Bukal sa loob

Ni Edwin Esteba Magaan sa damdamin ang makatulong ka Kahit sino pa sila kahit hindi mo kilala Dahil sabi nila kabutihan din ang ibabalik nila Pero hindi pala totoo, akala lamang pala Sa bawat pagtulong ko hindi ako humihingi ng kapalit Dahil  hindi naman nila ako pinilit Taos sa puso ko ang magmalasakit Pero sa totoo hindi naman… Read More »

Arts and Culture: The First Step to Progress

Arts and culture positively impact people and communities. It promotes cooperation and collaboration, and it helps achieve key housing, health, and neighbourhood goals. Not only the Arts creates social cohesion, but it also strengthens the social fabric and increases people’s sensitivity to different cultural practices, beliefs, and identity. Many studies and evidence have shown that arts and culture… Read More »

CULTURE WARS: The struggle for Equality

There are 72 gender identities.  This emerging classification indicates that we are not completely beholden to the conventional two-sex ( binary ) designation. It means none of us is 100% male ( XY ) or female (XX ). One day, a blood test will determine our individual male-female ratio, a tantalizing medical breakthrough of all time! PART II… Read More »

The KATHRYN-DOLLY  Duel

 How do you rate two lead female performers, both allies and foes, armed with fierce clawing nails ready to attack each other in a blinding glamorous colorful setting?  To me it was sheer delight.  I haven’t met Dolly de Leon yet (and I can’t wait to see and talk to her in person) but i’ve been with Kathryn… Read More »

The Meeting

“There was no choice but to sit silently while history was narrated anew, no choice but to wait in a dumbly, unenthusiastic silence for the mocking dismantling of our old stories, until later when we could whisperingly remind each other what the plunderers had tried to steal from us.” – Abdulrazak Gurnah, Gravel Heart (2017). In one of… Read More »

Niagara Falls welcomes Dr. Jose Rizal monument

by Teresa Torralba    One of the world’s most photographed natural landmarks was the site of a historic event in the Filipino Canadian community which took place on a drizzling Sunday afternoon of October 2023. The monument of the Philippine’s national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, will soon rise.  It is to be nestled in the resplendent Niagara Parks overlooking… Read More »

The Hardest Part of Job Searching: Getting Noticed

The Hardest Part of Job Searching: Getting Noticed Recently, I was asked, “Nick, what do you feel is the hardest part of job searching? My answer, without hesitation: “Getting noticed.” Prior to 2005—I am ballparking—applying for jobs and sending thank-you letters involved fancy resume paper, matching envelopes, and plenty of stamps. Answering a job ad required effort akin… Read More »

HIRING: PART-TIME DENTAL ASSISTANT

Safavi Dental practice in Pickering looking for a part time Leve 2 dental assistant for 2 days /week potential to increase. Days and hours to be communicated. Requirements: Min 2y experience in a private practice, HARP WHMIS CPR certificate, 20h – 25h per week, wage $23- $28 /h, no weekend no late afternoon shifts. Expected to start 2023-10-17.… Read More »

Threads Has Not Taken Off Because It Is Not a Game Changer

On July 5th, Mark Zuckerberg launched the Twitter (now ‘X’) clone Threads seemingly as a stab at X/Twitter’s new owner and his nemesis Elon Musk. I can only surmise Zuckerberg saw X/Twitter as a “sinking ship” that he could take advantage of. Backstory: 15 years ago, Zuckerberg wanted X/Twitter. Apparently, he tried purchasing the bird app several times.… Read More »

On Meeting the Right Person

Once we hit puberty, along with the newly activated hormones and awakening libido, we begin to be preoccupied with romantic notions for whatever sexual orientation we may have. We begin not only to take an interest in the opposite sex albeit, even becoming obsessed with finding the right person. The person we imagine to be our gateway to… Read More »