Press Releases

PIDC Toronto Annual Picnic

Apr 14th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Press Releases

Click here for more info, events happening this June 14, 2008 at the PIDC Toronto Annual Picnic, to be held at Earl Bales Park.
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The MABUHAY DIGEST Souvenir Program & Directory

Mar 12th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Press Releases

Get Connected, Get Listed, Reach the third largest community in the country!
The MABUHAY DIGEST Souvenir Program & Directory is a publication dedicated in showcasing the associations, businesses and individuals who participate in events organized by the Philippine Independence Day Council (“PIDC”) especially the “Mabuhay Philippines! Toronto Summer Festival”. It will contain a comprehensive directory of [...]



PIDC Toronto GK Village to Rise in Bicol

Feb 23rd, 2008 | By admin | Category: Press Releases

“Eight long hours on the road on the 14th day of January, 2008, tired and sleepless but well worth it when the Canadian entourage arrived at the site 9:00 am where the PIDC Toronto- GK Village will rise. The village will be situated at the town of Jose Maria E. Panganiban, Bicol Region, as [...]



Take a Bow, PIDC

Aug 27th, 2007 | By admin | Category: Press Releases

Mabuahay Festival Review by Ricardo J.S. Caluen
“The curtains fell on this year’s Mabuhay Festival to lusty shouts of mabuhay. And quite appropriately so. After all, by any yardstick, the Philippine Independence Day Council may have broken its own record in terms of the over-all successful conclusion of the annual festival which has now become a [...]



Filipino festival offers food and aid

Aug 17th, 2007 | By admin | Category: Press Releases

Event aims to raise funds to rebuild houses destroyed by typhoon
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Proceeds from Mabuhay Festival to build houses for the Poor

Aug 14th, 2007 | By admin | Category: Press Releases

Mabuhay Festival to be held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (beside CN Tower) on Saturday, August 18 from 10am - 10pm will donate the proceeds to Gawad Kalinga to build a village for the poor whose houses were devastated by recent typhoons. It is the first time that proceeds from PIDC events is going [...]



PIDC Sponsors $20,000 Scholarship

Jul 3rd, 2007 | By admin | Category: Press Releases

“The Philippine Independence Day Council (PIDC) with the cooperation of the Police Foundations Department of Canadian Law Enforcement Training College is sponsoring 2 (two) $10,000 Scholarships, available to qualified candidates who are serious about a career in Law Enforcement. Training will be provided by the Canadian Law Enforcement Training College.”
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PIDC “Dancing to Be A Star” Competition

Jul 3rd, 2007 | By admin | Category: Dancing to be Stars, Press Releases

: “In order to accommodate and welcome more competitors for “Dancing to be a Star”, the Philippine Independence Day Council (“PIDC”) have modified the rules and regulations. There will be two categories now competing; the Advance and Intermediate dancers.”
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Mabuhay Festival Cultural Parade

Jul 3rd, 2007 | By admin | Category: Press Releases

“..This year, the parade will be the biggest, longest and most colorful parade in the Filipino-Canadian community…”
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Visible Minorities Salutes the Philippine Mabuhay Festival

Jun 25th, 2007 | By admin | Category: Press Releases

(Featured in the Bank of Montreal Diversity Newsletter)
“In this issue of your P&C Canada HQ Diversity Council Newsletter, we focus on the Mabuhay Festival, being held on August 18th. The event is being organized by the Philippine Independence Day Council led by current President, Tobias Enverga, a BMO employee at SCC! ”
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