“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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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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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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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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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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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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Diamond Princess is quarantined at Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images Surrey, B.C. Coronavirus ‘grounds’ couple’s trip Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas A Filipino couple from Surrey, B.C. is among 3,600 passengers onboard the cruise ship Diamond Princess now being quarantined in Yokohama, Japan due to fears of the coronavirus. PhilippineCanadianNews.com (PCN.Com) has
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The sterling cast includes an ensemble of six Asian Canadian talented performers, including Belinda Corpuz, recently of Tita Jokes (Toronto Fringe) & Prairie Nurse (Factory Theatre/Thousand Islands Playhouse), Ma-Anne Dionisio, recent star of Next to Normal (Mirvish Theatre/Musical Stage Company), Zoé Doyle of Mixie and the Half-Breeds (fu-GEN), Workin’ Moms(CBC) and Orphan Black (Space/BBC America),
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Upstairs/Downstairs – ‘Parasite’ is a vivid portrayal of people who live in the bowels of poverty and those who wallow in their wealth. Images: Neon (Parasite), Studio-Annika/Getty Images (Stage Blood)Vanity Fair.HWD Can Filipinos become parasites? A review by Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Is it possible that a Filipino family can become parasites (ang nabubuhay sa gugol ng
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Toronto “A shockingly alarming investigation produced with the sensibilities of a social realist drama, Sarbil and Jones’ nonfiction warning should petrify U.S. viewers immeasurably.” – Los Angeles Times On the President’s Orders is a revelatory investigation into the extrajudicial murders instated under Philippines’ President Duarte that targets thousands of “suspected” drug dealers throughout the country. The
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