Filipino dancers top DanceSport competitions
The recent National Capital DanceSport Championships held at the Australian Institute of Sports Arena in Canberra during the last weekend, 25-27 June, saw Charles Laraga and Ronnie Vergara in the top five in Latin. NSW delegates Gerry Garcia and Shirley, champion dancers in Latin Open competition, for the last six years have retained their crown [...]
The inaugural board members and officers of Alliance of Philippine Community Organisatiions, Inc (APCO) took their oath of office before Cr Jess Diaz in a ceremony held as part of the organisation’s 112th Philippine Independence Day celebration [...]
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Clinton Meacham of Gladesville who plays regularly on Saturday and a member of Marsden Park Golfers Association captures the 15th PAL Kalayaan cup golf tournament held recently at Richmond Golf Club in conjunction with the celebration of the 112th anniversary of Philippine Independence [...]
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The freefall of Kevin Rudd in the opinion poll from the 70′s to 30′s satisfaction rate and Labor’s primary vote at 35 while Liberal, 40 got all the knives out from Labor’s factional warlords in an unparalleled political assassination. In a matter of hours, Australia has a new Prime Minister, a female, Julia Gillard. The [...]
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The ‘The Healthy and Tasty Challenge Cookbook’ contains recipes submitted by five Filipino cooks in a competition. The competition was conducted by the NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service [MHCS] and involved the Chinese, Filipino, Italian, Samoan and Sri Lankan [Sinhalese and Tamil] communities. Over two hundred recipes [...]
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The play Her Son, Jose Rizal oozed with emotional intensity and lifted dramatically to professional status by singer-actor JC Rosales and actress Ala Paredes. Justice was done to the late playwright Leonora Oroza-Gonquingco by a mixed cast of professional and amateur actors, overseen by part-time director Armando Reyes [...]
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During my younger years, I had my favourite “things” such as Maths, Drama, Journalism, Debating and Dancing. I could ace my Trigo exam without even studying but unfortunately History was my waterloo. I couldn’t see the logic of studying the past when I was a very active child always looking forward to the future. But [...]
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June 12 at the Blacktown City Council’s Bowman Hall was a scene of colourful and festive celebration of the Philippines’ 112th Independence Day. It was also a day of the servicemen, Australians and Filipinos alike [...]
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The lead changed several times in the first half with both teams scoring great tries and trading penalty goals. A converted try late in the half gave the Volcanoes some breathing space as they went into the break with a 29-16 lead [...]
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Batang si Rizal / nanghuli ng tutubi / inipit and pakpak / kinausap ang sarili , May pag-asa pa ba / ang patria adorada? / lumuha ang kulisap / na may luntiang mata..[...]
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