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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56 Pinoys arrive from Syria

by Raffy Bosano, ABS-CBN News
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE) – Another batch comprising 56 overseas Filipino workers (OFW) returned to the country Saturday afternoon through a mandatory repatriation program after the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) raised the crisis alert in Syria to its highest level several weeks ago.
DFA Undersecretary Esteban Conejos told the media that all [...]

Corona: My battle is for defense of PH democracy

by Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
‘I am still fortunate because I have the opportunity to defend my principles’
MANILA, Philippines – Mrs. Cristina Roco Corona, wife of Chief Justice Renato Corona, was teary-eyed during the singing of the song “Impossible Dream” that culminated the mass dedicated to judicial independence at the Supreme Court (SC) today initiated by [...]

Privacy Commissioners sign new MOU on private sector privacy

January 6, 2012
The Information and Privacy Commissioners of British Columbia and Alberta and the Federal Privacy Commissioner have renewed their commitment to collaborate in an effort to better protect Canadians’ personal information.
The three Commissioners, who have responsibility for enforcing private sector privacy laws in their jurisdiction, have signed a revised Memorandum of Understanding outlining how [...]

Pinoytimes gets involved on CDO relief

by: Glynn Galla
Cagayan de Oro- Philippines. Last Thursday January 5, 2012, Glynn Galla of Pinoytimes together with the local volunteers; Maya Ranee Baculio, Jason Baculio, and Maan Pabilona went to Baranggay Macasandig of Cagayan de Oro City, to distribute the school supplies relief for grades 2,3 and 4 pupils of the community. As announced the [...]

Sendong Update – More dead bodies found at Jasaan

by: Glynn Galla
Jasaan Philippines- December 19, 2011
Around 1:30pm slowly dead bodies from the Agutayan Island start coming to the mainland Jasaan. Rescurers and Retrieval team recovered a total of 49 bodies. Local authorities were also present to asses the situation; among of them are the representative from Department of Health, DILG, Baranggay Officials, and Municipal [...]

Is Calgary Getting A Fair Deal?

by MP Devinder Shory
Through P3 Canada, there were approximately $24 billion worth of applications (including Calgary’s) received for approximately $1.25 billion in available funding. Calgary’s application in this particular recent case was unsuccessful.
However, there are many different streams for federal funding, and YES, in spite of a cynical campaign to blatantly twist the facts,
Calgary HAS [...]

Canadian Citizenship Not for Sale

Canadian Citizenship Not for Sale : Minister Kenney Provides Update of Investigations Into Citizenship Fraud
MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwire – Dec. 9, 2011) – The Government of Canada is now investigating 6,500 people from more than 100 countries
for fraudulently attempting to gain citizenship or maintain permanent resident status, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced today.
“Canadian citizenship [...]

GOVERNMENTS CELEBRATE LAUNCH OF CALGARY TRANSIT SECURITY UPGRADES

Decades-old system replaced with state-of-the-art technology
Calgary, Alberta, October 28, 2011 – The City of Calgary’s transit system recently benefitted from over $6 million in federal, provincial and municipal funding in support of upgrades to its Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) security camera network.
Devinder Shory, Member of Parliament for Calgary Northeast, was on hand today for a [...]

Gwendoline Ruais is 1st runner-up in Miss World competition

Miss Philippines Gwendoline Ruais won 1st runner-up in the Miss World beauty pageant at a glittering final ceremony in London. Standing 6 feet tall, the 21-year-old Filipino-French beauty was edged out by Miss Venezuela, Ivian Sarcos, who was crowned the 2011 winner.
Gwen joins other Filipina beauties who also had runner-up finishes in 1973 (Evangeline Pascual) [...]

Tasty fanfare for Food Truck Pilot Project update

Phase one of pilot project complete
Calgary, AB – Today, Mayor Naheed Nenshi joined with many hundreds of Calgarians and nine of Calgary’s newest food truck entrepreneurs in Olympic Plaza to mark the end of phase one of Calgary’s Food Truck Pilot Project. The pilot project has brought together many stakeholders to explore how best to [...]