Tropical storm Washi [also known as ‘Sendong’] unleashed its wrath in the southern part of the Philippines, specifically on Iligan, Cagayan de Oro and nearby areas on December 16, 2011. It destroyed entire villages built on sandbars and on riverbanks [...]
Three community radio programs are taking the lead in organising a cultural show cum dinner and dance to celebrate more than three decades of Filipino-Australian media’s presence in the community [...]
The superstar jockey from Port MacQuarie is back on the saddle and raring to hit the racetracks next month. Fil-Aussie Marlon Dolendo embodies courage and dedication to the sport he loved – horseracing, the same sport that had made him a big name in Australia’s horseracing circuits over the last [...]
Finally, we see an all-Filipino-Aussie team play in a rugby league. And the team, in their first outing, did the community proud. Go Carabaos! The Philippine National Rugby Leagues team’s “the Carabaos” played at the Cabramatta International 9s on February 4 and won the Bowl Final, an amazing feat for a newly formed [...]
Police arrested yesterday at the St Marys train station 38-year old Filipino hairstylist Edwin Dela Cruz Domingo for setting fire to a two-storey commercial building located at No. 45 Queens Street, St Marys [...]
Lifestart had a very good start this year – with more than 150 book donations for the 50 children in its care in St Marys, a suburb in Sydney’s outer west [...]
It was a cold but sunny day of October back in 1998 when I first landed in Sydney. At that time, I wasn’t ready to come here as I was enjoying my life back in the Philippines.
When I…
Prime Minister Julia Gillard today congratulated 40 Australians, including Filipino community leader Dr Cen Amores, who have been recognised for their outstanding work in building strong and cohesive local communities [...]
One of the well-known religious celebrations in the Philippines, and one of the grandest annual festivals in Cebu, is the Sinulog. Sinulog commemorates the arrival of the Spaniards led by Ferdinand Magellan in 1521 when he planted a cross [...]
Radio Maya may soon join the growing number of Filipino radio programs across the Sydney metropolitan area. A group of long-time Filipino-Australian residents in Sutherland Shire [...]