Filipino-Canadian Wins in Montreal Election Filipino-Canadian Stephanie Valenzuela made history when she recently won a seat in the City Council of Montreal, representing the District of Darlington in the Borough of Cote-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grace. Valenzuela received 58.56 percent of the votes...
The Royal Canadian Navy's Winnipeg has returned to the Philippines for a goodwill visit until tomorrow, Oct. 13. WINNIPEG'S VISIT-- The Canadian Ship manned by the Royal Canadian Navy arrives in the Philippines for a goodwill visit on Oct. 11, 2021 and will leave the country on Oct. 13, 2021. It...
OTTAWA, Canada -- The last of 39 miners trapped one kilometer underground in eastern Canada for nearly three days climbed to the surface early Wednesday and were greeted by family, officials said. Photo courtesy of NDTV.com Brazilian mining company Vale congratulated rescuers in a statement for...
When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau encouraged Filipino-Canadians to run for public office at the culminating event of the Filipino Heritage Month in July this year, Rechie Valdez readily responded and won a seat at the House of Commons representing the federal district of...
A Filipina-Canadian is raising money for people who cannot afford hearing aids by selling hearing aid cuffs inspired by the culture of the Philippines. Screenshot from Ruzzelle Gasmen's video/ Facebook/ MANILA BULLETIN Ruzzelle Gasmen, a speech pathoiogist in Vancouver, suffers from hearing...
What's in a comment? Well, a lot. Particularly if it touches on race, religion or sexual orientation, among others. Kyla is currently in hot water after a fan page bearing her name posted a comment seemingly denouncing a transgender weightlifter's participation in the ongoing Olympics. The comment...
The Joint Foreign Chambers (JFC) expressed optimism that Congress will approve the Open Access in Data Transmission bill during its Third Regular session stressing the legislative will bridge critical gaps in broadband infrastructure by attracting more firms to invest in the data transmission and...
A food truck, satellite phones and other equipment worth P4.5 million were donated to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) by the Canadian Red Cross (CRC) on Monday, July 19. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) The PRC was the beneficiary of millions worth of equipment from the CRC through the Philippines...
Foreign and local business groups in the country have urged the passage of 17 priority bills by the 18th Congress during its third and final session year that will commence on July 26. The letter sent to President Rodrigo Duterte was signed by 15 business groups, including eight Philippine...
An expired reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test prevented a Canadian national from boarding his scheduled Korean Airlines flight on Sunday night, May 30 at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1. 'CUFF ME--Jim Robert offers to get handcuffed after creating a...
ABS-CBN News broadcast journalist and anchor Christian Esguerra has been given one of the highest honors for journalists and communicators as he was named the 2020 Marshall McLuhan fellow by the Canadian Embassy in the Philippines and the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR)....
