Editor’s note: Thirty years ago in 1990, it was the turban, then the nigab and now coronavirus. This is how we saw racism then. It is clear that racism lurks in the hearts of some people and it will always be. How well we respond to it depends on us. -Ted Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian […]
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Regina, Saskatchewan Labour leader calls policy racist Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.Com A Filipino car executive said he “could not sleep” after witnessing a group of workers at Dollarama being berated by a manager for speaking in Filipino (not Tagalog as mistakenly called) in the store. Jay Bercades was in the store in
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Vancouver, B.C. An attack on one is an attack on all Opinion By Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.com A man shoves an elderly Chinese man out the door. In another incident, a man shouts racist slurs at a woman inside the skytrain and grapples with a bystander who tries to intervene. A woman
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Vancouver, B.C. Breaking glass ceilings Filipina-Canadian takes over as CEO for TransUnion Hong Kong Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian news.com Former Vancouver resident Marie Claire Lim-Moore was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for TransUnion Hong Kong on April 20, 2020 as the credit reporting giant relaunches its online consumer platform. “I am delighted and
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Calgary, Alberta Joel Yana of Calgary has started a GoFundMe campaign to help his friend Roel,who has been stricken with cancer. Joel writes: Hi everyone, I have set up a GoFundMe for my friend Roel Omampo. Last month he was diagnosed with Stage 4b colorectal cancer. The cancer is aggressive. It has spread to his
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“To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.” ~Maya Angelou 2nd Updated:May 12, 2020, 8:34PM. 1st Updated: May 12, 2020, 11:40 A.M. Surrey, B.C. Ang Yaman ni Inay (My Mother’s Treasure) Narima Dela Cruz Because of her – beautiful, stunning,
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Toronto, Ontario SA UGOY NG DUYAN – a song for Mothers Oswald Magno There is a special place in our hearts for our dear departed mothers who are no longer with us, and so today, I am sharing of the loving presence and caring of his mother when he was yet a baby being put
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Emerenciana Monte Aviso Updated.. The Way I Remember my Mother By Dante Aviso Winnipeg, Manitoba Mom was born on January 23, 1924 in Magallanes, Sorsogon. I lost my mother a week before Mother’s Day in 2018. This is the second year that I celebrated Mother’s Day with out her in a physical sense. I am
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ISABEL LLACUNA ALCUITAS November 19, 1902 – May 20, 1988 Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas As we celebrate Mother’s Day tomorrow in the middle of the pandemic, I remember my Mama. My mentor, my rock. I was a child of war whose memories of ‘bakwet’ looms large in my memory. Mama Babing, as she was affectionately called
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Revelina Balisi Updated: May 10,2020, 3:01 PM Updated: May 9. 2020, 3 PM Thank you, Mama. Pagsilang. Pasasalamat kay Mama Iniluwal mo ako mula sa mapagkalingang kanlungan na aking kinagisnan. Siyam na buwan ding inaruga, inihele Walang kang pakundangan sa mga pagbabago sa iyong katawan. Sa takdang panahong hindi mapipigilan, mula sa iyong mainit na
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