June 1, 2026 — They grow and harvest the food served on Canadian plates. 

June 1, 2026 - On Friday, May 15, I attended the 25th anniversary celebration of the Bayanihan Community Centre to hear the remarkable story of a community that dreamed of having a home away from home. 

June 1, 2026 - Dubbed From Maple to Mangoes, the Philippines’ Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) partners with the Philippine Embassy in Canada and consulates general in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto in launching the first Canada Youth Leaders in the Diaspora (YouLeaD) program. 

June 1, 2026 — As the dust from the tragic events of April 26, 2025 settles, Filipino community leaders look back on that fateful night to reflect on the hard lessons from the tragedy. 

May 16, 2026 — Canada is risking its global reputation as a human rights defender because of its growing military and economic involvement with the Philippines.

May 16, 2026 — In the Canadian-Filipino art community, Dr. Melani Payumo Dy Tan’s trajectory stands out as a study in career transition and persistence.

May 16, 2026 - Nine Canadians of Filipino heritage are being honoured this year as “Noteworthy Canadians of Asian Heritage,” including Canadian Filipino Net’s Rey Pagtakhan. 

May 16, 2026 — The ongoing art exhibition of the Philippine Artists Network for Community Integrative Transformation (PANCIT) at the Sunset Community Centre on Vancouver’s Main Street opened on April 30 as a homage to the dead and survivors of the Lapu-Lapu festival tragedy of last year. 

May 1, 2026 — From an observer nation, Canada is making its inaugural active participation in the annual Balikatan military exercise between the U.S. and the Philippines.

May 1, 2026 – On Thursday, May 7,  from 5:0 0 -6:30 PM at the Philippine Consulate Office in Vancouver, 660-999 Canada Place, Philippine   Ambassador to Canada H.E.  Jose Victor Chan-Gonzaga will meet Filipinos in British Columbia at a Town Hall Meeting arranged by Philippine Consul Genreral Gina Jamoralin and her staff.   

[Editor’s Note: Dr. Pagtakhan is a retired Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health from the University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine (1971-1988) and the first Canadian Filipino MP (1988-2004), Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, and Federal Minister. Widely published and lectured in medicine, politics and community advocacy, his Medisina at Politika commentary is published in Canadian Filipino Net and Pilipino Express.] 

May 1, 2026 - In an historic tennis event, two Filipina tennis darlings faced off at this year’s Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany on April 14, 2026. In the end, Canadian Filipino Leylah Annie Fernandez defeated rising star Alex Eala 6-1, 6-4 in an hour and a half.

May 1, 2026 —As part of the Philippines’ participation in SIAL Canada 2026, a Philippine food business forum will be held in Vancouver on May 4, 2026.

May 1, 2026 — If there is one thing that stands out on all the commemorative events being held across Metro Vancouver on the first anniversary of the 2025 Lapu-Lapu festival tragedy, it is the strong and visible presence of armed police officers which was unmistakably missing last year.

April 16, 2026 - A woman leaves her family in the Philippines to start a new life abroad as an overseas Filipino worker (OFW).  A student in Victoria who does not fit traditional gender roles and definitions struggles to belong.

April 16, 2026 — A report titled “A Canadian bedtime story” reveals a noteworthy glance on one facet of the Filipino experience in Canada.

April 16, 2026 — The man in-charge of securing the performance venue in last year’s April 26 Lapu-Lapu festival still remembers the tragedy as if it happened yesterday. James Villamayor leads the True North Hinirang Eagles Club, a community-based socio-civic organization that was tasked to secure Apl.de.ap’s arrival and performance inside the John Oliver Secondary School in Vancouver. But half an hour after the Fil-Am hiphop artist’s performance, mayhem broke loose and cellphones began ringing inside the school building.