Publisher's Note

The 1st quarterof the year is over and yes, time flies so fast. It was just like yesterday when Ed Stelmach stepped down as Premier of Alberta when Alison Redford won the race last year and she became the 1st Woman Premier of Alberta in the political history. Now this coming April 23, 2012, we [...]
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Tax Clinic 2012
by: Tata “Tatsky” Gascon-Delos Reyes
The workshop recently held at the Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association (CIWA) office was one info-session that many Filipino participants considered worth their while. The Tax Clinic that began in January was a collaborative effort of the Filipino Community Development Program of CIWA with the help of Bridge Foundation for [...]

In Honor of the City of the River of Gold

by Ida Beltran-Lucila
Cagayan de Oro has been dominant in our social consciousness lately due to the distressing images of the disaster wrought by Typhoon Sendong. Fundraising efforts have continued all across the globe. More recently in Edmonton, Tsada Edmonton (a group of Edmontonians who trace their roots to Cagayan de Oro) organized a drop off [...]

Premier and Cabinet Ministers visit Calgary on tour of the Province

Premier Alison Redford and her Cabinet team have been travelling across the province to talk with Albertans about their priorities for the future. The Premier and Ministers have met with various groups and organizations, attending events in all regions of the province on the tour which started on Monday, January 23 and ended Thursday, January [...]

MLAs Bhullar, Woo-Paw meet ethnic community leaders

Romeo Montoya, Jr.
Recognizing the fact that Calgary is a diverse city, Member of Legislative Assembly of Alberta Manmeet Bhullar together with his fellow MLA Teresa Woo-Paw deemed it wise to gather the leaders of different ethnic community groups in Calgary for a discussion forum Dec. 10, 2011 at the McDougall Centre.
Serving the constituents of Calgary-Montrose, [...]

Filipino Connections

By Prodie Padios
In PCARDD’s Hands:
Hope and Dreams
Would not be Feral

Two couples who attended the 2011 Filipino New Year’s Gala by the Philippine-Canadian Association of Red Deer District (PCARDD) on December 31, held at the Sheraton Hotel, Red Deer. From left: Arlane Capicio, Lhet Gadiano with her baby girl, Oliver Gadiano, [...]

Parent involvement in children’s education

Parents must play a major role in children’s learning

Ensuring Alberta students continue to get a world-class education is a job I take very seriously, but it is not something government can do alone. The many teachers, principals, support staff, school boards, trustees and superintendents who work towards creating a bright future for our children [...]

SAGIP CDO BENEFIT CONCERT 2012 – January 22, 2012

– A remarkable journey to help our “kababayans” from Cagayan De Oro and and Iligan City rise again…. after the devastation of flash flooding…–
The help CDO and One for Iligan Campaign was an overwhelming success when Pinoy Times and Pinoy Radio 94.7 FM combined their efforts in raising more and additional funds to continuously rebuild [...]

UMAC Cargo Forwarders and Pinoy Times Join Forces

by: Tata “Tatsky” Gascon-delos Reyes
To send off cargos of relief goods to the battered and devastated “kababayans” in Iligan City and Cagayan de Oro, UMAC Cargo Forwarders and Pinoy Times combined their teams of supportive staffs to sort out the humongous donations received at the UMAC warehouse in the North East. When PT announced that [...]

K of C’s Columbian Squires’ Winter Special 2011

By: Kristal Mae Rubiano
This is truly a very special concert for the group of Columbian Squire and Roses of Squires’ headed by Chief Leaders Kurt Rubiano & Theresa Chicote who put the whole concert together along with the Knights of Columbus’ Youth Council’s Councilors and parents. The Columbian Squires Band 5550 and the members of [...]

PINOY TIMES’ 3rd Annual Paskong Pinoy Times 2011

….Another Successful and Thankful Year for the Publication.
By: Tata “Tatsky” Gascon-delos Reyes
Another year went by and Pinoy Times’ Publisher Connie Kriaski never let the year ended without giving back to her loyal advertisers and readers. Once again, the celebration was held at the same venue (Huntington Hills Community Center) last December 17, 2011. This time [...]