Volume 13 • No. 5 • March 1 - 15, 2017
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Pioneer Pinays honoured
Janine Gutierrez
WINNIPEG – As the Filipino community grows in Manitoba, so does the number of Filipino women who continue to make their positive impact on diverse fields in our society. On Saturday, March 4, 2017, Pinays MB will host a Recognition Luncheon in appreciation of outstanding Filipino women or Pinays who have made noteworthy contributions to the progress of the Filipino community in Manitoba since the first Filipino immigrants arrived in the province in 1959. This year, Pinays MB honours three pioneer Filipino women, they are: • The late Mrs. Rosalinda Natividad Cantiveros – a respected community leader who initially made her mark in the field See PINAYS p5
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Rosalinda Natividad Cantiveros Photo credit: Filipino Journal
Erlinda Magnaye Ramos
Listen up, Bisdak!
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Alden Richards & Maine Mendoza
NOEL CADELINA JOEL SIBAL Sales, 6th Consecutive SMG Gold Ring Awardee
Service Consultant
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Regine Velasquez
PEEBEE PASCO
Sales & Leasing Consultant
DALE GARRIDO
Sales & Leasing Consultant
Visayan language show hits the airwaves on CKJS By: Lucille Nolasco Do you know the Visayan word for “pen?” How about for “paper?” Me neither. But we can learn them together through Bisaya ni Bay, CKJS Radio’s newest program hitting the airwaves on March 3, at 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Bisaya ni Bay is the brainchild of CKJS production guy, Lendyll Soriano, whose family hails from Cebu in the Philippines. Through the program, Lendyll wants to showcase the current VisPop (Visayan Pop) or Bisayan music along with Bisaya community news in Winnipeg, throwing some Bisaya features and jokes into See BISDAK p7
ROBERT MISA
Triple Diamond Sales Consultant Award 2014 - Gold Winner
NELSON LANTIN
Sales Manager
ROMMEL FAJARDO Sales Manager
Lendyll Soriano with Lucille Nolasco
MA. LEE HOLGADO Sales Advisor
JEZREEL “The Jet” REYES Sales Advisor
CHRISTIAN REYES Sales Consultant
JOELAN MENDOZA
Collision Repair Advisor