Culture

The role of food in Filipino culture

There is no Filipino gathering, big or small, where food does not play a starring role. Whether it is held in a restaurant or at home, the host makes sure that the guests are warmly welcomed, ...

Editorial
Pondering our Mortality: Is quality of life possible in old age?
November 2020 - When family and friends have a birthday, we often wish them many more birthdays to come as though a long life is a great gift.
Mental well-being should be top of mind
October 2020 - Ten months into the year and the world is still wading through the pandemic.
Labour Day, COVID-19, and job loss among Canadian Filipinos
September 2020 - Canada celebrates Labour Day on the first Monday of September.

Celebrating Special Occasions with Filipino Food

Traditionally, Filipinos observe a number of occasions throughout the year that entail certain rites and the serving of particular types of food. Even Filipinos abroad follow some of these traditions ...

Vanishing Christmas Traditions Need Reviving To Put Christ Back in the Spirit of CHRISTmas

Filipinos so love Christmas that it has now become customary throughout the land to start celebrating it in September when the rainy season has ended and there’s a bit of chill in the ...

A Christmas Belen Tradition Comes to Vancouver

When I was growing up in the Philippines, our family did not have a Christmas tree during the holidays. What we always had on our windows were home-made brightly lit star-shape Christmas lanterns ...

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