Updated:December 31, 2020, 3:20 PM Vancouver,B.C. Gerald Tembrevilla finishes Ph.D from UBC Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian news.Com While it takes a village to raise a child, a recent doctoral graduate says it takes a global village to complete a doctoral degree. Gerald G. Tembrevilla, ‘Tembs’ to friends, graduated with a PhD in Curriculum […]
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December 18 marks International Migrants Day By Mildred German December 18, 2020 Unceded Territories | As the world grapples due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for doctors, nurses, caregivers, and more healthcare professionals rise globally. Particularly in the US and Canada, the US has been devastated by COVID-19 with 17.4 million
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My brush with the national hero Dr. Jose Rizal Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian news.Com On December 30, Filipinos will celebrate Rizal Day to commemorate the life of Jose Rizal, the national hero of the Philippines. He was executed by firing squad on December 30, 1896 at the age of 35 by the Spanish
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Vancouver, British Columbia “ate, walang magandang kwento ang buhay ko!” By Crisanta Sampang When I sent Neriz Lagumen a message seeking permission to feature her story at the Caregiver Chronicles, she only replied with a series of ‘horrified’ emojis. Just like her. Neriz doesn’t say much, and while she loves volunteering and hanging out with
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Winnipeg, Manitoba Analysis Tinakot na papatayin ang isang Pilipina Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas https://youtu.be/DIvkYw7O8gM A young woman feared for her life as she narrated the harrowing incident when a man in a half- ton truck tried to ram her car repeatedly last Thursday (December 17) .“At that moment in time I believe my life was in
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Updated:December 22, 2020, 2:00 PM Toronto, Ontario Part 2: Finding Romance, Facing New Challenges By Ricardo Jorge S.Caluen A confluence of events brought Cornelia to the shores of Hawaii where she lived and worked in the last 18 years before the final move to the US mainland in 2018. She discovered a love for the
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Toronto, Ontario Cornelia Soberano: Requiem for a Champion “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in service to others.” – Mahatma Gandhi By Ricardo Salise Caluen Humble Beginnings It was with a sense of personal —and communal –loss that I received word about Cornelia’s passing last December 1st in Reno, Nevada.
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Over 200 workers in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland Society for Community Living (LMSCL) won approximately $2.6 million in unpaid overtime and holiday pay.
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Dead Men walking “People are worth more than the worst act of their life,”…Human beings can always change. That’s at the core of the Gospel of Life. That is what Jesus taught us.” – Sister Helen Prejean Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian news.Com Two Filipino death row prisoners could be executed before the end of
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