Filipino Community & Lifestyle News
What do you get when you pair a wholesome, down-to-earth, talented singer and beauty queen Ms. Universe 2018 Catriona Gray with an equally accomplished singer, actor and model Sam Milby together in a concert? A match made in heaven, of course, as the engaged couple took to the stage on October 14, 2023 at Global […]
It took over 100 tries before Manyaman Foods owner Marian Talavera felt she perfected the crunch of a chicharon. “Nag-start lang kami sa pack ng balat kinukuha namin sa Chinese store. Pinag-aralan namin nung pandemic—maraming beses mga 100 times,” said Talavera. (We started with buying packs of pork rinds from the Chinese store. We studied […]
Dubbing themselves the “Spice Girls of comedy”, the Tita Collective lived up to their name as they performed their comedy show Ms. Titaverse in Picton, Ont. on Saturday, Sep. 30. With undeniable girl power wrapped up in five petite frames, the group performed numerous skits touching on Filipino traits such as the love of karaoke, […]
Picture this perfect recipe for a Filipino festival: the sun’s shining, there are people dancing, as the sound of Filipino rap-slash-cha-cha music echoes throughout the square in Memorial Park in Oshawa, Ontario for the Durham Filipino Festival. The scent of barbecued pork and chicken wafts through the air. Line-ups form as hungry attendees seek out […]
A five year old Filipino boy wakes up in a stranger’s apartment in Toronto after a long flight from the Philippines—next to a woman he doesn’t know, but who calls herself his “Mama”. In Montreal, a Filipina who grew up in Canada tries to whitewash her looks, her home, and her children, straining to fit […]
As a pioneer female deejay in the Philippines, Nina Saputil-Salvo, or DJ Nina, once led a life as frantic as the fast BPM songs she plays on her mixer. “I had a residency in 2012 at top (Filipino) clubs Republiq and Opus. Mga bar na malalaki (huge bars)…from there, it didn’t take long for me […]
Oh bay-bee bay-bee—it’s the reign of purple ube. From vivid Insta posts of desserts made with this violet ingredient to festivals devoted solely to this royal-coloured tuber, ube (pronounced ooh-beh) is the current “it girl” of all things gastronomical. Ascend to the top it must, much like the royalty status its rare colour used to […]
Just what is it that separates Filipinos from other Asians? Is it the way we point with our lips? Is it how we like to repeat words twice—like turo-turo (point point)—or naming our beloved halo-halo (mix mix) dessert? Is it our tendency to eat purple things? What eees eeeeet? (Or perhaps you can hear it […]
Pop quiz to all Filipinos out there: is there a Filipino doll among over 280 sashaying and dancing dolls at Disneyland California’s “It’s a Small World” ride? On a recent trip to “The Happiest Place on Earth”, I was sitting on a boat with 16 other riders, being towed gently on the man-made lazy river, […]
From the moment Filipina actress Chai Fonacier first knocks on Bond Girl Eva Green’s door in the movie “The Curse”, she steals every scene she’s in. With her innocent, wide-eyed look, her Bisaya accent and a confident, unnerving smile, her performance hints at something sinister. Unlike the typical meek, subservient, eyes-looking-down portrayal of a Filipino […]
