Press Release

PR-06-2023  09 MARCH 2023 – Melbourne, Australia – The Philippine Consul General to Melbourne, Maria Lourdes M. Salcedo, held a meeting with the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Mr. Paul Edbrooke, MP, on 09 March 2023 at the Parliament House of Victoria to discuss the strengthening of the Philippines-Australia relations. During the meeting, Consul General […]

PR-05-2023 The 2nd Philippines-Australia Plant Technical Working Group (PTWG) convened in Melbourne on 22 February 2023. Director and PTWG Co-chair Gerald Glenn F. Panganiban of the Department of Agriculture headed the Philippine delegation, accompanied by other officials from DA, DOST, and Melbourne PCG. Assistant Secretary and PTWG Co-chair Peter Creaser of the Australian Department of Agriculture,

PR-04-2023  For the second year in a row, the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) Philippines joined the recently concluded Asia Pacific Incentive and Meetings Events held on 14 and 15 February 2023 at the Melbourne Conference and Convention Center. According to TPB Chief Operating Officer Maria Margarita Nograles in her letter to Consul General Maria Lourdes

PR-02-2023  28 January 2023 – The Philippine Consulate General in Melbourne, in collaboration with the University of the Philippines Alumni in Victoria (UPAV) and Philippine Language School, celebrated Children’s Day on 28 January 2023 through Filipino storytelling, songs, and games at the Consulate General. 30 Children aged from ages 1 to 13, together with their parents

PR-03-2023  Top: The Consular Corps in Melbourne participate the Australia Day celebration at the Government House. Right: Australia Day parade at the Filipino Hub in Brooklyn. “Congratulations to all Australians who have come from all corners of this planet, including my fellow Filipinos who have settled in this part of Australia to find their own

PR-01-2023  “It’s about time we come together and have one harmonized celebration for the 125th anniversary of Philippine Independence in 2023.” This was the opening statement of Consul General Maria Lourdes Salcedo as the Consulate convened the first meeting of the Organizing Committee for the proposed celebration branded as 1-2-5 Harmonized Philippine Independence Day on 10 January

PR-31-2021  It was a moving re-enactment of that fateful morning of 30 December 1896 when Dr. Jose Rizal lost his life, inspiring a revolution that gained independence for the Philippines in 1898. From left: State Minister Juliana Addison, Frances Salenga, Multicultural Partnership Coordinator of the City Council of Ballarat and Consul Maria Lourdes Salcedo with

PR-45-2022  30 December 2022 – This year’s celebration of the 126th anniversary of the martyrdom of Dr. Jose Rizal was attended by around 100 representatives from various Filipino Community organizations in Victoria, local government officials, and the Filipino community. Held at the Rizal Park in Ballarat, it was organized by Pinoy Ako Pinoy Tayo (PAPT), Filipino Australian

PR-44-2022  There’s a flurry of merry-making in Melbourne and surrounds in the lead up to Christmas. This is quite expected with such a big Filipino Community of over 95,000 per the latest 2021 Census. The most visible ones supported by Melbourne PCG were Pasko sa Melbourne on 2 December, Dreaming of a Wyndham Christmas on 3 December

PR-43-2022  The Philippine Consulate General in Melbourne commences the continuing Overseas Voting Registration on 09 December 2022, Friday, based on guidelines from the Commission on Elections. Mr. Raymund S. Aquino, VRM Operator, registered a first-time voter Ms. Riana Beatrice Bea as well as Mr. Areon Guarino, whose registration record will be transferred from the Philippines