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Mountainview Rotary Club launches Philippine relief effort

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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]Residents of a depressed community in Barangay Paligsahan, Quezon City line up for relief goods being distributed by barangay officers on Thursday, March 19, 2020. Local officials in the barangay level are dipping into their calamity funds to provide relief assistance to communities affected by the Luzon lockdown, which […]

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Covid-19: A Tale of Two Presidents

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (left) and U.S. President Donald Trump. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words!  

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Covid-19 chronicles 10: Two more deaths in Canada

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Ronald V. David, a cleaner at the Brampton Civic Hospital died on April 9. (Photo: The Philippine Reporter) Canada Dalawang Pinoy naman ang namatay Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Two more deaths in the Filipino-Canadian community has brought the total to four due to the coronavirus in Canada.   Victoria Salvan On April 17, Victoria Salvan was the first

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“Am I going to die? How about my family and my children?” – Jocelyn Ruiz. (Screen grab, Global News)

Covid-19 Chronicles 9: Are Filipinos being used as sacrificial cows?

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Updated: April 25, 2020, April 25, 2020, 10:48 AM Calgary Filipinos  fear Covid infections “Am I going to die? How about my family and my children?” Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas The Filipino community in a southern Alberta town is living in fear as news broke out that the main employer, Cargill, is being closed due to

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Passages: Remembering Ex-Senator Heherson ‘Sonny’ Alvarez

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“Freedom was won with the efforts of foreign exiles who were consistently and systematically trying to change policy makers’ opinions,” said former Senator Heherson ‘Sonny’ Alvarez who died of Covid-19 at 80 on April 20, 2020. He was a ‘freedom fighter’a pioneer, a climate change campaigner, an environmentalist..” Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.com

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Edmonton pioneer gives back to the community

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Dr. Josephine Enero Pallard works tirelessly to help her community. (Provided) Edmonton, Alberta Philippine art and the Filipino artist… in focus Josephine Pallard – Paglalayag Series Part of the Paglalayag: the Philippines to Canada Journey series Dr. Josephine Enero Pallard is one of the pioneer economic immigrants from the Philippines, who came to Canada as

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Covid-19 Chronicles 8: Another careworker dies in Ontario

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Christine Mandegarian couldn’t stay home as she was a Healthcare worker. (GoFundMe image) Ontario Second Filipino healthcare worker to die of Covid-19 Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian news.com She posted this on her Facebook page on March 19, 2020. Less than a month later on April 15, Christine Bacalocos Mandegarian died of Covid-19. She

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Mental health and suicide: How one man lived to tell his tale

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Former Manitoba MLA Ted Marcelino attempted suicide 29 years ago. (Ted Marcelino Facebook) Updated: April 17, 2020, 10:40 AM Winnipeg, Manitoba “It is Ok for you to cry. It will be alright. ” Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.Com He jokes about it now. But 29 years ago, Ted Marcelino almost lost his life

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Coronavirus Chronicles 7: Another ‘soldier in white’ has fallen

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    Dr. Anastacio cuddles his apo (grandson) Caleb, youngest son of Teresa and Raymond Belmonte,now residents of British Columbia (Photo taken seven years ago. Facebook, Raymond Belmonte) Updated: April 20, 2020, 9:30 AM Philippines/Burnaby, B.C. Dr. Roberto V. Anastacio is 23rd doctor to fall victim to Covid Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.com

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Justice Steve A. Coroza elevated to Ontario’s Appeals Court

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In a decade,  Justice Steve Coroza went from a Justice in the Ontario Court of Justice to the Ontario Appeals Court, the highest court in the province. ( Photo: From the Banate family album and The Capizeno Association of Ontario, Facebook).   2nd Update: June 17, 2021, 7:50 P.M. Updated: April 14, 2020, 1:46 PM

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