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Police looking for missing Filipino man

Burnaby RCMP are asking the public to help find 28-year-old Marwin Baloloy. He was last seen at his family home in Burnaby on June 7th around 11-11:30 PM. Police describe him as a 5 foot 6 inch tall Filipino man, with short black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a burgundy hoody […]

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Filipina author launches two children’s books

Edmonton, Alberta Mila Bongco-Philipzig mirrors her life in books By Ted Alcuitas A lack of children’s books written by Filipinos inspired an Edmonton mother to write not one, but two books herself. The well-travelled Mila Bongco-Philipzig who left the Philippines in 1984 on a scholarship at the Univ.of Alberta is launching her books on June

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Filipino LGTB holds first beauty contest in Montreal

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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Negrosanons in North America holds induction

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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Jollibee confirms opening in Winnipeg – Free Press

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 opens in Winnipeg

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. opens trade office in Manila

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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MetroVan Independent News calls it quits

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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Shishir Inocalla tours world for ‘arnis’

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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Grade school teacher wins top award

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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