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Covid 19: A nurse survives to tell his story

Neil’s story Filipino nurse Neil, worked at ICU at the Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre in Abbotsford, an hour’s drive east of Vancouver. While he has been out for four months now, he is still facing a lot of issues, according to a close friend. Here is a Facebook post by the hospital. “It […]

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Surrey, B.C. – Missing person

Missing man, 72, last seen in the Guildford area Monday morning ‘Family and the Surrey RCMP are concerned for Vergelio’s overall health and well-being at this time’ TOM ZILLICH Sep. 15, 2020 7:02 a.m. Surrey Mounties are asking for help from the public to locate Vergelio Puda, last seen in the Guildford area. Police say

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Breaking: Cardinal Tagle tests positive for Coronavirus

  Manila The Philippines’ highest ranking Catholic prelate, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (‘Propaganda Fide’), has tested positive for coronavirus. The news was confirmed by Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, this afternoon, September 11, 2020. Tagle had a throat swab carried out

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Movie review: “I Propose We Never See Each Other Again After Tonight’ – Could this film launch a career for Hera Nalam?

Updated: Sept. 9, 2020, 7:35 AM The gamble that paid-off Opinion Teodoro Acuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.Com (PCN.Com) “Movie and television shows are magic mirrors, and we watch for the reflections that resemble us. They show us  who we are. They gave us the silhouettes of identity so difficult to envision on our own,” Alex

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Crisanta Sampang writes on the ‘strong men’ in her life

Updated: Sept. 8,2020, 11:15 AM Updated: Sept. 5, 2020, 1:45 PM Welcome to our new contributor : Crisanta Sampang We are proud to welcome author and filmmaker Crisanta Sampang to our pages. Sampang is best known for her book ‘Maid in Singapore’ which came out in 2005, a memoir of her life as a caregiver

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Babala! Fake immigration job offers

Canada Well-orchestrated scheme tricks applicants Hopeful immigrants who receive offers to work in Canada from potential recruiters are encouraged to perform due diligence to avoid being the victim of fraudulent practices. Chris Collette Canada Immigration News (CIC) Published on August 22nd, 2020 at 08:00am EDT Updated on August 24th, 2020 at 11:19am EDT Some mock

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Top five: ‘I Propose We Never See Each Other Again After Tonight’ extended to Sept.10

“Winnipeg filmmaker Sean Garrity’s film I Propose We Never See Each Other Again After Tonight managed to get into the top five list of Canadian box office while screening in just two Winnipeg cinemas, the Northgate and McGillivray VIP. (According to a Mongrel Media staffer, Garrity’s film outgrossed the X-Men spinoff The New Mutants.) It’s being held over

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Breaking: Woman sexually abused by Filipino priest wins $844,140 award

Updated: August 26,2020, 7:09 PM Vancouver, B.C. Fr. Erlindo ‘Lindo’ Molon, Kamloops Diocese guilty in sexual abuse of Rosemary Anderson Opinion Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian news.com The Kamloops Roman Catholic Diocese will pay a priest’s sexual abuse victim $844,140 in damages, a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled Aug. 25. Link to full decision: https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/20/12/2020BCSC1247.htm.

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Joel Pablo Salud: Between Covid-19 and the jaws of tyranny: Where do we go from here?

Philippines We can start, slowly but surely, by pushing back the jaws of tyranny wherever we are. By Joel Pablo Salud Manila – Days ago, 14 people died and scores injured after two bombs rocked the province of Jolo located at the southernmost part of the Philippines.  Both explosions were reportedly carried out by female suicide

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Belgian photog pays tribute to fallen Zarah Alvarez

Christophe Smets Updated: August 27, 2020 Former Photographer / Coordinateur Projets at la boîte à images. He  did the interview for a Belgian NGO called Viva Salud. You can find the whole interview here : vivasalud.be August 25, 2020 Dear Zara, Excuse me, it took me some time, a whole week, to write to you after your

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