Vancouver,B.C. Friends and supporters start ‘abuloy’ thru Go Fund Me By Ted Alcuitas “It’s very hard to accept that the only box we are waiting for now would contain her remains,” says the son of Lucia Velasco who died last Tuesday (March 8, 2016) in a car-pedestrian accident in east Vancouver. The 51-year old Velasco […]
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British Columbia Workers win against Cucina Manila By Ted Alcuitas One of British Columbia’s prominent Filipino restaurants has been ordered by the province’s Labour Standards Branch to pay $42,495.12 to former employees. Cucina Manila Restaurants Inc. which operates four branches throughout the lower mainland was also ordered to pay $2,500 for administrative penalties in a
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Breaking Winnipeg, Manitoba Marcelino leaves post By Ted Alcuitas After less than three years, Orli Marcelino is leaving the post as Honorary Consul for Winnipeg, a post he held since August 2013. In a letter dated March 8, 2016 and reported by The Pilipino Express today, Marcelino expressed thanks for being given the oppourtunity to
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Vancouver, B.C. Filipina leads Church’s development arm in B.C./Yukon By Ted Alcuitas “Another world is possible, ” says Katrina Laquian, first woman of colour to head the B.C./Yukon region of the Catholic church’s official development aid agency – Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace-Caritas Canada, known simply as Development and Peace (D&P). Laquian, a graduate of
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MIGRANTE BC March 8, 2016 As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, Migrante BC, a community-based organization committed to the protection and promotion of the rights and welfare of Filipino immigrants and migrant workers in British Columbia, stands in solidarity with the women in the Philippines and around the globe in their struggle against labour
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For the Love of Pageants: Gender, Sex, Colonialism By May Farrales, PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia (http://philippi.mywhc.ca/canada/colonialism-endures-in-basketball-and-beauty-pageants-says-researcher/) Why do Filipinos love pageants? I did not watch beauty pageants when I was growing up. I did not even watch the Miss Universe Pageant this year and only started following it to see how the news
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Winnipeg, Manitoba First Filipino-Canadian MLA Conrad Santos dies at 81 By Ted Alcuitas The man who put Filipinos on the political map of this country has died in Winnipeg, his home for more than five decades. Conrad Santos, the first Filipino-Canadian to be elected to a provincial legislative assembly died at Winnipeg’s Victoria General Hospital
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Vancouver, B.C. The man who was previously convicted of trafficking a Filipina caregiver from Hong Kong three years ago but won an appeal, is to appear in court on March 9 to set a date for his sentencing. The identity of the Filipina cannot be revealed due to a court publication ban. Franco Orr, whose
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