Volume 17 • No. 6 • March 16 - 31, 2021 Publication Mailing Account #41721512
Sanya Lopez
COVID in the Filipino Community by Malaya Marcelino In Manitoba, Filipinos and other racialized communities bear the brunt of COVID-19 infection rates. At the beginning of March, the Province of Manitoba released race-based and work place data showing that Filipinos accounted for the greatest share of all COVID-19 cases compared to our share of the provincial population. The COVID-19 by Race, Ethnicity and Indigeneity (REI) report noted that Filipinos comprised 12 per cent of all COVID-19 cases since May 1, 2020 despite having only seven per cent of the population and that “Filipino women are slightly more affected by COVID than men.” The REI report also See COVID p4
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Malaya Marcelino, MLA for Notre Dame
Paul Ong’s virtual concert series raises thousands of dollars for charities by Lucille Nolasco
10 Bea Alonzo & Alden Richards
One would think that the ongoing pandemic would slow everything and everyone down. Not necessarily so for Winnipegger Paul Ong. The singer and educator pursued his annual fundraising concert through an online series of concerts beginning in November 2020 and he was able to raise thousands of dollars for a couple of charities. See PAUL p5
Paul Ong