Sydney-based members of the Order of the Knights of Rizal, Philippine consular staff and other Philippine community members this morning gathered in Sydney to to commemorate the Philippine national hero’s 151st birth anniversary. Consul General Anne Jalando-on Louis led a floral offering ceremony at the Ibero-American Plaza in Central Station [...]
Families will have the opportunity to help victims of Typhoon Washi and at the same time enjoy the new facilities of the newly refurbished Campbelltown Rizal Park on Saturday, January 28 in a “Picnic at Rizal Park” gathering [...]
The Philippine Consulate in Sydney hosted a Filipino Community Forum on 18 October to discuss and promote the ‘TEN (The Entire Nation] Moves’ which is a campaign to involve at least 2 million people to donate P10 for 10 months with the aim of establishing 10,000 classrooms. The campaign’s mission translated in the Filipino language is: 10 piso, 10 buwan, 10 libong silid-aralan [...]
Demographic data is very important in planning services including assistance in the event of an emergency or disaster, Consul General Anne Jalando-on Louis said in last night’s launch of Survey of Filipinos in New South Wales [...]
Earlier technical concerns in the production of electronic passports have been addressed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and operations of the electronic passport system have now normalised [...]
Department of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has recently issued an advisory opinion on illegal drug couriers explaining the issues and concerns about Filipinos arrested, detained, and convicted in foreign countries [...]
The Philippine Embassy in Canberra reported recently that a labor delegation had successful exploratory talks with Australian officials from November 23 to 28. The group talked with the Australian officials in Canberra regarding the training and deployment of Philippine nurses to Australia, and putting the finishing touches to a draft Memorandum of Understanding on Labor Cooperation between the Philippines and South Australia [...]
The Philippine Consulate General in Sydney conducted a mission to New Caledonia recently to provide consular services and to register Filipino overseas absentee voters (OAV) residing in this island. New Caledonia is an island territory of France, located 2000 kilometers east of the coast of Queensland. The island has an area of 18,575 square [...]
The Philippine Consulate General in Sydney will undertake a special consular mission to the French overseas territory of New Caledonia to provide consular services to Filipinos in this South Pacific island 1,200 kilometers east of the coast of Queensland. The mission, which will be led by Consul General Eva G. Betita [...]
Following the successful launch of ePassport, the Department of Foreign Affairs announced today that applications for the ePassport through the online appointment system will start 26 August, Wednesday. The DFA Office of Consular Affairs advises [...]
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