The Philippine Reporter turns 32

The Philippine Reporter turns 32

The Philippine Reporter staff and journalist colleagues at the 30th anniversary event in 2019 held at Rembrandt Banquet Hall in Scarborough, Ontario.

THE PHILIPPINE REPORTER turns 32 this month, March 2021, and enters its 33rd year of uninterrupted publication as a twice-a-month newspaper covering news that matter and fearless views on the life and times of Filipinos in Canada and the Philippines.

Its print issues now reach readers in a number of cities and rural areas in Ontario as well as other provinces and territories, among them, British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec, Manitoba, and Yukon Territory.

The paper also maintains an online edition which can be accessed anywhere in the world with internet connection.

The Philippine Reporter has the distinction of being the only community paper with its entire print-run archived at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto Libraries, for the use of present and future generations.

On this page are the photos taken during its 20th, 25th, 28th and 30th anniversary events and the presentation of issues of the paper for archiving at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.

The Reporter staff celebrate the publication’s 28th anniversary in 2017 at Wah Sing restaurant in Toronto.

TPR staff, family and friends gather onstage for the 25th anniversary cake candle-blowing.

The Philippine Reporter staff and their families with then Toronto Mayor David Miller during the 20th anniversary celebration in 2009 in Vaughan, Ontario.

The Philippine Reporter’s 25-year collection of its print edition was donated (for archiving) to Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library (University of Toronto Libraries). From left: Leslie Gesell, Mila Astorga-Garcia, Anne Dondertman (Director, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library), Hermie Garcia and Norman Garcia. (Succeeding issues continue to be archived)
(PHOTO: JOHN SHOESMITH)