By ALICE GREGORIO-NICOLAS Australians working in the Alfred Hospital also contributed from their own pockets to help the victims of the recent calamity in the Philippines. Thanks to Filipino-Australian Ampee Alvizo-Marshall, who works in the Hospital’s Engineering Department. She approached her co-workers from the Biomedical Engineering, Supply Department and Major Projects and explained to them [...]

True to the title of the Philippines being named the social networking capital of the world, the use of social media by Filipino-Australians to appeal for help for the victims of Typhoon Sendong is gaining positive feedback. Melba Marginson, Executive Director of the Victorian Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Coalition, has appealed to her friends and [...]

By ALICE GREGORIO-NICOLAS Melbourne, Australia (21 December 2011)- Philippine Honorary Consul General Gigi Kalong is appealing to the Filipino-Australians especially those based in Victoria to, once again, dig deeper into their pockets as thousands of Filipinos have lost lives and properties during the recent typhoon Sendong in Cagayan De Oro City, Philippines. As of press [...]

Tropical storm Sendong (international name, Walsh) that hit Mindanao last Friday turned out out to be one of the deadliest cyclones to hit the Philippines since 2000. More than 300 people have died and thousands more have lost their homes following the flash floods that hit Mindanao because of Sendong. Worst hit are the cities [...]