By Fred Jover
Several Filipino community leaders based in Metropolitan Melbourne and country Victoria formally called on the new Consul General Maria Lourdes Salcedo and...
“Filipinos are gifted, talented people. When people know you are Filipino, they assume that you can sing or play musical instruments, every house party...
The Philippines and Australia are celebrating 75 years of diplomatic relations, with celebrations to be held in both Australia and the Philippines.
With the support...
Former Philippine President Joseph "Erap" Ejercito Estrada has tested positive for COVID-19, his son Jinggoy Estrada confirmed in a television interview today.
He said the 83-year-old former...
Philippine Airlines has announced a limited schedule of flights in October between Australia and the Philippines.
Flight schedules:
PR 211 Manila to Sydney October 17PR 212 Sydney to Manila October 18
Passenger numbers are expected to be very low, due to quarantine...
Philippine Airlines in cooperation with the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs, and the Philippine Consulate in Melbourne successfully coordinated a special flight from Melbourne to Manila this morning.
The 10:30am scheduled PR210 flight departed at 12:52pm. PAL utilised its Boeing...
Almost 200 Filipinos left Australia to go home to the Philippines through Philippine Airlines (PAL) special flights. PAL organised two special flights from Sydney and Melbourne on 27 May 2020 to serve stranded Filipinos.
This brings the special flights arranged...
Note: Philippine Airlines has closed registrations for these flights at 4pm on May 21, due to high demand.
PAL have stated "Passengers who have received a confirmation notice are requested to settle their ticket payments as soon as possible. Passengers...
The Australian Embassy in Manila announced additional user-pays-flights from Manila-Melbourne, Manila-Sydney, Manila-Brisbane with Philippine Airlines have been organised for Tuesday, 28 April.
The first special flight organised from Manila to Melbourne on 18 April as well as to Sydney...
Philippine Airlines has announced additional special flights for Filipinos / Philippine Passport Holders in Australia from Melbourne-Manila, and Sydney-Manila on Wednesday April 29.
This is in addition to the three flights the were organised on April 19 from Melbourne, Sydney...
By Marie Vasquez
On Sunday morning of April 19, I just finished dropping off my mum’s medications at a hotel in Melbourne where her 14-day quarantine begins. We contacted the nurse to tell them that the medicines are at the...
Three special flights from the Philippines landed in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane on Sunday morning, repatriating stranded Australian travellers.
"That was a mammoth effort. That required 12 sweeper flights from around the Philippines, bringing people from places like Cebu, Davao,...
*Note: Registrations for these flights closed on 11:59pm 15 April, 2020. Additional flights have been organised for 28 April, 2020.*
READ: Additional repatriation flights to Melbourne and Sydney for stranded Australians in the Philippines
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The Australian Embassy, in coordination with Philippine...
Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) recently announced the launching of flights to six (6) new destinations in Australia, China and the Middle East. This is in line with PAL’s aggressive route expansion. The addition of these routes brings to...