ADELA (Anita Linda) at Toronto Filmfest this weekend


Next to the Manila-Cavite Expressway, one of the highways that feeds into Metropolitan Manila, lies the Bernardo dump site. From the viewpoint of a passing car, it is nothing more than a vast wasteland of garbage. (Read more.)

SERBIS at Toronto Filmfest


Acclaimed Filipino director Brillante Mendoza (Slingshot, The Masseur) is no stranger to his country’s urgent and intertwining issues of poverty, class distinction and religion. If his earlier works had captured the raw and visceral quality of modern-day Manila slums by using cinéma-vérité, then Serbis sees Mendoza graduate to the allegorical realm of filmmaking. (Read more.)

'Tejada law' campaign launched

 The victory in the campaign for ailing Juana Tejada’s permanent residency in Canada has triggered a new campaign to prevent other qualified but ill caregivers from being refused landed status. See story, 'Tejada law' campaign launched


MP Peggy Nash (left) with Juana Tejada and Noli Azada at the victory party Aug. 24.


Rafael Fabregas, lawyer for Tejada. (Watch interview on video.) PHOTOS: JONATHAN CANCHELA

Kultura: Filipino Arts and Culture

 Young Filipino-Canadian artists gathered to celebrate Kultura, a festival of Filipino Arts and Culture. Held on August 23, 2008 in Kensington Market, Kultura was presented by the Kapisanan Philippine Center (KPC) in community partnership with Carlos Bulosan Theatre. See story, Kultura: Filipino Arts and Culture


KULTURA. Dance, arts and culture in the park. PHOTO: ALEX FELIPE


JIVA displays song power. PHOTO: HG

 

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