How have we done this year? Compared with 2007, we have covered a lot of grounds but not as much as we hoped to achieve. Next year with your support and contribution, we should be able to cover other Australian [...]
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The PBA Legends will return to Australia in 2009. Superstars Alvin Patrimonio, Allan Caidic and Samboy Lim will lead the star-studded basketball delegation from the Philippines next year against an Australian All Star team [...]
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An article titled “Reviewing the integrity of Australia’s subclass 457 visa program” is available at A Matter of Sharing blog. A pdf file with the full Deegan Report, subject of article, is also available for download.
The report contains a list of recommendations proposed to enhance the integrity of Australia’s skilled migration program which dates [...]
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emanila’s founder and publisher of The Filipino Australian, Romy Cayabyab, invites all readers and users of The Filipino Australian to visit his blog. Romy writes about developments in Australia’s mainstream community as well as trends in the Filipino Australian community specially temporary visas. His blog is titled “A Matter of Sharing” and located at his personal domain name, and one of his recent articles focuses on the recent merger of Westpac and St George banks.
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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo led last December 11 the conferment of the 2008 Presidential Awards for Filipino Individuals and Organizations Overseas to 31 distinguished Filipino and foreign organizations in recognition of their assistance to national development efforts, advancing the cause of Filipino communities abroad, and for excelling in their fields of expertise or profession.
The simple conferment [...]
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Resettlement of Burmese refugees in Mount Gambier is a wonderful example of how local communities and government can work together to support successful settlement, the Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services, Laurie Ferguson, said today. In Mount Gambier today to meet the Burmese community [...]
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The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, yesterday welcomed the passage through Parliament with bipartisan support of new laws to better protect temporary overseas workers in Australia. The worker protection legislation was introduced after extensive consultation with industry and unions to strengthen the integrity of temporary working visa arrangements including the subclass 457 visa program [...]
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Life expectancy in Australia continues to increase, according to figures released recently by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The life expectancy of a boy born today is 79.0 years, while for a girl it is 83.7 years [...]
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Fourteen students and an alumnus of the Saint Aloysius College Milsons Point will travel to the Philippines for an “immersion program” which will include building houses for the poor under the auspices of the Gawad Kalinga. The program also includes for the participants to live with simple farming families in Kiangan, Ifugao [...]
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Legendary basketball star Carlos “Caloy” Loyzaga recently suffered a debilitating stomach illness that confined him in hospital last month. The seriousness of his illness prompted the whole Loyzaga clan to fly up to the Gold Coast and visit their ailing father [...]
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