A permanent office for PCC-NSW
After 20 years, the Philippine Communities Council of New South Wales (PCC-NSW) can now claim that it has a permanent office. The office is located at Building T2A Nirimba Business Centre, Quakers Hill [...]
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PHL maintains position on Scarborough Shoal
“Our position is we do not recognize China’s fishing ban in as much as portions of the ban encompass our Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ),” the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) posted in its web portal. The DFA added that President Aquino has decided that “it would be advisable for us to issue our own fishing ban for a period of time to replenish our fish stock [...]“
Handballer Calvert comes home for qualifyer
Recently selected as Handball Ambassador by Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Filipino-Australian Bevan Calvert will join the Australian Handball Men’s Team to compete in the Oceania Region Handball World Championship Qualifyer [...]
Very expensive fruits, vegies and duck meat
Everyone knows that Australia’s Biosecurity measures are some of the toughest in the world. And yet, some people entering Australia are still trying to test Australia’s biosecurity [...]
Immigration assistance for overstayed visas
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship has recently launched an information campaign to help those in Australia whose visas have expired [...]
Two Pinoy voices in the pitch for “The Voice”
Filipino Australians Jerson Trinidad and Yshrael Pascual passed the blind auditions of the first season of the TV talent show “The Voice” in Australia which premiered last Sunday April 15 [...]
Supreme Court asked to stop Comelec from buying controversial automated poll system
Tanggulang Demokrasya (Tan Dem) filed Thursday April 26 a case petitioning the Supreme Court to stop the Comelec purchase of the controversial Smartmatic-TIM’s Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines and associated software [...]
Remembering ANZAC WWI heroes
Hundreds of residents from different suburbs of Western Sydney gathered in Minchinbury early morning today to remember those who served the country and fought at Gallipoli 97 years ago [...]
Lukewarm Catholics under the spell of Satan
Filipino American Fr Joseph is inviting everyone to come and listen to his exposition on why we should work at getting to heaven [...]
LBC mum on delivery fiasco of Sendong relief goods
Sydney-based relatives and friends of typhoon Sendong survivors expressed disgust at LBC’s failure to make proper and complete delivery of relief boxes intended for Sendong victims in Mindanao [...]