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Coronavirus spurs racist attacks

Vancouver, B.C.  An attack on one is an attack on all Opinion By Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.com A man shoves an elderly Chinese man out the door. In another incident, a man shouts racist slurs at a woman inside the skytrain and grapples with a bystander who tries to intervene.  A woman […]

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

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

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Breaking: Father of Cargill worker dies of Covid-19

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

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Bahay -Filipina caregiver receives gift of a lifetime

  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

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

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

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

“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

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2020 World Press Freedom

“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

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

“..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

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Mountainview Rotary Club launches Philippine relief effort

[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

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Covid-19: A Tale of Two Presidents

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