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A permanent office for PCC-NSW
After 20 years, the Philippine Communities Council of New South Wales (PCC-NSW) can now claim that it has a permanent office. The office is located at Building T2A Nirimba Business Centre, Quakers Hill [...]
Supreme Court asked to stop Comelec from buying controversial automated poll system
April 30, 2012 1 Comment
Tanggulang Demokrasya (Tan Dem) filed Thursday April 26 a case petitioning the Supreme Court to stop the Comelec purchase of the controversial Smartmatic-TIM’s Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines and associated software [...]
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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 [...]
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With reduction of certain student visa assessment levels recently announced by the Commonwealth Department of Immigration and Citizenship, more students from the Philippines to study in Australia can be expected. The Philippines is one of the countries assigned an AL1 or Student Visa Assessment Level 1 [...]
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard today congratulated 40 Australians, including Filipino community leader Dr Cen Amores, who have been recognised for their outstanding work in building strong and cohesive local communities [...]
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Ambassador Rod Smith ends his posting in the Philippines next month. He has been Australia’s ambassador to the Philippines since March 2008. Mr Bill Tweddell will be Australia’s next ambassador to the Philippines. He is expected to take up his post in January 2012 [...]
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Iglesia Ni Cristo youth in Australia are joining forces with their counterparts in other countries to put smiles on the faces of senior citizens through “Share the Gift of Music”, an initiative of the INCGiving Project launched this month across the globe [...]
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In an email to The Filipino Australian, Global Filipino Nation reported that the Philippine Commission on Elections is targetting at least one million registered overseas voters by October 31 next year. The registration target, according to GFN, was disclosed in a Comelec forum held last October 5 with community leaders at the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco [...]
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The Philippine Communities Council of NSW is staging “Lift Off”, a musical extravaganza showcasing the talents of Generation XY on Friday October 14 [...]
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“Her Son, Jose Rizal”, a one-act play written by Philippine national artist Leonor Orosa Goguingco returns to the stage to celebrate the Philippine national hero’s 150th birth anniversary. Proudly supported by the Philippine Consulate and the Philippine Community Council of NSW, four performances (matinee at 4pm and evening at 8pm) shall be staged [...]
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