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More qualified temporary workers and international students can now become Permanent Residents under the expanded immigration pathways introduced by the government. (Pexels photo/Andre Furtado)

Canada lures more skilled workers through Express Entry mode

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Ottawa, Ontario Job classification list adds 16 occupations to address labour shortage, economic security concerns By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez The Canadian Government is working to welcome more newcomers who bring the skills its economy needs to help address acute labour shortages across the country. Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced the implementation […]

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Canada, historically, has been able to grow its workforce, fill its union halls and build its infrastructure, through increasing its immigration levels. (Pexels photo/Yuri Kim)

Canada to attract more immigrants until 2025

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Plan is launched to help address labour market shortages By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Canada hopes to attract more immigrants to address its labour market shortages which it sees to be “causing uncertainty for Canadian businesses and workers.” “Last year, we welcomed the most newcomers in a single year in our history. This year’s immigration levels

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German with Director Stefanos Tai. (Provided)

Vancouver Asian Film Festival 2022: Stefanos Tai’s “We Don’t Dance For Nothing”

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Vancouver, B.C. Brings power of dance and of Filipinas Mildred German Vancouver, BC – “We Don’t Dance for Nothing” has been described as “a love letter to Filipina Domestic Workers of Hong Kong”. The film was Honorable Mention, Best Documentary at the recent DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2022 (May 5-15, 2022), and is back again

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Alberta is known for its beautiful spots, like Lake Moraine. (Pexels photo/Jaime Reimer)

Filipinos top new immigrant groups in Alberta

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Alberta, Canada  Statistics Canada: 47,600 Filipinos moved to Alberta from 2016-2021   By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Filipino immigrants are the biggest group of newcomers who moved to Alberta, Canada, making up about one quarter of recent immigrants to the province. Statistics Canada data shows about 47,600 people moved to Alberta from the Philippines since 2016. 

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Canada releases invitations for 2022.

Immigration: PGP 2022 lottery has been completed

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IRCC has announced that it has finished handing out some 23,100 invitations to apply to sponsors in the Parents and Grandparents Program for 2022 The lottery for the 2022 Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP) is now complete, according to cicnews.com. Canada’s PGP looks to help Canadian sponsors reunite with their loved ones, enabling these parents

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Lolita Oandasan took a chance on Canada. (Photo provided)

Early immigrants: A teacher’s journey

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Winnipeg, Manitoba The Opportunity Lolita Tumanguil Oandasan  First of two Parts I had a friend who owned a pharmacy on the street where I lived in Quezon City named Mrs. Gaerlan. One day when I went to pick up a prescription, she told me that she and her husband were leaving in a few days

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Founder of Taste of Manila Rolando Mangante stands in the Bathurst and Wilson Ave. area where the festival is held. (Photo: Justin Greaves/Metroland,/toronto.com)

Toronto’s ‘Taste of Manila’ set for August 20-21

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Toronto, Ontario Biggest Festival outside Philippines Charmaine Y. Rodriguez The Taste of Manila (ToM) Street Festival returns this year with a promise of more Filipino products with new partners next month. Dubbed the biggest Filipino festival outside the Philippines, the event is set for August 20-21, 2022 along Bathurst Street, from Wilson Avenue up to Yorkdowns

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The Philippines: A day of infamy!

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On the day that a new President of the Philippines takes office, we call it a Day of Infamy for the country, as the son of a former dictator ushers in another era of a family history of corruption, murder, looting of the country’s coffers, etc. We reprint how the media reacted to the ongoing

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Catholic priests in the Archdiocese of Manila in the Philippine capital walk in the rain during the ‘penitential walk’ to pray for healing on February 17, 2022. (Photo by Angie de Silva)

Has the Church really failed during the 2022 Philippine elections?

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Philippines LiCAS•news, Philippines   We need to further reflect on the role of the Church in the light of the ‘forces of evil at work in our society’ Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan June 13, 2022 This post-election reflections for the clergy of the Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan is originally posted on the website of Caritas

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Kakampink launches online petition for new political party

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Updated: May 3, 2022, 12:33 P.M. ORGANIZE THE PINK MOVEMENT AS A NATIONAL POLITICAL PARTY   Mila Magno started this petition Dear VP Robredo and Sen. Pangilinan: Your ‘Gobyernong Tapat, Angat Buhay Lahat’ slogan struck a chord in the hearts of millions of Filipinos in the recently concluded Philippine national election, especially among the young.

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