Filipino star rises in South Korea

10 years ago

An award-winning Filipino filmmaker-actor is currently making waves in South Korea. Taguig City-born Nash Ang clinched a role in an episode of the crime procedural drama “Ghost-Seeing Detective Cheoyong” ...

Inspiring Pacman docu premieres

10 years ago

AMERICAN filmmakers Leon Gast and Ryan Moore chronicle Filipino boxer Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao’s rise from poverty to becoming boxing’s only eight- division world champion and Sarangani congressman via the ...

PHILVETS CELEBRATION OF DR. JOSE P. RIZAL DAY

10 years ago

PHILVETS Memorial & Cultur­al Society of BC, headed by Mr. Fernando P. Salanga, PHILVETS President, celebrated Dr. Jose P. Rizal Day on December 29, 2013 at the Polish Community ...

Wesley enters 2nd round of World Chess Cup

11 years ago

Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So made it to the second round of the prestigious 2013 World Chess Cup being held at the Scandic Hotel in Tromso, Norway. The 19-year-old ...

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    Canada joins biggest Philippine-U.S. Balikatan war games

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    It’s official: April 27 is Lapu-Lapu Day in Vancouver and B.C.

    The Province of British Columbia and the City of Vancouver are proclaiming April 27, 2024 as Lapu-Lapu Day. In addition, the City of Vancouver is illuminating city hall on Cambie Street and the Burrard Street Bridge with Philippine colours in honour of Lapu-Lapu, the first national hero of the ...