Los Angeles, California Search continues as family issues appeal Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News Despite a massive search effort involing police and volunteers, Angelica Brophy has not been found and the family is issuing an appeal – a coordinated one starting tonight to help find her. Angelica is a 44-year old emergency […]
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Will Barrocan who has lived in the apartment for more than 23 years fears losing his place. (PCN Photo) Updated: July 27, 2006, 8 AM 2nd Updated: July 27, 2006, 5:12 PM Vancouver, B.C. Tenants oppose demoviction Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News “I was devastated,” says tenant Will Barrocan when he learned that
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Update: June 24, 2026, 11:40 A.M. Bert Monterona at work and the Canadian commemorative coin Vancouver, B.C. The consumate artist.. “I am an artist and, at the same time, a social realist,” ….”My work of art is a process of examining the future and rediscovering the past to build the present, to
Austin Acala graduates from Kindergarten from St. Alphonsus School in Winnipeg. (FB) 1st update:June 16, 2026, 6 PM 2nd update: June 17, 2026, 10:00 AM 3rd update: June 24, 2026, 1:36 A.M. 4th Update: June 30, 2026, 6 PM A rich harvest from Winnipeg… Austin Acala My son graduated kindergarten so happy that he
Updated: June 7, 2026, 9:47 AM Brampton,Ontario Filipino Canadian doctors raise funds for scholarship The Filipino Canadian Medical Association’s (FCMA) ‘Hiraya’ Gala raised $12,000 for a scholarship fund at the University of Toronto. The successful event the Millennium Gardens Banquet Hall in Brampton, Ontario held on May 2, 2026 brought together over 300 physicians, students
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Couple recently arrived in Vancouver Searchers have recovered the bodies of a Filipino couple who drowned in a paddle boarding accident at Browning Lake at Murrin Park two days after they reported missing. Family identified the bodies as that of Genesis Jeru Bague, 33 and Mariz Bello who were joining friends for a birthday party
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“…spellbinding in the way they transform small, quiet moments…” Calgary-based author and poet Renato Gandia wins the 2026 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers Poetry for his poem “In ‘Psalmody for the Estranged.” “In ‘Psalmody for the Estranged,’ Renato Gandia reminds us of the affinity between prayer and poetry, says the jury. The jury
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United Way’s distribution method criticized Maple Bamboo Network Society returns $3000 Analysis Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News Revictimized and re-exploited – says expert A charitable organization expert said the Lapulapu Festival tragedy victims were “revictimized or re-exploited” when United Way BC did not fulfill its promises, said Kate Bahen, managing director of Charities
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Updated: May 21, 2026, 8:11 PM Gathering changed me by Lani Domaloy The afternoon was equal parts remembrance and reunion… There are events you attend, and then there are events that attend to you. The launch of Gathering Our Breath on May 17, 2026 at the Museum of Vancouver was the second kind. I
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Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News Also a successful marketing and communications professional Vancouver-based writer and marketing professional Larah Luna has won the prestigious CBC Short Story Prize for her story, A Season of Crows. Selected from nearly 3,000 entries, Luna wins $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, a two-week writing residency at
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