A picture with then Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte figured prominently in Kevin Lamoureux’s ad which appeared in two local Winnipeg papers. (Screen grab) Updated: October 23, 2019, 10:30 PM Winnipeg, Manitoba Does Kevin Lamoureux support this human rights violator? Opinion By Ted Alcuitas A veteran politician is in hot water for using his picture […]
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Eldrizah & Mark Empuerto and their ‘miracle baby’ Mira Cleo. They believed it was a ‘miracle’ from St. Jude that their daughter who is now in Grade 12 survived. (Photo submitted) Updated: October 15, 2019, 10:00 AM Pasasalamat… By Ted Alcuitas As Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving today, we feature two stories of gratefulness – one for a
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The art warrior Carlos Celdran was in Vancouver in 2011 to do a sample of his walking tour. He is shown here in his signature Padre Damaso attire. ‘Damaso’ is the corrupt priest in Rizal’s novel, ‘Noli Me Tangere’. (All photos by Tulayan , Facebook) Updated: October 9, 2019, 7:40 AM Vancouver, B.C. Art can
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Double Melancholy: Art, Beauty, and the Making of a Queer Brown Man author Chris C.E. Gatchalian delves into an exploration not only of being queer, but also being brown in Canada. (Facebook) Vancouver, B.C. Musings on C.E. Gatchalian and the 2019 LiterASIAN festival “Much like the rain of the previous night, the flow of tears from Gatchalian’s
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7-week poetry writing workshop starts October 8 and runs to November 19. Vancouver, B.C. Sinag-Araw Writing Workshop Calling all Filipino youth aged 15-24! Sinag-Araw is a seven-week poetry writing workshop held every Tuesday from October 8 to November 19 from 7-9pm at the ArtStarts Lab, located at 808 Richards Street. Participants will grow their artistic
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The daughter of a mother from Ilocos Sur and a Korean father worked through school to obtain several degrees. (Facebook) Toronto, Ontario Immigrant’s daughter enters politics Born from immigrant parents – her mother is from Ilocos Sur and her father from Korea, Nam worked in here parent’s grocery store and later in a restaurant to
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Joella Cabalu’s first credit as a producer and director was for her own personal family documentary It Runs in the Family (2015), which won Audience Choice Awards at the Seattle Asian American Film Festival and Vancouver Queer Film Festival and an honourable mention for the Loni Ding Award for Social Justice Documentary at CAAMFest. (Photo: Krista MacMillan) Updated:
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The embattled Senator Leila De Lima waves her signature greeting as she is surrounded by a tight security cordon every time she attends court hearings. (GMANews) Duterte’s nemesis Published September 27, 2019 8:51am By AMITA LEGASPI, GMA News A Senate committee in the United States has approved an amendment in one of the bills it is tackling
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Filipino workers join in a rally outside the Hyatt Regency in downtown Vancouver. (Photo: Ted Alcuitas, Philippine Canadian News.com) Vancouver, B.C. Ted Alcuitas A noise barrage from make-shift container drums greeted sky train commuters Tuesday (Sept. 24)as striking workers at Hyatt Regency demonstrated infront of the downtown hotel near the Burrard Street Skytrain station. The
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Mildred German (left), Czarinna Tabobo, and Levi Bustos of the zine group table called “FOB” (Filipinx of Bandcouber). (Photo provided) Updated: Sept. 23, 2019, 10:11 PM Vancouver, B.C. Filipino-Canadians take on comedy, self-expression, self-publishing, and the DIY culture Mildred German Vancouver, BC – With comedy, zine, and Do-It-Yourself (DIY) culture becoming more trendy, and with
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