Remaining loyal to Two Blues Rugby Club
Loyalty has always been a strong characteristic amongst Filipinos and a trio of Filipino-Australian Rugby Internationals has illustrated this by remaining loyal to the Parramatta Two Blues Rugby Club in their time of need. Other media sources indicate that there are more than 100 former Parramatta players with other clubs, including 35 with 50 first-grade games up for the Two Blues [...]
Officers of the Alliance of Philippine Community Organisations (APCO) ”met the press” last week in an interview on Radio Sandigan to present the organisation’s platform to the community. In a recorded interview at Sydney’s Inner West station 2RDJ-FM (88.1), APCO president Cen Amores [...]
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The JayHawks squad led by playing coach Jo Paolo Policarpio added another feather to their cap by capturing their second championship in the Premiers Division of the Parramatta Basketball Association… beating the fancied ABA-led Cardinals, 61-56 [...]
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Over 100,000 people are expected to make their way into Blacktown City’s CBD for one of the highlights of this year’s Blacktown City Festival; Streets Alive! 8.30am – 4.00pm, Saturday, May 29, 2010. The popular Streets Alive Parade and Festival Day gives the local community the opportunity to take advantage of over 350 street stalls, six performance stages, free amusement rides, exciting displays and heaps of attractions. [...]
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It’s been about four months now since the Philippine Community Council – New South Wales (PCC-NSW) elections. Relationships have been strengthened and some deteriorated. Emotions ran high, and then settled down as new directions were revealed.
For a term that only lasts for a year, and for an unpaid post, politics should have no place. But [...]
SYDNEY – Filipino overseas absentee voters in New South Wales and French New Caledonia gave the team of Senators Benigno Aquino III and Mar Roxas a landslide victory based on the canvass of votes released by the Philippine Consulate General in Sydney. Benigno Aquino III gathered 372 votes against Gilberto Teodoro’s 87 votes who came in second in the poll [...]
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Katya Grineva is a pianist with a reputation for exceptional romantic and poetic expression. Born in Moscow, Russia, Ms. Grineva began playing the piano at the age of five, eventually attending the Moscow Music School under the aegis of the prestigious Moscow Conservatory [...]
Continue reading …The University of the Philippines Alumni Association of Australia – New South Wales Chapter held its third Oblation Cup Golf Tournament recently to raise funds for its Scholarship Grant.
Sixty-three players showcased their skills at the Fairfield Golf Course in Prairiewood, with Zaldy Capulong emerging as overall champion, Rene Uy (Grade A winner) and Joe Cura (Grade B winner) in tight competition.
Also hitting top marks were runners-up James Fatu (Grade A) and Willy Limjap (Grade B), “nearest to the pin” winners Roger de los Reyes, Bert Garcia and Bobby Lim as well as “drive and pitch” winner Bert Bugayong.
This annual Easter Monday event, held last 5 April and named after UP’s well-known icon, is chaired by Engr. Ferdi and Dr. Cora Francisco.
The tournament is just one of the events marking the association’s 30th anniversary.
The celebration continues with a seminar entitled “Beauty and the Beast”: Philippine Wildlife Conservation” to be presented by Dr. Corazon Catibog-Sinha on the 29th of May, 2:00PM at the Max Webber Library Function Centre in Blacktown.
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MANILA – Senator Benigno Aquino III is set to win the presidential race in the Philippines’ first automated election – with possible landslide margin [...]
*** FLASH: Senator Manny Villar who months ago was the frontrunner in surveys has conceded the fight for the presidency in favour of Aquino and ‘urging the people to work behind him (Aquino).’
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