Surrey, B.C. Himig Kabataan Cultural Society (HKCS) Choir wins historic firsts Press Release “Every note I play and we sing as a group is a beautiful expression of our hard work and our collective identities as Filipino-Canadians,” John Reyes, HKCS’s assistant musical director and pianist   The Himig Kabataan Cultural Society (HKCS) Choir, a Filipino-Canadian […]

Vancouver, B.C. “Writing Our Diaspora: Literature Across Generations” Historian Adrian De Leon is keynote speaker   Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor After a one-year hiatus the Filipino Canadian Book Festival returns with a vengeance – with an impressive list of nearly 30 writers from across Canada and beyond on August 14-17 at the  Museum of Vancouver

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

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

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

“…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

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

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

Analysis Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News Nagka watak watak ang komunidad It was meant to be a ‘Day of Togetherness’ but instead it became a spectacle of divisiveness – exposing a gaping wound in the community. The event put up by Filipino B.C. last  April 19  to commemorate the tragic event on April

Toronto Ricardo Jorge Caluen Congratulations to my Editor! For so many years, the reckoning of the arrival of the first Filipinos in Canada usually starts in the year 1947. But even this immigration info is not accurate because Filipino immigrants were lumped with others falling under the general category of “Southeast Asians”. Fast forward to

Reprinted with permission. This article first appeared in https://salingpusa.com/– Calgary’s Literary Magazine As the keel meets the water: a contributor’s journey into Magdaragat By Renato Gandia When the acceptance email arrived, I was already standing at the edge of a different shore, imagining the day I would leave the familiar tides of corporate communications for

David and Goliath Analysis Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Vancouver, B.C. In a classic resemblance to the biblical story of David and Goliath,the vindication of former Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) church worker Lowell Menorca is an example of how a ‘small’ man was able to survive and won against a formidable enemy. In a scathing decision handed

Newly appointed judges By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Vancouver, B.C. Two newly appointed judges will be honoured by their peers with an online celebration tomorrow (Monday) June 2 at 3:30 PM (PDT) and 6:30 PM (EDT). To celebrate Filipino Heritage Month, the Filipino Canadian Lawyers Network (FCLN-RAPC) salutes the two judges with the virtual webinar, says

Burnaby, B.C. Funeral on January 25, 2025 Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, philippinecanadiannews.com A bright light in the Filipino Canadian community has been extinguished with the recent death of Alden E. Habacon, an acknowledged diversity and inclusion expert. The 50-year-old father of three died in Hawaii on Dec. 2, 2024 according to reports. His family described his

Bishop David talks to relatives of Duterte’s drug war victims. (CBPC News) Philippines “David! Nagdududa nga ako bakit ka sige ikot diyan nang gabi. Duda tuloy ako, putang ina, nasa droga ka,” said Duterte in a November 2018 speech in Davao City.- Rodrigo Duterte A vocal critic of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war has

Updated: January 29, 2024, 6 PM Winnipeg Daniel Talde: Of Activism and Taking It Further By Levy Abad After 55 years of the Filipino community in Winnipeg, we have Daniel Talde taking labour activism furthest by becoming the National Rep for the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)-Winnipeg Manitoba, and the first Filipino to be a

A project for our ‘kapwa,’ editor says of the book By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez It’s finally out. A week after the release of its hardcopy, authors of MAGDARAGAT: An Anthology of Filipino-Canadian Writing (Cormorant Books, 2023) held an in-person launch and book signing at the Massy Arts Society, 23 E Pender St, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Vancouver, B. C. ‘continuum’ is part of the exhibit ‘Emerging Creators Incubator’ at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (ECC) in Coquitlam, B.C. and is being showcased for a month duration from August 3 to September 3, 2023.  Mildred German “Originally this piece was about my interest in time – it’s illusionary nature, the entanglements between past,

Vancouver Controversy surrounds effort to build centre Analysis Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com The BC Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sports is stepping in to resolve the brewing controversy surrounding the proposed Filipino Community Centre, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com (PCN) has learned. A meeting with the two groups is taking place this Thursday, (August 10, 2023). No

Updated: July 14, 2023, 9 AM. More graduates to celebrate! Alexa Bicol A Gr. 8 student at Burnaby’s St. Thomas More Collegiate (STMC) is making a name for herself and her school. As a member of the school’s Model United Nation Club, she was selected to attend the three-day conference – Canada International Model United