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Breaking: Two Filipinos are among 20,000 dead in Turkey, Syria earthquake

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20,000 confirmed dead and help is needed urgently Teodoro Alcuitas A Filipina survivor of the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria will recount her ordeal with The Filipino Edition, RedFM this Sunday, February 12. The mother of two is among 248 Filipinos registered with the Philippine Embassy, according to host Joseph Lopez of The Filipino […]

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Undated image of Benson Flores, the first Filipino to have settled in Canada in Bowen Island, B.C. in 1861. ( Image from the book 'Bowen Island - 1872-1972' by Historian Irene Howard )

Benson Flores: First Filipino to settle in Canada in 1861

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Vancouver, B.C. Broadcast journalist Joseph Lopez stumbles on hidden history A planned hike up Mount Gardner in British Columbia’s Bowen Island in May 2011 led to the accidental discovery of a piece of history buried in the pages of a book at the village library. That discovery led to a decades-long quest by the host

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TRUTH TRIUMPHS. Nobel laureate and Rappler Holdings Corporation President Maria Ressa arrives at the Court of Tax Appeals in Quezon City for the promulgation of four tax cases vs RHC, on January 18, 2023. JIRE CARREON/RAPPLER

Breaking: Maria Ressa wins tax case, still faces three pending cases

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Philippines Nobel peace Prize winner still faces other cases ’Today, facts win, truth wins, justice wins, ‘ says the embattled Nobel laureate Maria Ressa after being acquitted yesterday of four charges of tax evasion that were filed in 2018 by the previous Duterte government. In an 80-page decision, the Philippines’ Court of Tax Appeals (CTA)

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Award-winning entrepreneur and food-security activist Lourdes Juan continues to search for innovative concepts that get “food to people, with dignity.” (photo from tedxcalgary.ca)

Filipina entrepreneur is part of 20 Compelling Calgarians of 2023 list

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Updated:January 9, 2023, 7:35 P.M. Calgary, Alberta Lourdes Juan wears many hats—one of them is of a food security activist  By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Shocked at how much unsold pieces of bread a bakery in Calgary had before it closed for the day, Lourdes Juan founded Leftovers Foundation in 2012.  Today, the organization works with

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Pumanaw: Atty. Arturo S. Alafriz Jr.

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Vancouver, B.C. Pumanaw Arturo S. Alafriz, Jr., first Filipino to practice law in B.C. dies at 85 The first Filipino to be admitted to the B.C. Law Society died on Christmas Day (December 25, 2022) according to a Facebook post by family. He was 85. Arturo ‘Art’ S. Alafriz, Jr. was the first Philippine-educated lawyer

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A poem about the The New People’s Army (NPA), armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)

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On the occasion of the passing of Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria ‘Joma’ Sison on December 16, 2022, I publish for the first time, a poem I wrote in 1998 after spending a week with NPA guerrillas in Negros. Negros Ka Leon As the hills of Negros raced into a faint

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Breaking: Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria ‘Joma’ Sison dies at 83

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Joma has fallen not in battle but a natural death Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com Jose ‘Joma’ Maria Sison died on December 16, 2022 in The Netherlands where he has been in self-exile since 1986. He was 83. He died after a two-week confinement in a hospital, Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) spokesman Marco

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Winnipeg songwriter and poet pays tribute to Prof. Jose Maria Sison

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Winnipeg, Manitoba Until the Next Rising, The Final Storm! Levy Abad (Dec 17, 2022) To be hated by lords and oppressors To be calumnized by wolves Attacked by traitors and snakes Jailed, tortured, slayed by butchers Such is the path of revolutionaries To be embraced by the exploited workers Esteemed by enslaved serfs Wept upon by patriotic

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Educator and musician Paul Ong earns the recognition of being in CBC's Future 40 list of outstanding individuals under the age of 40. (CBC website)

Filipino musician makes it to CBC Manitoba’s Future 40 list

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Winnipeg, Manitoba Paul Ong’s concerts raised close to $100,000 in donations to local charities By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez A Filipino-educator and renowned musician made it to CBC Manitoba’s Future 40—a list of 10 outstanding young Manitobans under the age of 40 who are making a difference in their communities. Out of more than a hundred

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While immigration continues to be the population growth driver, the number of babies of Filipino immigrants who were born in Canada grew by close to 19 percent, according to Statistics Canada. (Pexels photo/Furdi de Rivera)

Filipinos now 4th largest racial group in Canada: 2021 census

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Statistics Canada projects Filipino population to reach 2M by 2041 By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Filipinos now make up the fourth largest racial group in Canada–close to a million–and the number is projected to reach 2 million by 2041, Statistics Canada reported. In 2021, three racialized groups represented 16.1% of Canada’s total population. These are South Asians

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