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Municipal politics: Grant Gonzales seeks seat in Toronto
Toronto, Ontario Public Affairs professionals is running for councillor of Ward 9-Davenport Tony A. San Juan, OCT Filipino-Canadian Grant Gonzales, a public affairs professional who worked on advocacy, community engagement, and public policy issues for public, private, and non-profit organizations, is running for Councillor of Ward 9- Davenport, the City of Toronto on the coming
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Movies: ‘Islands’ wins ACTRA Best Performance Award
Winnipeg, Manitoba Rogelio Balagtas and Sheila Lotuaco best performers Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Filipino-Canadian actors were picked as the best performers by the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) in the Gimli International Film Festival (GIFF), Manitoba’s premier film festival and the largest rural film festival in all of Canada. Rogelio Balagtas and Sheila
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Early immigrants: A teacher’s journey
Winnipeg, Manitoba The Opportunity Lolita Tumanguil Oandasan First of two Parts I had a friend who owned a pharmacy on the street where I lived in Quezon City named Mrs. Gaerlan. One day when I went to pick up a prescription, she told me that she and her husband were leaving in a few days
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Toronto’s ‘Taste of Manila’ set for August 20-21
Toronto, Ontario Biggest Festival outside Philippines Charmaine Y. Rodriguez The Taste of Manila (ToM) Street Festival returns this year with a promise of more Filipino products with new partners next month. Dubbed the biggest Filipino festival outside the Philippines, the event is set for August 20-21, 2022 along Bathurst Street, from Wilson Avenue up to Yorkdowns
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“Buto/Buto: Bones are Seeds”: Play reconstructs life of Ben Flores, the first Filipino to settle in Canada
Vancouver, B.C. Filipinos arrived in Canada in the 19th century Charmaine Janis Rodriguez An original play with an all Southeast Asian cast and crew will tell the story of how the first Filipinos settled in Canada in the 19th century. It will take centre stage at the Russian Hall in Vancouver on July 28-31, 2022.
Senior citizen shares artistic talent
Toronto, Ontario Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Filipino-Canadian landscape artist Frank Cruzet is not only painting artworks but is making the life of others more colorful. He is an active member of the Philippine Artists Group of Canada and teaches other Filipinos his knowledge and skills in painting at the Filipino Centre Toronto (FCT) every Wednesday. “Nag-start
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Politics: Passing the torch…
Winnipeg, Manitoba Three generations of Filipino-Canadian politicians met Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.Com Three generations of Filipino-Canadian politicians met recently during dedication ceremonies in Winnipeg, Manitoba for a park named in honour of former Member of Parliament Dr. Rey Pagtakhan. Dr. Pagtakhan was the first Filipino-Canadian to be elected to the Canadian Parliament in
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The Philippines: A day of infamy!
On the day that a new President of the Philippines takes office, we call it a Day of Infamy for the country, as the son of a former dictator ushers in another era of a family history of corruption, murder, looting of the country’s coffers, etc. We reprint how the media reacted to the ongoing
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Has the Church really failed during the 2022 Philippine elections?
Philippines LiCAS•news, Philippines We need to further reflect on the role of the Church in the light of the ‘forces of evil at work in our society’ Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan June 13, 2022 This post-election reflections for the clergy of the Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan is originally posted on the website of Caritas
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