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Internatonally-trained women with IT knowledge will have more chances of finding jobs under new program. (Image: NewtoBC)

Women immigrants get help to land jobs in tech sector

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Updated:March 16, 2023, 8:20 A.M. Vancouver, B.C. $1.1 million funding will assist them in job placements, mentorship, counselling By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez In time for Women’s Month, the Government of Canada announced that internationally-trained women with Information Technology (IT) backgrounds will have more chances of finding a job under a program designed for racialized newcomer […]

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Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said Canada is set to welcome a record number of newcomers in the years ahead to fuel its economic growth. (photo from immigration.ca)

Canada opens application processing centre in Manila

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Plan to increase immigration levels is part of its Indo-Pacific strategy Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Calling it a way of getting the advantage in the “global race for talent,” Canadian Minister for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Sean Fraser said the centre will help achieve the country’s goal of welcoming a record number of newcomers to fuel

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Filipina caregiver Kherin Dimalanta (left) and employer Dr. Cathy Kyeremanteng. (Photo composite by Philippine Canadian News.Com)

Breaking: International Women’s Day – Two Women of Courage

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Updated: March 10, 2023, 11:40 A.M. Ottawa, Ontario   “…story of survival, a new lease at life, family reunification, and renewed hope. God is good.” – Narima Dela Cruz   Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.Com As the world celebrates International Women’s Day this month, it is fitting to celebrate the courage of two mothers

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Ovvian Castrillo-Hill with her works at Imahica Art Gallery. (Image: (Imahica Art Gallery)

International Women’s Day: Pinay artist Ovvian Castrillo-Hill

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Updated: March 10, 2023, 8 A.M.   Fort. St. John, B.C. Pinay sculptor continues family legacy in Canada   Charmaine Y. Rodriguez and Teodoro Alcuitas The daughter of a well-known Philippine artist continues her family’s legacy as an artist and sculptor. Ovvian Castrillo-Hill,a mother of one who works and lives in the City of Fort

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Carol Todd holds a photo of her late teenage daughter Amanda Todd and the necklace she was wearing in the school photo as she speaks outside B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, B.C., in October, 2022. B.C. Attorney-General Niki Sharma, alongside Carol Todd, are scheduled to make an announcement about protections against the sharing of intimate images without permission. DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN PRESS

BAGONG BALITA: Batas laban sa pag-share ng mga intimate image

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British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General  Bagong batas laban sa pag-share ng mga intimate image na walang permiso   VICTORIA – Ipinapakilala ng province ang intimate images protection act (batas para sa mga intimate image o malaswang litrato at video) para mas maprotektahan ang mga tao sa mapanganib na epekto ng pag-share ng mga intimate

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Six years in prison: Former Senator Leila De Lima – still standing!

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  Philippines Leila de Lima marks 6 long years in detention: ‘I will soldier on’, ‘my vindication is at hand’ Inquirer.net is a news partner of Philippine Canadian News.com By: Beatrice Pinlac – @inquirerdotnet INQUIRER.net / 10:23 AM February 24, 2023 Read more: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1734461/leila-de-lima-marks-6th-year-in-detention-i-will-soldier-on#ixzz7vIPyEUXE Follow us: @inquirerdotnet on Twitter | inquirerdotnet on Facebook MANILA, Philippines

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Patrick Cruz's 'Novena (2022) comingles temporalities and epistemologies.

Art and spiritualism – the art of Patrick Cruz

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Scarborough, Ontario ‘Novena- (2022) Marissa Largo In Patrick Cruz’s new work Novena (2022), the artist alludes to the devotional practice of nine days of consecutive prayer that many devout Filipinx/o/a Catholics partake in, usually to petition for special requests. For many Filipinx/os/as in the homeland and in the diaspora, devout Catholicism is syncretically entangled with

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Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award finalist Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio collection of stories of Filipino families who migrated to Canada will soon be published as a novel. (photo from meg@wcaltd.com)

Filipino-Canadian writer secures book deal

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Updated: March 6, 2023, 1:20 P.M. Author gives life to voices that are “rarely or never featured in Canadian literature” By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Stories of Filipino families separated and reunited through the caregiver program will be in a novel this fall as Filipina Canadian author Jennie Austria-Bonifacio’s work found a home in one of

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Filipino-Canadian gay church worker was fired by the Archbishop of Edmonton for being gay. (Mark Guevarra photo)

Lent: How do you turn the other cheek?

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Mark Guevarra “Today’s gospel teaches us that turning the other cheek is the key to lasting happiness for the individual, but it also has important implications for the church as a whole.” Fired Gay Church Worker Writes on Turning the Other Cheek in a Synodal Church New Ways Ministry February 19, 2023/8 Comments/in Personal Stories,

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Tourists enjoy the view from a hanging bridge. (Pexels photo/Bobby Mc Gee Lee)

Canada keeps “no need to exit” rule for visitors who get job offers

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Ottawa, Ontario IRCC extends special policy for another two years By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Foreign nationals who are in Canada as visitors and who receive a valid job offer will continue to be able to apply for and receive a work permit without having to leave the country. Visitors applying under this public policy who

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