By Don Tagala, ABS-CBN North America Bureau June 15, 2011 NEW YORK –International singing sensation Charice hosted the Life Savers Gummies Celebration at the Bowlmor Lanes in Times Square on Tuesday. Life Savers Gummy is Charice’s latest product endorsement and dozens of loyal Chasters came to support and party with their idol. Charice said, “Last [...]

By Cecile Docto and Marieton Pacheco, ABS-CBN North America Bureau June 7, 2011 VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Similar to the winter Olympics last year, huge crowds gathered downtown to watch the finals, where the city’s home team, the Vancouver Canucks is up against the Boston Bruins in a seven-game series. There are live broadcasts of [...]

May 31, 2011 By Marieton Pacheco and Winston de la Cruz, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Jose Antonio or J.A Tan was only three years old when he was diagnosed as a high functioning autistic. Life wasn’t easy for a child with autism back in the Philippines, which is why their move to Vancouver was a [...]

By Cecile Docto and K. Villaroya and Marieto Pacheco May 24, 2011 VANCOUVER, British Columbia  and TORONTO, Ontario  It was a successful coming out party. Filipino-Canadians gay, lesbian and straight…supported the Pinoy pride Vancouver. Mable Elmore, the first Filipino lesbian member of the legislative assembly, saw it as a significant event for the first Pinoy [...]

By Marieton Pacheco and Winston dela Cruz Colorful costumes, native instruments and traditional dances are just some of the things happening on the streets of Vancouver this May, as part of ExplorAsian…Canada’s celebration of Asian Heritage Month. Filipino group Kathara is right in the middle of the celebrations…as it shared the Pinoys’ love for dance. [...]

By Marieton Pacheco and Cecile Docto, ABS-CBN North America Bureau May 10, 2011 VANCOUVER, British Columbia -A group of Fil-Canadians recently celebrated Cordillera Day in Vancouver, British Columbia as they called on the Canadian government to act on unacceptable practices by Canadian mining companies in their ancestral domain. They are urging the Canadian government to [...]

Marieton Pacheco and Cecile Docto report from Canada. Marion Valdez allegedly duped fellow Filipinos out of thousands of dollars after promising them jobs. A group of Filipino-Canadian women hold a concert called “Something Else, Something Fierce” to benefit the National Alliance of the Philippine Women in Canada.

April 26, 2011 Marieton Pacheco and Rowena Papasin report on the latest news in Canada.  Temporary workers find that they are not eligible to receive Canada’s Employment Insurance program, despite contributing to it.

By Marieton Pacheco and Israel Cando Federal Elections in Canada are on May 2. Filipinos determine not only who to vote for but whether or not they will vote at all.

Marieton Pacheco and Cecile Docto report on the latest news in Canada.  A couple of Filipino-Canadians use social media such as Facebook to help reconnect to their Filipino roots and create Tulayan.  Youth in Action volunteers in Richmond, Canada create the “Project Barefoot” to get shoes for kids in the Philippines.

Rowena Papasin, Winston de la Cruz, and Marieton Pacheco report on news from Canada. Filipino-Canadian Irene Yatco is running for the Ruling Conservative Party in East Vancouver. She will try to win in a district that has been run by the New Democratic Party for over 70 years.  In another report, Filipino0-Canadian Mikey Bustos has [...]

Marieton Pacheco reports on the lawsuit against Denny’s restaurants in Canada and YouTube sensation, Maria Aragon performed in Toronto.

March 22, 2011 Marieton Pacheco and Cecile Docto report on stories from Canada. A father and son, Marlon and Ryan Narciso, team up to raise money for the victims of the Japan earthquake and tsunami. Their song has already garnered thousands of hits on YouTube and is available on iTunes. Max’s Fried Chicken opens a [...]

Marieton Pacheco and Rowena Papasin report from Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada has granted Filipina Janet Gamet’s petition for refugee status after receiving death threats from New People’s Army rebel groups in Ilocos Norte,Philippines. For more information contact Marieton Pacheco at tonpacheco@yahoo.com