Publisher's Note

Publisher’s Note
Dear Kababayans, I hope you are all doing well and had a great time celebrating the holidays with your loved ones. 2020 has been a roller coaster ride with the COVID-19 Pandemic arriving in our part of the world in March which resulted in much of our country being locked down. Fast forward nine months later [...]
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Pandemic Pastimes

During this pandemic billions of people are being forced to stay home and rarely go outside. I usually just play video games most of the day and watch movies, read and study. Not much I can do, most of my pre-Covid-19 habits happened in school, but now school is online.
This quarantine is a [...]

Sushi Bake

Baked Sushi is your favorite rice dish in a casserole form! It’s easy to make and delivers the delicious Japanese flavors you love with no special sushi chef skills required.

Ingredients
For the Sushi Rice
• 4 cups cooked short-grain rice
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• ¼ cup Furikake
For the Kani Salad Topping
• 2 cups Imitation crab (kani), shredded
• 2 [...]

The Love We Cannot See

By Erwin D. Maramat
“True love stories never have endings.” – Richard Bach
There is something about lighting a candle of the past that gives us goosebumps. There are certain scents that reanimate forgotten places that awaken certain emotions and make us remember how not so long ago we were busting with the colors of life.
It was [...]

FEB-IBIG…….by Juana Freedom

Why Feb-Ibig? Pag-ibig is a tagalog word that means LOVE. And since the month of February is when we celebrate Valentine’s Day, we put together February + Pag-ibig and made it short to FEB-IBIG.
Love is the most used and misused word nowadays. Too often, we hear people say “I Love You”, but do [...]

Catriona Gray dishes on Sam Milby’s best traits: ‘He has a great relationship with my parents’

Months after going public with their relationship, Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray has become more open about boyfriend Sam Milby.
Gray described her love life as “masaya (happy)” in an interview on Teleradyo’s “Sakto” with Amy Perez last Friday, Feb. 5, as reported in Inquirer Bandera yesterday, Feb. 7.
Although she has been low-key about her and [...]

Alex Gonzaga, Mikee Morada share best part of being married

MANILA – Three months after they tied the knot, Alex Gonzaga and Mikee Morada candidly talked about the best part of being married.
In an interview with Alex’s sister Toni for a vlog, the two said they could not still believe that they now get to sleep and wake up next to each other.
“[Best [...]

Filipino-Canadian wins $60-M lottery prize, Manitoba’s biggest

A Filipino-Canadian family in Manitoba is suddenly $60 million richer as they claimed the biggest lottery jackpot prize in the history of the province.
John Chua won the Lotto Max jackpot on Jan. 22, but he did not realize his win until he got an email the next day.
“My mind just went blank,” he said. “We [...]

Government of Canada announces one-year ban for pleasure craft and cruise vessels

The Government of Canada continues to monitor the evolving COVID-19 pandemic and the impact it is having on the marine and tourism sectors. Keeping Canadians and transportation workers safe and healthy are top priorities for Transport Canada.
Today, the Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, announced two new Interim Orders, which prohibit pleasure craft in [...]

PCG ADDS PASSPORT ONLINE APPOINTMENT SLOTS WITH THE EASING OF PUBLIC HEALTH RESTRICTIONS IN ALBERTA

The Philippine Consulate General (PCG) in Calgary wishes to inform the public that in view of the easing of public health restrictions in Alberta beginning 8 February 2021 under the provincial government’s Path Forward plan, the PCG opened additional passport online appointment slots last 1 February for the month of February.
Additional slots will also be [...]

Alberta begins Step 1 of plan to ease restrictions

Step 1 of Alberta’s four-step framework to ease restrictions is underway as pressure eases on the health system and hospitalizations remain below 600.
School-related and limited indoor and outdoor children’s sport and performance activities, one-on-one indoor personal fitness with a trainer, and dine-in service at restaurants, cafés and pubs are now permitted provincewide.
“This is a cautious [...]