Poet Rita Wong jailed for 28 days. (Photo: Diane Lake, Facebook) Updated: August 17, 2019, 6:05 PM 2nd Update: August 20, 2019, 5:30 PM Sentenced to 28 days in jail Legal Defense Fund started with GoFund Me Vancouver (Update: A Legal Defence Fund has been organize by Hiromi Lee ands raised $16, 400 outs of […]
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Mildred German (right) with VQFF 2019’s “Come Around” crew, Virgil Hilario and Rhea Casido. (Provided) Updated: August 18, 2019, 10 PM. Two films highlight Filipino LGBTQ+ community members Mildred German Vancouver, BC To bring diversity to the audience, VQFF 2019 will present two films that highlight the Filipino LGBTQ+ stories. These films are “Billie and Emma”, which
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Allan Par ( red cap) finally arrived in Manila, Philippines on August 8 and reunite with his siblings from left: Mila,Lanie and Sunny. ( Photo: Dante Aviso, Facebook) Winnipeg, Manitoba Par finally comes home By Ted Alcuitas After nine years in Canada trying to build his dream, Allan Par found himself building a shack to
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“If they want to bury me alive, mali kayo sa pagkat hIndi ninyo ako mailibing na buhay. Ang panginoon lang ang makagawa d’yan,”Avendano told Luisa Marshall of the TV program Simply the Best at last year’s general election. (Photo: Angelo Siglos, metrovanindependent.com) Vancouver, B.C. MLA Mable Elmore steps into controversy, calls meeting Opinion By Ted
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Alamin ang mga paraan para sa PR. Mag-attend sa meeting sa St.Mary’s Church sa Agosto 18, 2019.
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Canada’s AJ Assadian (far right) helped make history at the Pan American Games July 25, 2019 held in Lima, Peru. (Photo by Sports Information) Ryerson University student AJ Assadian made history this weekend with a double podium finish at the 2019 Pan Am Games in Lima. Assadian is the first Canadian ever to reach the Pan
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Survivor Coleen Alcaraz turned to painting to cope with the trauma of the typhoon. This is her self-portrait. (Photo: Mildred German) Updated: August 4, 2019, 7:30 AM Philippines Fear, rage, and hope amidst Super Typhoon Haiyan (Ed’s note: Vancouver artist/activist Mildred German, who hails from Leyte, Eastern Visayas, was in the Philippines earlier this year
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Philippinecanadiannews.com (PCN.com) editor and wife spent a vacation at El Nido last year. Parts of El Nido, Palawan May Be Closed for Three Months by Mia Rodriguez for Spot.ph posted on July 30, 2019 Bascuit Bay and Corong-Corong of El Nido, Palawan might undergo a three-month long closure. The six-month closure of Boracay gave the
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Allan Par signs travel documents at the Philippine Consulate. Dennis Castaneda facilitated the meeting with Deputy Consul Bernadette Fernandez from Philippine Consulate in Toronto. (Photo credit: Mary Jean Castaneda) 3rd Update: August 2, 2019, 6:00 PM 2nd Update: August 1, 2019, 4:00 PM Updated:August 1, 2019, 12:00 PM Winnipeg, Manitoba Anonymous donour paid for ticket By
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Ivy Lopez Sarmiento (second from right to left) with her twins Isabel (left) and Anabel (right) and her mother Tessie Lopez Harrison (far left) who immigrated from the Philippines when she was just 20 years old. (PHOTO BY LIGIA BRAIDOTTI, Winnipeg Free Press) Winnipeg, Manitoba Is it the death of the Filipino language program? Opinion
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