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YEAR 12, No. 8 FEBRUARY 2009 Home Paper of the 1999 Canadian Ethnic Journalists’ and Writers’ Club Winner for Best Editorial Toronto, Ontario
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HOPE REIGNS
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FOR CANCER-ILL CAREGIVER CELIA MANSIBANG
FOR CANCER-ILL CAREGIVER CELIA MANSIBANG
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When live-in caregiver Celia Vinasoy Mansibang came to work in Canada inSeptember, 2004, she had a string of wishes: physical, moral and spiritual strength;enough earnings; permanent residency and citizenship; and a happy reunion withhusband William Mallillin and children Vincent and La Sandra on Canadian soil.Today, Celia hangs on to those wishes. Under entirely different circumstances, shehopes for:
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A Divine miracle to survive stomach cancer. Medical tests sadly said she had lessthan six months to live.
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Generous hands to help her pay some $17,000 in hospital bills.
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A change of heart by officials who blocked her application for permanent stayafter knowing of Celia’s illness in January; though earlier, Celia was declared “Land-ed Immigrant by Principle”. Celia also lost her Ontario health insurance coverage.
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The presence of William, Vincent and La Sandra; her mother and sisters Eloisa,Chona and Michelle to have by her side and to hold and cherish for a lifetime.
Teacher turned nanny
Celia, 46, is a native of Isa-bela province in the Philippines.She used to be a teacher back home but dire economic straitsmade her decide to leave her fam-ily and work in Hong Kong as a
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domestic for 12 years.Celia helped siblings Eloisaand Chona to get nanny jobs inHong Kong.Eloisa later got into Canadathrough the Live-in CaregiverProgram (LCP) and helped sistersChona and Michelle through theLCP. They, in turn, assisted Celiato join them.But before she got her Cana-dian working visa, Celia had toundergo nasopharyngal treatment,
By BUTCH DG. GALICIA
MISSISSAUGA
- TheKalayaan Cultural CommunityCentre (KCCC) has received a$25,000 federal grant to fundthe center’s Happy Seniors fora Happy Community project.Consolacion “MamaChing” Quejas, KCCCpresident, said she expectedseniors and the youth alike“will enjoy the project.”The grant, Quejas said,was given through the federalgovernment’s New Horizonsfor Seniors Program underits new focus, CommunityParticipation and Leadership
KCCC gets$25K grant
MAMA CHING QUEJAS
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OTTAWA
- U.S. Presi-dent Barack Obama andCanada Prime Minister Ste-phen Harper have agreedto jointly work on effortsresponsive to issues impact-ing on the mutual interestsof both countries.The agreement wasmade in a meeting betweenObama and Harper at Par-liament Hill, during the for-mer’s whirlwind workingvisit to Canada, Obama’sfirst foreign trip since beinginstalled to the White Houseon Jan. 20.In remarks, Obama said:“I value our strategic part-nership with Canada andlook forward to workingclosely with the Prime Min-ister to address the globaleconomic recession andcreate jobs, to protect ourenvironment through pro-moting clean energy tech-nologies, and achieve ourshared goals in respondingto international securitychallenges.”“The President and Iagree that both our coun-tries must take immediateaction to restore economicgrowth by lowering taxes,ensuring access to creditand unleashing spendingthat stimulates economicgrowth. We also agreed tostrengthen our cooperationin the areas of environmen-tal protection and global se-curity,” Harper said.
Economic growth
Both world leaders dis-cussed their respective eco-nomic recovery plans andtheir focus on saving andcreating jobs.They also talked aboutcommon challenges theyfaced, including:
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The restructuring of the North American autosector.
US President BARACK OBAMA & Canada Prime Minister STEPHEN HARPER
Obama, Harper vow to work  jointly on mutual issues
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Five-year old Katarina Mangrobang, her parents and kin pose with ImeldaPapa, Philippine Choral Society of Mississauga (PCSM) musical director, andPCSM members at a thanksgiving get-together for the $4,212.72 the choralgroup donated to help Katarina with her medical expenses. The amount wasraised during PCSM’s concert
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on Dec. 6, 2008. A second concertfor the benefit of the Kalayaan Cultural Community Centre (KCCC) raised$6,076.46. A plaque will be installed on the KCCC Donors’ Wall in apprecia-tion of the donation.
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PCSM donations go to sick baby, KCCC
A Filipino Canadian expert ininternational business will speak before members of the CanadianEthnic Media Association(CEMA) on March 5 at 6:45p.m., at the Majestic Boardroom,
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, 545 LakeshoreBoulevard in Toronto.Forte Gerardo will talk aboutunderstanding traditions, corevalues and managing cross-culturalrelations as imperative tools forenhancing ef 
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ciency andhuman productivity.Gerardo is managingdirector of an Aurora,Ontario-based tradingcompany that supplies theinternational market withspecialty
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ne and securitypapers, among otherinnovative products.CEMA president AceAlvarez said Gerardo’s talk 
Filipino trade expert to address CEMA
before CEMA membersis aimed at improving theskills of the diverse businesscommunities in Canada in theconduct of their businessesacross the globe throughtheir respective communityprint, radio, television andthe internet composing thisCanadian premier ethnicmedia organization.Alvarez said that to his
GERARDO
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rst time that a FilipinoCanadian will address thegroup.Gerardo, who was aUNESCO scholarshipgrantee in inter-culturalrelations and UNCTADtrainee in trade promotion,has gained a full generationof experience in tradePhilippine Consul Gen-eral in Toronto AlejandroMosquera has called oncompatriots to register un-der the Overseas AbsenteeVoting (OAV) law to be ableto cast their ballots for theMay 10, 2010 presidentialelections.Mosquera said the listupresumed at the consulateat 161 Eglinton Ave. East,Suite 800, downtown Toron-to. The registration began onFeb. 1 and would go on untilAug. 31.OAV registrations areongoing in Philippine diplo-matic posts across Canada.Mos-querasaidOAVregis-trantsshouldbe Filipi-nos anddual citi-
Overseas absentee voting listup ongoing
MOSQUERA
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zens, at least 18 years old onthe day of the elections andnot disqualified by law.They are allowed to votefor the President, Vice-Presi-dent, 12 Senators and Party-List Representatives.Mosquera said the vot-ing would be from April 10,2010 until 3 p.m. (Philippinetime) of May 10, 2010.He advised registrants tobring their Philippine pass-port when registering.Dual citizens have topresent the original copy of their Oath of Allegiance andOrder of Approval or Iden-tification Certificate.
Synchronization
The Philippine Commis-sion on Elections (Comelec)asked the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to useits data capturing machinesin about 40 diplomatic postsfor OAV registration. TheFunding.The seniors’ project,which would run for ayear, “will showcase theirartistic and musical talents;highlight their skills, wisdomand experience; encouragevalues transfer through peersupport, mentoring andinter-generational sharing.”Some of the activitiesincluded:
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Organizing a multi-dimensional musical playwhere seniors and the youthcould celebrate music andthe arts while contributingto the cultural developmentof the community;
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Conducting dialogues,seminars and workshops thatpromote meaningful learningand social experience; thatincrease seniors’ knowledgeand awareness of criticalsocial issues that affectthem;
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Going on seniors’weekend get-aways wherethey could share and learnabout each other’s day today lives and thus learnand develop coping skillswhile appreciating natureand working together andmentoring each other.
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KCCC gets $15K grant
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