Markham Federation of Filipino Canadians All over Toronto, the enthusiasm was electric! The overall tone of the crowd was excitement – the venue, food, smells, event, performances. You can sense that everyone is anticipating what’s to come as they all venture into different stalls, see different things, smell the wonderful food around them and the ⇒

TORONTO–For the first time in it’s 47-year history in Toronto, the Caribana, billed as “an explosion of Caribbean cuisine, music, revelry, as well as, visual and performing arts”, had an Ati-Atihan group from the Philippines dancing behind the Panmasters Steel Orchestra as they played Caribbean music during the Caribana Grand Parade held August 2, 2014. ⇒

FILIPINO-CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF BRANTFORD MARK By Rachelle Abubo-Szenkowski BRANTFORD, ON–In the early evening of July 2, it was all about folk dancing and devouring traditional Filipino food as Filipino Canadian Association of Brantford (FCAB) celebrated its fifth annual Brantford International Villages. The four-day summer festival started as a salute to the 100th anniversary of the ⇒

FILCORE’s Miss Caregiver was held at Centre for the Arts of Saint Michael’s College School on July 5, 2014.

BARRIE, ONTARIO By Michelle Chermaine Ramos Barrie Fiesta Foods held a successful grand opening on July 12th 2014 at 304B Dunlop St. West Unit 4 to serve the Filipino community in Barrie. The store owned by award-winning artist Teody Asuncion, Cecile Asuncion and Fhe Landicho was officially opened to the public by Consul General Junever ⇒

Installation of Officers District Deputy SK Wilfred Gomez, PGK, PFN DD, installed the 2014-2015 officers of the Prince of Peace Council # 9144 in the Prince of Peace Church in Scarborough. The officer installed are: Grand Knight SK Keith Coutinho, SK Greg Saldanha, DGK, SK Jaime Marasigan, Chancellor; Bro. Rommel Acayan, Financial Secretary; SK Andrew ⇒

Nathan Phillips Square, June 15, 2014 PHOTOS: ARIEL RAMOS

By Michelle Chermaine Ramos Independence Day celebrations were in full swing as an excited crowd of friends, fans and diplomats gathered at the opening of the Philippine Artists Group of Canada’s 26th anniversary exhibition at the Neilson Park Creative Centre on Saturday June 7th 2014. The show titled The Next Quarter, in reference to the ⇒