Community news

The following are pieces I covered for various multicultural and local newspapers in Toronto.

In debt and with nowhere to go

After 4 years of recovering from a paralizing injury, former caregiver Anastacia Espena reunites with family

The Philippine Reporter, 24 Aug., 2014

Dreams of sovereignty in a foreign land

Sri Lankan Tamils demand equality back home at a Toronto protest.

Caribbean Times International, 31 May, 2012

Trinidadians mark Indian arrival day in Canada

Trinidadians in Canada celebrated 164 years of their arrival in the Caribbean with a cultural display in Brampton, Ontario.

Caribbean Times International, 31 May, 2012

New Canadian Media, 10 July, 2014

Hermie Garcia arrived in Canada in 1984, shortly after he and his wife, Mila Astorga-Garcia, were released from a military prison for being part of the left-wing underground movement in the Philippines.

Philippine Reporter’s Publisher Looks Back on 25 Years

New Canadian Media, 5 April, 2014

Photo Credit Creative Commons Attributio

A struggle to find employment and a lack of understanding of the medical system are the main reasons for the “healthy immigrant effect,”...

Health Disparity Among New Canadians a Real Challenge

The Philippine Reporter, 10 Sept., 2014

“Little by little everything is going to be okay,” says Anastacia Espena, as she rolls her wheelchair towards the dining table where she is about to have dinner with her family.