Reflecting on the state of journalism in the “New Normal”

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Reshaping media practice in the country By Ysh Cabana in Toronto Veteran Philippine journalists, all recipients of the Canadian embassy’s Marshall McLuhan Fellowship, discuss how the “perfect storm of crises” is reshaping media practice in the country. ABS-CBN news anchor Christian Esguerra, Rappler investigative editor Miriam Grace Go, and News5 editor-at-large Manny Mogato were panelists […]

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Mothers’ Day 2021 – A Celebration Honoring The Mother of the Family, Motherhood, Maternal Bonds, And The Influence of Mothers in Society

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Vancouver, B.C. “Maria Cecilia Loreto, an immigrant mother, did not deserve her fate” Opinion Mildred German  Unceded Territories – A charred body of a burned person found in a Burnaby park in March 2021 was that of a missing person Maria Cecila Loreto, also known as Mycel or Maricel. Police  believe the 49-year-old mother was killed

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‘6 of me were killed today’ – a poem for the Atlanta massacre victims

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Edmonton, Alberta “6 of me were killed today” A Poem by Mila Bongco-Philipzig Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.Com On March 16, 2021, eight women, six of whom where Asian-Americans, were massacred in several spas in Atlanta, Georgia. The killings are just one of a spate of Anti-Asian Hate crimes engulfing, and currently raging

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Census form due May 11

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Help shape your future through one simple action. Complete your census online from your mobile device today! Statistics Canada conducts a national census of population and census of agriculture every five years and releases the data with a two-year lag. The Census of Population provides demographic and statistical data that is used to plan public

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“KALINGA SA KINABUKASAN”, obrang alay ko sa mga ina

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Alay sa mga Ina ni Pablo Baen Santos  Pablo Baen Santos is a Filipino social realist painter and founding Chair of KAISAHAN, the first organized group of Philippine nationalist painters . He did the cover design and artwork for The Rhetorics of Sin,  a book on the late Jaime Cardinal Sin of Manila, by Prof.

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May 10 as the ‘Day of Action Against Anti-Asian Racism’

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Updated: May 7, 2021, 2:50 P.M. Burnaby is the first city in Canada to officially declare day of action By Ysh Cabana Toronto Several Canadian cities have  proclaimed  May 10 as the ‘Day of Action Against Anti-Asian Racism ’ in an effort to raise awareness about the massive spike in hate crimes against people of

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Three Filipino artists talk about the iconic Piña

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Press Release VANCOUVER ART GALLERY PRESENTS ART CONNECTS | RALPH ESCAMILLAN, GINO GONZALES AND CARLO ELISERIO ON PIÑA May 5, 2021, Vancouver, BC – On May 13, join the Vancouver Art Gallery for a special talk with artist Ralph Escamillan, fashion historian Gino Gonzales and textile designer Carlo Reporen Eliserio to share the history and everlasting significance of piña (pineapple) textile

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Araw ni Nanay: A Zine by Mildred Grace German

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Editor’s note: As we celebrate Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 9, we feature a Zine work by Mildred Grace German. Her amazing work is just a tiny book ( 2″x3″) of 16 pages. It is a labour of love to draw in such a small page and noticed that it is not stapled but stitched.

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Human Rights: “Don’t use Canadian dollars to kill us”, witnesses plead

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Canada Philippine activists call on Canada to stop supporting the Philippine government By Ysh Cabana in Toronto and Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas in Vancouver “Canadian dollars shouldn’t be used to kill us,” said Cristina Palabay, secretary general of rights group Karapatan, during a virtual hearing by the Canadian Parliament’s Subcommittee on International Human Rights, Standing Committee

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Asian-Heritage Month 2021: Do Asian Seniors Lives Matter?

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Updated:May 6, 2021, 11:35 A.M. Vancouver, B.C. The federal government officially recognized Asian Heritage Month in Canada in May 2002. Mildred German This week, two more Asian seniors were attacked in the US. Two older Asian American women, one who is 85 years old, were approached by a man with a knife and stabbed while

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