Dr Rachel Carling-Jenkins M.P., State Member of the Legislative Council Western Metropolitan Region, congratulates the Filipinos in Victoria for this year’s Philippine Independence Day celebration. In a message sent through The Philippine Times, she says: “I wish to extend my most heartfelt greeting and sincere congratulations to each of you on the celebration of Philippine Independence Day 2015. May your festivities and time spent with family and friends be truly wonderful. Please accept my prayers and best wishes for the future of your mother country, the Philippines, and for the welfare and prosperity of all Filipino people throughout the world.”