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Norma Flores Vohra is a woman best described from a deeper sense of what she is as a person. Her endearing qualities are her generous and compassionate heart.  Those qualities were part of her achievements in life and it marked the process of her journey as well as her challenges. Her guiding... »

Vicente “Vic” Garcia is known in the Filipino community as an entrepreneur with a gregarious personality. He owned Kabayan Services Inc. that carried various business categories: Money remittance, Video Rentals, Travel Agency, Caregiving Agency, Lending Investment and Balibayan Box (Forex). He was born in Tanawan Batangas and graduated in Samson Technical... »

The mark of a traveler’s progress is determined by the milestone that he has reached in his journey towards a given destination.  It is a feeling of satisfaction to see that movement has been executed and the destination is not that distant. The newspaper is now a year old and each... »

Ester Jayjay Villanueva is the founder and publisher of The Montreal Pinoy Post, a community publication in the city of Montreal. This endeavor is rooted in the deep commitment of Jayjay to the continuous growth and development of the Filipino community that she serves. She believes in the dynamic process of community life and... »

The devastating earthquake that changed Haiti in 36 seconds last January 12, 2010 shifted the whole world’s perspectives of the temporal and no guarantees in life realities. Time was the major player and it held no certainties nor promises after the vigorous quake left the city of Port-au Prince in ruins. It was all... »

The Philippine Centre Foundation of Greater Montreal 2004, Inc. extended a benevolent gesture of donation to the Filipino Catholic Mission parish priest, Father Frank Alvarez last November 8th. The organization donated $8,000 that Sunday followed by another $12,000 last December 6th – a total of $20,000 intended as their assistance in the... »

Arturo Pis- O Javillonar, who has been an active member of the community since 1996 and was a director and secretary of FAMAS under James de la Paz. He is the organizer of the L’ Association des Vagabond du Quebec and also launched Little Miss Philippines Canada Universe. He is a member of Philbecan... »

            In the onset of any journey, plan, project, relationship and action there is a certain feeling of anticipation to what lies so far and beyond in the great unknown.             It is a natural feeling that is known as “the beginning”. Within the confines of this time and flow we are engaged in the... »

Life is composed of choices and the constant flow of change that happens every second of our lives. This very essence oriented fact is always taking place despite our awareness or consciousness. The truth about this reality is evident when the choices that we make have made tremendous effects in the lives  of... »

VISION MONTREAL Keeton Clarke is running for City Councilor of Darlington, borough of Cote-des-Neiges/Notre-Dame-de-Grace under the banner of Vision Montreal. Mr. Clarke has served for almost four years as president of Union Montreal’s cultural communities commission. He has been a member of LaSalle’s cultural development committee and the intercultural committee for the borough... »