court orders even if you do not agree with them. The court will compel obedience to

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