April 2018 VOL. 7, NO. 04 TORONTO, CANADA

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Many Farm Jobs in Canada Are Unfilled, Says Official

THE PHILIPPINES' NO. 1 FAST-FOOD CHAIN

Hurray, Jollibee's in Town!

Workers in many farms in Canada are so much in de-mand that employment agencies have a hard time coping with the need.

The problem is worsened by illegal job recruiters who lure applicants - their potential victims - through postings in social media such as Facebook.

"The labor shortage in agri-culture in Canada is so huge," says Lily M. Ham-mer, president and CEO of A&L Hammer Workforce Management

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By Teresa M. Torralba

Lily M. Hammer, president and CEO of A&L Hammer Workforce Management (back to camera) meets with would-be job applicants at her company's training center in Toronto on Sunday, April 15.

PHOTOS BY ROMY MARQUEZ

R. Estaris Wins; Enverga Loses; Villarin Cut Out

• The community wit-nessed how Filipino election aspirants fared during the initial phase of the run-up to the June 7 election in Ontario. On Sunday, April 8, Ramon Estaris clinched the Lib-eral Party nomination for York Centre, becom-ing its official standard bearer for MPP (member of provincial parliament) in the riding

• Rosemer Enverga was not as lucky. The widow finished fourth among four nominees of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives for MPP

of Mississauga Centre. The painful part of the news of her loss was that most Filipino voters went for her opponent, Tanya Granic Allen, who won the contest on Sat-urday, on April 21.

• Filipino lawyer Antonio Villarin was among the aspirants swept out of the race by Doug Ford, the leader of Ontario Progressive Conserva-tives, even before he could join the nomina-tion contest. Instead of popular voting, the PC leadership appointed an

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A Filipino cancer survivor managed to chalk up some record by completing in record time a marathon 42.195 kilometers long in sub-zero temperature, thus becoming the first Filipino to finish the FWD North Pole Marathon. All the while, Louie Sangalang was waving the Philippine flag even as he reached the top of the world - the Geographic North Pole.

(Full story on page 13)

Filipino Marathoner Makes It to the Top of the World

By Riley Mendoza

Recent non-political events in the community have raised the profile of Filipi-nos in Ontario province, particularly in Greater To-ronto Area where a large Filipino population lives and works.

I'm referring to the opening of Jollibee, the popular fast-food chain in the Philip-pines that took Toronto by storm early this month. Coverage by both main-stream and local media has

generated an awareness about the homeland and its people - an awareness that might break the stereotype

of how Filipinos are per-ceived.

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Earlier this month on April 5, Ontario Premier Kath-leen Wynne joined hun-dreds of people as they waited in line for a deli-cious meal at Ontario’s first location of Jollibee. Premier Wynne was joined by local MPP Soo Wong and MPP Mitzie Hunter as they toured Jollibee, met with the infamous mascot and most importantly, tried some fried chicken

and pie! “This is delicious. I can see why everybody is lining up!” the Premier remarked to local media. When asked what this opening means for the community, Premier Wynne said “I think this must be a really strong re-minder of home because this is about food and the

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Jollibee Gets a Visit

from Premier Wynne

. . . But While Jobs Are On Hand,

A&L Hammer Turns to Asian Countries for Farm Workers TORONTO - What had been intended to help reduce joblessness in the Philip-pines through the employ-ment of Filipino farm work-ers in Ontario has been

scrapped by its chief pro-ponent in Canada. On Saturday, April 21, Ms. Lily M. Hammer, president and CEO of A&L Hammer Workforce Management,

decided to shift sourcing trainees and laborers from China and Southeast Asian countries such as Cambo-dia, Malaysia, Thailand, and

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Filipinos Making WAV ES Factory and Thousand Islands Playhouse present

PRAIRIE NURSE

Written by Marie Beath Badian

Directed by Sue Miner April 21 – May 13, 2018

Factory Theatre concludes another successful season under the leader-ship of Artistic Director Nina Lee Aquino and Managing Director Jon-athan Heppner with Marie Beath Badian’s PRAIRIE NURSE, a farci-cal account of real-life events, di-rected by Sue Miner in the Main-space April 21 – May 13, 2018. This co-production with Thousand Is-lands Playhouse will run in Ga-nanoque this summer.

It’s winter in the prairies, late 1960s. Two young nurses, just off the plane from the Philippines, ar-rive at a rural hospital in Arbor-field, Saskatchewan – population 300. No one can tell the two nurses apart; including the dim-witted lab technician at the hospital who falls in love with one of them but acci-dentally courts both. Homesick-ness, unfamiliar customs, and amo-rous advances complicate the women’s lives.

A culture-clashing comedy of er-rors with heart, PRAIRIE NURSE was inspired by the playwright’s mother and the legacy she and oth-ers with similar experiences have contributed to the fabric of Canada.

The seven-person cast of PRAIRIE NURSE features Toronto-based actor, musician, and composer

Belinda Corpuz (Anak, Kaldero / Carlos Bulosan Theatre, Through the Bamboo / Soulpepper) as the fresh-faced Filipino nurse, Purifica-cion “Puring” Saberon; Bob Curry Fellowship Award-winning actor and comedian Isabel Kanaan (Anak / Carlos Bulosan Theatre,Hey ‘90s Kids, You’re Old / North Ameri-can tour) as Indepencia “Penny” Uy, a 25 year-old Filipino nurse who arrives in Saskatchewan via California; and, making his profes-sional stage debut, Matt Shaw (The Diddlin’ Bibbles / Toronto Fringe, Comedy Bar, Toronto Sketch Come-dy Festival, King John / Shake-speare Bash’d) as Wilfred “Wilf” Klassen, hospital tech by day, hock-ey goalie by night.

The cast also includes multi award-winning actor and director Layne Coleman (Peace River Country / Tarragon Theatre, Freud / Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company, Hooked / Theatre Pass Muraille) as the hospital caretaker Charlie Gov-enlock; actor and playwright Mark Crawford(The Winter’s Tale, Meas-ure for Measure / Groundling Thea-tre Company, Bed and Breakfast / Centaur Theatre, Belfry Theatre) as Dr. Miles MacGreggor, a Scottish ex

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Filipinos Making WAV ES PHILIPPINE NEWS WAVES

Manny Pacquiao on Freddie Roach: No final decision yet

Abac Cordero

MANILA, Philippines — Manny Pacquiao has finally broken his silence on the status of his relationship

with long-time trainer Freddie Roach.

It’s been all over the news the past couple of weeks that Pacquiao had cut his

ties with his American trainer for the past 17 years.

A lot of things have been written and said, including a statement from Roach that he was “hurt” by Pacquiao’s decision.

Yesterday, the Filipino champion tried to clear the air.

“Contrary to statements which I personally did not make that are circulating in the media, I have not made my final decision who will be my head trainer for my July 14 (US time) fight with (Lucas) Matthysse,” Pacquiao said on social me-dia.

“My advisor Mike Koncz has been in contact with Fred-die’s people to keep them

informed. I will make a final decision within the week,” added the eight-division world champion.

Koncz had been quoted as stating reasons leading up to the supposed breakup between Pacquiao and the 56-year-old Roach, includ-ing statements the latter said before and after the Jeff Horn fight last July.

Buboy Fernandez, who has assisted Roach in Pacquiao’s corner the past 30 fights or so, was said to be assuming the role of chief trainer for the Mat-thysse fight in Kuala Lum-pur.

Roach said he was “hurt” as well that while news about the split circulated, Pacquiao did not even con-

tact him.

Pacquiao, it turns out, has yet to make a decision, and whatever’s been printed goes down the drain.

“When the decision is made, Freddie will be the first one to be informed and then I will advise the media,” said Pacquiao.

The 39-year-old senator will leave for Kuala Lumpur on Thursday to drum up his coming fight with the WBA welterweight champ from Argentina.

A formal press conference will first take place at the City of Dreams in Manila tomorrow to be graced by Matthysse and his promot-er, Oscar dela Hoya and Eric Gomez of Golden Boy. (The Philippine Star)

It’s been all over the news the past couple of weeks that Pacquiao had cut his ties with his American trainer for the past 17 years. (Philstar.com File Photo)

Brocka's 'Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag' among world's greatest films

MANILA -- “Maynila sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag (Manila in the Claws of Light)” by Na-tional Artist for Cinema Li-no Brocka was recently chosen as among the great-est films from around the world by The Criterion Col-lection.

The 1975 film tells the sto-ry of Julio Madiaga, a young fisherman from the prov-ince who goes to the big city to look for his long-lost beloved, Ligaya Paraiso. While searching for her, Julio is exposed to the ills and violence in the city. Filmed during the middle part of Martial Law period, it has become Brocka’s searing, indirect exposition of a society in the claws of the Marcos dictatorship.

“Maynila sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag” is the only film directed by a Filipino in Criterion's masters collec-tion, sharing the shelves with the works of Akira Ku-rosawa, Bob Fosse, Michaelangelo Antonioni, Martin Scorsese, Federico Fellini, Andrei Tarkovsky, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Luis Bun uel, Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truf-faut, Roberto Rossellini, among other giants and legends in the industry. As of last count, Criterion has

more than 1,000 titles.

The New York-based home-video distribution compa-ny, founded in 1984, is known for “gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions of the highest technical quality, with supplemental features that enhance the apprecia-tion of the art of film.”

Through its website, Crite-rion said the Filipino film's digitally restored format will have an introduction by Scorsese and will be made available on June 12, in time for the celebration of Philippine Independ-ence.

Scorsese has always been an outspoken admirer of Brocka and through his

Film Foundation-World Cinema Project and the Film Development Council of the Philippines, the res-toration was carried out in 2013 before it was shown in the Cannes Film Festival the same year under its Classics Section.

The Criterion disc will in-clude two documentaries: one about the late director titled “Signed: Lino Brocka” by Christian Blackwood; and another on the making of the film titled “‘Maynila’…A Filipino Film,” which has Brocka, and lead actors Hilda Koronel and Bembol Roco. There’s also an interview with critic-filmmaker Tony Rayns and an essay by film scholar Jose B. Capino.

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Bembol Roco in a scene from Lino Brocka’s ‘Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag. Photo from Video 48 blog

Albayalde is the new PNP Chief, Bato to head Bureau of Corrections

MANILA - President Rodri-go Duterte on Thursday issued a new warning to so-called scalawags in the Philippine National Police (PNP), as the 195,000-strong force welcomed a new chief who vowed to impose a “low-key but stern kind of leadership.”

“I’d like to just issue a warning, that kayong mga pulis na nasa droga, nasa kidnap for ransom, kung ano-anong krimen na pina-pasok niyo, pagdating niyo sa Bilibid [national prison], ang sasalubong sa inyo ay si Dela Rosa,” Duterte said in his speech during the retirement ceremony of police chief Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa.

Dela Rosa will soon take

the helm at the Bureau of Corrections, following a 21-month stint as the coun-try’s top cop who oversaw the controversial phase of the war on drugs of the President.

Under Dela Rosa's leader-ship, the PNP faced several crises related to police abuse and human rights arising from the admin-istration's anti-narcotics campaign.

Among the major crises Dela Rosa faced as PNP chief were the killings of Korean national Jee Ick-joo inside the police’s head-quarters and teenager Kian Loyd delos Santos in what was supposed to be a legiti-mate police operation.

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President Duterte turns over a rifle to incoming Philippine Nation-al Police Chief Oscar Albayalde (right) as he graces the change of command ceremonies for the next police chief at the PNP Headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City on Thursday. Look-ing on is outgoing PNP Chief Ronald Dela Rosa

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Filipinos Making WAV ES CANADA NEWS WAVES

"The 700 jobs available an-nually that you heard and read are just in one sector, mushroom pickers, not counting those in other are-as such vegetables, vine-yards," she emphasizes. This situation was de-scribed by Ms. Hammer during a meeting with Ca-nadian and Filipino appli-cants at her company's newly-opened training cen-ter in Toronto. Close to a hundred people, all seeking employment as farm hands in Ontario, at-tended the event on Sun-day, April 15. Ms. Hammer clarified cur-rent news reports posted on social media which ille-gal recruiters are distorting to mislead applicants. She cited a published article that was reposted by trolls on Facebook. "You must have heard of the statement of the CEO of Mushroom of Canada. Eve-ry year, there is a need for 700 pickers or more. That's what is needed. But he did-n't say there's a job order from POEA (Philippine Overseas Employment Ad-ministration).

"It's very clear," Ms. Ham-mer stressed. "They have job openings for 700 for all foreign workers, not just Filipino workers". Growers require an annual 700 mushroom pickers in their farms. However, those positions cannot be filled without job orders from POEA. Now if those 700 workers could not be found in Cana-da, "definitely what they'll do is to hire foreign work-ers. Those jobs are offered to foreign workers when they could not get them here," Ms. Hammer ex-plained. Based on her experience recruiting, training and hir-ing workers, she said no immigrant or Canadian citi-zen would like to work on farms.

In a separate move, Ms. Hammer also thanked Phil-ippine Ambassador to Can-ada Petronila Garcia for issuing an advisory caution-ing would-be applicants to check on the status and credibility of recruiters who attract people on so-cial media such as Face-book. "As an employment agency and employer, my company (A&L Hammer Workforce Management) is grateful that she (Ambassador Gar-cia) made the warning as recent as last week. We ap-plaud her for doing so. "Illegal recruiters," she con-tinued, "are a menace to both employers and poten-tial employees and their families, and the countries they work in. They must be stopped".

Early this month, A&L Ham-mer Workforce Manage-ment inaugurated its Agri-cultural Workers Training Center in Toronto, coincid-ing with a gala attended by government officials from the Philippines, Cambodia and Vietnam.

Two members of the Philip-pine Congress attended, namely: Representative Maximo Rodriguez Jr. and Representative Roy M. Loy-ola. Cambodia was repre-sented by Mr. Chhat Chhour, the country's hon-orary consul in Toronto. (Photos by Romy Marquez)∎

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Many Farm Jobs in Canada Unfilled

Ms. Lily M. Hammer, president and CEO of A&L Hammer Workforce Management, and Ryan Koeslag, executive vice president and CEO of Mushrooms Canada (second from right), talk with Sherrie Ann Torres (ABS CBN News) and Ryan Ponce Pacpaco (People’s Journal) who flew in from Manila to cover the gala.

Philippine Congressman Roy Loyola (right) converses with Mr. Chhat Chhour, honorary consul general of Cambodia (left) and an unidentified official.

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne marked Equal Pay Day by highlighting the government's plan to cre-ate free preschool child care as part of a strategy to promote women's econom-ic empowerment and close the gender wage gap.

Premier Wynne was joined by Harinder Malhi, Minister of the Status of Women, at St. Helen Catholic School today to discuss how On-tario's transformative plan for free preschool child care will help eliminate the pay gap between men and women. Equal Pay Day this year is on April 10. With women earning about 30 per cent less than men, the date of Equal Pay Day is set to show how far into 2018 women must work just to earn the same amount that

men earned in 2017.

Ontario's plan will provide free licensed preschool child care for children be-tween the ages of two-and-a-half until they are eligible to start kindergarten. This will give mothers more op-tions when it comes to re-

turning to the workforce and advancing their ca-reers. It will also relieve financial pressures on fami-lies with young children and give more kids the best possible start in their edu-cation.

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MPP candidate for Scar-borough Centre riding.

After winning the Liberal MPP nomination, Estaris issued the following state-

ment …

“It was with great pride and humility that earlier today I accepted the nomi-nation to be the official On-tario Liberal Party candi-date for York Centre.

To my supporters, thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to support me in the nomination and help build a fairer Ontario! Together we paved the way for the first Filipino MPP to be elected on June 7!

To my volunteers, thank you for all the hard work you put in to our campaign. Every door you knocked

and every neighbour you called meant everything to me! Today could not have happened without each and everyone of you!

To MPP Monte Kwinter, thank you for your 30+ years of service building our riding and our prov-ince. I am humbled to suc-ceed you as our candidate and wish you best of luck on your retirement.

To Louise Russo and Mag-da Gondor, thank you both for putting your names for-ward. You both are extraor-dinary women who have done so much for York Cen-tre and our province. I look forward to working along side you as we head into the general election cam-paign!

Although we have accom-plished this major mile-stone together, there is still a long road ahead! Now more than ever I need your help to win on June 7!” ∎

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R. Estaris Wins; Enverga Loses; Villarin Cut Out

Free Preschool Child Care Will Help Close Wage Gap for Women

Ontario Marks Equal Pay Day with Commitment to Child Care and Pay Transparency

Ms. Lily M. Hammer, president and CEO of A&L Hammer Workforce Management, in a huddle with Philippine Congressman Maximo Rodriguez Jr. and an unidentified guest at the gala inaugurating her company's training center in Toronto on April 8.

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The film's inclusion in the list of the world's greatest films shouldn't come as a surprise given that the people involved behind the camera are among the most influential Fili-pino filmmakers in the industry.

Mike de Leon produced the film through his Cinema Artists Philip-pines outfit and was also the cine-matographer. The script was writ-ten by professor Clodualdo “Doy” Del Mundo Jr., who adapted the story from the novel in Tagalog by Edgardo M. Reyes. Before it was published in book form, Reyes wrote it as a series from 1966 to 1967 for Liwayway, a weekly mag-azine in Filipino.

In 1976, the FAMAS Awards gave it the Best Picture trophy, Best Direc-tor for Brocka, Best Screenplay for Del Mundo, Best Cinematography for de Leon, Best Actor for Roco and Best Supporting Actor for Tommy Abuel. It also bagged the Best Sound award for Ramon Reyes and Best Editing for Ike Jarlego, Jr.

For the longest time, younger filmmakers like Raymond Red and Erik Matti said they were able to watch it in their younger years on-ly on Betamax format. There was no clear copy available anywhere for the big screen or home viewing.

Prior to this honor, “Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag” is also the only Philippine film that is listed in the best-selling book “1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die.”

Meanwhile, Cinema Centenario will have a screening of the digitally restored and remastered “Maynila Sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag” and an-other Brocka classic, “Insiang,” on Wednesday, April 18.

This month, the alternative movie theater in Quezon City's hip Magin-hawa area is showing films by Brocka and De Leon, together with other recently released films like “Meet Me In Saint Gallen,” “Mr. and Mrs. Cruz,” “Siargao” and others. The screenings are made possible in cooperation with FDCP, Spring Films, Cinema One Originals and ABS-CBN Restoration Project, among other stakeholders.∎

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Brocka’s “Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag”...

emotional attachment to it. It’s lovely that a business can tap into that. It’s a great celebration. Con-gratulations Jollibee! And to all these young people working here.” The Premier was greeted by Consul General Rosalita Prospero, Trade

Commissioner Maria Alvero and Group President at Jollibee, Jose Minana. She toured the new loca-tion in Scarborough and spoke to families and their children waiting in line to try this Filipino delicacy. “I’m definitely going to come back and bring my grandkids. We’ll be back.” The Premier committed. (Press Release, Office of the Premier)

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Jolibee Gets a visit from Premier Wynne

Vietnam. "I hope that with my decision not to get Filipino workers, all my de-tractors will stop, and maybe my detractors will help them," she said in a Facebook post. The Toronto-based employer and recruitment agency is being bashed on social media by anonymous posters, some of which Ms. Ham-mer believes, are former workers she laid off for engaging in illegal activities. They have since gone underground to evade arrest by Canada Border Services Agency. Her bashers have capitalized on the misinterpretation of a story posted online by a Manila-based network which said that 700 mushroom pickers are available for Filipino job applicants. The reality, however, is that the

700 are job openings that need to be filled yearly in the mushroom sector alone, not counting those needed in other agricultural areas.

(Video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=4BR0Ond_hOE). Although the number exists in the mushroom industry in Ontario, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) in Manila has not received a job order for the openings. The POEA is the govern-ment agency that regulates the flow of overseas Filipino workers. As the inaccurate story got picked and posted from one Facebook ac-count to another, the distortion grew worse and confused, thus providing fodder to bash Ms. Ham-mer and her company. "Again," Ms. Hammer stressed, "I will be shifting my focus to local hires and sponsorship preferences to agriculture-strong countries namely: Cambodia, China, Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand". ∎

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Though Jollibee sells practically the same food items found in burger chains like McDonald's and Har-vey's, com-peting with them that's

For sure there would be compari-sons, fair or unfair, that would be

hurled against the Filipino new-comer which might border on prej-udice.

But the fact is that Jollibee has come a long way. In that sense, it could be said that Filipinos have come a long way too.

There's a phrase that says the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. If indeed it is, then Jol-libee might just be able to conquer non-Filipino stomachs in Canada with its original Filipino menu. ∎

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Hurray, Jolibee’s in...

A&L Hammer turns to Asian Countries ...

Jolly times at Jolibee. Teresa Torralba and TFC’s Rosary Escano making waves while Mon Torralba gives the thumb up. Photo by Romy Marquez.

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UMAC 2ND WORLD CONFERENCE IN TORONTO Headed by CEO Teodorico Dayno and President Lauro Baguisa, UMAC Forwarders Express Inc. in Toronto, proudly welcomes UMAC Founder/Chairman of the board Mr. Benjamin Carino together with Chief Operat-ing Officer Nenita Baguisa and the rest of delegates all over the world.

The conference aims to en-gage participants to collab-orate and exchange ideas to establish a system that will be beneficial to all. World Business Conference will be held at Delta Hotel in Scarborough, Ontario from May 6-9, 2018. The 4 days conference will in-clude the following events: May 6 – Meet and Greet at Office and warehouse tour at 3: 00 pm followed by UMAC Chairman’s Dinner reception at 6:00 pm over a Mariposa Cruise and Scenic Cruise on Harbourfront in Downtown Toronto; May 7-8 conference proper and May 9 – Niagara Tour.

Our Theme “TOGETHER ONWARDS” has been creat-ed to encourage other units to organize and get in-volved to develop a strong-er relationship for the ben-efit of the company and its colleagues. UMAC surpass its vision and goal to serve

in bridging the love be-tween family members who are separated by dis-tance.

UMAC Forwarders Express Inc. is an established pro-fessional courier company in Canada with its head-quarters based at 515 Milner Avenue Unit 9 Scar-borough, Ontario M1B 2K4. Since 2004, It has been de-livering cargo boxes to the Philippines and offering a wider range of services from Money remittances, document, parcels through-out Canada to local, Nation-al destinations on the same day and next day deliver-ies. As a forwarding busi-ness, it fully understands how important it is to have a package delivered on time and in condition it was sent. Proudly it keeps the promise that “we will not let you down from col-lection to delivery, we are the courier you can trust”.

In the Philippines, UMAC is referred as the best freight forwarding company. It prides itself in maintaining an in-house fleet of deliv-ery trucks, to ensure that your boxes get to your loved ones safely and effi-ciently “Keep its distinction as the trusted shipping partner.

Premier Wynne also spoke on Equal Pay Day about Ontario's efforts to increase pay transparency.

The proposed Pay Trans-parency Act will, if passed, help ensure women and other disadvantaged groups have the equal op-portunity to negotiate fair wages and have equal op-portunities to advance in their careers. It will also require employers to rec-

ord and report on pay gaps based on gender and other diversity characteristics. The act will also prohibit employers from asking ap-plicants about their prior salary, require employers to indicate a pay rate for all publicly advertised vacan-cies, and ensure that em-ployees are protected from reprisal if they want to dis-cuss their pay with cowork-ers or their employer.

That same bill would also establish Equal Pay Day as an official day of recogni-tion in Ontario, to stand as a clear reminder that gen-der inequality continues to be a reality in the province that must be addressed by

government and all sectors of the economy.

Closing the gender wage gap is part of the govern-ment's plan to support care, create opportunity and make life more afforda-ble during this period of rapid economic change. The plan includes free pre-scription drugs for every-one under 25, and 65 or over, through the biggest expansion of medicare in a generation, free tuition for hundreds of thousands of students, a higher mini-mum wage and better working conditions, and easier access to affordable child care. ∎

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Free Preschool Child Care will help close gap...

Dela Rosa described Jee’s killing in his speech as a “very low point” in the PNP’s history.

Dela Rosa’s successor, for-mer National Capital Re-gion Police Office chief Os-car Albayalde, nonetheless vowed to continue the war on drugs.

He also said he will impose

strictness at the PNP, add-ing that no policeman should be caught sleeping on duty.

“I shall commit to continue my low-key but stern kind of leadership. We will focus on imposing strict disci-pline, reform and internal cleansing, and intensify the campaign against criminali-ty and illegal drugs,” he said.

“We shall impose and breed discipline 24/7 and implement reforms at all levels of the Philippine Na-tional Police."

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Albayalde is new PNP Chief...

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Filipinos Making WAV ES COMMUNITY

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Action Honda awards ‘Roll Up The Rim” winner with a brand new car!

Congratulations to Mr.& Mrs. John C. Short for winning the all new 2018 Honda Civic Ex-T. The Tim Horton’s Roll up the Rim Contest is now over but as we all wait for the next Tim Horton’s Roll Up the Rim contest. Action Honda will always be happy to assist you on your next Honda purchase. You can visit us at 4334 Kingston Road, Scarborough On-tario or call us at 416 281 1234. “We will make your car ownership easy”. ∎

BCCA Induction Ball for New Officers set on May 4, 2018

Bicol Canada Community As-sociation (BCCA) will hold an Induction Ball for its new set of officers on May 4, 2018, 6:00PM at the Scarborough Convention Centre – 20 Torham Place, in Scar-borough, Ontario.

Incoming president and chairman, Earl Francis Orino Dacara, heads the list of new-ly elected officers.

Dacara, a native of Libmanan, Camarines Sur, is a licensed paralegal, commissioner of oaths, and member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, He recently added immigra-tion consultancy in his forte. Dacara encourages all Bi-colanos (from the provinces of Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte, Albay, Sorsogon, Catanduanes and Masbate) to attend this Bicolano event. He also called on other Filipi-nos who have settled in Cana-da to participate in the event. Dacara will serve for two years as BCCA president and chairman of the Board. He will take over Bicol presiden-cy from Rafael Nebres, gen-eral manager of the Action

Honda, who has led the asso-ciation for so many years.

Aside from Dacara, the other officers to be inducted in-clude Nestor Von Canton - vice president for govern-ment relations; Manolito Aquino - vice president for sports and youth develop-ment; Former BCCA presi-dent Joseph Redoblado - vice president for membership and public relations Jose Gutierrez - treasurer; Jose Alvarez Dabu, Jr -. assistant treasurer; Jennifer Amaranto - secretary; Merle Canlas - assistant secretary; Gidget de la Torre -auditor; Edison Bantayan - assistant auditor; and Leticia P. Peralta, press relations officer. Special projects coordinators include Naina Chhatiani, Isa-bel de Lima, and Rafael Calayca and outgoing presi-dent Rafael Nebres. The new board of directors include BCCA Secretary, Ar-lene Maritirez, Susan Llanera, president of the Camarines Norte Association of Canada (CNAC), Nanette Virtucio, Carl Sol Froa. and Ronnie de la Gana of KUBO Magazine. ∎

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Factory and Thousand Islands Playhouse

present… PRAIRIE NURSE

-pat physician; award-winning stage and screen actor Catherine Fitch (eight seasons at the Blyth Festival Theatre, TV series Living In Your Car, This is Wonder-land ) as Marie Anne Lussier, the matron of Arborfield Community Hospital; and actor, writer and educator Janelle Hanna (Bad Baby Presents: Rules Control the Fun, Eternal Friendship with a Spotless Smile, Virginia Al-dridge, BSc / Toronto Fringe) as Patricia “Patsy” Hackett, the keener candy striper.

PRAIRIE NURSE, written by Marie Beath Badian re-ceived its world premiere in 2013 at the Blyth Festival Theatre and was published in 2017 by Scirocco Drama. A Toronto-based theatre maker, Marie Beath has been Playwright-in-Residence for fu-GEN Asian Canadian The-atre Company, a member of the Hot House Creators Unit at Cahoots Theatre Compa-ny, part of the Tarragon Playwrights Unit, and a par-ticipant in the Playwrights Circle at Soulpepper. She is currently Creator-in-Residence with Blyth Festi-val Theatre where she is de-veloping a sequel to Prairie Nurse. Her other plays in-clude The Making of St. Je-rome, Mind Over Matter and

Novenawhich was also adapted for CBC Radio.

PRAIRIE NURSE will have its Saskatchewan premiere this July at The Station Arts Centre in Rosthern, Sas-katchewan, and this produc-tion will play at the Thou-sand Islands Playhouse this August.

Director Sue Miner is versed in classical text, puppetry, music theatre, opera, and theatre for young audiences. She has been on the ground floor of many new works from playwrights such as Anna Chatterton, Evalyn Par-ry, Dave Carley, Marcia John-son, James O’Reilly, Chris Earle, Shari Hollett, and George Seremba. Directing credits include The Penelopi-ad / George Brown College, James and the Giant Peach / Young People’s Theatre, Prairie Nurse / Blyth Festival Theatre, and Titus Androni-cus, Measure for Measure / Shakespeare in the Rough. Sue is co-artistic director of Pea Green Theatre Group, with her husband Mark Brownell, and has directed many shows since 1988 in-cluding the 2017 Clique Claque which premiered at the Next Stage Festival, and Three Men in a Boat which continues to tour Canada for a fourth year after perform-ing in Mumbai, India in 2014.

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PRAIRIE NURSE Written by Marie Beath Badian | Directed by Sue Miner

Featuring: Layne Coleman, Belinda Corpuz, Mark Crawford, Catherine Fitch, Janelle Hanna, Isabel Kanaan, Matt Shaw

Set Design by Jung-Hye Kim | Costume Design by Anna Treusch Lighting Design by Jareth Li | Sound Design by Lyon Smith

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Founded in 1970, Factory was the first theatre company in the nation to devote itself to producing 100% Canadian content. 47 years later, Factory continues to lead in the development and sharing of Canadian stories having produced more than 300 pro-ductions from a diverse source of Canadian playwrights and launching the careers of countless theatre professionals.

The 50th Wedding Anniversary of Artemio and Teresita Delos Trinos was held at HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCh on March 16, 2018. This was attended by grandchildren, children, brothers, sisters, relatives, and former co-workers. Photo by Ariel Ramos

Long-time Toronto resident, Ms. Locrita Cabrias (middle), celebrated her 80th birthday anniversary with family, relatives, friends and other well wishers. Photo by May Cabrias

“Remember to celebrate milestones

as you prepare for the road ahead.”

NELSON MANDELA

Israel Independence Day Flag Raising. (L-R) Taste of Manila founder Rolly Mangante, MPP

Michael Cole, Israeli Consul General Galit Baram, Min. Michael Coteau, Liberal York-Centre MPP

Candidate Ramon Estaris, MPP Monte Kwinter, MPP Soo Wong, Min. Reza Moridi, MPP Christina

Martins and Min. David Zimmer joined in the celebration at Queen’s Park on April 19, 2018.

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Filipinos Making WAV ES INSPIRATIONAL

First Filipino to Finish North Pole Marathon is a Cancer Survivor

Louie Sangalang is the epit-ome of the famous expres-sion, “When the going gets tough, the tough gets go-ing.”

On April 16, Sangalang be-came the first Filipino to finish the FWD North Pole Marathon.

By entering and finishing the marathon, with the tight grip on the pole of the waving Philippine flag, he personifies the resilience of the Filipino. And by endur-ing the long 42.195 kilome-ter (26.2 miles) stretch and defying the extreme sub-zero temperatures, he reached the top of the world - the Geographic North Pole, He accom-plished this rigid and frigid challenge in 11 hours and 4 minutes.

But what’s more astonish-ing about this achievement is that he is a cancer survi-vor, At a young age of 22, Sangalang was diagnosed with cancer of the appen-dix.

In an interview prior to the marathon, the now 40-year-old Sangalang talked about his battle with the stealthy disease.

“I was in the hospital for almost two months. I had an appendectomy, a hemi-colectomy (a type of sur-gery done to remove part of the large intestine), six cycles of chemotherapy, and 33 cycles of radiother-apy. The treatments were very painful. But I was de-termined to pick myself up quickly. So I took care of myself by giving up alcohol, eating healthily, and exer-cising regularly.”

Sangalang was doing weights, boxing, wrestling,

Muay Thai and Jiu Jitsu three months after his sur-geries.

“I am motivated by chal-lenges. And triumphing over challenges like cancer are the ones that have the power to change your life and those around you for the better. But it’s not something you can easily beat, you have to keep on fighting,” said the fitness advocate.

Sangalang, through this historic achievement of be-ing the first Filipino to fin-ish the FWD North Pole Marathon, embodies all Filipinos who migrated and braved the challenge of cold weather countries, like Canada. For many of us, it was a tough trade off from enjoying the warm Philip-pine tropical weather to surging through Canada’s long, cold and biting winter temperatures.

Louie Sangalang, indeed, exemplifies a Filipino Mak-ing Waves! ∎

“The biggest race of my life to date

is finished.”

– Louie Sangalang

Louie Sangalang as he approaches the finish line of the marathon.

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IN LOVING MEMORY

VIRGILIO BUGTONG JULY 20,1950 - APRIL 3,2018

Only ten years old, he has already entertained onstage at many Filipino festivals, and now he has added a prime Markham show in his repertoire.

Nicolas Manlapaz stood proud to represent the Fili-pino community at the "Many Faces of Markham" Concert Program held on March 24, 2018 at this City's Pierre Elliot Trudeau

High School.

A Grade 5 student at the local San Lorenzo Ruiz Catholic School, Nicolas confidently took to the stage to sing "Hero" to the delight of the appreciative crowd. Then later he went up front again to receive the Third Place in Arts Award from Mayor Frank Scarpitti and his Council-lors.

The annual event is Markham's showcase cele-brating its national image as Canada's most diverse city. Organized by the Markham Race Relations Advisory Committee to pro-mote racial understanding and harmony, it features an exhibition of the winning entries from competitions among school children in essay writing, video pro-duction and artworks,

among others. The concert program consists of enter-tainment presentations of folk dances and talent shows, including song ren-ditions.

Nicolas is a FilCan boy to watch as his star begins to shine. He excels in academ-ics at his school, which was named in honor of the first Filipino Catholic saint Lo-renzo Ruiz. He has won the Bronze medal in public speaking at SLRCS, is sports oriented in bowling and

swimming, and has a strong passion for graphic arts, particularly in making com-ics at the moment, which he shares with other kids to inspire them.

He has performed at the top-billed Taste of Manila Fes-tival, the Mabuhay Festival at Nathan Phillips Square, and Halo Halo Fiesta, and is open to share his talents at other kababayan events.

(Courtesy of Mogi Mogado)

The Officers and Directors of Bicol Canada Community Association (BCCA) posed after their Executive Board Meeting held on April 7, 2018 at the Action Honda Dealership Office of Rafael Nebres, the general

manager.

Eternal rest grant unto to him, O Lord, and let perpetual

light shine upon him . May he rest in peace. Amen.

FILCAN STUDENT WINS ARTS AWARD AT MARKHAM "MANY FACES" EVENT

RIGHT PHOTO: Nicolas Manlapaz received his Arts Award from Mayor Frank Scarpitti and his councillors. LEFT PHOTO: School Trustee Marlene Mogado and School Superintendent Laura Sawicky congratulated the awardee .

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St. Patrick’s Catholic Church

131 McCaul St, Toronto

(416) 598-3269

WEEKLY WEDNESDAY MASS & DEVOTIONS: 7:30 am * 9:30am * 12 noon, * 2:30pm * 5:05pm * 7:00pm

Even the WAVES obey Him... Religious Inspirations

Facebook CEO apologizes for 'mistake' of blocking Catholic content By Courtney Grogan

Washington D.C., Apr 11, 2018 / 01:12 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced ques-tions from lawmakers about his company’s censorship of Catholic content during his two-day congressional hear-ing following the revelation that millions of Facebook users’ personal data had been compromised.

Zuckerberg apologized and said that the company “made a mistake” in blocking a Cath-olic theology degree adver-tisement by Franciscan Uni-versity of Steubenville, when asked about it by Washing-ton state Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers on the second day of question-ing.

The ad, which featured a cru-cifix, was rejected by Face-book over Easter on the grounds that its content was “excessively violent” and “sensational.” Facebook later apologized, saying that the ad had been blocked erroneous-ly and did not violate terms of service. Zuckerberg on Wednesday emphasized the large number of ads that are reviewed daily by the Face-book team, saying, “I would-n’t extrapolate from a few examples to assume that the overall system is biased.”

The tech CEO also expressed regret that he did not “take a broad enough view of our responsibility” to prevent tools from being used for harm, particularly with re-gards to “fake news, for for-eign interference in elections, and hate speech, as well as developers and data privacy.”

Senator Ted Cruz (R.-Texas) confronted Zuckerberg about alleged bias and censorship of political and religious con-tent on the technology plat-form, saying Facebook “has blocked over two dozen Catholic pages” as well as conservative content “after determining their content and brand were, quote, ‘unsafe to the community.’”

In July 2017, CNA reported that Facebook blocked 25 Catholic pages in English and Portuguese. Facebook later apologized, saying the error was due to a malfunction rather than malicious intent. Earlier this year, another Catholic group said it was experiencing critical delays in approval of its fundraising content in support of voca-tions during the Christmas season.

Cruz continued to grill Zuck-erberg over whether any

Planned Parenthood or MoveOn.org ads had been removed. The Facebook CEO said that he was not aware of this ever occurring.

Pressed about bias, Zucker-berg said that “Facebook and the tech industry are located in Silicon Valley, which is an extremely left-leaning place,” but added that he is commit-ted to “making sure that we do not have any bias.”

Many lawmakers questioned Zuckerberg about his compa-ny’s policies for monitoring the ads and debates on its platform.

When asked to “define hate speech” by Senator Ben Sasse, Zuckerberg respond-ed, “I think that this is a real-ly hard question,” but reiter-ated his resolve to block ef-forts that spread hatred or violence.

Sasse continued, “There are some really passionately held views about the abortion is-sue on this panel today. Can you imagine a world where you might decide that pro-lifers are prohibited from speaking about their abor-tion views on your content — on your platform?

“I certainly would not want that to be the case,” respond-ed Zuckerberg, who went on to say that a technological shift toward using artificial intelligence to “proactively look at content,” will lead create “massive questions for society about what obliga-tions we want to require companies to fulfill.”

The Facebook CEO was called to testify before Congress in the wake of scandals involv-ing privacy violations and foreign interference in the 2016 elections.

Zuckerberg apologized re-peatedly for the scandal in-volving the data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica, in which personal information from 87 million accounts was “improperly shared.”

Addressing these privacy concerns, Senator Dick Dur-bin asked Zuckerberg if he would be comfortable shar-ing the name of the hotel where he was staying.

When the CEO responded that he would not, Durbin replied, “I think that may be what this is all about: your right to privacy, the limits of your right to privacy and how much you give away in modern America in the name of, quote, ‘connecting people around the world.’” CNA

Engaged couple follow vocations to become priest and nun Buenos Aires, Argentina, Apr 12, 2018 / 07:00 pm (CNA).- Before discovering their vo-cations, Fr. Javier Olivera and Sister Marie de la Sagesse were engaged and planning their wedding. God had other plans.

Speaking to ACI Prensa, CNA's Spanish language sis-ter agency, Fr. Olivera said that they both grew up in Catholic families and that “our parents knew each other when they were young.” They saw each other frequently when they were children.

“I had really left the practice of religion. When I was 19, I came back from a back-packing trip to Peru and I met her. I asked her if she believed in virginity until marriage, because for me this was kind of an invention by the Church. She laid out the principles so well about puri-ty, from faith and reason, that it impacted me. I met a wom-an who knew how to defend what she believed and who was at the same time very intelligent,” Olivera com-mented.

Soon after that conversation, they began dating. At that time both of them were stud-ying law. He was at the Na-tional University at Buenos Aires and she was at the Na-tional University at La Plata.

Fr. Olivera said that “it was like any other courtship but we tried to take advantage of cultural life through music, literature and philosophy. We read books together, we'd go out for coffee. We had a group of friends with whom we attended confer-ences of Argentine Catholic authors.”

“I started to practice the faith, to pray, to go to Mass on Sundays. All in large part thanks to her, to God mainly, but to her as an instrument,” said the priest. He added that they also prayed the rosary together.

For her part, Sister Marie de la Sagesse, whose baptismal name is Trinidad Maria Gui-omar, told ACI Prensa that what she most appreciated about her then-boyfriend was “his sincere search for

the truth without fearing the consequences.”

The couple got en-gaged when they were 21 and decided to get married after college, two and a half years away.

The discovery of a vocation

One day Trinidad Maria's older brother broke the news that he would be entering the seminary, and she remem-bered, “we were reeling from it because we weren't ex-pecting that.”

“I had a car and with my fian-ce e we decided to take him to the seminary, which was in San Rafael, Mendoza Prov-ince,” she said. They both decided to stay in the area a few days so Javier could visit some friends who were in the seminary, and Trinidad Maria could visit some friends in the convent.

“When we got back, we talked about how crazy all that was, that her brother had left everything, the possi-bility of having a family, an important career. We began to ask ourselves, ‘What would happen if God called us to the religious life?’ The first thing we said was 'no' and that that was crazy be-cause we were having a real-ly beautiful engagement and we were already buying things to get married,” Fr. Olivera recounted.

Weeks went by “there was this constant thought in my soul about what would hap-pen if God called me, if I had to leave everything, why not be a priest? How to know if

the best way to get to heaven for me is the priestly life or the married life? Where can I do the most good?”

After so many doubts he de-cided to tell his fiance e about his vocational concerns, who confessed to him that she “was thinking the same thing” after her brother en-tered the seminary.

However, neither one of them made a decision. “Since we still had two years be-fore finishing law school, that was a great excuse to not yet enter the seminary or the convent,” Fr. Olivera said.

They had “a very prudent monk” as a spiritual adviser, who told them: “Look, that is an issue between each one of you and God. No one can in-terfere with souls.”

For her part, Sister Marie de la Sagesse told ACI Prensa that “it was a long period of discernment, at least two years, until God clearly showed me the consecrated life, and I could not doubt that he was asking of me this total surrender.”

After finishing their studies, both embraced their voca-tions. In 2008, when they were 31, he was ordained a priest in the Diocese of San Rafael, and she made her fi-nal vows in the congregation of the Sisters of the Merciful Jesus.

Fr. Olivera is currently a uni-versity professor and has a blog called “Que no te la cuenten” (Find out for your-self). He has written a book

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Father Javier Olivera and Sister Marie de la Sagasse. Credit: courtesy photo.

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ABS-CBN Names Jun Del Rosario as new North & Latin America Head, Raymund Abog as Canada Country Manager

Jun Del Rosario Raymund Abog

DALY CITY, CA, April 5, 2018 – ABS-CBN Global, the organization that oversees all international sub-sidiaries of ABS-CBN Corporation, the Philippines’ largest media and entertainment company, has named this month Jun Del Rosario as the new Managing Director for North and Latin America re-gion and Raymund Abog as Country Manager for Canada. Del Rosario succeeds Olivia De Jesus who took over the reins of ABS-CBN Global as the new Chief Operating Officer this year. As the new managing director of ABS-CBN’s North and Latin Ameri-ca operations, Del Rosario will be directly responsible for leading strategy execution, business opera-tions, and profitability for the re-gion. He will also lead the develop-ment of growth, expansion, and market penetration strategies as well as exploring business develop-ment opportunities in untapped or underserved markets across the entire region. Del Rosario is bringing into his new post 25 years of experience in the media industry. Starting as an

entrepreneur who built his own cable company in the Philippines, Del Rosario moved to holding sen-ior management positions in the ABS-CBN Group of Companies in the Philippines, including a stint in SKYcable, and served on the board of the local cable TV trade associa-tion. When he migrated to the U.S., Del Rosario became part of a start-up Video On Demand venture in Silicon Valley. Del Rosario rejoined ABS-CBN as Product Manager for Cable in North America in 2004 and succes-sively held positions of increasing responsibility. He became North America Regional Head of Market-ing, then concurrent Global Head of Carriage and Canada Country Man-ager. As head of the Global Car-riage Business, he significantly ex-panded the cable and satellite foot-print of ABS-CBN Global’s core channels, with The Filipino Chan-nel (TFC) as the flagship offering, turning these platforms into pri-mary revenue drivers for the com-pany. He also spearheaded the de-velopment and launch of additional services such as the SVOD service Filipino On Demand and Cable

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HONOLULU, HI, April 17, 2018 – More than 30 of the Philippines’ brightest stars will be hanging’ loose and doing the shaka – a ges-ture of friendly intent often associ-ated with Hawaii - when ABS-CBN's The Filipino Channel (TFC) brings ASAP, the longest running, top-rated weekly Filipino musical variety show, to the Aloha State of Hawaii on June 30, 2018 at the Neil S. Blaisdell Center in Hono-lulu.

After captivating the SRO crowd at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Canada last year, with their world-class performances and musical numbers, the ASAP family will surely win the hearts of the crowd in the beautiful island of luaus and mai tais this summer.

Here is the rundown of the first wave of celebrities expected to

wow Hawaii: Gary Valenciano, Martin Nievera, Ogie Alcasid, ZsaZsa Padilla, Piolo Pascual, To-ni Gonzaga, Robi Domingo, Pia Wurtzbach, KZ Tandingan, Morissette, Yeng Constantino, Angeline Quinto, Kyla, Daryl Ong, Erik Santos, Inigo Pascual, Dar-ren Espanto, Moira Torres, and Zia Quizon.

More artists will be announced in the coming weeks, so be on the lookout, save the date, and be sure to get tickets for the whole family.

Your ASAP in Honolulu ticket guarantees you entrance to the ASAP Marketplace where you can enjoy food, drinks, games, prizes and a lot of engaging activities, starting at 10:00 A.M. All these pre-show activities will be at the Neal S. Blaisdell Exhibition Place.

The main show will be at the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena, where entry begins at 2:00 P.M., pre-show at 3:00 P.M., followed by the ASAP concert at 4:00 P.M. It will be a whole day of fun for the whole fam-ily.

Tickets are at $150, $120, $85, and $55 and are available at Ticketmaster.com and from au-thorized Filipino outlets. Tax and service fees may apply when pur-chasing from Ticketmaster.

Experience a Hot and Happening Summer with

ASAP in Honolulu! World-Class Entertainment Rocks the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena

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TVOD, as well as the distribution of Myx TV and Lifestyle Network channels. Del Rosario earned his BS in Busi-ness Management from the distin-guished Ateneo De Manila Univer-sity in the Philippines and his exec-utive education from the Asian In-stitute of Management. Abog, on the other hand, succeeds Del Rosario as Country Manager for Canada. As Country Manager of Canada, Abog reports directly to

Del Rosario. Abog joined ABS-CBN Global in 2007 as General Manager of E-Money Plus, Inc. Prior to joining ABS-CBN Global, Abog held senior executive positions in the remit-tance businesses of Rizal Commer-cial Banking Corporation, Asiatrust Development Bank, Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co., and Solidbank Corp. Prior to his banking career, Abog was into research and com-munication as Managing Editor of IBON Databank Phils. and Infor-mation Section Chief of the Philip-pine National Nutrition Council. Abog earned his BS in Applied Eco-nomics and MBA from the prestig-ious De La Salle University in the Philippines. ∎

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ABS-CBN names Del Rosario, Abog

on vocational doubts entitled “¿Alguna vez pensaste? El llamado de Cristo” (Have you ever thought about it? The Call of Christ).

Sister Marie de la Sagesse lives in southern France and has an aposto-late in Saint Laurent Parish in the

Diocese of Fre jus-Toulon.

Regarding their story, she said that “I consider it a special grace that both of us were called almost at the same time. So kind and thoughtful of Divine Providence, who doesn't miss a de-tail . And what I really appreciate is that we're still friends and not just us, but our families too.”

This story was originally pub-lished by ACI Prensa, CNA's Spanish-language sister agency. It has been translated and adapted by CNA. ∎

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Engaged couple follow vocations...

ABS-CBN elects Gabby Lopez as chairman emeritus, Mark Lopez as chairman

Outgoing Chairman Eugenio Lopez III (left) and incoming Chairman Mark Lopez during the annual stockholders' meeting of ABS-CBN in Quezon City. Fernando G. Sepe Jr., ABS-CBN News

MANILA - The ABS-CBN Corp board of directors on Thursday elected Eu-genio "Gabby" Lopez III as chairman emeritus and Martin "Mark" Lopez as chairman.

Gabby Lopez, 65, is the second to hold the title of chairman emeritus after his late father, Eugenio "Geny" Lopez Jr, known fondly as "Kapitan." The family patriarch became chair-man emeritus when his son succeed-ed him as chairman in 1997.

"As every athlete knows, there comes a time when inevitably it’s time to let go of the reins and allow others to take over. My father has always said ‘broadcasting’ is for the young. After all, today’s digital world is vastly different from the world I managed,” Gabby Lopez told an an-nual meeting of stockholders. He said that he “will not disappear into the woodwork.”

Gabby Lopez did not seek a fresh term as chairman as part of the com-pany's succession planning.

He also served as CEO of ABS-CBN from 1997 to 2012 and is credited with steadily transforming the com-pany from being the country’s big-gest broadcasting network into be-ing the leading media and entertain-ment company.

Under his leadership, ABS-CBN di-versified into interactive and online media, international and domestic cable and satellite channels, broad-band services, sports programming, consumer products and licensing, digital TV, and immersive experienc-es.

It was also under his leadership that ABS-CBN launched cable TV service SkyCable, global subscription chan-nel The Filipino Channel, and video-on-demand streaming sites TFC.tv and iWant TV. He also pursued the launch of ABS-CBN TVplus, the coun-try’s first-ever digital terrestrial tele-vision product.

"I accept this huge responsibility of carrying on the company’s vision of being in the service of the Filipino – using the blueprint of excellence and innovation set by Gabby. ABS-CBN has played an instrumental role in nation-building in the past 65 years," Mark Lopez said.

"We understand what the company means to the Filipino and this coun-try, and we will take this to heart as we guide the company through its digital transformation," added the new chairman, who was identified as a successor as early as 5 years ago.

In his previous role as chief technol-ogy officer, Mark was responsible for setting the company’s strategic di-rections and ensuring operational excellence in information and com-munications, as well as technology broadcast engineering.

He spearheaded ABS-CBN’s system modernization, highlighted by the migration to the cloud and the auto-mation of content creation and deliv-ery to various media platforms. He was also responsible for ABS-CBN’s migration to HD and the completion of the digital terrestrial television infrastructure.

Prior to joining ABS-CBN, Mark spent 13 years at Meralco, the larg-est power distribution company in the country, where he eventually assumed the role of vice president and chief information officer. He also served as president of e-Meralco Ventures Inc until 2010.

Mark completed INSEAD’s general management program in 2017, re-ceived his Executive Masters in Busi-ness Administration degree from the Asian Institute of Management in 2003, and earned his bachelor’s de-gree in Business Administration from Menlo College, California in 1994. ∎

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(hahaha)

AM7 F#m7 AM7 F#m7

Masasayang awitin nararapat nang tangkilikin (hahaha)

Bm7 E7 Bm7 E7 CM7

Awiting bago ay naghihintay para isayaw mo

Bm7 E7sus

Awiting bago ay naghihintay upang isayaw mo

(Repeat Chorus)

(Repeat II)

(Repeat Chorus except last word)

AM7

... ngayon

Coda:

EbM7 Dm7 Gm7

Sumayaw, sumunod ka sa indak ng panahon

Cm7 F Dm7 Gm7

Kasabay ng mga bagong tugtugin ngayon

(Repeat Coda 4x, fade)

LA SALLE GREEN HILLS ALUMNI HOMECOMING

LSGH ‘73: It’s been 45 years since these guys graduated from high school at La Salle Green Hills. A big number of batchmates from overseas went home for the LSGH alumni homecoming held on February 4, 2018. It was a fun reunion with the “boys", with lots of memory trips to the good ole days. The night was full of fun and laughter, of camaraderie and brotherhood. “Always remain green. The moment you change your color, you begin to rot.” - RT

Tag-Araw, Tag-Ulan

Haji Alejandro

Intro: CM7-FM7-CM7-FM7 Verse 1 CM7 Tag-araw Bm7sus Bb9b5 Am9 D7b9 Sa may dagat namasyal D7#9 D7b9 GM7 At pag dilim C9b5 Bm9 E7b9(#5) Sa may baybay humimlay Am7 At nagyakap Am7b5 GM7 Sabay sa pagsabog ng alon Gm7 C11 FM7 Sabay sa paghuni ng ibon Fm7 Bb7 EbM7 G7sus Saksi ay liwanag ng buwan

Refrain CM7 'Di ba sabi mo pa C/D Na wala pang iba CM7 Na ako ang una C/D GM7 Dm7 Sa pagmamahal mo, sinta

Verse 2

G7#9-G7b9 CM7 At ang buhay Bm7sus Bb9b5 Am9 D9b5 Nating dal'wa ay nagbu___nga GM7 F#7#5 Bm9 E7b9(#5) Ng makulay na pag-ibig na daki__la Am7 Ngunit bakit Am7b5 Bm7 Bb13(9) Ngayong umuugong ang hangi't ulan Am7 C/D 'Sing lamig ng gabi ang mga halik mo Bm7 E7sus-E7 DM7 DbM7 Ni wala ng apoy titig mo sa a___kin CM7 C/D GM7 Dm7 Naglaho ba ang pagmamahal mo, sinta

Adlib/Narration: G7#9-G7b9 CM7- Bm7sus Bb9b5 Am9 D7b9 GM7 C9b5 Bm9 E7b9(#5) "Hindi ko rin inaasahan Ang mga pangyayari At dinaramdam ko nang husto Ang pagkasawi ng ating pag-ibig Ngunit kailangang tanggapin natin Na ganito ang buhay Ibig ko lang malaman mo Na mahal pa rin kita

Spring is nature’s way of saying,

“Let’s Party!” Robin Williams

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We provide jobs for workers

in the following areas:

AGRICULTURE

Mushroom Pickers Worm Pickers

Vegetable Growers Flower Workers

Greenhouse Workers Farm Workers

Livestock Workers

1 High Meadow Place, Unit 5 Toronto, Ontario, Canada M9L 0A3

Phone: 647-793-9706 Fax: 416-745-9735

alh@alhammerworkforcemanagement.ca www.alhammerworkforcemanagement.ca

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