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The environment and the Philippines: Five years na. Palpak pa rin!

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Five Years After The Paris Agreement, Environmental Racism Against the Philippines Continues The Philippines is ranked as the country with the highest risk of climate change hazards, predicted to be underwater in 30 years, asking rich countries for accountability. Mildred German Unceded Territories |  2020 marks the 5th anniversary of the adoption of the Paris […]

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Ralph Escamillan performs for 'whip', a 60 minute duet performed entirely in leather hoods, leaving performers blind for the duration of the performance (Photo: Marchel B. Eang)

Ralph Escamillan bursts into dance firmament

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2nd update: December 12, 2020, 6 PM Updated: December 8, 2020, 11:08 AM Vancouver, B.C. An interview with the versatile dancer Ralph Escamillan Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News. Com At first I thought I was doing a cooking interview.  Meeting the fame dancer Ralph Escamillan in his kitchen through the modern technology Zoom, was

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The Philippine giant bamboo can grow to a height of 30 meters (98 ft.). (Photo: Facebook, Benigno Beltran).

Environment: Reclaiming the Marikina Valley

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Updated   Editor’s note: For my birthday this year, I opted to donate to this project and is asking those who can to give whatever they can spare, however small. You can send it directly to the organization or you can e-transfer or mail me a check and I will send it to the Philippines.-

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Toronto’s Metrolinx building world-class transit system

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Updated:December 3, 2020, 7:00 AM Toronto, Ontario One of North America’s largest infrastructure investments Metrolinx is building a world-class transit system so you can safely travel better, faster and easier. Metrolinx is hard at work building a landmark transit system for the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Undertaking one of North America’s largest infrastructure investments, and with

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Co. ERASGA’s 20th anniversary ‘Offering’ a welcomed respite

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Vancouver, B.C. Dancers exude our own anxious isolation and the hope of coming out of this pandemic A review by Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.com ’Offering’ indeed was translucent in all the solo performers’ interpretations as their hands and bodies move in a darkened environment. Costumed like semi-primitive beings lost in a world beyond

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‘Offering’ – the Dance performance that Covid almost cancelled

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Vancouver, B. C. Live-streamed tomorrow, Saturday & Sunday at 3 PM Like many others impacted by the pandemic, Alvin Erasga Tolentino was planning a performance long before Covid struck. To commemorate Co. Erasga’s 20th anniversary, he was envisioning a large-scale performance but was stymied by the onset of the pandemic with all its attendant health

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Toronto: Annual Bonifacio Day to be held online

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Media Release November 13, 2020 Andres Bonifacio 2020 Festival to be held online November 29 Bonifacio Festival 2020, A Conversation on History and Cultural Performances Online, will be held on Sunday, November 29, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. EST. The online event, organized by the Filipino-Canadian Writers and Journalists Network (FC-WJNet), in partnership with Malaya Movement

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Residents go through mud and debris from the aftermath of Typhoon Vamco in Rodriguez, Rizal, a province bordering the northern part of Metro Manila, Philippines. Image: Greenpeace/ Basilio Sepe

Red Cross launches appeal for typhoon relief

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Updated:November 20, 2020, 6:35 PM MEDIA RELEASE November 20, 2020 Surrey Philippine Independence Day Society (SPIDS), the long-time organization of Filipinos in Surrey, through its President and Founding Director, Narima Dela Cruz, was officially informed by Jennifer Wong, the Community Engagement Manager for Canadian Red Cross (CRC) BC and Yukon, that a dedicated Appeal has

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Nera Halam plays lead role in first Canadia-made movie with predominantly Filipino cast. ( Photo still: Bedbug Films)

‘I Propose We Never See Each Other Again After Tonight’ will be on VOD (Video on Demand) November 24, 2020.

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Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg-made movie with predominantly Filipino cast makes successful run despite pandemic Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.Com The first Canadian-made movie to feature an almost all Filipino cast will now be available on video (VDO), says Sean Garrity, producer and filmmaker of ‘‘I Propose We Never See Each Other Again After Tonight’. On

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Maximino Urbano Fabros fought in the Korean Theatre and joined the Philippine Constabulary after the war. (Provided)

National Remembrance Day: Two sons remember their dads

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Updated:November 11, 2020, 9 PM Vancouver, B.C. Na alaala namin kayo… Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.Com As Canada today celebrates National Remembrance Day to honour the men and women who died in world wars especially the European theatre of war, we also pause to remember the veterans of another war – the Pacific War.

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