Posted by TFA News
Breaking News, Immigration, Multicultural Groups
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
A group of 20 people from seven countries officially joined the Australian family at a special ceremony today in Burnie, Tasmania as Australian Citizenship Day 2010 was launched. The new Australians – who hail from countries including Japan, the United Kingdom, India and Korea – are the first of thousands of people across the country [...]
Posted by TFA News
Breaking News, Immigration, Multicultural Groups
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
A group of 20 people from seven countries officially joined the Australian family at a special ceremony today in Burnie, Tasmania as Australian Citizenship Day 2010 was launched. The new Australians – who hail from countries including Japan, the United Kingdom, India and Korea – are the first of thousands of people across the country [...]
Posted by Jaime K. Pimentel
Associations, Breaking News, Featured
Sunday, August 29th, 2010
PUBLIC relations officers from affiliates of the Philippine Community Councils of NSW and the Alliance of Philippine Community Organisations honed their news writing skills at a workshop conducted by the Filipino Press Group of Sydney yesterday, August 28 [...]
Posted by TFA
Community Blogs, Issues
Friday, August 6th, 2010
“I gather, young man, that you wish to be a Member of Parliament. The first lesson that you must learn is, when I call for statistics about the rate of infant mortality, what I want is proof that fewer babies died when I was Prime Minister than when anyone else was Prime Minister. That is [...]
Posted by Mitchell Badelles
Community Blogs, Election
Friday, July 30th, 2010
Venus Priest grew up in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte, Philippines. Because of her passion to help people, she enrolled and finished a Bachelor of Science Course in Nursing, and practiced privately for a number of years. Arriving in Australia in 1995, she attained an Advanced diploma in Accounting with Western Sydney TAFE. She further [...]
Posted by TFA Staff
Associations, Events
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
The Philippine Community Council of NSW (PCC-NSW) will mark its 20th year on September 11 with celebrations to be held at the Blacktown RSL Club, Blacktown. To mark this milestone date, the PCC-NSW Board has started sending out invitations [...]
Posted by TFA Staff
Associations, Events
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
The Philippine Community Council of NSW (PCC-NSW) will mark its 20th year on September 11 with celebrations to be held at the Blacktown RSL Club, Blacktown. To mark this milestone date, the PCC-NSW Board has started sending out invitations [...]
Posted by N Weekes
Associations, Breaking News, Photo Gallery
Monday, July 19th, 2010
Representatives of The Philippines Consulate in Sydney, members of the Maharlika Riders Club Sydney and officials of the Philippines Community Council of NSW recently visited Bathurst for a flag raising ceremony in commemoration of 112th Anniversary of Philippine Independence. The Philippine flag hoisted during the event is reputedly the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere [...]
Posted by Violi Calvert
Breaking News, People, Philippines, Photo Gallery
Friday, July 16th, 2010
The 93rd Lions Club International Convention was held in Sydney during 28 June – July 2, 2010. This annual convention was attended by delegates from 147 countries, including the Philippines. Highlight of the convention was the parade of the delegates on 29 June from Hyde Park through Macquarie Street and ending in the Sydney Opera House [...]
Posted by TFA News Research
Environment, Multicultural Groups
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
The Community Relations Commission is conducting the Inaugural NSW Parliamentary Plein Air Photographic Prize which is set up to complement the three year old NSW Parliamentary Plein Air Painting Prize. The topic of this competition is New South Wales landscape [...]