VANCOUVER, British Colum­bia — Here is an intelligent pre­sentation of the side by those advocating for the creation of “Pinoy Town” on Fraser Street led by Filipino-Canadian artist and event organizer Jojo Quimpo shared to us by Reyfort Media Group chairman Rey Fortaleza. Quimpo, a native of “Ati-Atihan Festival” province of Aklan in the Philippines, disagreed with Mul­ticultural Helping House Society (MHHS) president Tomas “Taytay Tom” Avendano and Filipino Zo­diac Circle of British Columbia former president Nemecio “Mang Nemy” Cepeda Sr. who called the move to create the “Pinoy Town” as “divisive” and “lacking the prop­er study and consultation with the Filipino-Canadian community.” Here’s Quimpo’s side of the issue: “I watched Balitang Canada news and also read the article in PNT newspaper entitled ‘Pinoy Town idea divides community’.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Although most of them have been living in Canada for the past 20 to 30 years now, some Filipino-Canadians are very much aware of showbiz and political events in their native land in the Philippines; they are shoo-in in every no-holds-barred discussion about current events involving sports, entertainment, business, and political figures.

RICHMOND, British Columbia -- Executives of the UnionBank of the Philippines led by President and Chief Operating Officer Victor B. Valdepenas and Executive Vice President Genaro V. Lapez flexed their corporate muscles before leaders of the Filipino-Canadian community in British Columbia in a conference at the River Rock Hotel last January 10 even as they reiterated the bank’s corpo­rate vision and achievements in information technology.

The Filipino Channel (TFC), the leading Filipino channel worldwide, proudly announces the exceptional feat of its top Re­gional Dealer in Canada, Ms. Au­rora Cajucom in the recent ABS­CBN Global Dealer Excellence Awards. Ms. Cajucom bested other regional winners from the US, Middle East, Europe, Asia Pa­cific region and Japan to emerge as the Global Dealer of the Year. She also bagged the Most Pas­sionate Dealer and Best in Global IPTV Sales awards.