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Philippine Basketball Association Kicks Off 2014/15 Season Commission Manny Aranez welcomed over 80 teams at the 2014/15 Opening Ceremonies of the Philippine Basketball Association at Garden City Collegiate last month.

There are twelve divisions that make up the 2014/15 PBA league and include Tykes, Pee Wee Boys, Bantam Boys, Pee Wee Girls, Bantam Gils, Midget

Boys, Juevenille, Seniors 32+, Seniors 39+, Masters 48+ and Men's Open and Men's Open A divisions.

In attendance at the PBA Opening Cerememonies include YouTube superstar, Maria Aragon where she sang the Canada and Philippine national anthems at the start of the opening ceremonies.

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guests and sponsors included Kevin Chief, Derek Dabee, Mike Pagtakhan, Larry Vickar, Clive Wightman, Steve Medwick and Melanie Wight.

All PBA games are played on Sunday at Garden City Collegiate.

Make sure to support the league and watch your favourite PBA teams battle on the hardcourt.

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t might be too early to start talking about the playoffs but the Winnipeg Jets are looking more and more like a team that has a shot at making the postseason. The Jets closed the

month of November off with two games at home followed by three on the road and find themselves clinging on to the second and final wild card position in the Western Conference. Even though they struggled at home, the Jets played strong on the road as Bryan Little gave the lift off the Jets needed.

The Detroit Red Wings came into the MTS Centre without star forward Pavel Datsyuk.

After a scoreless first period, the Jets scored a pair of goals to take a 2-0 lead. Detroit quickly responded with two of their own. With under 4 minutes left in the second period, Mathieu Perreault gave Winnipeg a 3-2 lead. The Jets couldn't contain

the Wings high powered offense as Justin Abdelkader and Tomas Tatar scored two minutes apart to complete the comeback. Tatar had two goals for the Red Wings in the victory.

Bryan Little started the game on the right foot as the Winnipeg Jets hosted the St. Louis Blues. The Blues playing the second game of a back-toback looked sluggish early on and Little made them pay with a goal midway through the first. After exchanging goals in the second period, Winnipeg held a 2-1 lead until David Backes scored on a breakaway on a powerplay to tie the game. The Jets once again relinquished a lead and Winnipegborn Ryan Reaves would pot the game winner for the Blues in a 4-2 victory.

Little would strike again early for the Jets on the road in Columbus. Little scored just 9 seconds into the game against the Blue Jackets. He would add an assist on the Andrew Ladd's go-ahead goal in the second that proved to be the game winner.

Evander Kane scored a pair and Michael Hutchinson backstopped

the Jets to a 4-2 victory.

It was another quick start for Little against the Buffalo Sabres this time scoring just under 4 minutes into the game. Michael Frolik scored shorthanded in the second period and the Jets would hold of the Sabres 2-1. Ondrej Pavelec saved 19 of 20 shots in the victory giving the Jets back to back wins.

Winnipeg travelled to Boston to take on the Bruins. Dustin Byfuglien scored on a powerplay

7 in the first period. Milan Lucic scored the equalizer in the third period for Boston. The teams went back and forth and Hutchinson was stellar halting 36 of 38 shots.

Kane had many chances to end the game but Dougie Hamilton of the Bruins scored in overtime to give Boston a 2-1 victory.

The Jets are hoping to carry over their strong play into December with nine of thirteen games against Western Conference teams.

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BOC launches online Encouraging prospects push tracker system local benchmark index

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he Bureau of Customs (BOC) has launched an online tracking system that will enable Filipinos expecting to receive balikbayan boxes from their relatives and friends abroad to check on the status of their packages.

Customs Commissioner John Phillip Sevilla said the tracker contains the list of all balikbayan box shipments lodged by local cargo forwarders with Customs, their countries of origin, ports of entry in the Philippines and their bills of lading with the number of the shipments. The BOC head also advised the public to go to the Bureau of Customs website (http://customs.gov.ph) and click the “Balikbayan Box Tracker” banner” to access the balikbayan box tracker An estimated 5.5 million balikbayan boxes are sent to the Philippines each year. About 65 percent of the shipments

are received at the Manila International Container Port while the rest are shipped through the Port of Manila, as well as Cebu, Davao and the Subic Freeport in Zambales.

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he Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) gained 0.51 percent or 37.35 points to end at 7,331.73,

the year with the possibility of hitting another record high for 2014.

However market breadth was negative as decliners crushed advancers, 118 to 62, while 41 stocks were unchanged. Value turnover stood lower at P7.65 billion compared to the P8.67 billion recorded last Friday.

Top gainer was Swift Foods Inc. with share prices improving 20 percent. Trans-Asia Petroleum Corp. 2, whose share prices while the broader All Shares dropped by about 10 percent was index likewise rose 0.22 percent the biggest loser for the trading or 9.55 points to 4,306.45, day. indicating positive prospects for

PAGASA places 10 provinces under signal no. 1

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T h e typhoon which has maximum sustained winds of 195 kph and gustiness of up to 230 kph is forecast to move west northwest at 20 kph thus affecting provinces of Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Samar, Biliran, Leyte, Southern Leyte, Surigao del Norte, Siargao Island, Surigao del Sur, and Dinagat Province. Under Signal No. 1, twigs and branches of

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The track of typhoon “Ruby” is expected to be 395 km east southeast of Borongan, Eastern Samar by Friday morning and 30 km northeast of Borongan, Eastern Samar by Saturday morning. Landfall is expected over the Samar area before noon.

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Think of them as brightlydecorated railcars full of Christmas cheer. A fund-raiser for food banks in Canada and the U.S., our Holiday Trains -- one travels through Canada, the other in the U.S. -have covered over 100,000 miles and raised close to $9.5 million and 3.3 million pounds of food since the program started in 1999.

The Holiday Trains make stops in communities across our service area, offering free concerts and seasonal festivities from a boxcar we’ve turned into a travelling stage. Over the three weeks of the program, the musicians on board the trains will play more than 150 free concerts from their boxcar stage. This year we are lucky to

feature the star talent of musicians such as Roxanne Potvin, Odds, Tracey Brown and Jim Cuddy on our Canadian Train.

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The CP Holiday Train, a colorful and well lit locomotive is in the city of Winnipeg as the holiday season approaches. Photo by Henry Balanial.

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Balimbing Republic revisited

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n the aftermath of the “People Power” that deposed President Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, the word “balimbing” became popular.

The “balimbing,” or star fruit, became the mark of a turncoat. The star fruit’s cross-section is shaped like a five-sided star; thus, a person who changes political loyalty is called “balimbing.”

Overnight, after Marcos relinquished the presidency, thousands of his supporters abandoned him and pledged their loyalty to newly proclaimed President Cory Aquino. The turncoats were welcomed to the Aquino camp. After all, the persons responsible for the removal of Marcos — Defense Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile and Vice Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Fidel Ramos — were former allies of Marcos. Their followers simply followed them to the Aquino camp.

The Marcos overthrow was called “People Power” revolution because it drew hundreds of thousands of Filipinos to Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) in Quezon City where the Marcos military loyalists were at a standoff with the anti-Marcos group led by Ramos and Enrile. The end came when Marcos called US Senator Paul Laxalt to seek his advice. Sen.

Laxalt told Marcos to “cut and cut cleanly.”

In my opinion, EDSA I revolution — as it is called today — was not a revolution; it was a coup d’état. Ditto with EDSA II in 2001 which removed President Joseph Estrada from power. As a matter of fact, except for the short-lived 1896 revolution, or “unfinished revolution” as called by the Filipino nationalists, the Philippines never had a true revolution.

Some people called the 1896 revolution a “Tagalog revolt,” which culminated with the declaration of Philippine Independence in 1898. But before the revolutionary government of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo could take roots in the whole archipelago, Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States for $20 million.

During the 1896 revolution, there were already balimbings in the ranks of the Magdalo faction of Aguinaldo and the Magdiwang faction of Katipunan Supremo Andres Bonifacio.

Members of Magdalo would switch to Magdiwang and vice versa. After the execution of Andres Bonifacio by the Aguinaldo forces, most of the leaders of Magdiwang joined the Magdalo, mainly for selfpreservation.

During the commonwealth government, there were two political parties, the Federalista Party favoring statehood and the Nacionalista Party favoring independence.

After the independence from the United States on July 4, 1946, the Liberal Party was born. The biggest “balimbing” at that time was former Nacionalista stalwart Manuel Roxas who changed his party affiliation to the Liberal Party and was elected President in 1946.

Roxas died in office in 1948 and was succeeded by Vice President Elpidio Quirino, also a Nacionalistaturned-Liberal. Quirino won a fouryear term the following year. He appointed Ramon Magsaysay as Secretary of Defense. Magsaysay was effective and became popular fighting the Hukbalahap (Huk) guerillas. However, he resigned due to a dispute with Quirino. Magsaysay left the Liberty Party in 1953 and became the Nacionalista Party’s presidential candidate. Magsaysay, an Ilocano from Zambales, defeated his former boss, Quirino, another Ilocano, by a landslide and won in all provinces except Ilocos Sur, Quirino’s province, and Ilocos Norte, the bailiwick of Congressman Ferdinand Marcos, a rising star in the Liberal Party at that time.

Magsaysay died in a plane crash in 1957 and Vice President Carlos P. Garcia, a Nacionalista from Bohol, took over the presidency. Garcia won election later that year with Diosdado Macapagal, a Liberal, winning the vice presidency. Macapagal won the presidency in 1961. In 1965, when Macapagal ran for re-election, Ferdinand Marcos, his rival within the Liberal Party, bolted the party

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and joined the Nacionalista Party.

Hundreds of Marcos followers also left the Liberal Party and joined the Nacionalista Party. Marcos captured the nomination and went on to defeat Macapagal in the election.

Marcos won reelection over the Liberal Party’s Sergio Osmena, Jr. in 1969.

When Cory Aquino took over the presidency after EDSA I in 1986, hundreds of former Marcos loyalists crossed over to the Aquino camp. In 1987, the Philippine constitution was changed extending the presidential term to six years with no reelection. Her successor, Lt. Gen. Fidel Ramos, won a presidential term for himself.

Again, hundreds of opposition party leaders switched to Ramos’ party. After Ramos, Joseph Estrada was elected and the same thing happened, balimbings defected to Estrada’s party. When Estrada was deposed in 2001 (EDSA II) due to the jueteng scandals, Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo — with the help of Estrada’s Armed Forces Chief of Staff, Gen. Angelo Reyes, who switched his loyalty to Arroyo — took over the presidency. Estrada was jailed on charges of plunder.

Overnight, loyalties changed.

When Gloria ran for reelection in 2004, Fernando Poe, Jr., a movie superstar ran against her. Poe was ahead in the early part of the campaign, which caused a bandwagon effect with the opposition leaders. However, Arroyo came from behind and defeated Poe in the election. Poe immediately filed charges of cheating against Arroyo. Then Poe died of heart attack and Poe’s widow, Susan Roces, withdrew the charges.

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December 5-20, 2014 Election-cheating was common. There was a joke that says: “In the Philippines, there are no losers, only the winner and those who were cheated.” He who cheats better, wins; and party-switching is part of the political process.

With a government full of balimbings, it makes you wonder if the government really changes when a new President is elected. It’s all the same banana, or more aptly, the same “balimbing” running the show regardless of who is elected President.

With political power in the hands of a few, the Philippines is governed by oligarchy. Virtually all of the provinces have political dynasties that control the provincial and local governments. It is expected that during a presidential election, their political allegiance would be driven by their personal agenda. They would switch parties if that were what it would take to get political concessions. As kingmakers, they play a key role in influencing the outcome of the election in their political turfs in favor of the presidential candidate they support. Indeed, a presidential candidate who gets the most balimbings, wins.

With the 2016 presidential elections fast approaching, political realignments are beginning to change the political landscape of the country. New faces replace old faces. But don’t take oldies for granted. They have a trove of election tricks.

The question is: Is Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay, an “oldie” favorite, going to be the next president, or are the people going to go with a new face in the arena like Sen. Grace Poe?

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Make Your Speech Powerful

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By Olivia Bauer

ore than ever before, people are surrounded with information from a variety of sources. What can we do to make our communication stand out in the workplace?

Julian Treasure, a sound expert from the United Kingdom, offers advice on how to speak so that people want to listen.

First, there are communication habits that we need to avoid, particularly in a professional environment.

Julian calls these the “seven deadly sins of speaking”: 1.Gossip – “speaking ill of someone who isn’t present.”

2.Judging – “it’s hard to listen to someone if you know that you’re being judged.”

3.Negativity – this spreads dissatisfaction and unhappiness.

4.Complaining – another form of negativity.

5.Excuses – “when someone doesn’t take responsibility for their actions.”

6.Lying – or exaggerating the facts.

7.Dogmatism – when someone is narrow-minded or strongly expresses their opinions without giving any supporting evidence.

Even though these negative communication patterns can be easy to slip into, we have to consciously move away from these habits. Not only is negative speech emotionally draining, it can result in other people being less likely to want to listen to us or seek our advice.

Julian offers “four cornerstones to powerful speech and making change in the world.”

These are communication habits that we should focus on in the workplace for job maintenance and career growth:

These four words also make up an acronym: HAIL, which means “to greet with enthusiastic approval,” notes Julian. When people see that our speech is clear and that we follow through on what we say, they will want to listen to us. When our honesty is tempered with kindness, people will be more likely to trust us.

When we are truly wishing others well, we won’t be judging them, and they will sense our acceptance.

Practicing these four communication habits—honesty, authenticity, integrity, and love—will not only make our speech powerful but also help us to build relationships in the workplace that contribute to our professional success.

1.Honesty – be true and straightforward in what you say.

2.Authenticity – be yourself.

3.Integrity – be someone people can trust.

4.Love – be kind.

This article is based on a TED Talks presentation by Julian Treasure. Watch it here: h t t p s : / / w w w. y o u t u b e . c o m / watch?v=eIho2S0ZahI.

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Have a Taste of Contemporary Jazz Music An Album Review of Michael Sarian’s ‘Subtitles,’ 2014

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y number-one favorite jazz piece remains to be “Feels So Good” (1977) by the American flugelhorn and trumpet player and composer Chuck Mangione.

Surprisingly, the second position has been occupied, that quickly, by the track called “El Poeta” from a newly released album— ‘Subtitles’ (2014) by the nowU.S.-based Canadian-Argentinian trumpeter/artist Michael Sarian.

Not only for Jazz aficionados but also for anyone who is curious enough to sample a platter of various jazz styles, Sarian’s début album covers an assortment of flavors—from the subtle, short, and simple piano-led pieces “She Said” and “In Circles”; to the unassumingly slow and contemplative yet danceable and engaging “Minga”; and to the typical, noodly yet melodically memorable indulgences of “Todo Pasa.”

The longest track, “Boker Gadol, Lailah Gadol,” is melange of light café-style jazz, Mediterranean souk-buskers’ tunes, and an onslaught of bullfight horn music. “Up, Down, Back Up Again” is appropriately titled, for its mood harks back to the roots of jazz music in the sexy and carefree Swing and Big Band era of the 1930s.

However, to fans of melodic jazz that follows the tradition of Mangione’s “Feels So Good,” “El Poeta” and “La Mansa” will certainly be their instant favorites—beautiful ballads that both start off with reflective and haunting familiarity and build up into a string of melodies that ooze with instrumental emphasis, nostalgia, and childhood reminiscences.

Taken as a whole, Subtitles may be regarded as a conceptual album whose tracks have been most likely sequenced to give its listeners a smooth journey onto a

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textured landscape of jazz music; the opener being a perfect warmup for the early-rising enthusiast—a steady percussive beat and simple piano chords—a preparatory piece to more jazzed-up things the album has to offer. It then closes with a mid-tempo track that will take the engaged listeners to a quiet and comfortable corner in a five-star hotel lounge, sipping a glass of margarita, iced tea, or piña colada—whichever beverage feels befitting the mood of the music.

Now the ‘circle’ is complete.

What ‘she said’ about the musical ‘poet’ was true indeed.

Final Note “Jazz is a genre of music that originated in African-American communities during the late-19th and early-20th century. It emerged in many parts of the United States of independent popular musical styles; linked by the common bonds of European American and African-American musical parentage with a performance orientation. The genre spans a range of music from ragtime to the present day—a period of over 100 years. It makes heavy use of improvisation, polyrhythms, syncopation, and the swung note, as well as aspects of European harmony, American popular music, the brass band tradition, and African music’s percussive and tribal-rhythm elements.”

(Wikipedia) Classic and contemporary artists/bands whose music has important places in the world of Jazz include Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Scott Joplin, Sun Ra, Chick Corea, Spyro Gyra, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny Group, and Casiopea.

You may preview or purchase a copy of Michael Sarian’s Subtitles on CD Baby (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ michaelsarian).

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Warming Huts v.2015: An Art + Architecture Competition on Ice: Pushing the Art Envelope

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he Warming Huts will be back on the frozen Red River Mutual Trail in the new year offering Winnipeg winter enthusiasts a unique artistic take on the now world famous architecture competition.

This year, new huts will beckon adventurers and architect enthusiasts alike. With the competition being in its sixth year, an Art Installation category was added to the contest to allow for more unique design entries.

“We’ve always received great designs, but this year they really push the artistic envelope,” says Paul Jordan, Chief Executive Officer, The Forks Renewal Corporation. “The competition has always allowed architects and artists to design something unique, but with the addition of a new category we’ve seen even more creativity emerge.”

For the 2015 submissions, entries either fell into a Shelter or Installation category. The submissions were then reviewed by a “blind” jury, meaning they have no background information on who submitted the designs or where they are from. The jury, who reviewed more than 100 submissions from around the globe, chose two winning Shelter designs and one Installation.

The winners are Recycling Words, designed by KANVA Architecture from Montreal, Canada, and The Hole Idea, designed by Weiss Architecture & Urbanism Limited from Toronto, Canada and This Big, designed by Tina Soil & Luca Roncoroni from Droebak Akershus, NORWAY who

won in Warming Huts v.2013 for their entry, Wind Catcher.

“Over the years, we’ve pushed the envelope on the word “Warming Hut”,” says Jordan. “More and more, we’ve seen the designs resemble less of a hut and become more about attention to design and detail. The completion has become a competitive space for artists and architects to dream and see their dream into reality. And the best part is that it’s really allowed us to make high-end art and architecture accessible to everyone.”

For the fifth year, the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Architecture continues to share their students’ talent by submitting a hut entitled Mirror Cloaking.

“The Faculty of Architecture, with its large and very successful undergraduate Environmental Design Program, is honoured and pleased to participate again in the Warming Huts event,” says Ralph Stern, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, the University of Manitoba. “It is a great opportunity to underscore the fundamental interrelationship between design and environment in a prominent location celebrating both Winnipeg and Manitoba.”

Over the years, the Warming Hut competition has also attracted some great additions. This year, Kelvin High School, with the help from Red River Mutual, has designed and will be constructing a hut entitled 6043.

After much success, RAW:almond will also be bringing

their unique restaurant experience back onto the Red River Mutual Trail. A separate competition in midAugust brought in many submissions from around the world for the 2015 design.

Warming Huts v.2015: An Art + Architecture Competition on Ice, supported in part by the Manitoba Association of Architects (MAA), was announced in July of 2014 with an open call for submissions through the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), the American Institute of Architecture, online at archiforum.com and other prominent architectural websites.

“Endorsing the 2015 Warming Huts initiative is a perfect way to wrap up our 100th anniversary,” said Lee McCormick, President of the Manitoba Association of Architects.

“While the huts may not be permanent, they offer the community a perfect winter opportunity to explore the world of architecture and the role that architects play in our daily lives.”

Warming Huts v. 2015: An Art + Architecture Competition is made possible through the generous support of: the Canada Council for the Arts, Manitoba Association of Architects, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Architecture & Partners Program and KGS Group.

Construction of the huts will commence in early January and, weather permitting, will be on the Red River Mutual Trail the third week of said month. Several huts from previous years will be brought back out to join the new ones.

This Big by: Tina Soli & Luca Roncoroni, from Dorebak Akershus, NORWAY

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6043, Designed & Constructed by Kelvin High School, from Winnipeg, CANADA Supported by: Red River Mutual

Mirror Cloaking by: University of Manitoba, from Winnipeg, CANADA

The Hole Idea by: Weiss Architecture & Urbanism Limited, from Toronto, CANADA

Recycling Words by: KANVA, from Montreal, CANADA

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Manitoba Government Launches new career prospects program that will connect Employers, Parents and Students A new program launching today will give high school students and parents new and improved access to employers, connecting them directly with experts and information about career opportunities in Manitoba, Jobs and the Economy Minister Kevin Chief announced today.

“Many high school students struggle with the all-important question, ‘What do I want to do when I grow up,’ ” said Minister Chief. “This program will create valuable connections between students, parents and employers, helping our youth get a better idea of which careers they would like to pursue and what jobs are in-demand.”

Manitoba Career Prospects was developed in collaboration with the Alliance of Manitoba Sector Councils (AMSC), representing the diversity of the Manitoba economy with 15 sectors participating including tourism and hospitality, aerospace, construction, film and new media, Minister Chief said.

The program gives students and their parents an opportunity to speak with and ask questions of experts, learning what it is like to work in different fields.

The program’s new website, www.manitobacareerprospects. ca, will help parents and teachers:

•connect with employers to coordinate on-site job tours, •set up in-class presentations to students from experts in various occupations, and •network with business and industry representatives.

“The sector council’s leadership of the program will pave the way for enhanced employer engagement and increased opportunities to connect businesses with their future workers,” said Lori Slobodian, chair, Manitoba Career Prospects Program Working Group. “Connecting with teachers, parents, career counsellors, youth and

employers allows us to broker career awareness and exposure opportunities that will create career pathways to Manitoba’s leading and emerging businesses.”

The minister also noted that in celebration of Career and Workforce Development Month, the Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology is hosting the seventh annual Opening Doors Parents Career Info Expo. The event will feature information booths and handson demonstrations, along with numerous presentations from industry and business leaders.

The expo runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 22.

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The Manitoba Badminton Association and the Badminton Smashers of Winnipeg is hosting an Open Gym on Saturday, December 6, 2014 December 13 St. John's High School Junior Gym 401 Church 10:30am to 2:30pm

Kevin Chief launches the Manitoba Career Prospects program at Complex Games development studio. Students from the College Beliveau Leadership Class were able to meet with Noah Decter-Jackson, Founder and CEO of Complex Games, and see first-hand this innovative hightech workplace.

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Mayor Brian Bowman, Maria Aragon and Ron Cantiveros to join RWB Nutcracker cast Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet excitedly welcomes 15 special guests to Nutcracker’s cast, December 20-28 at the Centennial Concert Hall. Following a costume fitting and rehearsal in midDecember, walk on roles grace the stage alongside dancers of Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School.

To mark RWB’s 75th Anniversary season, every Winnipeg performance includes the familiar faces of well-known Winnipeggers. New Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman joins Nutcracker’s walk on cast as does The Honourable Shelly Glover (Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages). Salteaux Canadian actor Adam Beach

recognized for his appearances in over 60 films and television programs also makes his Nutcracker debut.

Musical talent joining the walk on cast includes Big Band leader, composer and arranger Ron Paley, and musicians Maria Aragon and Sierra Noble. Beloved personalities of Winnipeg’s media will also makeNutcracker

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cameos including Ismaila Alfa (CBC Radio One), Beau (99.9 BOB FM), Colleen Bready (CTV News), Ron Cantiveros (Filipino Journal), Gord LeClerc (CTV News), Heather Prosak (99.9 BOB FM),Doug Speirs (Winnipeg Free Press), Chrissy Troy (Virgin 103.1) and Daria Zmiyiwsky (Winnipeg Sun).

“Nutcracker has become a holiday tradition in Winnipeg during its run of over 40 years now,” said Jan Belanger, Vice President of Community Relations, GreatWest Life. “Many members of our community have joined the RWB — both on and off the stage — to experience the wonder of the show and the sentiment it brings. We are proud to support this fixture of Winnipeg’s arts community.”

See below for a full list of walk on role cast dates and times Chrissy Troy, Virgin Radio 103.1 FM., December 20 , 2pm Ismaila Alfa, CBC Radio One, December 20, 7pm Doug Speirs, Winnipeg Free Press, December 21, 2pm Gord LeClerc, CTV, December 21, 2pm Colleen Bready, CTV, December 21, 2pm Sierra Noble, Musician + Vocalist December 22, 7pm Beau, 99.9 BOB FM, December 23, 7pm Heather Prosak, 99.9 BOB FM, December 23, 7pm The Honourable Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, December 23, 7pm Adam Beach, Actor, December 27, 2pm Daria Zmiyiwsky, Winnipeg Sun, December 27, 2pm Ron Cantiveros, Filipino Journal, December 27, 7pm Maria Aragon, Musician + Vocalist, December 27, 7pm

Mayor Brian Bowman, December 28, 2pm Ron Paley, Ron Paley Big Band, December 28, 2pm Tickets for Nutcracker start as low as $29.00 for adults and $25.00 for children plus taxes and fees and can be purchased online at rwb.org, in person through the RWB Customer Service Office at 380 Graham Avenue or by calling 204-956-2792 or toll free 1-800-667-4792. Groups of ten or more should contact the RWB Customer Service Office for more information on group discounts.

About Nutcracker Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s acclaimed production of Nutcracker is a sheer delight, and features endearing Canadian moments such as a snowy pond hockey game and a scene on Parliament Hill. This year’s production will be even more heart-warming with the addition of twelve white furry friends!

Danced to Tchaikovsky’s timeless score, Nutcracker featuring the dancers of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and performed by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra will take you on a wondrous adventure this holiday season. The Royal Winnipeg Ballet would like express their gratitude to GreatWest Life (Premier Sponsor), National Leasing (Performance Sponsor) and Perth’s (Partner Sponsor) for their generous support of RWB’s Nutcracker.

Things Antiques and Gifts Holiday Open House Sunday, December 7, 12-4pm Local speciality boutique, Things Antiques and Gifts opens their doors for a Holiday Open House on Sunday, December 7 from 12-4pm. Along with a chance to browse the shop’s collection of alluring antiques, light refreshments will be served cmyk and tickets for RWB’s Nutcracker will be available for purchase. The boutique, located at 913 Corydon Avenue, carries a wide selection

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When you’re on your feet all day, we fit you at Canadian Footwear

When Your Feet Need Extra Special Care, See Our FootHealth Centre Specialists at Canadian Footwear.

With more than 90 years of combined experience, the FootHealth Centre Team will find that right fit for your feet. Our specialized training in foot orthotics and footwear helps you alleviate pain, abnormalities, and debilitating conditions of the lower limbs and feet.

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hen you spend a lot of time on your feet caring for your family or earning a pay cheque, you need footwear you can depend on.

You need the comfort, quality and value you find at Canadian Footwear.

Our goal is to help you achieve and maintain proper foot care and lower limb health, and live healthy, active lives. Our mission is to provide the best footwear and footcare in a safe, healthy and positive environment.

For generations, Canadian Footwear in Winnipeg’s Exchange District has been the store of choice for anyone looking for Canada’s great values on great fitting shoes. Since 1932 when Bert Scharfstein first opened his doors, customers have been coming back, recommending us to their friends and family. Today we are proud to serve the children, grandchildren and great grandchildren of our earliest customers.

The basis for such long-standing customer loyalty goes much further than having Canada’s best selection shoes, boots and sandals. We stock Timberland, Merrell, NorthFace, Clarks, New Balance and Sorel and a host of other top name brands that are known for quality and comfort. When you need to maximize your all day comfort, our Dansko line is an ideal choice.

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What you want in a shoe store – the Sit and Fit experience Everyone who shops at Canadian Footwear is treated to the same high level of customer service that ensures just the right fit. The sit and fit experience you receive from our expert staff members is what you should expect from a shoe store.

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“I am pleased to be serving a leadership internship with the management team in the business that my grandfather owned. Many of our customers are third generation, and I am proud to be the third generation of Scharfsteins at Canadian Footwear, and to have the opportunity to continue the family tradition of good value and good footwear that he started.”

—Erica Scharfstein

Brian Scharfstein is a Canadian Certified Pedorthist with 25 years experience, specializing in care of the diabetic foot, and principal owner of Canadian Footwear and the FootHealth Centre.

Amanda Bushby is a Canadian Certified Pedorthist with 9 years of experience.

She strives to promote the pedorthic profession in any way she can to help the daily quality of life for all of her patients.

Marianne Viau is a Canadian Certified Pedorthist with 21 years of experience and with a special interest in diabetic feet and vascular complication. She takes pride in improving the quality of life of her patients.

Laurie Dunning is a Fitting Specialist with 18 years of experience, specializing in complex fittings for people with diabetes and arthritis.

Sheldon Gardner is a Canadian Certified Pedorthist with 15 years experience. He enjoys spending his free time hiking and playing sports, and works hard to have his patients enjoy that same quality of life.

Heather Macpherson is a Canadian Certified Pedorthist, at the Calgary FootHealth Centre with 13 years of experience. She likes creative problem solving for clients with uncommon issues or symptoms.

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Winnipeg: 128 Adelaide St. • 1504 St. Mary’s Rd. • 1530 Regent Ave. Call 204-944-7460 or Email: fhcwreception@canadianfootwear.com fitting where we measure both your feet. If you have questions, we answer them. And then we offer you an exceptional choice of brands, widths, and styles to meet all your needs. Our goal is to make certain you leave with the most comfortable footwear possible.

Whether you want fashionable dress shoes or practical walking shoes, athletic or sports shoes, work boots or sandals, you will find what you want, in the size you need, at Canadian Footwear.

Walk up and Save Clearance Centre In addition to our regular showroom with an outstanding selection of top brands, we also offer super deals in our clearance centre on the second floor of our Adelaide store. All the same brand names you recognize and same high quality and service you expect, but at prices you have to see to believe.

Shoe repair services on site Below; Our beautifully refurbished downtown store, the former North Star Cold Storage Building, is across the street from Red River College.

To help you get the most out of your footwear, we offer shoe repair services right in the store. Whether your shoes need new heel caps, a sole replaced or modifications to accommodate orthotics, our experts are here to help.

Prescription Foot Health For hard-to-fit feet, our FootHealth Centre can offer trained pedorthists who take the time to check your prescription, determine your special requirements, and fit you with just the right orthotics and footwear combination for you.

The FootHealth Centre complements our store with a full range of pedorthic services. The Canadian Certified Pedorthists on staff have the expertise to assess and treat every kind of foot and lower limb problem, whether it is the result of arthritis or diabetes or a sports-related injury. Treatment can be as simple as properly fitted shoes, or could involve customized footwear with specially built inserts.

Three Locations, Free Parking Our familiar downtown store at 128 Adelaide in the Exchange District, and our St. Mary’s Road and Regent Avenue locations all offer free parking for our customers.

When your feet need special care, step inside our store and experience our selection and service for yourself.

Whether you turn left into the retail store, right into the FootHealth Centre, or up to the Clearance Centre, you are guaranteed to leave with some great looking shoes that are the best fitting and most comfortable in the city.

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Biggest OPM festival Derek Ramsay may do a slated early next year movie with Star Cinema

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he biggest Original Pilipino Music (OPM) festival yet to be held in the country will be seen on January 30, 2015 at the Mall Of Asia Arena concert grounds.

Dubbed “Fusion: The 1st Philippine Music Festival,” the event will gather artists from different genres in one stage for the first time as announced by event organizer Carat Philippines. The event also aims

to keep the people’s interest on live performances running.

Among the artists who already confirmed their participation are Bamboo, Sarah Geronimo, Rico Blanco, Ebe Dancel, Barbie Almalbis Wolfgang, 6cyclemind, and Andrew E. For further details, follow Fusion’s official Facebook page, https://facebook.com/ fusionphilippines.

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ctor Derek Ramsay revealed that he may do a movie next year with Star Cinema, the film production arm of TV network ABS-CBN. Derek said the Star Cinema movie will be under Skylight Films, an independent film production arm. However, Derek denied talks that he will return to his former home network, ABS-CBN which he left more than two years ago. Prior to his transfer to TV5, the actor starred

in a number of movies with Star Cinema including “No Other Woman” with Anne Curtis and “The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin” with Vice Ganda, both in 2011.

Derek currently stars in “English Only, Please,” with Jennylyn Mercado, Kean Cipriano and Isabel Oli. The movie opens in cinemas on December 25 as an official entry at the Metro Manila Film Festival

Pangako Sa’Yo remake stars Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo

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ear 2015 will be more Jodi Sta. Maria which will play Pangako Sa’yo remake is exciting for every the roles of Claudia Buenavista helmed by the original director viewer of ABS-CBN as and Amore Powers respectively. Rory B. Quintos. the network finally announced the returns of the hit teleserye “Pangako Sa’Yo” with hottest love team of the country, Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo.

In the modern version of Pangako Sa’Yo, teen stars Daniel and Kathryn will be portraying the characters of Yna and Angelo which was originally played by the phenomenal love team Jericho Rosales and Kristine Hermosa.

Other cast of Pangako Sa’Yo includes Angelica Panganiban and

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MLAs Celebrating the

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Brian Pallister MLA for Fort Whyte

Heather Stefanson MLA for Tuxedo

Cliff Cullen

MLA for Spruce Woods

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Bonnie Mitchelson MLA for River East

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Phl bet is Miss Earth 2014

Jamie Herrell, a 19-year-old owner of a dance company in Cebu was crowned Miss Earth 2014 this weekend at the 14th edition of the pageant held at the University of the Philippines Theater in Diliman, Quezon City.

Herrell defeated 85 contestants and reasserted the Philippines' international standing as beauty powerhouse. The Miss Earth competition is dubbed as one of the world's Big Four Beauty Pageants along with Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International. Herrell, owner of the Mactan Dynamics Dance Company, became the second Filipina to win the title after Karla Henry in 2008.

The runners-up are Miss USA Andrea Neu, a model who was crowned Miss Air, Miss Venezuela Maira Alexandra Rodriguez, a fashion designer won the Miss Water title and Miss Fire went to Miss Russia Anastasia Trusova.

Other candidates who made it to the Top 18 semifinalists were

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Miss Earth 2013 Alyz Henrich from Venezuela crowned her successor at the end of the pageant.

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about her plans to help reverse the effects of global warming if she wins the crown.

Her winning reply was, "Global warming has been known to be a long, overdue issue. I will use my title to inspire others, help our environment. And we should start with the kids as they are the people of tomorrow."

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of hikers will definitely not cut it if you plan to be outside for more than 15 minutes regardless of how fancy your North Face jacket is.

Other than that, if going with a ‘guide’, the minimum gear that you will need is an ice fishing rod or two and some bait and tackle.

As with any activity, there are of course endless bells and whistles that you could acquire should you find yourself committing to the sport. From ice suits and boots rated for the next ice age, to a wide variety of portable shelters and heaters, to power gas ice augers to make holes. From advanced electronics specifically designed for ice fishing, to an endless variety of tackle and lures designed to get hardwater bites, all the way to snowmobiles and ATVs to get to more inaccessible areas.

Instead of complaining, get out and embrace the winter season.

One of the best ways to do that is to give ice fishing a try. Contact me anytime if you are interested in heading out for a trip.

t’s that time of year again.

By now most people have accepted the fact that winter is here although many Manitobans will continue to question their sanity for living here in the first place. Bemoaning the coming of winter has become an annual ritual for many folks. For some however, below freezing temperatures signify the nearing of something special and I’m not talking about Christmas, although the eventual arrival of hardwater season is in many ways like Christmas morning for many ice anglers. I know many grown men who count down the days and squeal in anticipation for ‘first safe ice’.

November for me used to mean having to put my fishing gear away and the start of a long six or so month wait until opening day in May. But ever since I was introduced to ice fishing by my Ninong Kenny about 15 years ago, I have found winters to be much more enjoyable and they now go by way too fast. I have in turn introduced many other people to the sport since that time and now spend a good number of winter weekends with my ever growing ice fishing ‘crew’.

The natural question everyone always asks is “Is it safe?” Everyone’s first time on a frozen body of water will be “trippy” for lack of a better term.

My initial experience had me tiptoeing around in constant disbelief that what I was walking on had been open water only a few short weeks earlier. I recall the first time I heard the loud ‘ice thunder’ that often happens when the ice stresscracks, I frantically ran to shore in a panic leaving many experienced anglers laughing at my expense at their fishing holes. I know now that this is perfectly natural and is actually a sign of good ice. The look on someone’s face when they first hear this never gets old though.

Ice fishing in reality is no more dangerous than any other

outdoor activity.

The key is safety knowledge, preparedness, and common sense. My advice for anyone who wants to learn or experience this pastime for the first time is to go out with someone or a group who know what they are doing. They will have the experience and some of the equipment needed for you to enjoy a day out on the ice.

This sport doesn’t require too much of an investment to get started. Basic things such as proper winter boots, a winter jacket, and insulated snow pants are essential.

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Leonard Vicente with his first ever fish caught through the ice.

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Fun on the ice with the Donato girls.

Ace Castro with his personal best 29” greenback.

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araming nagsasabi na aksaya lang ng panahon ang paggamit ng Facebook o ng kahit anupamang uri ng social media. Para sa akin, ang sentimyentong iyan ay galing lamang sa mga taong di marunong gumamit ng Internet technology o mga taong di alam kung paanong gamitin nang tama ang teknolohiyang ito.

Para sa taong hangad ay kaalaman, impormasyon, at ang maging bukas ang isipan sa mga pangyayari sa buong mundo, ang Internet, Facebook, o iba pang uri ng social media ay malaking tulong.

Ang Facebook o Internet ay para din lang naman tunay na kapaligiran—may mga masasamang tao, may mga manloloko, may mga mapagpanggap, may mga mapanglait, subalit meron din naming mga matatalino’t bukal ang kalooban, mababait, at ginagamit sa tama ang kanilang karunungan. Kaya kung ikaw ay mahilig gumamit ng Internet o

Facebook, siguraduhin mo lang na malakas ang iyong loob, magaling kang bumasa ng karakter ng isang tao kahit base lang sa paraan ng kanyang pagsusulat at paggamit ng mga salita, at uri ng mga isyu na kanyang tinatalakay at hilig na mapag-usapan.

Hindi ka dapat mapikon kung sakaling makaengkwentro ka ng mga mapang-asar at mapanglait ng kapwa. Isipin on a lang na hindi ka naman nila kayang saktan. At ang mga taong ganoon ay masasama ang ugali at meron din lang mga kakulangan at kahinaan na ikinukubli nila sa likod ng kanilang pagpapanggap.

Sa Madaling Salita Hindi masama o hindi aksaya ng panahon ang paggamit ng Facebook o ng iba pang aspeto ng Internet. Ito ay depende sa kung paano mo ito ginagamit.

Sa totoo lang e marami kang matututunan dito. Kailangan mo nga lang ng talas ng pag-iisip, tibay ng kalooban, at galing sa pagbasa ng karakter ng iyong mga nakakasalamuha.

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) signed at the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa today an Action Plan on Education Cooperation with the Canadian Bureau on International Education (CBIE) in a ceremony capping year-long discussions on a formal partnership to facilitate institution-to-institution links, among other objectives.

CHED Commissioner Minella Alarcon and Mr. George Khoury, Director for Membership of CBIE, finalized the Action Plan calling for two-way student and faculty exchanges, research collaboration between Philippine and Canadian universities, a dialogue on the recognition postsecondary credentials and related activities.

From 2015 to 2018, CHED and CBIE will work together to launch discipline-specific missions, foster faculty and student mobility, spur longdistance research collaboration, promote capacity building, and support the Philippines’ K-12/ Post-Secondary Transition Program.

The Action Plan comes on the heels of a CBIECHED Joint Statement, signed on 20 November 2014 by Commissioner Alarcon and CBIE President and CEO Karen McBride, on the sidelines of

the CBIE Annual Conference in Ottawa.

The Honorable Evan P. Garcia, Undersecretary for Policy of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Her Excellency Petronila P. Garcia, Philippine Ambassador to Canada, witnessed the signing of the Action Plan together with the Philippine delegation to the 2nd meeting of the PhilippinesCanada Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC).

“The CHED-CBIE took a very important step today in accelerating cooperation between Philippine and Canadian educational institutions by signing a Joint Statement and Action Plan. Heretofore, people-to-people ties between the Philippines and Canada

have been largely attributed to labor and immigration. We are certainly excited by the prospect of adding a new dimension to these human relations with the involvement of more students, teachers, researchers and education administrators. I thank CHED and CBIE for advancing our agenda on education cooperation,” Ambassador Garcia stated.

Commissioner Alarcon and CBIE’s George Khoury finalize a Plan of Action on Education Cooperation.

Commissioner Minella Alarcon and CBIE President and CEO Karen McBride sign a Joint Statement on Education Cooperation.

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level. Dale provides financial advise on personal budgeting and savings, loans, mortgages, and investments. Being fluent in Tagalog/ Filipino has helped expand his network and contacts; there are roughly 65,000 immigrants from the Philippines that live here in Winnipeg.

Dale started with RBC back in 2003 at the Corydon Village Branch as a parttime teller, moving to Ellice Centre as a Central Teller and finally moving to the Sargent and Sherbrook branch as an account manager and as of July 2014, Branch Manager. The best part of Dale's job is being humble and being able to relate to people from the community.

Dale remarked, "We are all given the same opportunity, with my job I can be there for families when they make those big life decisions like buying a house or going to school it really makes a difference when you can help people reach their goals."

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Alicia Rae Career Centre set to receive $205k Skills Link grant Investment to help Winnipeg youth develop skills and find jobs

Minister Jason Kenney and Lawrence Toet MP with staff and students from the Alecia Rae Career Centre.

Member of Parliament Lawrence Toet (Elmwood-Transcona), was joined by the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development Canada, to announce support that will equip young people in Winnipeg with the skills and work experience they need to get jobs.

The Alicia Rae Career Centre Inc. is receiving more than $205,000 from the federal Skills Link program to help youth facing barriers to employment get the skills and knowledge they need to find jobs. The Skills Link program is a part of the Government of Canada’s Youth Employment Strategy (YES),

which helps youth obtain career information, develop employment skills, and find jobs.

“For many young Canadians, making the transition to the job market can be a challenge, especially in today’s environment,” said MP Toet. “That’s why our Government continues to invest in organizations like the Alicia Rae Career Centre to connect young people with jobs and to new opportunities for personal and professional growth.”

Participants in the Youth Employment Network project will attend an 8 week interactive workshop along with 12 weeks of work experience to help them

develop job skills, while the Centre assists them in finding employment opportunities related to participants’ long-term career goals.

“Our Youth Employment Network Program, funded through the Skills Link program, not only helps prepare youth for the job market, but it also links them to viable long-term employment opportunities,” said Alicia Rae, Director of Alicia Rae Career Centre Inc. “With continued support from the federal government for over 15 years, we are able to help our young people develop the skills, knowledge, and work experience they need to maximize their potential and independence, while becoming contributing members of our community.”

Youth employment programs are part of the Government of Canada’s strategy to connect Canadians with available jobs.

Economic Action Plan 2013 introduced new measures to equip Canadians with the skills and training they need to fill skills shortages and succeed in the Canadian labour market. These include the Canada Job Grant, which invests in skills training for unemployed and underemployed Canadians, better ensuring they are qualified to fill the

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high-quality, well-paying jobs that are available. Economic Action Plan 2013 is also creating opportunities for apprentices and providing support to under-represented groups such as Canadians with disabilities, Aboriginal people, newcomers, and youth.

To learn more about Canada’s Economic Action Plan, visit actionplan.gc.ca.

The Government of Canada is helping youth plan their careers, learn new skills, and find jobs through enhanced online services available at youth.gc.ca.

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10 Haiyan (Yolanda) victims in UPVTC Receive Bursary from UPAA-MB

By Jeusa Raflores

UPAA-MB Inc. recently awarded a total of $2,297 or Php 92,117 to 10 students of the University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College or UPVTC as a bursary for their university education.

The top three recipients received $400 or Php 16,040 each and rest of the seven recipients received $148.14 or Php 5,940 each.

It is the first time that UPAAMB extended its bursary project to the Philippines and UPVTC was the chosen campus as it was among the hardest hit by the violent tropical cyclone or super typhoon Haiyan (local name Yolanda) which caused catastrophic destruction and ravaged several cities and caused over 6,000 lost lives in the Philippines.

Nine months after the storm, Jasper Aldous Salvador, a Freshman BS Computer Science student, one of the recipients, said “We would wake up everyday not knowing where to get money for school expenses like transportation fare, lunch and snacks, photocopying, etc.”

He further explained that his father who used to be the sole provider for his family passed away last year and with typhoon Haiyan destroying their home and source of family income, he said, “It has gotten harder and we are still unstable. “ The recipients of the bursary are mostly children of fish/ snack/food vendors, pedicab (a small pedal-operated vehicle, serving as a taxi) and habal-habal (motorcycle with an extended seat to accommodate more passengers in a row) drivers, a farmer, a security guard, a soldier; while some have deceased fathers. 70% of the recipients have homemaker mothers and 30% have mothers who are snack or food vendors.

10 Lives 10 Stories Chilet Mar Atok, (BA Social Sciences Political Science I) said, “My father is a “habal-habal” driver whose income depends on passengers. After super typhoon Yolanda, less and less people ride the “habal-habal” because they would rather walk to save the expense they would otherwise incur. This is bad news for our family because less passengers means less income for the family.

This makes it very difficult for

us to make ends meet especially because my mother had breast cancer and we have no financial capacity for her to undergo proper treatment.”

Meanwhile, Abegail Bacsal (BA Psychology I), shared “Typhoon Yolanda greatly damaged business industries which pushed the prices of goods to increase. This made it harder for my parents to provide for us especially when earning money was already very, very difficult.”

Razel Espedilla (BS Accountancy IV), also confirmed that the typhoon significantly affected their lives. “We are left with reduced income while confronted with the more expensive cost of living after the typhoon.” John Andrew Acala (BA Social Sciences Political Science I) added, “My family income is no longer enough to defray the growing expenses especially those relating to my studies.”

Sharmaine Joy Enales, (BA Social Sciences Poilitical Science IV – graduating) meanwhile, said, “Yolanda made it even harder for my mother raising six children in the absence of my father. We used to get a little income from a portion of my grandfather’s earnings from coconuts. Now, this source is gone because of the heavy devastation caused by the typhoon.”

Carolyn Pestilos (BS Management I) another recipient revealed, “My father is a food vendor at LNHS canteen. He used to sell snacks such as camote / banana cue and fruits such as Indian mango, rambutan, santol, etc. Since the agricultural sector was devastated by the Typhoon Yolanda, these commodities have become temporarily unavailable.”

Wendell Saucelo, (BS Management II) meanwhile shared how the disaster affected them especially his mom. “It’s very hard because we had many concerns to attend to after the disaster and my mother had a mental health condition that needed attention. We had to seek help outside Tacloban since we couldn’t find adequate facilities in the city.”

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also shared, “Our family earnings come only from the income my mother gets from selling banana cue as my father’s disability makes him incapacitated. Our already fragile situation worsened due to typhoon Yolanda. It was more difficult to buy bananas due to high market prices.”

Jojo Pabunan, (BA Social Sciences Economics IV) meanwhile tries to remain positive, “Despite all the things the typhoon brought, we remained optimistic. The catastrophic event eventually encouraged us in the family to make every moment meaningful. It deepened our emotional and spiritual ties.

Jasper Aldous Abesamis, (BS Computer Science I) also committed not to waste the opportunity. He said that the bursary “will be another inspiration for me. I will surely be more hard-working and will put all my attention to all my priorities in school…Surpassing my limits if I need to, I will finish any school activity or class requirement assigned to me before its deadline. Rest assured that the financial support not be squandered, misspend, or misused — every single centavo shall be spent wisely and right.”

The bursary for these 10 recipients was made possible through the efforts of UPAAMB, Inc. especially the Fundraising Committee which held a Breakfast fundraiser and the Bursary Committee which communicated and organized the bursary process with UP Tacloban Office of Student Affairs.

“The bursary project is a good mechanism to give back to our alma mater,” Arwin Chua, Bursary Committee head said. *UPAA-MB, Inc. would like to thank the generous support of individual and corporate sponsors, and families and friends of UPAA-MB members who supported the Fundraiser.

Gratitude is also extended to Professor Zenia Mariveles, Coordinator of UPVTC Office of Student Affairs; Dr. Anita Cular, UPVTC Dean, who facilitated the bursary process; and I-Remit which waived fees ($60) for five transactions of the bursary remittance

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Horoscope Get down to work early on and plan to cross off the biggest items on your to-do-list. After that you’ll be less eager to tackle complex jobs that demand attention to detail. This is your opportunity to make new friends and mix and mingle in general.

Thoughts about security may act as a catalyst to get you thinking about how to earn more money. You may have a strong urge to start a business or expand on what you already own. You may decide to pool your resources and talents with those of someone else, increasing your chances of success.

Christmas time gets off to a fabulous start for you - your social life is a blur of activity! You may not have much time to relax, especially if others place demands on your time. You’re also in your element of networking and connecting with many people.

This could be one of the happiest times of the year for you, with a chance to make new friends and perhaps find love.

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A down-to-earth aspect can help you plan ahead for the festivities or encourage you and a significant other to think about a vacation. You may be marching to a different tune, but it helps to avoid alienating your banker. Keep others in the loop and don’t give in to the impulse to buy more than you can afford.

E-mails, letters, and phone calls could keep you busy answering messages. You may be in a hurry to get cards and presents in the mail, adding to your list of work. A desire to connect with friends from near and far and see what they’re up to over the coming weeks could result in making plans. Your focus tends more to pleasure and fun times. You’ll want to let your creative side out, too.

Get everyday tasks sorted out as soon as possible and then work on organizing your holiday agenda. You’ll be ready for some fun! Romantic options look superb, with every indication that a love adventure is coming to you. This is a good time to treat your partner to a special date. Fortunately, with so many social options it’s unlikely you’ll have to.

You seem to have taken the holiday season to heart, especially when it comes to buying gifts and enhancing the feel-good factor. However, to avoid feeling the pinch later, create a budget before you spend your first cent. Set limits and stay in control. If anyone asks you what you want for Christmas, it will probably be a gadget. You can’t get enough of them, especially if they save you time.

A focus on your home zone means you’ll be busy removing mess, cleaning up your place, and getting everything ready for an extravaganza. Unexpected guests might start to arrive, and your extended family could show up, too. If things get too hectic, get some rest and alone time. If you schedule in periods of quiet, you’ll find solutions to problems and discover creative ideas you can play with.

Fun seems to take the place of work, encouraging you to kick back and enjoy the many social opportunities coming your way. You seem to be in an adventurous mood and willing to take a gamble with an idea or plan. Travel and the chance to expand your horizons may also set you thinking of ways to escape from routine.

A desire to volunteer at a charity function may keep you busy. You could be motivated to sacrifice your own enjoyment to give a hand to others in need. Your generosity will come back to you, though this might be the last thing on your mind.

The holiday season gets off to a sociable start. You’ll have no shortage of kisses under the mistletoe, as the week hints that an instant attraction or the potential to make a new friend who seems to support your ideas and ideals.

The lineup in your career sector highlights important goals and key ambitions. If you’ve dreamed of expanding your options, reach out to others who can share their experiences and general knowledge. You may find your intuitive awareness ratchets up, helping you make almost immediate decisions and come up with ideas with creative potential.

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A Lantern of Hope and Love

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by Gemma Dalayoan

osing for picture-taking and standing 5’8’’tall with a long black hair, and very beautiful oval face, 30 years old Aura Catherine Langas Guevara smiled with pride as she held her prize- winning, blue and silver lantern that won second prize in the Parol Contest held on November 2, 2014 at the Garden City Court. When asked how she made the Nativity Scene that was placed meticulously in the middle of her lantern, she explained. “I had to use several shades of nail polish to paint it.” Colours used for the cover of the star lantern made of bamboo frame were predominantly blue and silver with some tints of other colours to accentuate its attractiveness.

When queried why she had used blue, she countered, “ because blue signifies peace and hope.” Then she smiled. Aida Champagne, president of the Filipino Seniors Group and the Manitoba Filipino Street Festival, as well as Chairperson of the Lantern Festival, also added, “ yes it is also a lantern of love.

For Aura, it is a guiding light to serve as an inspiration for her not to lose hope that someday she would get better and conquer her life- threatening illness.”

Aura is a cancer-stricken mother of 3 children; two girls ages 6 and 5 and a 1 year old boy.

She is married to a “very kind and

supportive husband,” Ernesto, a nurse in Carman, Manitoba who arrived in 2009. He was formerly a doctor in the Philippines. Aura said, “ I have a rare cancer that travels in the blood.” She had no qualms about describing how she felt as a cancer patient. Her face didn’t show any sign of fear, and her voice didn’t have even a slightest quiver as she described her ordeal undergoing chemotherapy at St. Boniface Hospital almost every week. She said,” I have a very high tolerance for pain.” The thought that she has 3 young children and very supportive, kind husband gives her the strength and courage to face the challenges she faces as she undergoes intensive treatment almost every week for her cancer.

To deviate her attention from her debilitating disease, she indulges in arts and crafts, especially now that the festive season is around us.

Aura’s passion and inclination towards artistic endeavours have started ever since she was a child. She recalled,” I never had a birthday cake when growing up, so I learned how to bake and decorate it.” As a child she was very shy; thus, she buried herself in creating something beautiful. Although mostly alone doing her baking, arts, and crafts, she felt happy. It was through her love for the arts and crafts that

Her passion for the arts and crafts will strongly sustain Aura as she fights hard to banish her life-threatening illness, and as she looks at her prize-winning star or she developed a strong and special “parol”, it will guide and instill bond with her father who is very hope in her quest for wellness supportive of what she does. In fact, the two them, while in the Philippines, always competed in art shows and would win prizes to the delight of her mother and siblings. Her father and she again competed together at the LanternMaking Contest in Garden City.

Although a nurse by training, when questioned about what she wants to do now in Canada, she had no hesitation in answering,” I want to paint and indulge more in arts and crafts.” Her desire was fulfilled when Michael Arts hired her as an instructor in decorating pieces of cake using the Wilton Method.

for the sake of her loved ones, especially her 3 children and husband. She would remember and relate that it was the star of Bethelem that led the three kings to the birthplace of Jesus Christ, the healer and saviour of mankind.

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JS Furniture Gallery fundraising benefits St. Amant Centre and A Port in the Storm

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ith the wine hosted to bring cheers to the guests, and the hot food ready for the taking, the management of the JS Furniture Gallery, led by John and Maria Lita Salgueiro and John Lopes warmly welcomed the donors and guests at the Annual Wine and Cheese event held at the furniture store, thus benefiting St. Amant Centre and A Port in the Storm respectively.

"This special fund raising event focuses our charitable initiative to raise fund for St. Amant Centre and A Port in the Storm, two organizations that have been serving the Manitobans for many years. Myself, my wife Maria Lita and John Lopes, together with our staff and donors, have collaborated to make this event successful. And at the same time, we want to give back something to the community as our gesture for our 40th anniversary celebration," says John Salgueiro, President of JS Furniture Gallery.

The two organizations, namely, St. Amant Centre is a comprehensive resource for Manitobans with developmental disabilities and autism. This is a not-for profit organization that offers a wide range of programs and services to support individuals and families;on the other hand, A Port in the Storm at St. Boniface serves rural and northern adults who require treatments in Winnipeg, furthermore, it provides a safe,

supported and affordable homelike environment for these patients and their families. Both organizations accept donations.

At the annual cheese and wine, Patricia Benjaminson, President and Chairperson of A Port in the Storm, addressed the donors and guests; and John Lopes spoke on behalf of Juliet Mucha, fund raising executive of St. Amant Centre.

The guests include former Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz, Paulo

and Maria Cabral, Portuguese consulate officer, John Leggot, CEO St. Amant Centre, Joe Palleta of Clarion and Holiday Inn (Ellice), Councillor Russ Wyatt, Ron Cantiveros, CEO & Publisher, Filipino Journal,; Randy Viray, Viray Financial; Dale Moldenhauer, President, GFS; Dr. Ramjiawan, St. Boniface Research Foundation, Husnie Zeid, Food Fare, Martin Khan, MK Global, Lori Marquette, Marguette Homes, and others.

"We would like to thank our partners in the success of this gathering and their continued support, " says John Lopes, Vice-

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President of JS Furniture Gallery.

The donors include Food Fare, Boulevard Hotel, Holiday Inn (Ellice), Carlos Alfonso Wines, Wett Sales, Portuguese Association, MK Global, W.A. Print, Gordon Food Services and Bel-Ayre Rentals.

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OODLE FIGHT! It's not a feast, it's a BOODLE FIGHT! BOODLE FIGHT! Jeepney Restaurant is featuring the LE FIGHT! BOODLE FIGHT! Christmas Boodle Fight in December BOODLE FIGHT! T LE FIGHT! BOODLE FIGHT! OODLE FIGHT! FIGHT!

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he Boodle Fight is a Philippine Military Academy tradition where cadets would gather around a long table full of food and rice is spread over banana leaves and eaten with bare hands. It's a free for all as cadets attack the food until it's all gone.

Jeepney Restaurant and chefs Nelson Olegario and Albert Lalu are bringing the Philippine Boodle Fight tradition to Winnipeg this Christmas.

The Christmas Boodle Fight is piled with popular Filipino food specialities that include lumpiang shanghai, grilled liempo, grilled bangus and crispy pata. The bowl of soup in the middle of the Boodle Fight can be a choice of sinigang, kaldereta or kare-kare. Accompanying side dishes include ensaladang pipino and mangga and salted eggs. Hiding below all these Filipino specialities is a bed of Jeepney's own sisig rice. The entire Christmas Boodle offering is good for 5-6 people and as we found out, there's more than enough sisig rice and ulam to feed a small army of 8-9 family and friends.

The Christmas Boodle Fight is being offered during the Christmas season in recognition of friends and

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family gathering around food in a fun and festive way. Eating with food your hands (kamayan) on imported banana leaves is the fun part of the Filipino eating experience during the Boodle Fight.

Jeepney Restaurant open earlier this year in February. The chefs behind Jeepney Restaurant are Nelson Olegario and Albert Lalu and both chefs bring decades of culinary experience from Manila and around the world. Chef Nelson has over 20 years of experience including working on five luxury cruise ships and is also the chef at Dalton at the Best Western Winnipeg Airport. Chef Albert has culinary school experience from Manila, studied charcuterie and bread baking at the French Culinary Institute and also is the 1st Cook at the Delta Hotel Winnipeg.

The popular dishes at Jeepney include sisig, deconstructed beef ribs, sinigang, roasted pork belly with adobo glaze and their dessert specialty, leche flan turon.

Reservations are recommended for parties looking to indulge in the Christmas Boodle Fight.

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All the Buzz

Derick Ramos

high school to join the culinary arts program. In their last intake, nine out of the ten students from off the street were Filipino. Two cousins, Ana Mary Enriquez and Jessa Carmina Enriquez, came to Canada in 2012 and are now developing their skills in the program for a possible career in the restaurant industry. The program has shown them the proper way to do tasks such as cutting food properly, measuring accurately and cooking the right way. Prior to their acceptance in the program, the two had little to no experience in the kitchen but hope they can translate their experience into another opportunity.

"Just at home," Jessa said in reference to her experience

in the kitchen. "What's next?

Apprenticeship, hopefully".

Café Hornet has set the bar for what cafeteria food could be and the culinary arts program has opened the door to students like Ana Mary and Jessa Enriquez giving them a chance to develop their skills in the kitchen. Maybe one day, they will be running their own kitchen serving up their own take on popular dishes.

Ana Mary Enriquez and Jessa Carmina Enriquez.

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here's been a buzz coming out of the cafeteria of Tec Voc high school.

The culinary arts program has been cooking up a storm at Café Hornet and helping students get on the right track to a future career in the kitchen. With a high contingent of students being Filipino, it was only a matter of time before they offered Filipino cuisine serving up the likes of lengua, longanisa, and tocino. The food isn't the only thing being churned out by the program. Future Filipino chefs with aspirations to be the next Gordon Ramsay get a chance to prepare themselves as the program gives credit towards the first year at a culinary arts program in college.

Jerome Castro went to Tec Voc seven years ago and even since his high school days, the culinary arts program has been helping out future chefs. He now finds himself as the educational assistant of the program and runs the Twitter and Instagram accounts for Café Hornet. He says that Café Hornet is like any other restaurant serving different menu items in a fast paced environment.

"The atmosphere changes," Castro states. "It depends on how busy we are. It can be really laid back or can be really busy like today."

Aside from the high school students that take the course, Tec Voc allows people outside the

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Sino ba ang No. 1? IKAW!

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he 23rd IKAW FREE Community Basketball for kids 2014-2015 unfurled on September 30, 2014 and will run through to January 2015 with a total of 15 teams. The Open (youth and adults) commenced on November 23, 2014 and will run through to May 2015 with a total of 26 teams between Divisions: Open, 35+ and 45+ with games scheduled every Sunday at Tec Voc High School.

The Open division consists of 10 teams: Redstar, Pimp My Rice, Dizkarils, MCI Warriors, Marada Monster, Eastern Chrysler, Air Winnipeg, Richmond, Arayat and Goodfellas. We are expecting 10 teams for the 35 and over division and 6 teams for the 45 and over division.

Ikaw is so proud to be the longest running and most affordable league for youth and adults.

Special thanks to our sponsors, namely: Rincon Guayabitos, Mexico Tonita 1 Restaurant and Bar, Mateja Bar and Grill, Rayo del Sol Bungalow, Mr. and Mrs. David Garcia, Dr. Abimael Fernandez, Barb and Harold Rathgaber, Freddy and Malena of Guayabitos Mexico, Chapel Lawn Memorial Garden, Mr. and Mrs. Elmo and Cecil Lavador, Mr. and Mrs. Bhoy Gali, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Jularbal, Mr. and Mrs. Rod Domingo, Mr. and Mrs. Romy Ominga, Harval Sportswear, SPC Cleaning, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Laforteza, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Garcia, Mr. and Mrs. Dondy Lagunay, Mr. Larry Guiterrez and family, Licensed Insurance Broker Jerwin Medina, Real Estate Frank

Zappia Group, Real Estate Eric Orbeta, Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Buduan, Glenn/Ferds/John Medina of Redstar&Chong, Mr. and Mrs. Jojo Cerdon, Cindy Klassen Recreation Complex Managers and Staff, Army-Navy Legion on Empress, Tom and Gord, Myrna’s Café, Corazon Jewellers, Gelyn’s, Pasalubong, Emerald Palace, Marigold Ellice, Cathay House, Green Hills Realty, Harvey Smith, MP Kevin Lamoureux, Councillor Mike Pagtakhan and new Mayor Brian Bowman.

Special thanks to all IKAW Volunteers and Executive Committee members, namely: Dondy Lagunay, Phil Jularbal, Rod Domingo, Bhoy Gali, Bong Rafael, Jojo Cerdon, Obet Quirante, Elmer Tolentino, Larry Guiterrez and Boyet Carungcong.

IKAW Trusted Marketing Executive are: Phil Jularbal, Rod Domingo, Buddy Raquid, Sonny Cestina, Billy Abad, Larry Guiterrez and Mila Lagunay.

Our vision is to promote team sports, strengthen and motivate individuals to play our national sport of basketball; and to lead and be good examples and role models to both young and older athletes in the community.

Very special thanks to all who supported and voted for IKAW Commissioner Jerry Medina. So many names to mention… it was very close, and lost by only 90 votes, a very strong second with 2108 total votes vs 2198 votes for successful candidate. Jerry is now licensed for the commission for oaths as well as a marriage commissioner.

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For more details please contact IKAW Commissioner Jerry Medina at (204)795-1792 or visit us on Facebook: IKAW Winnipeg.

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Member Profile Sherilyn Andres-Daquis Owner, Maples Physiotherapy Clinic

About Maples Physiotherapy Clinic Merle MacAulay, Executive Director of Manitoba Physiotherapy Association, originally encouraged Sherilyn to open a home-based business catering to people who were not capable of going to clinics for physiotherapy treatments. It was at that point Sherilyn decided to open Maples InHome Physiotherapy.

Maples In-Home Physiotherapy evolved and was functional for a year before it transitioned to Maples Physiotherapy Clinic on Kingsbury Avenue. The clinic started with one physiotherapist and two volunteer staff members.

Three years later, the clinic is now fully functional with four physiotherapists, five support staff and three staff volunteers.

The business originally focused on serving the Filipino community, and now serves different communities (Caucasians and other ethnic groups) with various conditions.

All staff members at Maples Physiotherapy Clinic are bilingual, offering services in English, Filipino, Cantonese, Vietnamese, and soon Punjab/Hindi. Every service is done with care and passion, conducted by knowledgeable staff. Their services are unique because they use all modalities needed and prescribe necessary exercises and equipment.

Two or three years from now, Sherilyn envisions buying property to expand the treatment areas to offer exercise classes, personal training and health education.

The clinic does not only cater to patients. They welcome newcomers who are interested in volunteering and gaining work experience. This is extremely beneficial for foreigntrained physiotherapists. Currently, they successfully guided one volunteer to pass written examinations, with two more volunteers scheduled to complete their exams in December. One support staff is also currently enrolled in massage therapy school.

“I never stop learning,” said Sherilyn.

“I am taking exams for my personal trainer certification, and will enroll at the University of Alberta for my Chronic Pain Management Diploma. I’m developing my skills and knowledge to serve my clients and community better and encourage youth to learn and explore new opportunities.”

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All attendees are asked to bring a nonperishable food item for donation.

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