Publisher's Note

Publisher’s Note
It was 22 years ago when I arrived in Canada and chose Calgary, Alberta to be my home. Leaving my family and friends behind, it was a new adventure for me to be in a new country without knowing anyone. That was the time I looked for a Filipino community paper and never found any, [...]
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NEWS FROM March 2017

New support for Alberta’s women entrepreneurs

The Alberta government is helping Alberta’s women entrepreneurs expand and grow their businesses through the Community and Regional Economic Support (CARES) program.
Alberta Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) will receive $101,863 in funding through the CARES program for PeerSpark – a program that brings together like-minded women entrepreneurs to explore opportunities for accelerated business growth in a peer [...]

It’s time for multi-family complexes to keep food and yard waste out of the garbage

By the end of this year, residents of apartments, condos, townhouses and other multi-family complexes will be able to keep their food and yard waste out of the landfill.
Starting Nov. 1, 2017, the Waste & Recycling Bylaw will require all multi-family complexes to separate food and yard waste from the garbage, for composting or another [...]

Political Content

By: Tigs Tidalgo

The Political Content Department of the proposed Filipino Leadership Association of Calgary (FLACA) is a department to take charge our community’s political involvement. It’s function is not only to support chosen candidates, but also to encourage Filipinos to run for public office.
Electing Filipinos in Calgary has been an elusive dream. It’s kind [...]

Domestic Abuse

Everyone gets angry from time to time. Anger and arguments are normal parts of healthy relationships. But anger that leads to threats, hitting, or hurting someone is not normal or healthy. This is a form of abuse. Physical, verbal, or sexual abuse is not okay in any relationship. When it occurs between spouses or partners [...]

DICT assures fast and affordable internet in 6 months

MANILA, Philippines — During the first Philippine Telco Summit, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) assured that in six months’ time a faster internet connection will be provided for the Filipinos.
This is in accordance to last Monday’s approval by President Duterte on the implementation of a national broadband plan during the cabinet meeting [...]

Philippines aims for ‘golden age of infrastructure’

Desperately needed airports and trains are part of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s envisioned “golden age of infrastructure”, but graft, red tape and other perennial problems threaten the $170-billion plan.
Unprecedented influxes of money from China and Japan are key planks of the hoped-for building frenzy, which aims to rectify decades of underspending that has been one [...]

Hank Kriaski, We’re Gonna Miss You!

Every now and then, with the type of job I have, and being part of the Filipino Community, as well as my duties with Pinoy Times – I meet some very interesting and cool people! A few years ago I met a person that restored my faith that there are still good people in our [...]

Top 10 Activities for Spring

1. Telus Spark – Calgary Science Centre
Your kids will love spending a day at Calgary’s science centre. Younger kids will enjoy learning through play at the Creative Kids Museum and older kids will enjoy making creations in Open Studio upstairs. Both will enjoy the hands on exhibits of Earth and Sky and Energy and [...]

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