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 June 2017

10 habits that distinguish dumb people from smart ones. I would never have expected No. 9!

Are you actually smarter than you thought…?
To find out, you don’t have to take a whole IQ test. If you have the following ten habits, you can count yourself as one of the brainy people.
You should consider one thing first though: it’s not always an advantage to be smarter than those around you
1. [...]

Erwinism: Woes of an Indigo Flamingo

By Erwin Maramat
Pessimism is being optimistic that things will go wrong all the time. This a tumultuous, terrifying tale of a trip of an indescribable indigo flamingo.
ast side of the lake, but poverty. Fish don’t even go there for a visit even if water was to dry up on the other side of the lake. [...]

Kindness Gives Back

By Consuelo (Chit) E. Munar
“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe from the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.” – Princess Diana
What is the best way to make oneself feel great? Do a random act of kindness for someone. According to scientific studies, “doing [...]

Soft opening of SSS office in Calgary

by Sherry Anne Fulgencio
As the President of the PLCSA, a Radio DJ/Announcer media Rep for the Filipino Community for over 10 years here in Calgary, a recording artist a certified singer/composer here in Canada it is an honor to be apart of The Philippines Independence Day flag ceremony that took place today at the Consulate [...]

Sizzlin Suteki, the latest food craze in town!

by C.K.
Congratulations to the owners of a brand new Japanese fast food spot Sizzlin’ Suteki on their grand opening last May 28, 2017. After a month of renovations on the former location of Mama Nita’s Binalot, a new food craze is now ready to serve everyone in Calgary. It has a brighter space and the [...]

BIG VALLEY – Great Village

Another exciting month of vacations and day trips is behind us so I’ll tell you about our day trip to Big Valley, Alberta. Although we traveled to Edmonton, Great Falls and Drumheller this month, Big Valley was a relaxing, leisurely drive out in the country. As usual, we made frequent stops along the way and [...]

Gabay ng Buhay

Pastor Amor P. Ruba
What I am sharing to you today is very important that whatever your decision on it defines the kind of life you are living and are going to live in the future and for all eternity. This is something that for the mean time you can ignore, deny and forget and run [...]

The Door Again

By: Tigs Tidalgo
When I wrote something about doors in the past, I meant it as metaphoric figure of speech to emphasize something of a gateway towards a direction. This time is entirely different for the door I am talking about is simply an ordinary structure where people get in or out the building.
What I am [...]

In fight for Marawi City, a painful window on war

MARAWI, Philippines — From the third-story window of a barren government office building he now squats in as a refugee, Nasir Abdul is watching his city being destroyed.
Nearly every day for the past three weeks, the Philippine military has pounded the lakeside town of Marawi with rockets and bombs as it tries to wipe out [...]