Carlos Esguerra wins prestigious photography award

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Photographer Carlos L.Esguerra stands beside his winning entry at the FotoNostrum Gallery in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo:   Carlos Esguerra Facebook) Multi-awarded photographer wins gold for architecture in Barcelona Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas New York-based photographer Carlos L. Esguerra has picked another award, winning Gold in the Photography Gala Awards competitions at the 13th and the 14th […]

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Controversy follows ‘healing priest’ Fr. Fernando Suarez’ death

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Controversial priest Fr. Fernando Suarez died February 4, 2019. (Photo: Fr. Fernando Suare Philippines Controversy dogged his life ever since he became famous for his so-called ‘healing powers’ Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Fr. Fernando Suarez, who died February 4 while playing tennis at the Ayala Alabang Clubhouse in Muntinglupa City was buried in his hometown of

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Passages: Pumanaw – Norberto ‘Bert’ Penaflorida

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Norberto ‘Bert’ Penaflorida April 9, 1934-February 20, 2020 Winnipeg, Manitoba Updated: February 26, 2020, 6:30 P.M. A daughter’s tribute to her dad Bert Penaflorida On February 20, 2020, my sweet dad, Norberto Penaflorida, or “Bert”, as he is lovingly called, left peacefully, surrounded by love ones, to join his parents, Rizalina & Crispin Sr., and

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Magno sues Balita publisher, sons for fraud

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Oswald Magno (right) has sued Balita publisher Tess Cusipag and sons for civil fraud ( Photo composite: Philippine Canadian News.Com (PCN.Com) Toronto, Ontario Balita faces another lawsuit Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Oswald Magno, who won a libel suit in May 2018 against Balita publisher Tess Cusipag and was awarded $410,000, has brought another lawsuit over three

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The Atlantic: The Paradox of Rodrigo Duterte

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“Duterte, then, marks a kind of end of the People Power spirit for the simple reason that the spirit never delivered on the expectations that created it in the first place.” TOMOHIRO OHSUMI / GETTY / ARSH RAZIUDDIN / THE ATLANTIC  The Atlantic GLOBAL The Paradox of Rodrigo Duterte The president’s political success illustrates many of

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Go Fund Me for Mario (Bong) Macarayan

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The Macarayan Family with their recently adopted daughters. (GoFundMe photo) Surrey, B.C. Updated: February 24, 2020, 10:30 A.M. Here is the link for donations: https://ca.gofundme.com/f/support-bong-mario-macarayan/donations   Animators rally around death of colleague’s wife The death of the wife of a B.C.animator has rallied friends in the industry to support the family through a crowd funding

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Duterte moves against media just as Marcos did 37 years ago

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We Stand with ABS-CBN and its Workers: Filipino Americans led by the San Francisco-based Filipino Americans Human Rights Alliance (FAHRA) kicked off their campaign to commemorate the People Power Revolution by rallying at the Philippine Consulate on Tuesday, February 25. Protests are planned for other Philippine consulates abroad as President Duterte moves to close ABS-CBN.

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Poetry: ‘Deep Hole’, a cancer survivor turns to poetry

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Retired nurse Clara Costales- Orallo writes about her struggles with cancer. (Facebook) Vancouver, B.C. Deep Hole Clara Costales-Orallo (For three years now, I have been treated with medicine to target the metastatic cancer in my lungs.  This is what happens after I have a treatment of immunotherapy) My deep hole so dark and cold, Climb

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Coronavirus 3rd update: Canadians arrive tomorrow morning

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Marichu Camales-Torrijos posted this picture inside the bus carrying Canadians to the airport to fly back to Canada today. The chartered flight is expected to arrive in Trenton, Ontario early tomorrow (Friday). (Photo: Marichu Camales-Torrijos Facebook) Canadians are finally flying home 4th Update:February 20, 2020, 7:30 P.M. 3rd Update: February 20, 2020, 3:30 P.M. 2nd

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Immigration: Philippines drops to third

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At Guildford Park Secondary School in Surrey, B.C., English teacher Kristin Dorey, shown at middle with student Carmella Arellano, mentors Filipino-Canadian teenagers as they juggle the usual stresses of high-school life with culture shock and family pressures as their parents work multiple jobs. Other Guildford pupils include Shani Norte Tangkhpanya and Paolo Salud, left, and

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