Canada Opinion By: Tony A. San Juan, OCT-Retired. The autumnal chime and colors are upon us. Within the Canadian landscape, the political climate especially in the city environs is now breezing. Eight Filipino Canadians in six Canadian cities and one town are in the election “warpath”. These beautiful, bold, and brave Filipinos composed of six
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Canada Six Filipino-Canadians in the running for municipal elections this month Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com (PCN.Com) Realtor Grace Yan seeks to be mayor of the City of Calgary and is joined by five others running for councillors in Alberta, Montreal and Whitehorse. Grace Yan for Mayor of Calgary, Alberta Elections: October 18, 2021 By Tony
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Vancouver, B.C. A ‘settler’ reminisces about Vancouver By Rizalina Guilatco Carr History is alive! 41 years ago today, (October 7, 1980), I arrived in Vancouver on a beautiful, bright, cool sunny day. Sitting in the car, my favourite British rock band, “Queen,” blasted “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” through the car stereo. I remember looking
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First Filipino to win award “A thousand cuts” doesn’t scare this fearless journalist Editorial Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com (PCN.Com) Maria Ressa, founder and CEO of Rappler, Inc. has been awarded the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize in Journalism, the first Filipino to be ever win the $1.1 cash award. Ressa shares the prize with Russian journalist
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Updated: October 8, 2021, 10:40 A.M. Philippines Repeat battle between Robredo and Bongbong Marcos Charmaine Rodriguez Kara Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo today ( October 7 in the Philippines) announced her plan to run for president in the May 2022 elections after she was nominated by the political opposition coalition 1Sambayan which called the Philippines
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Press Release BOOK TICKETSBECOME AMEMBERMAKE ADONATION Today’s hours: 10 AM – 5 PM OFFSITE: EVANN SIEBENS + KEITH DOYLE APRIL 9, 2021 – OCTOBER 11, 2021 Evann Siebens + Keith Doyle, Pedestrian Protest, 2021, site-specific installation at Vancouver Art Gallery Offsite, April 9 to October 11, 2021, Photo: Ian Lefebvre, Vancouver Art Gallery In a
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October 5 is World Teachers’ Day 2021 Jaleen Chrissy Nocon: On Teaching, Music, and Art Mildred German Vancouver, BC – As the world celebrates World Teachers’ Day amidst the ongoing pandemic, many of us can be reminded of the big role of teachers in our lives and of our children’s. Particularly, in the Philippines, teachers
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Philippines Is Duterte really going to retire? Analysis Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, PhilipineCanadianNews.Com (PCN.Com) In an announcement typical of his bravado, President Rodrigo Duterte announced yesterday (Oct. 2 in the Philippines) that he will not run for vice president in next May’s elections. While he is not running for vice-president, his long-time aide, Senator Bong Go
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The Philippines’ Foreign Service has released the following statement regarding overseas voting. LIST OF DEACTIVATED OVERSEAS VOTERS Due to failure to vote in two consecutive National Elections 2016 and 2019 EMBASSY / POST: Agana (4,576) Brasilia (727) Buenos Aires (625) Calgary (182) Chicago (4,519) Los Angeles (26,817) Mexico (1,102) New York (10,953) Ottawa (3,558) San Francisco (23,115) Toronto (16,045) Vancouver (16,788) Washington (12,910) Anyone who intends to vote in
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Richmond, B.C. He mentored people who are now accomplished artists Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com (PCN.Com) A well-known artist and mentor to many has died. Sofronio Ylanan Mendoza, better known by his initials SYM has died, his friends posted on social media. He was 87. The unassuming and humble artist has been suffering from a heart
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