KATRINA HALILI

Mabuhay festival - culture, food, booths and GMA stars

Thousands of guests from various parts of Canada and even from the United States flocked the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Saturday, July 24 to witness the spectacular 2010 Mabuhay Festival.
Sienna along with her two friends drove all the way from Buffalo to witness the celebration of culture and to taste the Filipino foods.
“My [...]



Dr. Chandu Claver BAYAN Canada Chair

Toronto events mark vigilance on Morong 43 and Noynoy administration

On Saturday, July 24, Filipino-Canadians showed their vigilance in support for the Morong 43 through a fundraiser barbeque and they presented their own people’s version of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) with a talk and discussion led by Dr. Chandu Claver, Chairperson of Bayan Canada.
The Morong 43 are health care workers [...]





CUPE President calls for end to human rights violations in the Philippines

Jul 26, 2010
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) was shocked to hear that three teachers, including Mark Francisco of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), were assassinated earlier in July.
Antonio Tinio, National Chairperson of ACT and newly elected ACT representative in the Philippine Congress, reported to CUPE that the killings are linked to [...]



PHOTO: DYAN RUIZ

Youth Inspiring Youth

Filipino-Canadian youth are enabling and inspiring the creative expressions of other young artists, as showcased in two events in Toronto this July, the “Kultura” festival held at the Kapisanan Centre for Arts and Culture, and “Roots, Rhymes and Resistance” held on the University of Toronto Campus.
“Kultura” included musical performances, installations, visual arts exhibits, a documentary [...]



CHYRELL SAMSON

Tuklas champions in revival concert

“I’m excited for this concert, because for the first time we’ll (winners) be together in a one performance night. At the same time, because through Tuklas, I’ve gained friends. Most of the participants became my friends. I was very new in Canada when I joined Tuklas,” says Chyrell Samson, the first Tuklas Grand Champion in [...]





LETTER FROM TORONTO: Fiddling with the truth

The wrongdoings of the past administration under former Philippine president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo are almost public knowledge that a Truth Commission set up to ferret out the truth becomes totally unnecessary. Conversations in barbershops, chat groups and blogs on the Internet and even among people on the streets have been glued on the Arroyo corrupt government [...]



 

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