Jojo Yso: Rocking Winnipeg Part 2 Levy Abad Traffikk Jamm On December 2013, the band, Traffikk Jamm, was born. Traffikk Jamm is one of the high impact rock bands of the Filipino community. The members of the band are JojoYso (guitar and vocals), Erwin San Juan (lead guitar/vocals), AC Garcia (lead vocals), Willy Liwanag (bass […]
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Winnipeg,Manitoba Jojo Yso: Rocking Winnipeg Levy Abad First of a series September 6, 2016 Jojo Yso arrived in Winnipeg in 1987 and right away he looked for a band to join, the name of which he cannot recall anymore. In the following year, he joined the Off Limits Band. The year that Jojo left
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“Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan hindi makararating sa pinaroroonan ” (He who does not know where he came from, will never reach his destination). – Popular Filipino saying adapted by Jose Rizal. By Ted Alcuitas I wrote this article a day after the Aquino assassination. I pitched it to the editor of the Winnipeg
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Here’s how the Winnipeg Free Press covered the event. Interviewed by police is Arthur Dizon, one of the members of the August Twenty One Movement (ATOM). The other person carrying the placard is Marcelino Principe who also participated in yesterday’s (September 7, 2016) rally in Vancouver against the burial of Marcos at the Libingan ng
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Vancouver, B.C. Filipinos say no to Marcos burial By Ted Alcuitas A small but determined group of Filipinos showed their opposition to the impending burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ remains at the country’s Hero’s Cemetery or Libingan ng mga Bayani. The Vancouver rally at the World Trade Centre, is one of many similar
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By: Boying Pimentel @inquirerdotnet INQUIRER.net US Bureau 02:42 AM September 6th, 2016 The leader who instigated a bloodbath that has killed 2,000 Filipinos wants to honor a dictator who murdered 3,000 and tortured tens of thousands more. It’s a troubling, challenging time. But also a time of resistance and struggle. On September 7, Filipino
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Press Release Montreal, QC. (August 31, 2016) – Rita S Karakas, President & CEO of Canada World Youth and Leoncio B Evascco Jr., Cabinet Secretary of the Republic of the Philippines, agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between The Philippines National Youth Commission and Canada World Youth to resume Youth Exchange programmes. The
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Vancouver, B.C. Strike averted By Ted Alcuitas A strike by Gate Gourmet workers has been averted when the union representing the workers reached a tentative agreement. http://philippi.mywhc.ca/canada/looming-strike-by-food-beverage-workers-could-delay-flights-at-yvr/ UNITE HERE Local 40 released a statement Monday, August 22 to announce the agreement. Press Release: Monday, August 22, 2016 Contact: Michelle Travis, (778) 960-9785 mtravis@unitehere.org UNITE HERE Local
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Winnipeg, Manitoba Solidarity through fun and struggle Levy Abad August 23, 2016 Winnipeg, Manitoba – I saw Kelly Moist at the 5th Manitoba Filipino Street Festival or MFSF held at Memorial Boulevard and Broadway Street last August 20th. Kelly is the President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees or CUPE- Manitoba. CUPE had
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North York, Toronto Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wows crowd By Ted Alcuitas In a move that is a clear signal that Filipinos are being noticed as a potent political force, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dropped by the popular street festival, now on its third year, even donning an apron to flip Pinoy BBqs. “Differences are
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