A Life Profiled: Andres Bonifacio “Kaya, O mga kababayan! Ating idilat ang nabulag na kaisipan, at kusang igugol sa kagalingan ang ating lakas sa tunay at lubos na pag-asa na magtagumpay sa minimithing kaginhawan ng bayan tinubuan.” – Andres Bonifacio, Ang Dapat Mabatid ng mga Tagalog. He is called the Great Plebeian, the Supremo and Founder of the… Read More »
Q. Atty. Good day po. Hinge po sna aq ng tulong pra mabawi ang na forclosed n property ng lola at lolo q.ang title ay nsa bsp n po.sabi expired na ren dw po ung 1 yr redemption n wla nmm po kmi alam tungkol doon. At wla po kmi natangap n redemption leter s kanila.24 hectars po … Read More »
Bitcoin is the first and widely recognized cryptocurrency. A type of digital money that is not dependent on any government or financial institution. It can be transferred globally without a need for a centralized intermediary such as banks, and has verifiable transactions recorded in a public distributed ledger called a blockchain, that arguably cannot be altered or hacked. … Read More »
Can Their Lawyers Answer Simple Questions? by Cress Vasquez The Filipino Centre Toronto (FCT) has demonstrated a dislike for conventions such as the accounting principle of listing payables as a liability in financial records like balance sheets and financial statements. Instead, what FCT President and CEO Mary Ann San Juan has done was use a special resolution to… Read More »
It started with my fascination with Shang Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings which led me to being curious about other films of the same or related genre, which, in turn, led me to the online video posts of the premiere of Dune at the 2021 Venice Film Festival, which then led me to this intriguing… Read More »
Bad weather, nasty waves recently knocked off container vans from a Vancouver-bound cargo ship from South Korea. Many of the vans were said to have floated, or swam, ashore. Worse, a fire broke out at the ship. Whew! They’re safe and on the way to the Philippines, those Balikbayan boxes. ***** There is that hopeful chance that the… Read More »
Canada’s inflation rate rose to a new 18-year high of 4.4 percent in September. Statistics Canada reported that the transportation index, which includes gasoline, has increased by nine percent. Shelter costs have gone up by 4.8 percent in the past year, while food prices are up by almost four percent. Prices for every type of food went up… Read More »
Can San Juan, Lumanlan Point Out What is False Here by Cress Vasquez Good deeds should not go unnoticed, especially with a community organization like the Filipino Centre Toronto (FCT), which is supposedly run by volunteers. But if FCT’s general membership is not fully aware of the process of granting reward and recognition, who should stand to blame?… Read More »
Turnabout on AGM On September 28, 2021, Mary Ann San Juan, President & CEO of FCT, issued an Annual General Meeting (AGM) Letter postponing the AGM for October 2021 until further notice. Thus, 2021 would have been the second year of no AGM for its members. She stated Covid as the reason and that “a virtual meeting may… Read More »
Q. Good day po Atty. Greetings! Attorney may problema po kami with regards po sa business na tinaguyod namin ng asawa ko at mother in law ko po. May pinatayo po kami na business (sole proprietorship) under my name engaging distribution of pharmaceutical products. Nag simula po ang business sa capital ng mother in law ko po. The… Read More »