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Balikbayan Boxes from Filipinos in Alberta Still Unaccounted For
Some Filipino workers who shipped boxes back to the Philippines nine months ago for Christmas are hopeful they’ll get some help from the Alberta government. The workers sent the boxes to family members back home using a Calgary company called Focus...
Alberta Online Guide To Help Immigrants Appreciate Its Natural Beauty
In a bid to reach out to new Canadians, the provincial government has created an online guidebook in several languages to help people enjoy Alberta’s abundant natural beauty. Tourism, Parks and Recreation Minister Cindy Ady announced Friday the service...
California State Workers Protest 60% Paycut
Filipino American workers in the state of California are up in arms about a plan to cut their salaries to the federal minimum wage. Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) employee Dina Oreta said she and some 200,000 state workers could lose 60% of their salaries...
RP Diplomats Appeal for Kin of Pinoy Murder Victim
Philippine officials asked Canadian immigration authorities to reconsider the immigration petition filed by the family of a Filipino caregiver murdered in Canada. Filipino caregiver Araceli Laoagan was on her way home from work when she was raped and...
Check Foreign Work Permits: Canada Business Group
The Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce is urging business owners to check their foreign workers’ permits carefully, in light of a case that has brought negative publicity to the Yukon’s foreign worker program. Chamber officials say they fear that...
29 In-Demand Jobs in Canada
There are about half a million Filipino immigrants in Canada, most of them living in the big cities of Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa, and Montreal. In 2008, the Philippines outpaced China and India as the top source country for permanent residents...
Canada: Filipino Nanny in Alleged Richmond Hill Human Trafficking Bust
A Filipino nanny is at the centre of a human trafficking investigation unveiled by a bust on a popular Richmond Hill massage parlour over the weekend. Eleven women were found inside Club De Lotto on East Wilmot St., near Leslie St. and Hwy. 7, after police...
Filipino Math Aces Bag 48 Medals in Canadian Competition
Young Filipino numbers aces continue to make the country proud by winning a total of 48 medals, including 17 golds, in the tough 2010 Canadian Mathematics Competition (CMC). Students from the Zamboanga Chong Hua High School in Zamboanga City and St. Jude...
Pinoy Hotel Workers in Vancouver Protest Work Conditions
Many Filipino workers in the hotel industry in Vancouver joined a protest against deteriorating work conditions despite improving revenues at the start of 2010. Labor group UNITE HERE Local 40 and Vancouver hotel workers said that the Hyatt, Westin Bay...