Ted Alcuitas, Memorializing the First Filipino in Canada

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ON THE SHOW:

Ted Alcuitas raises awareness on how to help memorialize and give recognition to Benson Flores. Flores was buried in an unmarked grave in Vancouver.
Ted initiates a Go Fund Me project to raise funds for a proper tombstone for the first recorded Filipino settler in Canada.

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Taking action to memorialize the first Filipino in Canada, Benson Flores!

It was Joseph Lopez, a broadcast journalist, who accidentally stumbled on a story about Benson Flores in a book at a library in Bowen Island. A supposedly long weekend escapade turned into a long journey of research for Joseph to research more about the first Filipino immigrant.

Then came community journalist Ted Alcuitas (https://philippinecanadiannews.com/) who teamed up with Joseph Lopez to find out more information about the first Filipino settler who will make all Filipino immigrants proud. Together they are working on a film documentary to launch anytime this year.

TO DONATE:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/benson-flores-first-filipino-to-settle-in-canad?member=32485233&utm_campaign=p_lico+update+share&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook