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Bet it's
X'mas
already
CHRISTMAS has always come early for
Filipinos. So it does today with Filipino-
Australians.
The community is kicking off this
Christmas season with a Philippine
Christmas Festival at Tumbalong Park
in Sydney’s Darling Harbour on the
Saturday-Sunday of November 10-11,
from 10am to 9pm.
There will be food and trade stalls as
well as entertainment to usher in the
Christmas season spirit.
As festival chairwoman Elsa Collado
says, the celebration “aims to promote
Philippine art, culture, trade and tourism
as well as Filipino heritage and identity;
and to enhance the visibility and stature
pf the Filipino community in NSW”.
The Festival is organised by the
Philippine Community Council of NSW
with the support of the Philippine
Department of Foreign Affairs, Philippine
Tourism, and Philippine Department of
Trade and Industry.
UP alumni
reunion call
THE University of the Philippines Alumni
Association of Australia, NSW chapter
has invited members and other UP alumni
to its Christmas celebration on Saturday,
November 24, 2018 at Collaroy on the
Northern Beaches..
Going strong for 38 years, UPAAA-NSW
aims to assist UP in the fulfilment of its
mission as an academic institution, assist
in the development and welfare of alumni
in Australia and in the Philippines, and
to foster socio-cultural development and
interaction between the Association and
the Australian community.
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Coming and going
Roving reporter MARILIE BOMEDIANO checks Sydney international airport
ARIANE
ABARQUEZ, 17
AQUEZA
AQUINO, 43
ROEL
SAMERA, 48
MALOU
GERALDE, 60
ARRIVALS DEPARTURES
ARIANE - Our RECAB team of 17 dancers arrived to
compete at the World Supremacy Battleground, the most
prestigious street dance competition in the Southern
Hemisphere, to be held in Sydney. We flew directly from
Davao City for the international hip-hop dancesport in
the 'monster crew' category with five contenders. SAMERA - Going back to the Philippines is like finding
a missing part of the jigsaw puzzle, reconnecting with
my roots in Tarlac and Batangas. I migrated to Australia
1974 and I’m married to an Australian. I'm travelling to
the Philippines because I’m part of an organisation called
‘Trips Plus’ a holiday with a purpose.
AQUEZA - I arrived from Mariveles, Bataan, on a
student visa. I worked in Abu Dhabi for over a year
as a homecare nurse, after 13 of experience as
an nurse in Saudi Arabia. I enjoy going to other
countries and checking out their culture, and tourist
spots. MALOU - I’m heading for Misamis Occidental,
Mindanao, to our village’s farm manned by Subanon
ethnic minorities who are my family from the Manaka
tribe. In Australia, I’m a widow with two children and
one grandson. I do cleaning for a job, and I’ve been
here since 1995.
Regional meet for Rizal Knights
THE Sydney chapter of the Knights of Rizal will be host the
first Knights of Rizal Australia, New Zealand and Oceania
(ANZO) regional assembly and conference on Friday-
Saturday, November 23-15, 2018 at Sydney Olympic Park in
Homebush.
The event will comprise activities at various locations, but
events of last two days will take place at Olympic Park.
Knights of Rizal counterpart, the Kababaihang Rizalista
(Ladies Of Rizal), will join the assembly and conference.
A Philippine delegation led by Supreme Commander and
Court of Appeals Justice Elihu Ybanez will come Supreme
Council trustees and members of the council of elders.
AK NewsMagazine, Vol 9 No 1 2 | November
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