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Immigration Minister Sean Fraser answers questions during a meeting with business leaders. (photo from Empire Club of Canada)

Canada creates new pathway for skilled refugees to address labour shortage

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Toronto, Ontario Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot to start in summer 2023   Charmaine Y. Rodriguez To welcome vulnerable people and provide them a better future while giving Canadian employers access to an untapped talent pool, Canada will launch a new economic pathway this summer to hit two birds with one stone. During a keynote speech […]

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WHAT DID JESUS LOOK LIKE?

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The Filipino Edition The Filipino Edition is on CKYE RED FM 93.1 and FM 89.1 Surrey, B.C. Hosted by Joseph Lopez Listen to The Filipino Edition this Easter Sunday April 9, 2023 a7 7:30 to 8:30 A,M in Vancouver, B.C. Man has always reflected on an illustrated face of God. In the Bible, in the

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Flagellants bled on the streets of Tondo in Manila. ( Photo: Fr. Edwin Gariguez)

SHOULD YOU BLINDLY FOLLOW THOSE HOLY WEEK TRADITIONS?

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Philippines Reflections of Archbishop Socrates Villegas, from the FB page of Bp. Gerry Alminaza. (Thanks for Fr. Edwin Gariguez for reposting) “This week is holy because of love. Love alone can make us holy.” Holy Week is about what Christ has done for humanity. Let the memory of God’s mercy sink in without any compulsion

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William Canera, one of the awardees of the 2023 B.C. Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Awards, is flanked by Niki Sharma, the attorney general, and Mable Elmore, Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives. (photo from bc.gov.ca)

B.C. announces winners for 2023 anti-racism awards

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Vancouver, B.C. Filipino-Canadian planner gets honourable mention in Emerging Leader Award category By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez A Filipino-Canadian planning officer made it to the list of this year’s awardees in the 2023 Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Awards. William Canero received an honourable mention in the Emerging Leader Award category where youth and young adults ages 15-30

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A hotel worker prepares sheets for guests. Canada is giving foreign nationals extended work permits so they can gain more Canadian experience and at the same time ensure that industries, like tourism, retain workers that they badly need. (Pexel photo)

Canada extends work permits for foreign nationals who are about to lose status

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Toronto, Ontario Extension aims to help employers find and retain workers amid period of economic recovery and growth By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez The Ministry of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship gave international graduates with a recently expired or expiring post-graduation work permits (PGWP) additional or extended work permits to stay longer and gain additional work experience

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Art: Julie Lluch and her Journey From Terracotta to Terra Incognita

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Updated: March 21, 2023, 7:22 A.M. Toronto,Ontario (Editor’s note: Consistent with the Philippines’ centrist structure, well-known artists come from the centre – Manila. Very few from the south are recognized much less, women artists. Artists like Martino Abellana  and Romulo Galicano from Cebu, Bert Monterona, a Lumad from Mindanao are but a few that  doesn’t

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Nalie Agustin became an influencer as she went through years of cancer. (Image: Instagram - @nalieagustin)

The woman who never gave up

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Updated:March 21, 2023, 7:15 A.M. Montreal, Quebec Family remembers, honours Nalie’s life Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.Com The first death anniversary of Nalie Agustin who died March 22, 2022 was celebrated by her family with a mass at Kateri Tekakwitha National Shrine, St. Xavier Church in Montreal. Natalie Pauline Agustin, known simply as ‘Nalie’

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Kimmortal, Catherine Hernandez, Hari Alluri. (Compiste by PCN.Com)

Tonight: ‘How Your Heart Grows’- Conversations with three Filipinx queer kababayans

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On Sunday, March 19 at 6pm, join Massy Arts Society, Massy Books and The Lido for a magical night of togetherness in How Your Heart Grows. Celebrating chosen family in the diaspora, including our queer kin, this evening will feature award winning author of Scarborough and finalist for Canada Reads 2022, Catherine Hernandez, who will read from her

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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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