Publisher's Note

New Hope New Beginnings
It’s the start of a new year, new hope and new beginnings. From 2011,we have to re-evaluate what it has been for us for 12 months and maybe try our best to keep what is worth keeping for 2012 and bear in mind that whatever we have done that did not give us any good [...]
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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 [...]

From Songs of Worship to Mania: “One” and the “Coco/Maja/Angeline show” in Edmonton

by Ida Beltran-Lucila
Nov. 13 – Fourteen groups and artists gathered together in one big concert aptly titled “One” at the Gateway Alliance Church. An evening of worship in music, dance and drama, it brought together groups of varying faith denominations and [...]

LBC, RCBC Change the Way Filipinos Remit

LBC Express, Inc. and Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) forged a partnership to introduce a new and easier way for Filipinos to remit through the LBC Send & Swipe Card.
LBC Express Executive Vice President for Global Remittance Janet T. Ong said that the LBC Send & Swipe Card is basically a debit/remit card backed by [...]

2011 Christmas Party by the CCIS

Congratulations to the Successful Christmas Party of the Calgary Catholic Immigration Society Temporary Foreign Worker Support Services held at the Calgary Centre for Spiritual Living. Our very own “kababayan” Mr. Magno Daria and his colleague Ms. Patricia Owens hosted a Christmas Party that honors the men and women of the Alberta workforce who are either [...]

Simbang Gabi – Kicks off

At The Canadian Martyrs Catholic Church - Sponsored by K of C All-Filipino Council 14746
by: Tata Gascon-Delos Reyes

The traditional “Simbang Gabi” (Midnight Mass) celebrated by the Filipinos in Calgary, kicked off with the first night of the series at The Canadian Martyrs Catholic Church in Northmount Drive NW, last December 2, 2011. The [...]

TAMARAW SENIORS CLUB

By: Beng Frost
The Tamaraw Seniors Club held its 7th Annual Thanksgiving Gala at St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Cultural Centre on October 17, 2011.
Over 250 tickets were given away free to many seniors from around Calgary. The guests were treated to a sumptuous buffet catered by Sumo Restaurant. Music was provided by Mr. Fred Sayson of IDM [...]

KofC and Canadian Blood Services’ Blood Typing Day

by: Estrella “Tatsky” Gascon-Delos Reyes
It was a fair sunny day on Saturday the 5th of November, when the All-Filipino Knights Of Columbus joint forces with the Canadian Blood Services in their efforts to raise awareness on blood donation. The event took place at the Marlborough Community Centre in the NE and everyone was invited to [...]

PINOYS IN ACTION

K of C – All Filipino Council 14767
By: Bro. Carlos “Bing” Gascon & Bro. Hardy del Castillo
The Friends of Fish Creek Provincial Park Society provides a number of programs that supplement the activities of the Park, preserve the history and ecology of this diverse ecosystem, and benefit the nearby communities. The Friends’ programs are focused [...]