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A beauty from Leyte, Michelle Angelique Veloso, is one of the candidates in the Miss Philippines Canada 2013.

The pageant is an undertaking of the Philippine Canadian Charitable Foundation. Final judging and coronation will be held during the Pinoy Fiesta & Trade Show at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada on June 22, 2013.

Photo by Willie Santiago

Rizal martyrdom celebration in CanadaPhoto shows the men belonging to Canada’s Knights of Rizal Council headed by Regional Commander Sir George Poblete after the wreathlaying ceremony during the 116th Martyrdom celebration of Dr. Jose P. Rizal on December 30, 2012 (Sunday), at the Rizal Monument at Earl Bales Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Guest of honors were Senator Tobias C. Enverga Jr. of the Federal Government of Canada and Philippine Consul Bolivar Bao.

The celebration was hosted by the Rizal Brampton Chapter headed by Sir Del Palileo and sypported by the Rizal Toronto Chapter under Sir Mario Alpuerto.

(Photo by Tom Eng – St. Jamestown News Service – Dindo Orbeso)

THE Block Rosary Crusade of Toronto celebrated its 30th anniversary with a Thanksgiving Mass on Saturday, September 29.

The Block Rosary member families and parishioners prayed the Rosary at the church grotto of Mother Mary, to thank the Lord for all his graces in allowing their families to pray together continuously for the past thirty years. (more…)