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Top 7 Filipino Christmas traditions

Filipinos celebrate the longest Christmas season in the ...

April 1 - 15, 2019

Editorial: Making history
In the Philippines, general elections are taking place mid-way into the current Duterte administration in May, and ballots for overseas voting have been mailed to every registered voter residing elsewhere in the world. Campaign period has started in the Philippines with hundreds of candidates belonging to over a hundred political parties tirelessly travelling to every nook and cranny to convince voters to vote for them. Read more

Christmas Belen tradition brings Baby Jesus to Vancouver homes

When I was growing up in the Philippines, our family did not have a Christmas tree during the ...

Around the world with the Philippine national hero through Sentro Rizal

Named after the Philippine national hero, Jose Rizal, Sentro Rizal (Rizal Centre) was established by Republic Act 10066 or the National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009 to promote Philippine arts, ...

Kababayang Pilipino top bills Vancouver’s Scotiabank Dance Centre Open House

Vancouver-based Kababayang Pilipino of British Columbia headlines this year’s Scotiabank Dance Centre Open House on September 15 with a special hour-long matinee performance at 2 ...

British Columbia’s Delta Parish adopts Filipino religious tradition of Salubong

(Editor’s note: Since our April 1-15 edition is coming out on Easter Sunday, Canadian Filipino Net wishes to greet our readers A Happy Easter with an article about the observance of Holy Week by ...

Philippine Christmas: The fiesta of all fiestas

“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” Norman Vincent ...

Philippine Consulates General and Embassy in Canada gear up toward 2019 Winter Escapade

Now on its sixth year, the Winter Escapade Tour will highlight the culture, heritage and history of Batangas and the natural beauty of El Nido in ...

Filipino-focused school curriculum goes mainstream in Toronto

It’s called the Philippine Arts and Social Sciences in the Ontario Curriculum, or Passoc for short. For Filipino ears, Passoc sounds like the Tagalog word pasok, which means ‘to enter’, and ...

Lent Season in Manila Starts with Bonfire in Church Courtyard

The 40-day period of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday with 1.2 billion Catholics around the world observing the season which culminates in Easter ...

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