Professor wants Filipinos to own the telling of our histories

Toronto, Ontario The Ethics of Honouring Other Lives The Philippine Reporter Community Opinion & Analysis Aug 15, 2017 at 8:42 pm Dr. Robert Diaz By Dr. Robert Diaz Assistant Professor University of Toronto I moved to Canada six years ago and, for the most part, I’ve lived a life that seems unimaginable for an immigrant […]

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Blogger: “Let go of Romeo Marquez”

Toronto, Ontario Ed’s note: The on-going controversy between Senator  Tobias Enverga, Jr.,  members of the Filipino community and Balita newspaper and its publisher Tess Cusipag, have forced a former lawyer and blogger to come out of retirement. In this piece he wrote for The Philippine Reporter, Joe Rivera makes a plea to Cusipag to let go

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Raising a Biracial Child: Identity in a Multi-Racial Family

Edmonton, Alberta CULTURAL DIVERSITY By Mila Bongco-Philipzig   “ “Mom, are we moving to another country again?” my then 7-yr old son asked me after we had been in Canada for about 6 months. We had just come after a 2-year stay in Malaysia. Before that, we were in Germany. “I don’t like being the

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Breaking: Disabled Pinay temporary worker wins immigration battle

Edmonton, Alberta Paralyzed  worker granted permanent residency By Ted Alcuitas She was left paralyzed and could not walk after she was hit by a car biking to work five years ago. Vicky Venancio was working for McDonald’s when she arrived in Edmonton in 2011 as a foreign temporary worker and had high hopes of obtaining

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Winnica Beltrano gets Terry Fox humanitarian award

Winnipeg, Manitoba Filipina student receives prestigious award By Ted Alcuitas A second year health science student from the University of Calgary has won one of 20 awards for the prestigious Terry Fox Humanitarian Award. Winnica Beltrano almost missed the call informing her of the award, she told The Winnipeg Sun. “I woke up a little

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Pinoys at Vancouver Pride Parade today

Vancouver, B.C. PCN supports Pride Parade By Ted Alcuitas Todays’ Pride Parade saw the participation of Pinoy Pride Vancouver. Philippine Canadian News.com (PCN) was there to cheer them on. Here are some pictures from the parade.   http://philippi.mywhc.ca/canada/filipinos-join-pride-parade/

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Immigration: Paano mag-sponsor ng pamilya

St. Mary’s Migrant Ministry in collaboration with ISSofBC will hold a free workshop on Family Sponsorship on Sunday, August 20, 1-3PM, in the school seminar room. Speaker is Tim Bailey, an Immigration and Refugee lawyer, who will discuss recent changes to immigration policies, documents required, and issues related to sponsorship. To register, please email Lenn Castro at stmarysmigrant@gmail.com

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Filipinos join Pride Parade tomorrow, Sunday

Updated:August 5, 2017, 7:23 PM Vancouver, B.C. White and Wings: Pinoy Pride Vancouver Joins 39th Vancouver Pride Parade For Immediate Release – August 1, 2017 Vancouver, BC – A record number of spectators and participants are expected to attend the annual Vancouver Pride Parade on August 6th, Sunday at the West End district. The parade

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Pumanaw: Teresita ‘Tita’ Antonio

Updated: August 1, 2017, 1:36 PM Pumanaw: Teresita ‘Tita’ Galupo Antonio October 28, 1966 – July 26, 2017 On Wednesday, July 26, ‘Tita’ Antonio passed away peacefully at Surrey Memorial Hospital after a lingering illness from Systemic Lupus. Tita was born in Mabini, Bohol, the youngest of five siblings. After finishing elementary, her family immigrated

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Canada warns against travel to Mindanao

Philippines Western governments are warning their citizens against travelling to nearly all of the southern third of the Philippines, citing the rising threats of terror attacks and kidnappings by Islamist militants, Yahoo Philippines reports. Fresh alerts from Britain, Canada and Australia were released this week after President Rodrigo Duterte extended military rule across the southern

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