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Victoria’s Filipino-Canadian community demands justice for stranded Filipino seafarers in Fiji 

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Updated:March 23, 2021, 8:55 AM Online petition started Mildred German  Victoria, BC –  Filipino-Canadian group Victoria Filipino-Canadian Association (VFCA), has started an online petition to reach out for support and to demand justice for the Filipino seafarers enslaved by Goundar Shipping in Fiji. The petition can be accessed via change.org: https://www.change.org/p/fijian-government-urge-fiji-govt-to-punish-groundar-shipping-for-enslaving-and-abandoning-filipino-workers?redirect=false According to the petition, […]

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Canada’s anti-Asian racism and Asian fetishes 

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Updated: March 20, 2021, 9:20 AM As White Supremacist groups, Incels and their networks continue to expand, Canada has begun prosecuting their crimes as acts of terrorism.  Opinion Mildred German  Nine people were shot, eight dead, seven of the dead were women, and six of these dead women were Asian women. The 21-year old white

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Face to Face with the Nazi Salutes and White Supremacists 

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Updated: March 18, 2021, 11:10 AM Vancouver, B.C. Amidst the increasing Anti-Asian hate in the U.S. following the killing of eight people in Atlanta, Georgia, Canada faces the same threats of white nationalism and supremacy  Opinion Mildred German  Unceded Territories – Eight people were killed and a 21-year old suspect was apprehended in connection to

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Film: Kimmortal premieres ‘Submerged’

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  Vancouver, B.C. Kimmortal Kimbo Bince Villagante https://linktr.ee/kimmortal TODAY marks exactly 2 YEARS since I released “X marks the Swirl”! Thank you for being here to celebrate with me! This film is created to my track Submerged. A song that I have been told has given people the space to cry and grieve. This song

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Major media outlets enter Filipino market

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Toronto,Ontario CBC Radio seeks Filipino Senior Writer in Toronto Analysis Teodoro Alcuitas Editor philippinecanadiannews.com Canada’s public broadcaster is seeking a Filipino-Canadian for a Senior Writer position at its Toronto office. CBC/ Radio Canada is seeking a writer for its ‘Tagalog’ section  whose duties include filing for multiple platforms – “primarily or digital, but also occasionally

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Celebrating the quincentenary of Christianity in the Philippines

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A Feast Fit for a Rajah Jan Dominic Tarroja Umengan poses beside a large table groaning with favorite Filipino dishes as he calls out the rest of his family—party of 18—to celebrate the quincentenary of Christianity in the Philippines. “Nic” is soaking up the religious and historic significance of 500 years of the Catholic Faith

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Isobel Rivera joins webinar panel 

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Updated:March 15, 2021,6:26 AM International Womens Month In celebration of ##InternationalWomensMonth #FINEXPhils through the Women in Finance Committee presents a #freewebinar on “Global Leadership at its Best” on March 18, 2021at 10:00AM – 11:45AM Register now: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_PZ2_HBxYTkia2JSKf5mkcg Rivera is Regional Head of Partnerships, Advocacy and Communications, UN WomenHead of Partnerships and Resource Mobilization, UN Women

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Breaking: Pope, Cardinal Tagle concelebrate Mass to usher in celebration of 500 years of Christianity

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“Discreet and hardworking presence” of Filipinos in Rome Opinion Teodoro ’Ted’ Alcuitas Editor philippinecanadiannews.com “Here in Rome, when we miss our grandfathers, we know we have a Lolo Kiko. Thank you very much, Holy Father. “ With these words, an emotional Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle of the Philippines ended his greeting to the Holy Father on

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Clara Costales – Orallo: Diary of a cancer patient

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Vancouver, B.C. A former nurse struggles with cancer and shares her story First of a series Editor’s note: This is a compilation of exchanges I had with Clara ( ‘Laling’ to friends) over the past years since I reconnected with her through Facebook. We first knew each other back in Winnipeg where she worked as

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Winnipeg’s Bahay Perlas breaking stigmas against Drag Culture

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Winnipeg, Manitoba Collective seeks to break stigma Mildred German Winnipeg, Manitoba – Bahay Perlas (House of Pearls) is the first of its kind in Winnipeg, MB. It is a welcomed space to break stigmas against drag culture. It is a collective that welcomes drag and non-drag artists. Such that the unique approach is necessarily timely.

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