Step forward Filipino. Asenso na totoo.
DID YOU KNOW…. that there is a park dedicated to the National Hero of the Philippines here in Winnipeg? It was just yesterday, after the Father’s Day Breakfast Fundraiser celebrating the hero’s 155th birth anniversary, that we found out about Dr. Jose Rizal Park located at 92 Sewa Crescent in Northwest Winnipeg (just off Jose…
DID YOU KNOW…. that June 19, 2016 was the 155th birth anniversary of the Philippine National Hero, DR. JOSE PROTACIO RIZAL, who was born in June 19, 1861 in Calamba, Laguna, Philippines? It was celebrated here in Winnipeg, Manitoba with a Father’s Day Breakfast Fundraiser at Pampanga’s Restaurant from 7:30 am to 10:30 am. The…
It’s not the first time I witnessed such an event but it was only yesterday while attending the Philippine Heritage and Independence Day Celebration with my family at Maples Collegiate’s Judy Silver Commons that I come to realize the influence Filipino teachers have over the Winnipeg youth’s appreciation of Filipino language and culture. Many student…