By Walter Villagonzalo
Many of the 60,000 Filipinos in Victoria belong to the more than 100 religious, geographical, sports, common interests and business organisations that...
By Erick Paul Estepa Elefante
In the Philippines' inaugural appearance at the Cabramatta International 9s in 2012, the country heralded its membership of the International...
By Manish Azad
1. Record Low Interest Rates
Australia hasn't seen this record low interest rates in history. The current cash rate is only 0.10%. So, if you ever wanted to get into the dream house or buy an investment property,...
NSW–Benjie de Ubago, a writer contributor of several publications, including The Philippine Times has won the Premier's Multicultural Media Lifetime Achievement Award for her 35 years of outstanding contribution to Filipino community media. Benjie was pleasantly surprised when she...
Ms. Maria Lourdes M Salcedo has been appointed by the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary, Teodoro Locsin Jr, as the new Consul General in Melbourne. Since her appointment five months ago, Consul General Salcedo has finally arrived in...
The pandemic has impacted many Filipino-Australian artists and musicians in an industry which relies heavily on live music to succeed. With the easing of restrictions in Victoria, local musicians are looking forward to opportunities to return to the stage.
The...
Jerson Trinidad arrived in Australia in the late 80's with his family in Wagga Wagga. He then moved to Sydney to join popular talent show on Network 10 called ‘Star Search’. Jerson joined the TV show ‘New Faces’ with...
The Philippine Times joins the Magpayo family and the Filipino community in mourning the passing of Ka Joel Magpayo on 4 November 2020. He was laid to rest on 24 November at Altona Memorial Park in Altona North, Victoria.
Ka...
The Filipino Choir of St Francis (aka Kiko Choir) began singing at St Francis Church in Melbourne in 1992. This was shortly after the very first Filipino Mass was established by resident priest Rev Fr Ed Wood, together with...
Mission-driven wedding startup WePlanr is partnering with the Department of Tourism (DOT) Philippines to bring much-needed reprieve from COVID-induced boredom and tension for couples everywhere across Australia and New Zealand.
WePlanr, Australia’s first destination wedding planning and marketplace tech-platform,...
Following the devastation of Typhoon Vamco in the Philippines claiming the lives of at least 73 with 19 missing, Australians have raised over $50,000 via GoFundMe in the first four days to support the recovery efforts.
Almost $8,000 has been raised in 72 hours by...
By Brian Ashworth
Following the Typhoon Goni, as well as other Typhoons in the last few weeks, the local partner of Disaster Aid Australia (DAA), Balay Mindanaw travelled to Bicol to assess the situation.
They identified one of the worst affected...