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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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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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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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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Gabrielle Elyse Abad Tech Voc High School, Winnipeg Honour Roll, Grade 12 average of 94 Excellence in Psychology, Family Studies De Zaaier Dutch Heritage Award and University of Winnipeg Entrance Award. Gabrielle plans to take up Education , majoring in English, nor in Psychology at the University of Winnipeg. She is the only daughter of
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Inawit ni Ernesto Nicolas Ofiaza Jr. at Catherine Milagros Ofiaza mga taga Winnipeg, Manitoba. “O CANADA” (Filipino Version) was sung at the virtual 4th Filipino Folk Music Festival on June 26, 2021 #OCanadaFilipinoVersion #CanadaDay2021 #ProudFilipinoCanadian.
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Tour the country through the eyes of these writers A panel of writers will read their work on Sunday, June 27, 2021, capping the month-long celebration of Philippine Heritage Month. The virtual tour of Canada will be at 4 PM, Eastern and 1 PM Pacific. Close to 100 are already registered for the free event
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Mississauga, Ontario Extraordinary feat for a family (Ed’s note: In 2009 when we first featured Filipino-Canadian graduates in our short-lived revival of ‘Silangan’, we lamented the fact that we, as a community, were lagging behind other immigrants in finishing higher education, not even high school. We were not making the grade then. But now, more
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Updated: June 26, 2021, 7:30 A.M. https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1451492/best-eulogy-tribute-for-noynoy-aquino-is-recover-preserve-decency-of-leaders “Eulogies have been written and spoken and shared, but the best eulogy tribute we can pay to our dear President Noy is to bring back, recover, preserve, safeguard, and never again compromise our dignity as a people and the decency of our leaders as servants, not bosses,” Archbishop
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