KAPISANAN Presents: Conversational Filipino Language Program
Kapisanan Philippine Centre is offering Tagalog classes that use the direct method of learning a language. The students focus on CONVERSATIONAL skills in Tagalog. Classroom techniques include role-plays, games, songs, pair work, and writing exercises.
Wednesday evenings
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
May 2 – July 4, 2012
@KAPISANAN
167 Augusta Ave.
Toronto, ON M5T 2L4
New-Gen Filipino Entrepreneurs is a feature series that will spotlight young Filipino-Canadian entrepreneurs, and their respective businesses in Toronto. Explore and be inspired by these Filipino go-getters in our community! Here is the first shout-out:
Wanna get your hair ready just in time for warmer days of Spring? Check out Loriebelle Urrutia of LBhair!
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WRITTEN BY RINA ESPIRITU
Loriebelle Urrutia, Professional Artistic Hairstylist at LBhair
Born and raised in Winnipeg, hair-stylist Loriebelle Daaca Urrutia moved to Toronto in 2006 to pursue her career in fashion, entertainment, art and culture. She has been recognized as one of the top 5 in Canada with the Contessa Hair Award. Though she’s never taken a trophy home, she happily calls herself the “Susan Lucci of hair awards.” But she did rank first place in Redken’s Cover Competition and is part of the prestigious L’oreal Fashion Week team.
Loriebelle has done hair for the MMVA’s, Breakfast Television, Much Music, TFO and currently the Marilyn Denis Show. She has lent her hairstyling skills to the likes of television actress Hannah Simone (now with the hit sitcom “New Girl), award wining R&B recording artist Melanie Fiona, CHUM television personality Dina Puliguse and the god-mother of Canada’s fashion world herself, Jeanne Becker.
Philippine Canadian Inquirer: The First Nationwide Weekly Filipino Newspaper
Internship Posting
Employer Information
Organization Name: Philippine Canadian Inquirer, Inc.
Employer Category: Press / Media
Website: www.canadianinquirer.net
Phone: (778) 383-6090
(778) 383-3203
Company Profile:
The Philippine Canadian Inquirer (PCI) is the first and only nationally distributed Filipino-Canadian free weekly newspaper.
It is published by Philippine Canadian Inquirer, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Symphony 8 Media & Entertainment, Inc., under a publication agreement with a subsidiary of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the Philippines’ leading newspaper with the largest circulation and readership.
The PCI is printed weekly and is nationally distributed in the metropolitan cities of Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Calgary. The PCI has an initial circulation of 20,000 issues weekly and will grow as it expands to other Canadian cities.
Take home a parol this holiday season! All parols are hand-made by Kapisanan community supporters!
Hey Friend of Kapisanan!
It’s time to light up the holiday season with a handmade, one-of-a-kind KAPISANAN parol (Filipino Christmas lantern)!
Our incredible volunteers, board members, CLUTCH participants, staff and supporters have turned the basement into a parol super laboratory – cutting, taping, and glue-gunning fingertips to make over 50 parols for sale (only $30) in the VINTA gallery, open December 3 for our Krismas Bazaar!
More parols available, with lights! Parols made by (L-R) Kat Estacio, Caroline Mangosing, Katrina Estacio. Photo by Dwayne Fundano
New-Gen Filipino Entrepreneurs: Oliver Dimapilis serves it up, cold
New-Gen Filipino Entrepreneurs is a feature series that will spotlight young Filipino-Canadian entrepreneurs, and their respective businesses in Toronto. Explore and be inspired by these Filipino go-getters in our community!
This edition featuring Oliver Dimapilis of Cold Tea.
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WRITTEN BY RINA ESPIRITU
Oliver Dimapilis was born and raised in North Vancouver, moved to Toronto in 2000 to chase a girl and Second City. More recently, he also opened one of Toronto’s newest hot spots, Cold Tea Bar. A bar blogger’s weapon of choice, Cold Tea has quickly become a go-to for this city’s hipster version of Cheers.
Who and what is Cold Tea?
I opened this bar with my friends, Stacey Welton and Matthew LaRochelle. We originally tried to open up a bar hidden in Chinatown but when that fell through we found the present space down a very dark corridor in Kensington Mall.
This space was completely different from any other space we had looked at so it demanded a specific design. Since we couldn’t erect a bar in Chinatown we would bring Chinatown to our bar.
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