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Conservative MLA Jon Reyes draws flak for tweeting his wife shovelling snow after a 12-hour hospital shift

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Winnipeg MLA Jon Reyes, one of two Filipino-Canadian members of the legislative assembly is in hot waters for his tweet. (Photo: Manitoba Government) Winnipeg,Manitoba Manitoba Filipino politician “shows gratitude” for his wife by watching her shovel snow Opinion Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas A Manitoba cabinet minister’s tweet about his wife shovelling snow after a 12-hour nursing shift has ignited […]

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 Fr. Nicanor Austriaco is a Catholic priest and professor of biology at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. (Photo by Melissa Brown/Dominican Friars Foundation)

Priest says Omicron “the beginning of the end of the pandemic”

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Philippines But public has to remain careful, he warns Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas The Omicron variant of COVID-19 may be “the beginning of the end” of the pandemic, but the public must remain cautious, a Dominican priest and microbiologist predicts. Citing a study, Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, a professor of biology at Providence College in Providence, Rhode

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Leylah Fernandez, ranked no. 24 in the world, is the recipient of the Player of the Year award for the second time in a row. (Mark J. Terrill/The Associated Press/CBC)

Tennis: Lyla Fernandez is Female Athlete of the Year

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Vancouver. B.C. Giant Killer By Charmaine Janis Rodriguez After an outstanding performance in the US Open tennis final last summer, Filipina-Canadian tennis sensation Leylah Fernandez was named The Canadian Press female athlete of the year and winner of the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award. “I’m very honoured to be amongst these athletes who’ve done so much for

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The ‘parol’ remains amidst the ruins of Typhoon Odette (Rai) which ravaged the Philippines last week. (Photo: By  Ricardo Caluen of a relative’s house in Bohol)  

An appeal: Is it time to think of helping our Kapwa? Collectively?

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2nd update: December 2, 2021, 12:51 P.M. Updated: December 24, 2021, 11:22 P.M. A permanent organization ? By Teodoro Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.Com (PCN.Com) As I see this latest post from a friend, it once again tugs my heart and brings me back to the many natural calamities that our motherland is known

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Residents walk past downed electric pylons in Talisay town, Cebu province on December 17, 2021, a day after Super Typhoon Rai pummelled the southern and central regions of the Philippines. (Photo by Alan TANGCAWAN / AFP)

Several towns in Southern Cebu remain inaccessible in wake of ‘Odette’

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Cebu Inquirer.net is a news partner of Philippine CanadianNews.Com (PCN.Com) By: Dale Israel – @inquirerdotnet Inquirer Visayas / 09:07 PM December 19, 2021 CEBU CITY — Several towns in southern Cebu remain inaccessible, three days after the province was hit by Typhoon Odette. So far, the Provincial Risk Reduction and Management Office received only two

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Survivor winner Erika Casupanan celebrates. (Twitter image- Survivor)

Erika Casupanan makes history as first Canadian to win ‘Survivor’

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2nd update: December 20, 2021, 6:40 A.M. Updated: December 19, 2021,  P.M. Canada Second woman to win $1 million since 2017 Charmaine Rodriguez Kara  A petite Filipina, the smallest among the competitors, outwitted, outplayed and outlasted her opponents to become winner of the 41st season of Survivor winning a $1 million US ( 1,284,910.00 Canadian)

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Author Catherine Hernandez’s work made into music

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Vancouver, B.C. Filipina-Canadian author Catherine Hernandez’s work ‘I Cannot Lie to the Stars that Made Me’ has been adapted into audio drama by the Vancouver-based the frank theatre co. It is free on line from January 7 to 16 at thefranktheatre.com. Hernandez’s previous work ‘Scarborough’ has been made into a movie. The frank theatre is

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Immigration: Canada breaks monthly record again by landing over 47,000 immigrants in November

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Image: CIC News Canada has landed over 361,000 immigrants this year and will likely achieve its target of landing 401,000 immigrants in 2021. The voice of Canadian immigration Kareem El-Assal Published on December 17th, 2021 at 10:03am EST Updated on December 17th, 2021 at 10:13am EST Canada landed more than 47,000 new permanent residents in

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Facebook attacking anti-Marcos/Duterte sites?

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Screenshot of Facebook notice on our page deleting a Maria Reesa post. Rappler website under cyberattack DEC 15, 2021 9:04 PM PHT RAPPLER.COM Facebook Twitter SHARE ARTICLE (2ND UPDATE) At the peak of the attack, the site was being barraged by over 650,000 requests per second. Days after Rappler CEO Maria Reesa mounted a blistering

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