Volume 18 • No. 10 • May 16 - 31, 2022 Publication Mailing Account #41721512
Mariel Rodriguez
8 4 VP Leni Robredo
8 Andrea Brillantes
A salute to Filipino women Meet the Pinays Trailblazers 2022
Pinays Manitoba announces this year’s Pinays Trailblazer awardees. These amazing Filipino women are being celebrated for their invaluable contributions to their respective fields, and their outstanding accomplishments that have made a positive difference to the Filipino community as well as to the mainstream community in Manitoba. They will be honoured during the Pinays Manitoba’s Recognition Luncheon on May 28, 2022, at the Philippine Canadian Centre of Manitoba (PCCM). See PINAYS p4
Police Cst. Maria Buduhan
Virginia “Jean” Guiang-Santoro
Dean Mariciel Nuyda
Dr. Crystal Paculan
Gina Trinidad
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Presumptive president of the Philippines
As of press time, over 98 per cent of election results have been counted according to the COMELEC transparency server. Candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has captured a huge majority of the votes, an overwhelming lead more than double that of his major opponent, Vice President Leni Robredo. Days after the May 9 elections, Marcos Jr. has also been recognized by foreign governments like the US, China, and Japan as the “president-elect.” On June 30, 2022, incumbent Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s term will end while the six-year term of the new president of the Philippines will begin. It is now without doubt that the presumptive Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will be proclaimed as the 17th president of the Philippines. Marcos Jr, widely known in the Philippines as Bongbong, is the second child and only son of former dictator, President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., and former First Lady, Imelda Romualdez Marcos. Marcos Jr. campaigned on the platform of “unity” and promised to be the “President of all Filipinos,” vowing to create See MARCOS p5
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.