Philippine Asian News Today Vol 19 No 19 | Page 27

October 1 - 15, 2017
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Block by Block took
place on Sunday, September
24, in one of Canada’s oldest
immigrant neighbourhoods,
Strathcona, Vancouver. The
Block Party explored how im-
migrants managed to find a
sense of belonging in Can-
ada and engaged the local
community in conversations
about what it means to be
a new settler in Canada and
how Canadian neighbour-
hoods welcomes immigrants.
Block by Block took
place at the Strathcona Com-
munity Centre, 601 Keefer
St., featuring multimedia
profiles documenting local
migration stories. It is part of
the work being carried out by
the Toronto Ward Museum,
a community-engaged mu-
seum that facilitates the pres-
ervation and sharing of per-
sonal stories of migrants in
Toronto’s history and creates
forums for dialogue relevant
to migration, citizenship and
pluralism within an urban
context. The event happened
simultaneously in St. John’s
Ward in Toronto and Cote-
des-neiges in Montreal.
Their youth research
team interviewed a diverse
range of Strathcona commu-
nity members to learn more
about the immigrant experi-
ence in this neighbourhood.
Some grew up in Strathcona
and left by choice as adults.
Others were forcibly displaced
from the area. Some have
made their lives in the com-
munity, while others yet have
only recently arrived. Between
them, they remember many
pivotal moments in Strath-
cona’s history: The ongoing
displacement of First Nations
residents; the internment and
consequent displacement of
Japanese-Canadian residents
during WWII; The razing of
Hogan’s Alley, Vancouver’s
first Black neighbourhood, in
the name of a freeway and ur-
ban renewal; the historic fight
of the Strathcona Property
Owners and Tenants Associa-
tion (SPOTA) against those
same urban renewal plans;
and, more recently, Strath-
cona and Chinatown’s strug-
gles with gentrification. They
also remember local sports
teams, community programs,
festivals, friendships and al-
liances with pride. (Courtesy
of PCHC, photo by Ms. Jane
Wu)
(Resource: http://www.
wardmuseum.ca/blockby-
block/strathcona/)
Joey de Leon suspends himself from ‘Eat Bulaga,’
goes on vacation
Five days after apolo-
gizing for making dismissive
remarks about depression
on “Eat Bulaga,” comedian
and TV host Joey de Leon
informed his social media
followers that he was tak-
ing what he called a self-im-
posed suspension from the
longtime noontime show. “I
made a mistake and I’m sus-
pending myself…”An ounce
of suspension is worth a
pound of tour!” Ngek!,” he
posted Tuesday on his Insta-
gram.
Although he did not
exactly reveal his exact loca-
tion, one of the photos in-
cluded the logo of the food
and beverage establishment
iCremeria. In another photo
with wife Eileen Macapagal,
he mentioned that they were
in a restaurant called Dragon
Noodles Academy. Both es-
tablishments are located in
Hong Kong.
Last Thursday during
the “Juan for All, All for Juan”
segment of “Eat Bulaga,” De
Leon responded to a contes-
tant who said she had de-
pression by dismissing it as
“gawa gawa” (made up) and
“nagpapasosyal lang” (just
trying to be elite).
De Leon apologized
the following day following
a social media uproar and
after his own wife and kids
explained the seriousness of
depression and revealed that
there were even people close
to him who were suffering
from the mental disorder.
“Nagkamali po ako
(I made a mistake)…Ako’y
humihingi po ng pauman-
hin sa mga napaitan sa
mga nabanggit ko, at hu-
mihingi ng inyong unawa (I
seek forgiveness from those
who found my words bit-
ter, and am asking for your
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understanding).” Most neti-
zens responded favorably to
De Leon’s acknowledgment
of his mistake. He has not
given a timetable for his re-
turn to “Eat Bulaga,” which
first aired on RPN-9 in July,
1979. Along with Senator
Tito Sotto and his brother,
actor-comedian Vic Sotto,
De Leon is one of the show’s
founding hosts.(E. Sallan, In-
teraksyon)