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Five Filipino Canadian voices share stories in online event

Updated:March 19, 2022, 2:48 P.M. Vancouver, B.C. One Line at a Time: Filipinx Spoken Word Artists Five young Filipino Canadian artists will share how they overcome adversity in their lives through spoken word in an online event on Wednesday, March 30 at 6:30 PM. ‘One Line at a Time: Filipino Spoken Word Artists’ is  part […]

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Breaking: Vancouver actress Zenia Marshall assaulted in Metrotown

Updated: March 15, 2022, 6:09 PM Burnaby, B.C. She believes attacker is the same woman charged in another assault last year Teodoro Alcuitas A Vancouver actress was assaulted while walking inside Burnaby’s Metrotown Mall yesterday (March 14, 2022). Movie actress Zenia Marshall told Philippine Canadian news.Com in a Messenger chat that she was strolling in

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International Women’s Day: All-girl team from Philippines wins first place

Philippines 2022 UNESCO World Engineering Day Hackathon Beats UBC Okanagan The WONDERPETS all-girl student team of Batangas State University (BatStateU) has bagged first place with its water pollution reduction solution in the 2022 World Engineering Day Hackathon supported by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The Filipina-led team composed of Chemical Engineering

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A professor engages trolls

Philippines LOOKING BACK Trolls and trolling By: Ambeth R. Ocampo – @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:05 AM March 11, 2022 Philippine Daily Inquirer is a news partner of Philippine Canadian News.Com A generation who came of age before the internet knows trolls as small, ugly creatures that lurk in Nordic folklore. A troll could also

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International Women’s Day: Treenee Lopez continues her advocacies

Vancouver, B.C. Retirement does not stop her from pursuing her advocacies Charmaine Rodriguez  She may look all-feminine while wearing pink in her petite Filipina frame, but Treenee Lopez, 68, can carry a message that’s stronger and bigger than her persona. A retired nurse in Canada, Lopez began her advocacies in 2011 after she attended the

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Tennis:Leylah Fernandez wins second Monterrey Open

By Charmaine Janis Rodriguez FILIPINO-Canadian tennis sensation Leylah Annie Fernandez has won for Canada her second Monterrey Open championship. Fernandez, 19, of Laval, Quebec, defeated Colombia’s Camila Osorio 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-6(3) Sunday to win the tournament in Mexico for the second consecutive year. It’s the second WTA title of Fernandez’s career after she won last

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Lawyer Rene-John Nicolas appointed Vice-Chair of B.C. Labour Relations Board

Updated: March 5, 2022, 11:00 A.M. Vancouver, B.C. Second to be appointed to administrative tribunals Teodoro Alcuitas Labour advocate Rene-John Nicolas has been appointed as Vice-chair of the Labour Relations Board, Rene-John comes to the Board from the British Columbia General Employees’ Union. Appointed for a term of four years, Nicolas’ appointment starts on April

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Jollibee denies support for Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.

Vancouver, B.C. Chain just opened its first store in Vancouver A fake news circulating that claims Jollibee is supporting the candidacy of Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has been debunked and exposed by Rappler’s fact-checking platform. The false post shows the food giant’s mascot holding a sign purporting to endorse Marcos. In fact, the image was lifted

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