Philippine News

Araw ng mga Nanay: “You heard the first cry of life from my little lungs”

Arts & Culture, Canada News, Features, Philippine News, Politics

Revelina Balisi Updated: May 10,2020, 3:01 PM Updated: May 9. 2020, 3 PM Thank you, Mama. Pagsilang. Pasasalamat kay Mama Iniluwal mo ako mula sa mapagkalingang kanlungan na aking kinagisnan. Siyam na buwan ding inaruga, inihele Walang kang pakundangan sa mga pagbabago sa iyong katawan. Sa takdang panahong hindi mapipigilan, mula sa iyong mainit na […]

Araw ng mga Nanay: “You heard the first cry of life from my little lungs” Read More »

Featured image- Mother's Day
The four women in my life...

Araw sa mga Nanay

Arts & Culture, Canada News, Philippine News

Updated… Updated: May 8, 2020, 11:40 A.M. Want to honour and pay tribute to the mothers, women in your lives? How did she form you? Influence you? Nurtured you to who you are now? What sacrifices did she go through? The joys and moments of celebration with her/etc… Share your stories with us and celebrate

Araw sa mga Nanay Read More »

71-year-old Armando Sallegue with his granddaughter died May 6. (Photo: GoFundMe)

Breaking: Father of Cargill worker dies of Covid-19

Canada News, Foreign Temporary Workers, International News, OFWs, Philippine News, Politics

Calgary, Alberta Worker is also positive for the virus Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas The father of a Cargill worker has died of coronavirus on May 6, Alberta Health confirmed.  Arwyn Sallegue told Global News his father, 71-year-old Armando Sallegue, was taken to hospital on April 22 and tested positive for COVID-19 a day later. At the

Breaking: Father of Cargill worker dies of Covid-19 Read More »

Minette got the surprise of her life when Michael Buble told her the house was hers. ( Photo: HGTV)

Bahay -Filipina caregiver receives gift of a lifetime

Canada News, Features, Foreign Temporary Workers, International News, Live-in Caregivers (LCP), OFWs, Philippine News, Politics

  Burnaby, B.C. Michael Buble gives his Lolo’s house to caregiver to fulfill dying wish Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas ‘Grandpa thank you so much,’ Minette said. ‘Wherever he is, he’s still thinking.’ The caregiver known only as ‘Minette’  thanks his former ward as the well-known singer Michael Buble surprised her with the house which he has

Bahay -Filipina caregiver receives gift of a lifetime Read More »

Employees and supporters light candles at the gate of the the ABS-CBN compound in Quezon City on May 5, 2020.(The STAR/Miguel de Guzman)

World Press Freedom 2020: Killed Journalists, Deportations and Media Shut Downs

Canada News, Foreign Temporary Workers, International News, Live-in Caregivers (LCP), OFWs, Philippine News, Politics

Philippines Philippine journalists are dying and media establishments are under attack Mildred German May 5, 2020 Vancouver, BC | Unceded Territories – Philippine journalists are dying and media establishments are under attack. Two days after the May 3rd World Press Freedom Day, ABS-CBN, Philippines’ biggest broadcast network was forced to shut down today after years

World Press Freedom 2020: Killed Journalists, Deportations and Media Shut Downs Read More »

(Image from Inday Espina-Varona’s Facebook page)

An attack on one is an attack on all:Philippine journalism and the closure of ABS-CBN

Canada News, International News, Philippine News, Politics

“Sa pinakamalaking dagok at hamon sa aming kompanya at sa aming hanapbuhay, hinding-hindi namin kayo tatalikuran, kabayan ” – Noli de Castro Editorial Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.com Thirty seven years ago today, we wrote this article for The Winnipeg Sun after returning  to Canada from a month-long trip to the country of my

An attack on one is an attack on all:Philippine journalism and the closure of ABS-CBN Read More »

2020 World Press Freedom

Canada News, International News, Philippine News, Politics

“Journalism is a public good and it deserves public support.” (Photo: Philippine Star) Trolls are a threat to free press, journalists are ‘antidote’ to health crisis By Ysh Cabana The working conditions for journalists around the world are already hit during the coronavirus pandemic, dictatorial regimes including the Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte make it harder

2020 World Press Freedom Read More »

The Cargill Saga: Are Filipino workers being led to the slaughterhouse?

Canada News, Foreign Temporary Workers, International News, OFWs, Philippine News, Politics

“..It’s too late,” Fernando (not his real name) a meat cutter at Cargill who tested positive for COVID-19 told The Globe and Mail about the company’s slow response. (Photo:TODD KOROL/THE GLOBE AND MAIL) Calgary, Alberta Why is Cargill, the “world’s worst company” thriving in Alberta? Editorial By Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian news.Com Cargill’s

The Cargill Saga: Are Filipino workers being led to the slaughterhouse? Read More »

Artist Jay Cabalu feels safe among peers

Arts & Culture, Canada News, Philippine News

Artist Jay Cabalu participated in”Yellow Peril; The Celestial Elements” exhibit ( February 1- April 18) (Photo: Sean Alistair) Jay Cabalu “Yellow Peril; The Celestial Elements” That’s a wrap on “Yellow Peril; The Celestial Elements”! I was honoured to be included in the same space as these three artists. For many years I’ve looked up to Kendell Yan,

Artist Jay Cabalu feels safe among peers Read More »

Mountainview Rotary Club launches Philippine relief effort

Canada News, International News, Philippine News, Politics

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]Residents of a depressed community in Barangay Paligsahan, Quezon City line up for relief goods being distributed by barangay officers on Thursday, March 19, 2020. Local officials in the barangay level are dipping into their calamity funds to provide relief assistance to communities affected by the Luzon lockdown, which

Mountainview Rotary Club launches Philippine relief effort Read More »

Scroll to Top