OP-ED : SA AKING MGA KABABAYAN “Tara na, Kabayan , mag-boto na tayo”! ELECTION MATTERS! GET OUT and VOTE Tony A. San Juan, OCT-Retired The federal election is just around the corner. Canada’s new Governor-General has ordered the writ to be issued, the Parliament is dissolved, and the whole country, amid the pandemic, is at it. […]
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MAS MALAWAK NA TRANSPORTASYON. PARA SA INYONG HINAHARAP. Ngayong halos palabas na tayo sa panahon ng pandemya, sinimulan na ng Metrolinx ang pagtatayo at patuloy na pagtatatag ng isang pinalawak na transit network na nakasentro sa pangangailangan ng mga pasahero. Sa programa nito, mas padadaliin ng ahensiya ng transportasyon ng Ontario ang pagpili ng pasahero
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Vancouver, B.C. Liberal Virginia Bremner keeps knocking Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.Com (PCN.Com) Being a first-timer and an underdog doesn’t faze Virginia Bremner who is running in the Vancouver-Kingsway riding for the Liberal Party. Since her acclamation , she has been busy knocking on as many doors as she can. She hopes to topple
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Ontario “I feel like I have a target on my back”, say Elizabeth Quinto First-time Liberal candidate Elizabeth Quinto insists that most people in her southern Ontario riding of Oxford aren’t hostile. But recent events makes her feel anxious when putting up signs and tries not to door-knock alone. Over the past two weeks, Quinto
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Inilathala ng KOMISYON SA WIKANG FILIPINO 2F Watson Bldg., 1610 JP Laurel St., San Miguel, Maynila Tel. 02-733-7260 • 02-736-2525 Email: komfil.gov@gmail.com • Website: www.kwf.gov.ph Ano ang tinawag na “mga wika ng Filipinas”? Ang tinatawag na “mga wika ng Filipinas” ay ang iba’t ibang wikang katutubo na sinasalita sa buong kapuluan. Hindi tiyak ang
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Calgary, Alberta Tony A. San Juan “My focus and vision are a Calgary where businesses grow and families thrive.” This is the “battle cry” of Grace Yan, a Filipino Canadian of considerable political ambition and great personal determination. Grace Yan is running for Mayor of Calgary, Alberta this coming civic election on October 18, 2021.
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Vancouver-Kingsway “Shameful, shocking, blatant racism” After Virginia Bremner tweeted @Virginia Bremner how she was treated by her NDP opponent Don Davies, a number of Liberal candidates tweeted back their support including former cabinet ministers. Bremner tweeted @DonDavies :”Today Don Davies said that because I am a Filipina-Canadian woman running in federal politics that I am
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Vancouver, B.C. Naden Abenes is fifth to run for parliament Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com (PCN.Com)ouve After failing to get nominated in Vancouver Centre, Naden Abenes has been acclaimed as the NDP’s candidate for Vancouver Quadra, the fifth Filipino-Canadian to run for federal office. A single mom who worked as a hotel room attendant for over
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Updated:August 24, 2021, 9:53 P.M. Vancouver-Kingsway He should apologize to the Filipino community, Bremner demands Analysis Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com (PCN.Com) Virginia Bremner, the Liberal candidate, has come out swinging at his opponent calling him “racist and sexist” and pointed to his “white privilege.” Bremner’s ire came after the NDP incumbent Don Davies’ comments in
Toronto, Ontario Elena Laude Aguilar surmounts disability to help others By: Tony A. San Juan Being a person with a physical disability especially a “woman of colour”, is considered a great burden to people with such an affliction and misfortune. But not to Elena Laude Aguilar, a Filipino Canadian woman who has been a resident of Toronto for the
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