Sydney’s Anglican Parish Priest, Fr Dave “Fighting Padre” Smith recently set a new Guinness World Record for the most number of continuous rounds of boxing, with a Filipino Australian journalist refereeing 45 rounds of the event [...]
A Filipino skilled worker and his family will be waiting for a decision from the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Chris Bowen if they can stay in Australia with permanent residency visa on compassionate grounds. With a permanent visa, the 40-year old Filipino worker, Emilio Andalan, will be able to continue to provide and care for his family [...]
It has been a long first quarter this year where almost 35 days or roughly two months of hearings have been devoted to the impeachment trial of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Renato C. Corona. For us Filipinos it was a big price to pay when the celebrated event hogged all of our [...]
Something wonderful happened at Radio Kawayan’s Adhika tribute night for the Filipino press on Sunday evening, March 25 at Burwood RSL Club: a divisive Filipino community wall went down. In a heart-warming scene never witnessed before, the newly elected presidents Arturo ‘Atoy’ Sayas of PCC-NSW and Jhun Salazar of APCO shared a toast at the club’s Dome bar [...]
It seems like only yesterday when the first newspaper for Filipinos living in Australia was born. Now the local community press is all grown-up and getting better. This Sunday, a large group of Sydney-based Filipino-Australian writers, journalists, radio broadcasters, editors and publishers [...]
The Australia Philippines Services League (APSL) will wave the Philippine flag on Anzac Day, April 25, annual parade ensuring it flies with pride alongside those of the Allied Forces [...]
The Australia Philippines Services League recently rallied behind Agooenians, supporting their fund-raising activity and confirming APSL’s commitment to community projects [...]
It was a few minutes past 11:00 in the morning of March 7 when we went onboard the white MindaNews van for a long trip to the Municipality of Lantapan, Bukidnon, more than 200 kilometers west of Davao City.
Up to 60,000 students per year will no longer have to pay upfront fees to undertake vocational education and training, according to announcements released by the Prime Minister’s office. VET diploma students will receive the same rights that university students have been receiving for years [...]
Order of the Knights of Rizal Regional commander for Australia, New Zealand and Oceania Ric de Vera today announced the new officers of the Order’s Sydney Chapter. The new officers were elected last Saturday March 17 [...]