Blacktown, NSW. 20 February 2010. In line with its 30th anniversary this year, the University of the Philippines Alumni Association of Australia (UPAAA), NSW Chapter kicked off the celebrations with the induction of its new set of officers for 2010-2012. Inducting Officer was Ms Susan Vogels, Manager of Sydney West Multicultural Services Inc. The affair […]

For 47 years now and as the current chairman and CEO of the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC), Sen. Dick Gordon and his able people are very active in the disaster rescue, relief, and rehabilitation efforts. He was there in the July 16, 1990 killer quake that hit the Luzon provinces; the June 15, 1991 […]

“It’s not the amount but the thought that counts,” said Jaime K. Pimentel, chairman of the Filipino Press Club of Sydney. He coordinated the pooling of resources contributed by members of the group and other community leaders who donated cash for the grieving families of journalists who were massacred in Maguindanao.

Nelma Galas, project coordinator of the first medical mission to Caluya Island in Antique, reported during the Annual General Meeting of Philippine Health Care Association of Australia (PHCAA) that the Rotary Club of the City of Blacktown would be joining the follow-up mission to Caluya.

My family and I have been following up the developments on the devastation caused by Typhoon Ondoy in the whole of Metro-Manila, the island of Luzon and Marikina City in particular, from the time flood waters started to rise to unbelievable levels. As you may have read and heard in the news updates on TV, radio […]

The Philippine Health Care Association of Australia (PHCAA) with the help of Fr. Raning Creta, (Filipino Chaplain), Michelle Barrera and the staff of Cardinal Stepinac Village, coordinated the campaign for relief goods. Total cash donations received from Cardinal Stepinac Village CEO Matt Smolcic, Fr. Raning Creta, and Maria Nepomuceno amounted to $1,670. Assorted medicines worth […]

The Philippine Australian Medical Association (PAMA) and UGAY-Australia joined forces at the recent medical mission in the province of Sorsogon, Philippines. PAMA, an organization of Filipino doctors based in Australia, regularly holds medical missions to various parts of the Philippines. Its latest project was held on April 13-17, 2009 at Gubat District Hospital in the […]

by Benjie de Ubago The Banag-Banag Association sure knows how to party! Banag-Banag celebrated their 15th Anniversary last 1 August 2009 at Rooty Hill RSL Club, Rooty Hill. With the Latin theme, ‘Copacabana’ it was a night of hip-swaying, booties shaking, passions dripping and sweat trickling down as the crowd squeezed shoulder to shoulder on the dance […]

Antique, Philippines. April 23, 2009. Under the able leadership of PHCAA Managing Director Ella Magallanes Martirez, several members of The Philippine Health Care Association of Australia ventured into the little-known island of Caluya, a 4th class municipality in the province of Antique, Philippines. Their mission was to deliver medical consultations, medical supplies, dental extractions, minor […]

On 17 April 2009, Mapua Alumni Australia (MAA) held its first induction of officers, directors and members in a formal ceremony which took place at Crystal Seafood Restaurant at Blacktown, New South Wales.  Sworn in by the Philippine Vice Consul J. Anthony Reyes, the inductees pledged to help MAA achieve its mission and realize its […]

Young journalists attended the second workshop of the Filipino Press Club of Sydney at the Press Room of Corregidor Centre in Rooty Hill on Sunday, March 29, 2009.   The workshop, News and Feature Writing Basics, was conducted by Financial Standard editor Michelle Baltazar.   Topics, among many others, included interviewing techniques, negotiating the subjective, […]

SYDNEY, NSW —   The University of the Philippines Alumni Association of Australia – New South Wales Chapter held the second Oblation Cup Golf Tournament on 13 April for the continuing benefit of its Scholarship Grant project.    The event, named after UP’s famous icon, was held at the Woodville Golf Course in Guildford and was […]