Step forward Filipino. Asenso na totoo.
“Filipino food is the next Mexican,” declared a radio host at 103.1 FM while I was driving to the office one snowy December morning about a week or so ago. The discussion was on what’s trendy and would be trending in Winnipeg for 2016. All three hosts agreed to explore Filipino food beyond the usual…
As outlined in “Bakit Winnipeg Pinoy?“, the Filipino-Canadian community in Winnipeg continues to grow in numbers and in influence. Indeed, we are on the threshold of becoming the group that would significantly impact Winnipeg society in the next decade or so. But a good majority of Filipinos are unaware of this new reality, preferring to…
Kung ikaw ay tumira na sa labas ng Pilipinas, malamang ay naranasan mo na na madaling makapagpalagayang-loob sa kapwa Pilipino kahit saan pa mang rehiyon o pangkat etniko nabibilang ang bawat isa. Ito’y napatutuhanan ko sa dalawang pagkakataon na ako’y nangibang bansa sa mahabahabang panahon: limang taon sa silangang baybayin ng Estados Unidos at ngayong…