The Philippine-Australian Community Services Inc. (PACSI) will run a 10-week free hip hop workshop for teenagers and parents, every Saturday, from 10:30am to 1:00pm at the Max Webber Function Centre, Blacktown Library. Young and talented choreographers from Creative Madhouse will be teaching in these 10 weeks. These workshops are not only for Filipinos but [also] […]
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Philippine Red Cross in Mindanao
Philippine Red Cross Chairman Richard J. Gordon and his team arrived in Mindanao Monday (Dec 19), to personally assess the aftermath of the flash flood that claimed 1,000 lives in eight affected areas on December 17.
Philippine Consulate holds Outreach Mission
The “Pasko Pinoy Style” is a Christmas celebration in the Filipino tradition, organized by the Australian Filipino Business and Workers Club Inc. (AFBWCI) headed by Ariel Satorre (President) and participated in by various Filipino community groups such as, Mindanao Dance Troupe Australia (Serna Ladia group), Flagcom, Maharlika Riders, Sydney Australian Filipino Seniors Inc., Mapua Alumni […]
Community Visitors Scheme needs volunteers
I ask for your support to publish the Community Visitors Scheme to help recruit interested bilingual volunteers who can visit elderly people in residential aged care homes (i.e. nursing homes and hostels) in Sydney metropolitan area.
New envoy brings new style by Jaime Kelly Pimentel
The new Philippine Ambassador to Australia, Belen Fule-Anota, hit the ground running: Barely two months into the job in Canberra, Ambassador Anota drove to Sydney for breakfast with Filipino community representatives on Saturday, November 5, to outline her immediate plans ~ and to listen.
Aida Morden crosses 7 bridges. . . on foot
Dr. Aida Morden celebrated her 27 years in Australia by joining her lovely daughter and son-in-law and more than 40,000 hikers in the 27 kilometre-walk across 7 bridges. The bridges are Pyrmont Bridge, ANZAC Bridge, Iron Cove Bridge, Gladesville Bridge, Tarban Creek Bridge, Fig Tree Bridge and Sydney Harbour Bridge. Of course there are more […]
Los Mestizos de Manila en Blacktown (Mga Tisoy ng Maynila sa Blacktown) by Jaime Kelly Pimentel
FILIPINO mestizos maintain their presence monthly at Blacktown Workers Club in Sydney’s west. They have gathered for all-you-can-eat lunch religiously, in fact, every last Monday of the month for more than four years. Although the term mestizos can be attributed to any Filipino of Spanish, Portuguese, Irish, German, Swiss, Italian, Japanese, Chinese or American, the […]
Youth’s chance of a lifetime by Jaime Kelly Pimentel
FILIPINO-Australian youth would get a chance of a lifetime from a dramatic glimpse into the life of the Philippines’ man for all seasons in the closing days of 2011 in Sydney. In what may be described as a world’s first to celebrate 150 years since the martyrdom of Dr Jose Rizal in 1896, a number […]
Rizal across Sydney airwaves By Jaime Kelly Pimentel
A RADIO play on the life of Dr. Jose Rizal will be broadcast across eight stations in the Sydney metropolitan area this month of December. The play, Rizaliana Sesquicentennial, written and directed by Marcelino Cavestany of Filpinas Petals, will comprise 15-minute chapters in Dr. Rizal’s life and packaged in a two-hour presentation.
Ateneo Alumni picnic cancelled
The Ateneo Alumni Christmas picnic originally scheduled for December 3, 2011 has been cancelled. The cancellation was decided by the organising committee due to poor response from members many of whom are on holiday in the Philippines.
Ateneo Alumni Christmas picnic
The Ateneo Alumni Australia is inviting all former alumni/alumnae of Jesuit schools in the Philippines and Australia to join a family picnic on Saturday, December 3 at Nurragingy Reserve in Doonside, NSW. Take the south entrance to Nurragingy coming from Woodstock Avenue or turn left at the south end of Glendenning Road. Entrance tickets cost […]
Blue & White Winter Ball yields moderate sum
This joint effort by the Ateneo Alumni Australia and St. Scholastica’s College Alumnae Australia that was held on 9 July 2011 at Auburn RSL Club resulted in donations to the following charity organisations: ? Philippine National Red Cross – $1,000 ? Retired Jesuit Priests of Ateneo – $500 ? Operation Restore Hope – $500 ? […]