Toronto,Ontario Fear and loathing faces eviction victims as Toronto neighbourhood gentrifies By Ysh Cabana She is known as Ate Mayeth to some. Ma. Theresa De Mesa has babysat for scores of families living in Toronto. For more than three decades, she has lived in Parkdale, an inner-city neighbourhood next door to the “Filipino town” in […]
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Saskatoon, Sakskatchewan ‘Hoping for a bright future…’ Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com (PCN.Com) Rio de Janeiro may have it’s iconic The Girl from Ipanema, but Saskatoon has its own – The Boy at Saskatoon. And he is Filipino. The Boy At Saskatoon is a 24 ft. high x 12 ft. wide mural in the prairie
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The 1901 Balangiga Massacre This battle was described as the “worst defeat of United States Army soldiers since the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876” Mildred German Unceded Territories – As the world celebrates the annual Mothers Day during every month of May, it still sparks the question in me, in addition to this
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Winnipeg, Manitoba Kabarangay Magpabakuna Na! Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com (PCN.Com) A musical couple from Winnipeg has turned to music to encouraged kababayans to roll up their sleeves and get vaccinated. With Manitoba in “dire” circumstances coping with the upsurge of cases prompting the ‘shipment’ of some patients to Ontario, Ernesto Ofiaza, Jr. and wife
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Vancouver, B.C. “…I am a silent survivor in the healthcare field while continuing my studies.” Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com (PCN.Com) Filipina-Canadian psychology student Jennifer Daet Decena thinks our voices should not only be heard on social media but also within the academia. Decena,who is also a health care worker, speaks her mind about Asian
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Edmonton, Alberta “Smash some glass ceilings along the way” Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com (PCN.Com) Thirty years after coming to Canada as a 16-year-old orphan, Giselle General is out to prove that someone like her – an immigrant and a woman of colour, can be in in a leadership position. “I want to be a
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Updated:May 27, 2021, 3:00 P.M. Vancouver, BC: Behind the Façade, a collection of award-winning shorts by acclaimed directors, airs on Knowledge Network June 3, 2021. Acclaimed directors: Banchi Hanuse, Baljit Sangra, Joella Cabalu, Lyana Patrick, Dave Rodden-Shortt and Rosemary Georgeson celebrate the strong, diverse communities that make up British Columbia’s history. From a whirlwind
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Updated: April 3, 2022, 4:01 P.M. Updated: May 21, 2021, 5:53 P.M. Toronto, Ontario If science could send a man to the moon, could it send a Filipino-Canadian to Parliament? Toronto, Ontario With files from Ysh Cabana in Toronto Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas in Vancouver The youngest-ever research director and a leading scientist in clean tech
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Vancouver, B.C. – The Anti-Asian hate crime capital of North America The Carnegie Community Centre is proudly celebrating the Asian Heritage Month in Canada with community-based arts, meals, history, documentaries, and learning opportunities. (All Photos by The Carnegie Community Centre) Mildred German Unceded Territories – The world-renowned Vancouver Downtown East Side (DTES) is not only home
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Updated:July 11, 2021, 2:36 P.M. Updated: May 20, 2021, 7:55 A.M. (Editor’s note) In 2013 while vacationing in the Philippines, I wrote this piece about Enrile who was in news at the time for the pork barrel issue. Currently, he is again in the news for defending President Duterte’s stand on China’s encroachment on Philippine waters.)
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