Filipino Community & Lifestyle News
Picture this: a bahay kubo sits in the middle of lush, forest-like greenery somewhere in the northern province of the Philippines. Crickets chirp in the background as a tanned Filipino man wanders in, sharp bolo by his side, ready to clear his way through the dense shrubbery. He pauses occasionally, captioning the name of the […]
An emotionally charged, historical movie with beautiful cinematography, GomBurZa is about three Filipino priests who sparked a revolution—Mariano Gomes, Jose Burgos and Jacinto Zamora. If you didn’t catch it, the first few letters of their surnames form the word GomBurZa. The story of GomBurZa is well-known to many Filipinos due to its role as a […]
From comforting classics to lesser-known Filipino fare, we take you through a tour of British Columbia’s beloved Filipino restaurants. With over 174,000 Filipinos calling British Columbia home, there’s no shortage of places you can go to for a taste of Filipino cuisine. There are many casual eateries where you can experience cafeteria-style, or the turo-turo […]
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 […]