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Heritage Month 2022 in Ottawa Canada
Month of June is the celebration of Filipino Heritage Month in Canada from coast to coast to coast. Motion 155 authored by MP Salma Zahid of Scarborough Ontario, co-authored by MP Anthony Housefather of Mont Royal Riding in Montreal, was unanimously approved by the House of Commons in recognition of the growing to a million Filipinos contribution to Canada today. Hardworking and responsible service working people, creative and resourceful in […]
Filipino Heritage Society of Montreal celebrates M155
June 5, 2022 Filipino Heritage Society of Montreal (FHSM) celebrated the 5th year since the proclamation, this month of June every year not only here in the borough of Cote Des Neiges- Notre Dame De Grace. The activity was held at Place Jose Rizal, McKenzie Park, Côte-Sainte-Catherine. The program was grace by the presence of the borough Mayor Ms. Gracia Kasoki Katahwa and few city councilors Ms. Magda Popeanu of […]
5th Mahin Festival
Glan promotes its local tourism in conceptualizing 5th Mahin Festival . On his speech, Mayor Victor James "Tata" B. Yap, Sr. says that the term mahin is known for beach in B'laan dialect. This yearly event, Mahin Festival is experienced in 3-day activity, that is, April 17-19, 2014, at Gumasa, Glan, Sarangani Province in which the Sarangani Bay Festival is being hosted. Among the activities are bikini open,muscle man, overnight […]
Ex-City Dad slain in Gingoog
GINGOOG CITY, Misamis Oriental, Philippines ----A former City Councilor was shot by a lone assailant last night whilst attending a wake of a 73-year old retired Police Officer who was ill with diabetes at Talisay, here. Marc Anthony “Archie” Bagaipo, 43, married, an intelligent, soft-spoken, friendly and good-looking man with Spanish descent of renowned Pelaez and Micubo clans, was a mayoralty candidate, here in 2013 Elections, sustained multiple gunshot wounds […]
Improving Canada’s Caregiver Program
Government of Canada announces reforms to end the live-in requirement, reduce family separation and provide more options to caregivers in Canada October 31, 2014 — Ottawa — Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister, Chris Alexander, announced significant reforms to the Caregiver Program that acknowledges the valuable contributions caregivers make to Canadian families and the economy. Changes to the program include ending the live-in requirement, and providing eligible caregivers with two pathways […]
FILIPINO VOLLEYBALL ATHLETES WARMED UP MONTREAL’s FIRST FALL OF WINTER SNOW – by Mara Cao
Winter is here in Canada ! Despite the coolness of our weather , people in Montreal at Cote Des Neiges area made it hot! Filipino meet the first fall of snow feel so warm with the opening of 1st Annual Filipino Canadian Volleyball Association of Montreal (FCVAM) Winter Volleyball League 2014-2015. Today,, Nov. 16, 20114, 4 pm , at 4410 Westhill, Monkland Montreal Gym starts the grand opening of the first […]
What is the significance of the Holy Door?
Since the year 1300 when Pope Boniface VIII declared the first Holy Year, the Catholic Church has regularly celebrated “Holy Years,” usually every twenty-five years (at least since 1470), except for special circumstances, like in 1983 when a Holy Year was declared to mark the 1950th anniversary of the death and resurrection of our Lord. A major aspect of the Holy Year has been that of pilgrimage to Rome to […]
