Mix n Match Bakeshop in Doonside has just opened its doors to the public. Already, not just Filipinos but multi-nationals as well have started visiting the shop, curious what specialty goodies they offer.
Category: Community
Lions Club provides meals for poor children in the Philippines
The Kings Langley Lions Club continues to support communities, both locally and internationally. The Club now participates in a project that provides meals for poor children in the Philippines.
Important announcement from the Philippine Consulate in Sydney
The Philippine Consulate General in Sydney has received ballot packets from COMELEC for overseas voters in New South Wales. Several ballot packets have also been returned to the Consulate by the Australian Post as the recipients are no longer found at their given addresses.
The evil that men do . . . in PCC
To this day, Alric Bulseco continues to flaunt his title as Vice President-External of the Philippine Community Council as most other officers and members of the PCC-NSW board were personally handpicked by him through lobbying prior to every PCC Annual General Meetings. Unless some fickle-minded officer of PCC changes the date of the election, the […]
Government votes to limit overseas travel for Pensioners
The Turnbull Government voted to cut the pension for elderly Australians who travel overseas.
The 2nd coming of Jaymes Diaz; father Jess holds cards in Greenway
Critics in the Liberal party warn about the second coming of Jaymes Diaz. Apparently there was a secret meeting of the party’s leaders where Blacktown Councillor Jess Diaz holds all the aces for the upcoming preselection in Greenway electorate. It will be remembered that his son Jaymes lost in 2013 after imploding in an interview conducted […]
Western Union SVP meets with Filipino Australian media
Anyone would expect a person of her stature, title and responsibilities to display that Machiavellian command of respect. Well, she did look very respectable but Ms Patricia Riingen was far from being supercilious or overbearing. Having been seated very close to her, I found her to be amicable and unpretentious.
New Bakeshop soon to open in Doonside
Ms. Camille Trigo, majority stakeholder of Mix n Match Restaurant, announced the opening of a new bakeshop in Doonside NSW. The location is very close to the train station and right across the restaurant which is at the corner of Hill End Road and Doonside Crescent.
UPAAA-NSW Officers Inducted
New officers of the University of the Philippines Alumni Association of Australia – New South Wales Chapter were sworn into office by Cr. Edmond Atalla MP last month on the 6th of February at the Max Webber Function Centre in Blacktown.
Nonagenarian celebrates 95th
February 10, 2016 — Doña Consuelo Mangona celebrates her 95th Birthday; she looks forward to her 100th. She can walk without help and can recognize people, mentioning accurately their names. It’s a classic case of Mens sana in corpore sano, Latin phrase for “A healthy mind in a healthy body.” At her ripe age, she […]
How to beat Centrelink’s system; you can do it too
Tom Wade used the Commonwealth government directory to contact senior executives in the Department of Human Service when he couldn’t get through to Centrelink using the official channels. Uni student Tom Wade was one of hundreds of thousands of Australians driven to despair by Centrelink’s customer service performance. But instead of getting mad, Mr Wade […]
Cultural diversity takes centre stage for New South Wales Census
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) last month welcomed more than 50 key representatives, from government and community organisations, to discuss multicultural community engagement for the 2016 Census of Housing and Population on 9 August 2016.