March 14, 2025 – When Mark Carnet was sworn in as Canada’s 24^th Prime Minister on March 14, his new slimmed-down Cabinet of 23, (compared to Justine Trudeau’s former cabinet of 37) included Rechie Valdez as Government Whip.

[Editor’s Note: Dr. Rey Pagtakhan – a retired physician, professor and parliamentarian – was  in Kiev as one of three Members of Parliament on the Canadian Parliamentary delegation that monitored the 1991 referendum-vote on Ukrainian independence. Subsequently, he served as a preceptor (1992-1999) to successive Ukrainian parliamentary interns under the Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Program. He had earlier written for CFNet on Putin’s act of war against Ukraine (March 1, 2022;  March 16, 2022; April 1, 2022; April 16, 2022; March 1, 2025)].

March 16, 2025 - Toronto-based not-for-profit Integrated Filipino Canadian Nurses Association (IFCNA) recently inked a memorandum of agreement with the Philippines’ Quirino Memorial Medical Center (QMMC) in Quezon City to provide a clinical enhancement program allowing Filipino nurses based in Canada the opportunity to receive training as recognized by the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO). 

March 16, 2025 - Canada and the Philippines recently concluded a visiting forces agreement that will allow military forces of both countries to train in each other’s territories. 

March 16, 2025 — Although Canada is cutting overall immigration numbers, the country is welcoming people with specific skills to meet its labour needs.

March 16, 2025 — Like thousands of women from the Philippines, Lina Vargas came to Canada to work as a caregiver.

March 1, 2025 -  Hours before dawn on February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, sending a series of ballistic missiles and long-range artillery via air, land and sea from three directions and targeting multiple locations in the whole of the country, including around the capital city of Kiev. Thus started Putin’s Act of War in Ukraine.

March 1, 2025 - The Vancouver premiere of the documentary Ahon delves into a Filipino Canadian mountaineering club and its members breaking barriers as  immigrants trying to make a life in Canada. Ahon had its sole in-person run on February 26 but continues to be available online until March 23 as part of this year’s Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF).

March 1, 2925 – What does it mean to belong?

March 1, 2025 — Canada is set to open new programs granting permanent residence on arrival to caregivers from the Philippines and other countries.

March 1, 2025 — Life is good for many Filipinos in Canada.

February 16, 2025 - In a show of solidarity, Canada’s warship HMCS Ottawa and the Philippine Navy’s BRP Andres Bonifacio frigate sailed side by side in the 7th multilateral maritime exercise in the West Philippine Sea on February 12.

February 16, 2025 — Many look forward to retirement as a time to savour the fruits of long years of working.

February 16, 2025: Canada just celebrated the 60^th Anniversary – the Diamond Jubilee - of its national flag with its simple yet stylish design – a maple leaf (the floral emblem of the country) set in Canada’s two official colors of red and white. 

February 4, 2025 – This is an appeal to the one-million-strong Filipino community in Canada today and millions of overseas Filipinos all over the world who read our newsmagazine.