Singer songwriter Ria Jade came back from depression to follow her passion- singing. (Photo: riajade.com) B.C. The woman who was saved by her voice By Ted Alcuitas She is Ria Jade to her fans – a singer-songwriter with a beautiful voice. In real life, she is Maria Paula Nina, the youngest of two daughters to […]
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Local Filipinos in Vancouver join other counterparts in U.S. in demonstrating against China today. (Butz Van photos FB) Updated: 9:45 PM, July 12, 2019 Vancouver,B.C. China out of the Philippines! A number of Vancouverites today picketed the Chinese Embassy on Granville St., in Vancouver to protest the Chinese presence in the West Philippine Sea. Vancouver
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Manny R. Masongsong who passed away July 12, 2019 will be buried on July 19. (Facebook) Updated: July 17, 2019, 7:00 AM Delta, B.C. Pumanaw Computer specialist Manny R.Masongsong passes away By Ted Alcuitas After suffering from a long ailment, businessman Manny R. Masongsong died today, July 12, 2019, his family announced. Brother Ed Masongsong
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Is Salvador Panelo a match for Amal Clooney? (ABS/CBN photo) Opinon By Ted Alcuitas We cannot help but think of no other appropriate word to describe the current news on Amal Clooney’s involvement with Maria Reesa’s case and how presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo reacted. It is indeed a contest between the good, the bad and
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Parents Imelda and Jaime Adao received the posthumous diploma on behalf of their son Jaime Jr. who was killed on March 3, 2019. (CTV News) Manitoba He was to graduate this year and fulfill his dream of becoming a baker to take over his parent’s bakery business. Instead, his parents, Imelda and Jaime received his
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Gabrielle Thea I. Ramos, daughter of slain human rights lawyer Benjamin Ramos, graduates in BS (Biology), University of the Philippines Visayas. (Facebook) HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER. People’s lawyer Benjamin Ramos is gunned down by unidentified assailants in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, on November 6, 2018. Photo courtesy of National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers. A daughter’s message
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Malaya Marcelino will try to follow her mother into the Manitoba Legislature. (Facebook) Manitoba Malaya Marcelino sumunod sa hakbang ng Ina Analysis By Ted Alcuitas The eldest daughter of NDP Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Flor Marcelino is stepping into her mother’s shoes in the next provincial election on September 10, 2019. Malaya Marcelino won
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This lecture-workshop will feature the Panay Bukidnon’s music and dance in the context of their ideology called “sibod”. This is a body of concepts that translates to sunu (structure/basis), hampang (play), santu (synchronization), salu (catch), and tayuyon (flow; mastery). These concepts underpin their binanog (hawk-eagle music dance tradition), which is expressed during courtship rituals, farming,
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By singing in her native dialects, HanHan stays true to herself. (Photo: Fruhlein Econar, Grid) Vancouver, B.C. Songs grapple social issues faced by immigrants. Patricia Chan This July, Filipina Canadian rapper HanHan will be coming to Vancouver to perform at the Indian Summer Festival 2019, which is an eleven-day festival of arts, music and ideas running from
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Joel Apolinario, founder and leader of Kabus Padatuon (Make the Poor Rich)-Community Ministry International, Inc.(KAPA), talks to the media during the June 13 prayer rally in General Santos City on June 13. (Photo by Bong Sarmiento) Joe Torres, Manila Philippines June 20, 2019 UCANEWS.com (Union of Catholic Asian News) People told to be wary after
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