Community Roundup

EducAid Asia (formerly known as the ASEAN Intellectual Development Project) started off 2020 with a bang. Founded by Chris Mills, the Trent University student group collects textbooks and other books to donate to underprivileged rural schools and libraries in the Philippines. UMAC Toronto generously partnered with the students and sponsored …

“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33 KJV Jimmy Namnama was a fruit farmer in Laoag City in Ilocos Norte before he immigrated to Canada in April 2013 with his children Joshua Jamil (16), Jasmine …

***** BY MICHELLE CHERMAINE RAMOS ***** FILM REVIEW If you knew you had very little time left to live, how would you make it count? If ever there was a movie worthy of boasting with the often overused exclamation “proud to be Filipino”, Quezon’s Game definitely delivers with its magnitude …

The Talamak Golfers Association (TGA) is a Filipino-Canadian golf & sports club in the Greater Toronto Area that has partnered with LBC Express Inc. (Canada), the Philippines premiere cargo-forwarding company, in promoting sports and community-development initiatives during almost two decades of its existence. This year, LBC and Talamak have once …

By The Manila Times October 25, 2019 PEGGY ANGELES Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing SM Hotels and Conventions Corp. “You have to check how many people are checking out, and how many people are going to check in, and how many more rooms do you have to spare, to …

Chris Mills (back row farthest right) and his student group with the UMAC Toronto team in Peterborough. Back row L-R: Bosco Chou, Sev Golanov, Petra Varadi, Alexander Mills, Anna Szigeti and Chris Mills. Front row L-R: Stephen Salvador and Robert Correa of UMAC Toronto, Marcus Fuchs, James Holton and Aiyman …

By THE MANILA TIMES October 20, 2019 Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arrangement, a tradition that dates back to centuries ago when floral arrangements were made in altars under the influence of the Buddhists. Marina Balce calls her work, ‘Magical’ Bella Pilapil says of her Ikebana, ‘Life is …

By MAX SUCQUIT JR. October 20, 2019 Gershon (not his real name) is a well-respected professor of math in a prestigious college in the metropolis. At 45, he has taught the subject diligently for more than a decade. He is a likeable figure in and out of campus. Although he …

By CARLA BIANCA RAVANES-HIGHAM October 20, 2019 CARLA BIANCA RAVANES-HIGHAM The quote “Your energy introduces you even before you speak” is embedded in my head like a post-it and comes to the forefront of my mind when I meet new people. People can pretend and manipulate through words but energy …

By IZA IGLESIAS, TMT October 20, 2019 Quezon City’s pioneering artisanal Kamuning Bakery Cafe celebrated its fifth “World Pandesal Day” on October 16, and as in past years gave 70,000 pieces of pandesal, cheese, canned goods, rice and and other food items for free to the community. Kamuning Bakery celebrates …