Filipino-in-Focus: Maria Kathrina Lopez Yarza

Photo: Facebook Page of Kcat If you can’t walk, can’t move your left arm and hand, can’t smile and can’t hear—maybe you would think that there...

Filipino-Canadian in Crisis: “Aida”

We Filipinos are no stranger to heartbreaking stories of Overseas Filipino Workers’ (OFW) fate abroad. Stories our countrymen suffering physical, emotional, sexual, and even financial abuse...

Global Filipinos: Jolly Roger Rogers Crew

As I child, I had always dreamed of running away with the circus, or perhaps joining a caravan of gypsies. Blame it on Ludwig Bemelman and...

Filipino-Canadian in Focus: Salve and Ed Dayao

British Columbia’s Salve and Ed Dayao is synonymous to American pop music duo Sonny & Cher. While the latter started their career in the mid-1960s as...

Filipino-Canadian in Focus: Jeatriz De Leon

In June of 2004, a Filipino couple moved their entire family to a suburb in Toronto, Canada from Paranaque City with the hopes of giving their...

Filipino-Canadian in Focus: Dr. Mark Casafrancisco

Dentist: A word in the English language that is able to evoke fear, intimidation, relief (ever had a brain-splitting toothache that the dentist fixed?), trepidation, and...

Filipino-Canadian In Focus: Eleanor Campbell

Young Filipino-Canadian In Sports: Avi Rhanzal Arellano

This is the story of Filipino-Canadian Avi Rhanzal Arellano; young athlete, achiever, and player par-excellence.