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Two months after daughter taken by husband, mother still has no answer

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Mariecar Jackson appeals for return of daughter. (Screen grab from CBC interview) Regina, Saskatchewan Police launch investigation, issue public appeal Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas A distraught mother has not seen her 7-year-old daughter two months after ex-husband took her away from their home in Regina under a court-ordered child custody arrangement. Mariecar Jackson, a Filipino-Canadian and […]

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Nina Lee Aquino is the first woman of colour and first Filipino-Canadian to head a national arts theatre.(Photo: Cesar Ghisilieri Photography)

Nina Lee Aquino first Filipina and woman of colour to head Canada’s English Theatre

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Updated: January 13, 2022, 10:11 A.M. Ottawa Historic appointment Breaking glass ceilings in her career  Opinion Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas An outspoken and fierce advocate for diversity in theatre has been appointed to head Canada’s national theatre organization – the first Filipina-Canadian and first woman of colour to assume the position. Acclaimed theatre maker Nina Lee

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Cynthia Reyes, wife of MLA Jon Reyes defends husband. (Twitter photo)

Politician’s wife explains side in ‘shovelling’ brouhaha

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Winnipeg, Manitoba Cynthia Reyes appeals for understanding Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas In a Facebook post today ( January 10) the wife of the beleaguered Manitoba politician who has been pilloried in social media for posting a picture of his wife shovelling snow explains her side. Cynthia Reyes is with Jon Reyes. 41m  · Sorry in advance

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Conservative MLA Jon Reyes draws flak for tweeting his wife shovelling snow after a 12-hour hospital shift

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Winnipeg MLA Jon Reyes, one of two Filipino-Canadian members of the legislative assembly is in hot waters for his tweet. (Photo: Manitoba Government) Winnipeg,Manitoba Manitoba Filipino politician “shows gratitude” for his wife by watching her shovel snow Opinion Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas A Manitoba cabinet minister’s tweet about his wife shovelling snow after a 12-hour nursing shift has ignited

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 Fr. Nicanor Austriaco is a Catholic priest and professor of biology at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. (Photo by Melissa Brown/Dominican Friars Foundation)

Priest says Omicron “the beginning of the end of the pandemic”

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Philippines But public has to remain careful, he warns Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas The Omicron variant of COVID-19 may be “the beginning of the end” of the pandemic, but the public must remain cautious, a Dominican priest and microbiologist predicts. Citing a study, Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, a professor of biology at Providence College in Providence, Rhode

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Leylah Fernandez, ranked no. 24 in the world, is the recipient of the Player of the Year award for the second time in a row. (Mark J. Terrill/The Associated Press/CBC)

Tennis: Lyla Fernandez is Female Athlete of the Year

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Vancouver. B.C. Giant Killer By Charmaine Janis Rodriguez After an outstanding performance in the US Open tennis final last summer, Filipina-Canadian tennis sensation Leylah Fernandez was named The Canadian Press female athlete of the year and winner of the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award. “I’m very honoured to be amongst these athletes who’ve done so much for

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The ‘parol’ remains amidst the ruins of Typhoon Odette (Rai) which ravaged the Philippines last week. (Photo: By  Ricardo Caluen of a relative’s house in Bohol)  

An appeal: Is it time to think of helping our Kapwa? Collectively?

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2nd update: December 2, 2021, 12:51 P.M. Updated: December 24, 2021, 11:22 P.M. A permanent organization ? By Teodoro Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.Com (PCN.Com) As I see this latest post from a friend, it once again tugs my heart and brings me back to the many natural calamities that our motherland is known

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Survivor winner Erika Casupanan celebrates. (Twitter image- Survivor)

Erika Casupanan makes history as first Canadian to win ‘Survivor’

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2nd update: December 20, 2021, 6:40 A.M. Updated: December 19, 2021,  P.M. Canada Second woman to win $1 million since 2017 Charmaine Rodriguez Kara  A petite Filipina, the smallest among the competitors, outwitted, outplayed and outlasted her opponents to become winner of the 41st season of Survivor winning a $1 million US ( 1,284,910.00 Canadian)

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Author Catherine Hernandez’s work made into music

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Vancouver, B.C. Filipina-Canadian author Catherine Hernandez’s work ‘I Cannot Lie to the Stars that Made Me’ has been adapted into audio drama by the Vancouver-based the frank theatre co. It is free on line from January 7 to 16 at thefranktheatre.com. Hernandez’s previous work ‘Scarborough’ has been made into a movie. The frank theatre is

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