Volume 19 • No. 12 • June 16 - 30, 2023 Publication Mailing Account #41721512
Megan Young
No visa required
Eligible Filipino travellers now qualify for visa-free travel to Canada
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Dingdong Dantes
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Canada has expanded the list of countries whose residents are eligible to visit this country visa-free. Immigration Minister Sean Fraser was in Winnipeg on June 6, 2023, to announce the addition of 13 countries to the electronic travel authorization (eTA) program. Eligible travellers from these countries can now benefit from the program: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Costa Rica, Morocco, Panama, Philippines, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay. Travellers from these See VISA p3
Hon. Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Celebration of Filipino Heritage Month in full swing in Manitoba
Mikael Daez
Story by Lucille Nolasco-Garrido on p12. Photos by Nonie Manalili and Rey-Ar Reyes