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Australian school students among world’s best
The results of a major international student assessment released 7 December revealed that Australian students remain among the top academic performers worldwide. The student assessment conducted in 2009 is a survey among 15-year-olds by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [...]
Christmas is a busy time for most people – including scammers looking for a festive bonus by creaming money or personal details off unsuspecting consumers. “Although scammers are always around, they have greater opportunity at Christmas… ” [...]
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Filipino-Australian Bevan Calvert heads for the 2011 world handball championships in Sweden on January 13-30, 2011. Calvert, who plays right-back [...]
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St Scholastica’s College Alumnae Association (SSCAA) sponsored a News/Press Release Workshop on Saturday, November 13, at the Webber Library conference room in Blacktown. The News/Press Release Writing Workshop [...]
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Preparations for the Philippine Lantern Festival in Parramatta on Saturday, November 20, are in full swing. The lantern festival which is the first Philippine-related event of its kind in Parramatta includes a parade of Christmas lanterns, lantern-making exhibit, variety show featuring concert artists and dancers, martial arts exhibit [...]
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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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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” [...]
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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 [...]
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With superb performance, Ferdi Francisco easily won the 7th AICL Education Cup held last October 10 at Richmond Golf Club over 59 other golfers [...]
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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 [...]
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