Pia powers to a triumphant trifecta
Red Rangers’ reigning national sports karate champion Pia Castray completed a trifecta at the 17th Australian Open martial arts championships last Sunday in Liverpool’s Whitlam Center [...]
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Police raid boxing stable of Filipinos
Australian Federal Police (AFP) raided the Bohol Boxing Stable in Sydney’s southwest on Thursday, October 21, following a Sydney Morning Herald website report on Wednesday, October 20, that a family in NSW was now under investigation for allegedly recruiting Filipino boxers to fight in Australia and ”keeping the men in slave-like conditions in a Sydney garage” [...]
Certified first aiders for the community
Twenty-four community leaders received last October 16 their accreditation as Certified First Aiders courtesy of the Philippine Community Council of NSW (PCC-NSW), St John Ambulance, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and the Filipino Doctors [...]
Ferdi Francisco wins AICL Education Cup
With superb performance, Ferdi Francisco easily won the 7th AICL Education Cup held last October 10 at Richmond Golf Club over 59 other golfers [...]
Colourful prelude to Christmas
The first-ever Philippine Lantern Festival in Parramatta on Saturday, November 20, paints a colourful picture of Christmas in the Philippines, a country known for celebrating the longest yuletide season on earth [...]
A relief from useless and costly fax marketing
The end to useless incoming faxes may now be around the bend. During our earlier years, we have a dedicated phone line to receive fax messages. The facility was great, better than the snail mail [...]
Shaun and Leah dance away with first place in Latin
The dance duo of Shaun Gaspi and Leah Morgan placed first in the Adult Level 2 Latin in the recent South Pacific DanceSport Championship, reported community leader and dance enthusiast Neria Soliman. Shaun and Leah were among more than 800 dancers [...]
Alerts and advisories
An Alerts box is now displayed on the left column of this page with headlines of the latest alerts and government advisories received by The Filipino Australian. The Alerts box is a public service of this website.
Slam the phone scammers, ACCC and ACMA advise
Australian consumer watch bodies, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and Australian Communications and Media Authority have recently issued a joint bulletin advising Australians to immediately hang up the phone if scammers call [...]
Talent and passion for chalk art in blues
There are things in life that money can not buy! You either have them or you don’t! Two of these are talent and passion for art which 30 artists demonstrated for four days during the recent Chalk Urban Art Festival [...]