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 August 2011

DFA: China’s 9-dash claim crux of the problem in Spratly islands tensions

By PATTY MALUTO
AMID increasing political and maritime security tensions, Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario on Friday said that China’s 9-dash claim is the “crux of the problem” that poses a stumbling bloc to the resolution of the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) territorial dispute.
In a speech that will be delivered at the Ateneo [...]

Bill 16 – Distracted Driving Legislation

Distracted Driving Law in Effect
September 1, 2011
Highlights:
Restricts drivers from:
using hand-held cell phones
texting or e-mailing
using electronic devices like laptop computers, video games, cameras, video entertainment displays and programming portable audio players (e.g., MP3 players)
entering information on GPS units
reading printed materials in the vehicle
writing, printing or sketching, and
personal grooming
Complements the current driving without due care and attention [...]

PCARDD Performance at Red Deer Canada Day

by Ida Beltran-Lucila
The Philippine Canadian Association of Red Deer and District (PCARDD) Folk Dance Troupe performed during the City of Red Deerʼs Canada Day Celebrations held at the Bower Ponds. This was the 15th year for the organization to participate in the Cultural Showcase. For this year, in addition to their regular folk dance hits [...]

Edmonton Heritage Festival 2011

by Ida Beltran-Lucila
Edmonton celebrated its 36th Heritage Festival from July 30-August 1 at the Hawrelak Park. An annual showcase and celebration of Canadaʼs vibrant multicultural heritage, it boasted of 63 pavilions representing more than 75 cultures. Inititated in 1974, then Minister of Culture Horst Schmidt declared the ﬁrst Monday of August an annual holiday to [...]

PICPA-CALGARY CANADA CHAPTER INDUCTION CEREMONIES

By Leila Meneses
Chair, External Affairs, PICPA Calgary
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The Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) – Calgary Canada Chapter held its induction of members and 1st set of officers last Saturday, July 16, 2011 at the Manila’s Finest Grill & Pub along 17 Avenue SE.
The ceremony was graced by officers and members of the PICPA-Vancouver Chapter: [...]

Great is Thy faithfulness

by Pastor Nilo Briones of Jesus Word of Life International Fellowship
We have just visited a Filipino contract worker, whose left hand is slowly recuperating from a serious burn caused by a work-related accident as it was pressed inside a commercial laundry’s electric plate. She’s telling me that the excruciating pain is different than problems like [...]

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