FAME (Filipino Australian Movement for Empowerment) will be holding a free information session on men’s health at Blacktown City Library this month on June 19 starting at 2PM. The main speaker will be Dr. Corazon Francisco. For further details please contact Art Bacalla, tel: 96269262 or mob: 0423 029851.

There are at least 2 different Filipino groups that are planning to celebrate the Philippine Independence Day on June 12 this year. One such group (APCO) promises a lavish 8-course meal, dancing and entertainment and will charge a reasonable $45 entrance fee. The venue is at Maxim’s Function Centre in Bankstown, NSW. The invitation indicated […]

There has been much shock, disappointment and sadness brought to the parishioners of Blessed John XXIII Parish in Stanhope NSW by the recent announcement that Fr. Kevin Walsh would be transferred to Quakers Hill. He is to be replaced by Fr. David Hume effective on the 1st of May 2010. The church goers in the […]

We acknowledge the concerns and opinions of all those who have expressed themselves in electronic mails. We are also aware of the allegations voiced out by the opposition (some were members of the 2009 board) who failed to make it to the current board. It was their choice to forfeit the election by withdrawing their […]

Blacktown City Council announced Julie Nunez as the 2010 Blacktown City Woman of the Year. The announcement was made during the International Women’s Day Breakfast at Blacktown City council on 8 March 2010.

A Filipina earning a doctoral degree at the University of Sydney is doing what may well be the first in-depth study on the Filipino community in Sydney and, indeed, in Australia. In a radio interview on 2RDJ-FM’s Radio Sandigan, Shirlita Espinosa, a PhD candidate at the university, told broadcaster Michelle Baltazar that her thesis was […]

In the Philippines, we have the colourful Ati-atihan festival, a parade of marching bands, Santa Cruzan, talent presentation and competition, the fabulous ethnic games such as “palo sebo” (climbing a greased bamboo), and the sharing of food and delicacies among friends. That’s the Fiesta I enjoyed and remember. Here in Australia, the first Fiesta I […]

Elsa Collado and the Ace Team were declared the winners by default at the Philippine Community Council (PCC) elections which was held on Sunday, 7 February 2010 at Chester Hill. Dressed in “save the environment” green, they proved that they could indeed clean up the environment – if only the PCC backyard. Returning officer and […]

“I tried to be impartial, but as one will read on, it was very trying and difficult to be a mere bystander.” – Richard Ford, JP On the 7th February 2010, the PCC-NSW Inc. Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held at Bob Hughes Christian School in Chester Hill. The meeting started with PCC President Ronaldo […]

A newly-organized theatre arts company in the Filipino community is now conducting an open audition for children, youth, and adults from age 7 to 70. No stage experience is required as free training will be provided to interested people with good speaking voice, clear diction, and who can make themselves available during week-end rehearsals. This […]

Australia’s first dedicated Filipino cultural arts display, library, and meeting place will open soon at the Philippine Centre on Wentworth Avenue in the City of Sydney. In an interview with radio reporter Michelle Baltazar, Vice Consul Tony Reyes of the Philippine Consulate General in Sydney told the Radio Sandigan program that a Filipiniana Resource Centre […]

This is a never-ending question often asked by many people, especially those who have donated money, volunteered their precious time, and bought tickets for intermittent projects supposedly intended for the completion of the infamous Filipino Multi-Purpose Centre (MPC).