Montreal Pinoys Launch First Miss Gay Montreal Written by New Canadian Media May 31, 2016 by Krystle Alarcon in Montreal Joseph Dadua couldn’t muster up the courage to try on a bikini at a women’s lingerie store in Montreal. It took two of his fellow gay friends to encourage him to go to the dressing […]
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Scarborough, Ontario Negrosanons holds ceremony June 11 Former natives of Negros Province now living in Canada and the U.S. is holding their induction cermeony June 11, 2016 at Wilmar Heights Centre in Scarborough, Ontario. Roger Mercado, president of the Ang Negrosanon in North America (ANNA) said in a press release that the “success of ANNA
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Updated Two locations inWinnipeg By Ted Alcuitas Jollibee has confirmed it will be opening two restaurants in Winnipeg, one this year and another next year, the Winnipeg Free Press reports. Jonah Levine, sales representative in retail and investment at Cushman & Wakefield Winnipeg, confirmed the hugely popular restaurants will be located at 1400 Ellice
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Jollibee to open in Winnipeg Filipino fast-food giant Jollibee is set to open its first restaurant in Winnipeg. Dubbed the McDonalds of the Philippines, the chain’s opening was ‘leaked’, according to media online site Access Winnipeg. It will be located at 1400 St. James Street by McDonalds and Starbucks. Rumours of Jollibee opening in Canada
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B.C. Premier Christy Clark opens trade office in Manila By Ted Alcuitas A new trade office was opened in Manila by Premier Christy Clark on Thursday, May 27, 2016. The office is B.C.’s first in Southeast Asia and will support B.C. companies seeking to do business in the Philippines while helping Philippine companies find investment
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British Columbia Opinion MetroVan Independent News focusing online By Ted Alcuitas Barely a month after their first year anniversary, the upstart Metrovan Independent News is calling it quits but will continue as a digital paper. In a surprise announcement posted on line on May 13, 2016, publishers Steve and Luisa Marshall broke the news
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British Columbia Arnis grandmaster Shishir Inocalla in Vancouver for world tour By Ted Alcuitas The original Filipino Ninja Turtle, Shisher Inocalla, will be in B.C. as part of his world tour to promote ‘arnis’, the Philippines’ national martial art and sport. He arrives in Vancouver on May 30 and will be in the following locations:
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British Columbia Escueta among Canada’s top teachers By Ted Alcuitas “You don’t have what it takes to learn French”, Emmanuel Escueta, (‘Noel’ to friends), was told as a young 16-year old immigrant in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1981. That remark did not discourage him, Escueta told Philippine Canadian News.com (PCN.com) in a telephone interview. Instead, it
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This week’s ‘elbowgate’ incident in Canada’s parliament spawned a plethora of memes including the website Beaverton.com which posted an article claiming that the whole NDP caucus arrived in Parliament the following day in neckbraces and wheelchairs. The Beaverton is a news satire and parody publication and its stories are fictitious. The post was obviously a
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The man who rules a kingdom is ‘losing’ it By Ted Alcuitas He vowed to lead a revolution if Duterte was not elected, seemingly in tandem with Communist Party founder Jose Maria Sison’s assurance that the CPP would back a revolution if Duterte was cheated out of victory. Quiboloy, 66, claims to be the “appointed son
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