There are many beautiful places in the Philippines that I have made the resolve that each time I go there for personal and/or business purposes, I would go to at least one place I have not visited. Recently, an opportunity to do this came. I joined my Mother and…
Nineteen-year old Filipino professional tennis player, Jeson Patrombon has picked Australian Pro-Tour to re-launch his campaign to cement a successful place in the world senior men’s tennis. Jeson’s career high ATP single ranking was 869th [...]…
It has been some time since the ~One~ Charity CD project was undertaken by the Artists & Linked Friends in Action [ALFA]; a year to be exact. The project aimed at raising funds to provide assistance to the survivors of the Washi/Sendong typhoon which devastated particularly Iligan and Cagayan de…
Mon Coloma Ramon Coloma, a Filipino-Australian artist based in Sydney, is holding an art exhibition which pays tribute to successful and inspirational people. The one-man exhibition titled “Portraits of Success” which opened on 11th February will finish on 13th April 2013. The exhibition is being held at The Verge, Arthouse…
This year’s nominations or lack thereof make choosing the winners extra difficult. As expected, the films are diverse in topic, as in scope. From semi documentaries plagued by charges of leaked classified information, to a classic musical with a new song added, to rewritten and…
Aside from the dreaded medical tests that we, the fairer sex, have to undertake every two years, the annual date with the ‘Vampire’ is another I would avoid if I could. I nearly hyperventilated just from looking at the long list of tests that my doctor had ordered to be…
I have been trying to avoid call centres as much as I can because of the ‘horror stories’ I read about other people’s experiences with them. But my aversion to call centres was put to test recently when I did not have a choice but to make a call to…
The FilPressSydney group’s monthly kapihan [coffee and chat time] gathers the usual ‘core’ of about 5 – 6 members for a huddle and a chin-wag on issues or news in the Filipino-Australian community. However, the recent February kapihan was abuzz with lively chatter, attended by about twenty people comprised of…
The happy home of Oliver Gadista, Bless Salonga and Baby Olivia Faith, which doubles up as the ALFA headquarters and recording studio, was transformed into a production-workshop last Friday, February 24. Earlier in the week, Bless and I have spent time checking out shops in Blacktown and Wentworthville in search…
UNTIL LAST Saturday’s (February 11) Annual General Meeting and Election of the Philippine Communities Council of NSW, it has been awhile since I attended its meetings. In fact I could not even remember the year that I attended to represent our association, the North Shore Filipino-Australian Association [NSFA]. And in…
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Violi Calvert is a freelance writer, and Radio Sandigan Broadcaster 88.1FM; community organisations supporter. She is also Media & PR of the Nenad Bach Music (Australia & Asia).