Category: Featured
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Community champions honoured in Dancethnicities and Migrant Recognition Night
Forty-five outstanding individuals were honoured in an evening celebrating diversity and inclusivity. The event was organized by the Diversity and Inclusion Support Group of B.C. (DISGBC), an organization founded and led by president Lina Vargas. Titled Dancethnicities and Migrant Recognition Night, the celebration acclaimed 45 recipients from a variety of professional backgrounds and experience. The…
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Poem: How To ***k Up with the Kind Stubborn
Burnaby, BC, 20 January 2025, 4:00 AM How To ***k Up with the Kind Stubborn By Bella Balisi-Bevilacqua First, try not to listen when they speak, Their gentle ways will make you feel weak. Ignore their needs, just do your own, And leave them to sulk, abandoned and alone. Avoid eye contact when they plead,…
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Calling for Compassion: Helping Iska, Rhan Baldago, Heal
(2025 January 21). Burnaby, CA—In times of hardship, the Filipino spirit shines brightly through an unwavering sense of community, or Bayanihan. This same spirit now calls us to support Rhan Baldago, a kind-hearted soul who needs us more than ever. Rhan is a shining example of generosity and positivity. She’s the friend who always offers…
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Sandiganbayan convicts ex-QC mayor Bautista, ex-city administrator of graft
MANILA (UPDATED) — The Sandiganbayan has found former Quezon City mayor Herbert Bautista and former city administrator Aldrin Cuña guilty of graft. The decision stemmed from the case involving the release of P32.107 million in full payment to an IT firm for the procurement of an online occupation permitting and tracking system in 2019. Bautista…
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Moments: A humble and grateful life
The story is told about a parishioner who asked the priest the directions on how to go to Heaven. The priest’s simple answer was: “Turn right, and go straight.” In today’s Gospel (Luke 13: 1-9), the Lord reminds us that if we do not repent, we will perish, and if we do not bear…
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Wisdom from the Word: The Great Conflict Between God and Satan
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” GENESIS 3:15, NIV Our statement: All humanity is now involved in a great controversy between n Christ and Satan regarding the character of God, His Law, and His…
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Migrante Canada Statement on Duterte’s accomplices in perpetuating HR violations and their move to seek asylum abroad
Migrante Canada strongly condemns the attempts of many of Duterte’s accomplices in perpetuating crimes against humanity and for violating thousands and thousands of Filipino people’s human rights and dignity. Following the recent arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte by the ICC for his crimes against humanity, former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque announced that he will…
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Pope concelebrates Mass, continues therapy at Santa Marta
Pope Francis’ convalescence continues at his residence of Casa Santa Marta with his continued treatment, mobility and respiratory-related physiotherapy, especially for voice recovery, personal prayer, and concelebrating Mass in the residence’s chapel. These were among the updates the Holy See Press Office provided to accredited journalists regarding the Pope’s health after he was discharged on…
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ASK COMPUTER DEAN: “ITanong mo kay Computer Dean”
What to BELIEVE, Who to BELIEVE … get the REAL FACTS, REAL NEWS!!! Email: askcomputedean@gmail.com Welcome to our new article, we apologize for our somewhat lengthy hiatus … we will switch to a monthly column instead of trying to have a column in every issue of PNT. We encourage you to please email us with…
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Poem: We’re all Rainmakers by Surprise
(Burnaby, BC, 25 March 2025) We’re All Rainmakers by Surprise By Bella Balisi-Bevilacqua We walk through days that pull and bend, Like winds that whisper tales unknown, And find ourselves with hearts to mend, In places we have not yet outgrown. The skies above may hide the sun, Still, we dream to touch the skies,…