Publisher's Note

Publisher’s Note
Belated Happy Labor Day to all. Colors are changing around us, a sign that summer is over and fall is here to stay for a while. My 13 year old daughter and my 5 year old son are very much excited that school will soon start. We have to make sure that our children are safe [...]
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NEWS FROM December 2012

My Amazing Journey

by: Glynn Labial Galla
As I’m writing this another chapter of my life, I’m here waiting at the boarding gate of Calgary Airport. I’m on my way to Toronto to fulfil another milestone of my it. Way back in 2008, this airport did not change a lot that reminds me how this “pit stop” show and [...]

Typhoon Pablo victims beg for food, water

by Jeff Canoy, ABS-CBN News
COMPOSTELA VALLEY, Philippines – Storm survivors in New Bataan, Compostela Valley are in dire need of relief supplies. The situation is so bad that some of them have made the streets their home, where it is easy for them to beg for food from passersby. The way to the [...]

Kuya Bong’s Kusina

First of all, I want to greet all PINOY TIMES’ readers, A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR! Although I am here in a far away land, not in Canada, I can feel that everybody out there is now getting ready for the celebration of the Holiday season. So for our [...]

LBC announces monthly winners of their Lupa, Bahay, Cash raffle promo

PRESS RELEASE Winners share their joy, plans San Francisco, Calif. – LBC recently announced that 26 of its customers in the U.S. and Canada have already won in its holiday raffle promo dubbed as “Lupa, Bahay, Cash”. From September to December, one winner each from the U.S. and Canada can win $1,000 every week [...]

FOOD FACTS “DID YOU KNOW..”

Sugar

12 oz (355 mL can) of soda pop has 9.5 teaspoons of sugar
Candy (6 starburst, 20 jellybeans, 32 gumdrops, 24 junior mints, hard candy), 2 oz has 12.5 teaspoons of sugar.
Each teaspoon of sugar provides ~17 empty calories. (Thus 1 can of pop provides ~150 empty kcal).

Fat

A McDonald’s Big Mac has 574 kcal, 32 [...]

Kuya Bong’s Kusina

Baked Leche Flan Baked Leche Flan, I was reading a lot of baking technique for making a leche flan which is normally cooked by steaming. Most involved complicated use of double baking pan with water barrier between the mould or llaneras. Today I tried to make it easier by simply baking the leche flan [...]

World-class health clinic opens doors in Edmonton

Kaye Edmonton Clinic named after generous donor of $30 million Edmonton… People living in northern Alberta will have improved patient care and access to specialized services and technologies with the opening of a new cutting-edge outpatient clinic. The new Kaye Edmonton Clinic combines a wide range of services, health professionals, medical students and researchers [...]

Canada gives P10M for ‘Pablo’ relief

ABS-CBNnews.com
MANILA, Philippines – The Canadian government is giving Cad$ 250,000 (10 million pesos) to help victims of typhoon Pablo (international codename Bopha) in the Southern Philippines. In a statement, Canada’s Minister for International Cooperation Julian Fantino said Canada is “deeply concerned about the devastation caused by Typhoon Bopha and its impact on the people [...]

Kamikazee and Mocha Girls Wows Calgary Audience

By: Fernando A. Chuidian

November 25,2012 6:00 pm was just like every typical cold winter night in Calgary. But strangely, it was exceptionally hot at the Century Casino ballroom as two of the Philippines most entertaining and popular show [...]

Holiday Travel Tips

Don’t let long lines, flight delays, lost luggage, traffic jams, crowds and other travel bummers sap your yuletide cheer. With a little preparation and foresight-and a hefty dose of patience-you can avoid some of the most stressful holiday-travel. Here are some tips to get you where you’re going with your holiday cheer intact.
Before you [...]