Updated:July 11, 2021, 2:36 P.M. Updated: May 20, 2021, 7:55 A.M. (Editor’s note) In 2013 while vacationing in the Philippines, I wrote this piece about Enrile who was in news at the time for the pork barrel issue. Currently, he is again in the news for defending President Duterte’s stand on China’s encroachment on Philippine waters.) […]
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“A People’s History of Asian America” premiered May 6 on PBS By Ysh Cabana in Toronto U.S. public broadcaster PBS has begun streaming a miniseries highlighting Asian Americans. PBS Digital Studios partnered with the Center for Asian American Media in “A People’s History of Asian America” which premiered on May 6. The four-part educational show
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Vancouver, B.C. Each day, nurses work tirelessly to save lives, to comfort the sick and the dying, and to uphold frontline, social work, welfare to task, and in service in the name of God. Opinion Mildred German As a reading from the letter of Paul to the Thessalonians “We were gentle among you, like a
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Updated: May 17, 2021, 12:20 A.M Toronto, Ontario Alicia Natividad heads Filipino-Canadian Lawyers Network (FCLN) Teodoro ‘Ted’ Acuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.Com (PCN.Com) The first Filipina to be admitted to the Ontario Bar, Alicia Natividad, is heading the newly-formed Filipino lawyers in Canada – Filipino Canadian Lawyers Network – Réseau d’avocats philippinos canadiens (FCLN). FCLN
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Winnipeg, Manitoba “Liwayway Scholarship for Leadership Excellence” Deadline: May 31, 2021 ANAK is pleased to present its 15th annual “Liwayway Scholarship for Leadership Excellence” to Filipino-Canadian students in Grade 12, who demonstrate a commitment to preserving and promoting Philippine heritage. Two (2) scholarships of $500 will be awarded in June 2021 To be eligible for this scholarship, the
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGQtaCyp8f8&t=13s “Eyes Open” The Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice (CCNC-SJ) has produced a moving video featuring Asian Canadian personalities in its effort to confront the raging anti-Asian hate engulfing Canada. Released on Asian Heritage Month, the video “Eyes Open” along with the hashtag #FaceRace includes personalities David Suzuki, Dr. Joseph Wong, Canadian lawyer Avvy
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3rd update: May 13, 2021,9:40 A.M. 2nd Update: May 13, 202, 8:45 A.M. 1st Updated: May 12, 2021, 4:32 P.M Toronto, Ontario He can stay until June 22 Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.Com in Vancouver and Ysh Cabana in Toronto Comments: Escario’s lawyer Natalie Domazet said “Elated by the news that the government
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Carlo Escario risked his life and Canada doesn’t allow him time By Ysh Cabana TORONTO (05/12/2021)-If Canada doesn’t give him an extension , Carlo Escario will be gone by tomorrow, May 13, for an immigration mistake he has admitted to. The 36-year old frontline worker has worked as a hemodialysis assistant at Toronto General Hospital
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Rallies Planned To Denounce Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Rallies have been held across Metro Vancouver as part of a National Day of Action Against Anti-Asian Racism. The rallies also seek to address “bystander silence”. Mildred German May 11, 2021 Unceded Territories – Dozens of planned rallies yesterday (May 10) have been held from British Columbia to
Brampton, Ontario Can this young lawyer be our next Member of Parliament (MP)? Analysis Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com Twenty four years after the first Filipino-Canadian was elected to Parliament in 1997, a Toronto lawyer is trying to break the spell and become the second to get elected. Paul Jonathan Saguil is seeking the Liberal
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