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PR-30-2021 Sharing a relaxing afternoon to thank Filipino Community leaders at the Consulate’s Year-end” Pamaskong Pasasalamat’. It was a simple get-together to thank the Filipino community for supporting the Philippine Consulate General in Melbourne as it celebrated the first year anniversary of its full operations offering a wide range of consular services for Filipinos and […]

PR-029-2021 After several postponements due to Victoria’s repeated lockdowns, the Gala dinner event to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Philippines- Australia diplomatic relations, which was originally scheduled on 29 May 2021, actualized on 18 December 2021 at Langham Hotel in the city of Melbourne Speakers for the night, from top left: Consul General Maria Lourdes

PR-027-2021 As the year 2021 comes to an end and to welcome 2022, with much enthusiasm in improving teamwork and camaraderie among its officers and staff, the Philippine Consulate General in Melbourne conducted a teambuilding activity on 11-12 December 2021 in Mornington Peninsula, some 72 kms from Melbourne CBD. Consul General Maria Lourdes M. Salcedo

PR-028-2021 Consul General Maria Lourdes Salcedo (center) flanked by City Counsellor Philip Le Liu, Deputy Consul General Anthony Mandap (to her left and right, respectively), FASTCO President Kimberly Clemencio (second from left) and other officers of FASTCO and the City Council of Melbourne. As restrictions ease in Melbourne and in time for the holidays, the Filipino-Australian

PR-026-2021 A distinguished line-up of Philippine and Australian officials in the government and education sectors featured in a recent education forum to mark 75 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Organised by the Philippines Australia Committee for Education (PACE), in collaboration with the Philippine Consulate General in Melbourne, the online forum held 17

PR-025-2021 The Philippine Consulate General in Melbourne, joined by Filipino students representing the Filipino Students Council of Victoria (FASTCO), relived the Filipino “parol” (lantern)-making tradition last Friday, November 12. This was an offshoot of the celebration of the Giant Lantern Festival of Pampanga province in the Philippines. The Giant Lantern Festival is one of several

PR-024-2021 Filipino-Australian vloggers and children in Melbourne joined the special Fiesta Filipinas episode last October 29 featuring the Masskara festival of Bacolod City. Fiesta Filipinas is a continuing series of online events organized to promote Filipino culture and tourism to the global audience. This special episode resulted from the overwhelmingly positive and encouraging feedback from previous participants in

PR-022-2021 The Philippine Consulate General in Melbourne organized a five-part series of online mindfulness sessions called Project Resilience: Mindfulness and Well-Being provided by Philippine-based White Space Wellness. This project seeks to help the Consulate personnel to develop soft skills and promote their physiological and psychological well-being in the face of the stressful and difficult conditions of modern

PR-023-2021 In celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Philippines-Australia Friendship Day, the Philippine Consulate General in Melbourne organized last September 10 a unique scientific, historical and cultural online forum highlighted by a lecture titled, “Kahoy, Pa-mana – the Story of a Lost Botanical Paradise”. The lecture, delivered by Filipino scholar Dr. Augustine “Yob” Doronila, focused

PR-021-2021 Kaugnay ng pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng Wika tuwing Agosto, ang Konsulado ng Pilipinas sa Melbourne ay nagsagawa ng isang talakayan na pinamagatang, “Pambansang Wika: Puso’t Diwa ng Bansa”. Sa ilalim ng temang “Filipino at mga Wikang Katutubo sa Dekolonisasyon ng Pag-iisip ng mga Pilipino” ito ay ginanap noong ika-25 ng Agosto taong kasalukuyan, Miyerkules,