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Cyville Castro uses art to help young immigrants settle into Canada. (Photo provided)

Art grad uses skills to help immigrant youths settle in new environment

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Updated: July 22, 2021, 6:45 A.M. Updated:July 18, 2021, 7:05 P.M. Vancouver, B.C. Cyville Castro designs tool kit and workshop for immigrant youth Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, philippinecanadiannews.com (PCN.Com) A recent graduate from Emily Carr University of Art & Design has used her skills to design a toolkit and workshop to help immigrant youths like her […]

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Daryl Dela Cruz interviewed by Global News' Sonia Deol. (Screen Grab, Global News)

Daryl Dela Cruz: The man behind the Surrey to Langley Skytrain project

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Surrey, B.C. Misson accomplished: What’s next for Daryl Dela Cruz Opinion Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, philippinecanadiannews.com(PCN.Com) For more than a decade, Daryl Dela Cruz pitched doggedly for his advocacy – to have a Skytrain extension from Surrey to Langley instead of an LRT favoured by the transportation agency, TransLink. On July 8, 2021, that dream came

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The MLA for Waverley was appointed to cabinet today as Minister of Economic Development and Jobs .(Photo: Facebook)

Breaking: Filipino-Canadian Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Jon Reyes named to cabinet

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Winnipeg, Manitoba Reyes one of two Filipino-Canadian member of Legislative Assembly Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com (PCN.Com) Jon Reyes, the Conservative MLA for Waverley was named today (July 15, 2021) as minister of economic development and jobs. Reyes was elected to his first term as MLA for St. Norbert on April 19, 2016 and was subsequently

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Naden Abenes is acclaimed by the NDP for Vancouver Quadra, joining four other Filipino-Canadians running in the election September 20.(File photo )

Federal elections: Union activist seeks NDP nomination in Vancouver Centre

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Vancouver, B.C. Naden Abenes is a seasoned union worker  Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, philippinecanadiannews.com A union activist who once fasted for five days without food to protest government inaction in their bid for help is seeking the NDP nomination for Vancouver Centre in the upcoming federal election. Naden Abenes worked for 12 years for Vancouver’s Hyatt

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Child prodigy Johann Derecho. (Photo: Facebook)

Piano: Child prodigy Johann Derecho

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Updated: July 11, 9:23 A.M. Miton, Ontario JOHANN DERECHO: THE PHILIPPINES’ ANSWER TO LANG LANG Oswald Magno A young Filipino-Canadian, Johann Derecho, may just be the one who will put the Philippines on the map for his superb classical music piano playing skills. At the age of five, Johann’s extraordinary gift of music became apparent

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Investigate PH release 2nd report

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Philippines Philippine justice system complicit in right’s violations By Ysh Cabana Toronto The Philippine judiciary seems to be key to the legal obstacle for a full review of President Rodrigo Duterte’s so-called ‘war on drugs’ and why justice for the lost lives remains to be seen. Widespread impunity for rights violations in the country continue

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Veteran journalist Nonoy Espina died yesterday. (Photo: Rappler.net)

Breaking: Philippines loses one of staunchest fighter for press freedom

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Philippines Veteran journo Jose Jaime “Nonoy” Espina dies at 59 “…That the press is not free because it is allowed to be. It is free because it insists on being free.” – Nonoy Espina Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, philippinecanadiannews.com One of the country’s fiercest fighter and loudest voices for press freedom died of liver cancer today

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Filipinos will have their chance to say 'Salamat' to their beloved PNoy. (Photo: Nikkei Asia/AP)

Filipinos to honour PNoy Aquino on Sunday, July 11

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3rd update: July6, 2021, 7:55 P.M. 2nd update: July 6, 2021, 5:30 P.M. Updated: July 6, 2021, 3:50 P.M. Vancouver, B.C. Filipinos plan tribute for former Philippine President Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino 3rd. A memorial for former president Noynoy Aquino is being planned for Sunday, July 11, 2021 at the Vancouver Art Gallery at 4 PM.  The

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Mireia Cuenca won this year's French public speaking competition Concours d’art oratoire. (Photo provided)

Education: Mireia Cuenca turns pandemics’ isolation into something positive

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Surrey, B.C. “With the internet we are united in our isolation…” Grade 7 student Mireia Cuenca says in winning video Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, philippinecanadiannews.com A Grade School student from Surrey’s École Woodward Hill has won the Concours d’art oratoire speaking competition for her piece on the pandemic’s impacts on the young. https://youtu.be/jNjHUsCQa00 13-year-old Mireia Cuenca

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Pumanaw: Nemecio “Nhemy” Cepeda

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Updated: July 6, 2021, 9:40 A.M. Surrey, B.C. Surrey community mourns passing of Nemecio ‘Nhemy’ Cepeda “The Surrey Filipino community is mourning the loss of a great friend and a dedicated community leader,” Surrey Philippine Independence Day Society (SPIDS) says in an FB post. Nhemy died just a month short of his 77th birthday on June

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