{"id":8050,"date":"2024-03-18T15:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T04:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/?p=8050"},"modified":"2024-03-20T15:49:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T04:49:00","slug":"melbourne-pcg-and-au-officials-grace-inauguration-of-philippine-community-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/?p=8050","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne PCG and AU officials grace inauguration of Philippine Community Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8050\" class=\"elementor elementor-8050\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ca00f9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ca00f9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cLet\u2019s embrace other groups in our Community and reach out to other multicultural organizations as this is the best way to promote our culture,\u201d advised Consul General Maria Lourdes Salcedo in her remarks at the grand opening and inauguration of the Philippine Community Center in Laverton on 16 March 2024.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58107c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58107c8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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Community, the event was also graced by Federal MP and Assistant Foreign Minister Tim Watts as well as the Mayor of Hobsons Bay Matt Tyler. AFM Watts spoke of the elevation of PH-AU relations to strategic following the visit of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to the Philippines on 8 September 2023. He said that relations are robust in many aspects and the people-to-people links matter a lot to Australia with over 400,000 Australians with Filipino ancestry sharing such dishes as <em>adobo<\/em>, he said, eliciting a rousing applause from the crowd.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a242a0a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a242a0a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46852bd\" data-id=\"46852bd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fded0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4fded0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05-2024-02.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8055\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05-2024-02.png 1500w, https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05-2024-02-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05-2024-02-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05-2024-02-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37e2c67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37e2c67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Top: President of PFVI Ross Manuel, Assistant Foreign Minister and Federal MP Tim Watts, Hobsons Mayor Matt Tyler and Consul General Maria Lourdes Salcedo; Below: Ribbon-cutting preceded the event.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e248901 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e248901\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mayor Tyler, for himself, affirmed the important contributions Filipinos to the wider community with numbers increasing in the past few years. The President of Philippine Fiesta of Victoria, Inc. Ross Manuel narrated the many years of anticipation and hard work to make the dream of having a PH Community Center a reality. \u201cWe have started it, it\u2019s now your task to make sure it is maintained,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40bf5e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40bf5e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The ribbon-cutting was followed by a blessing of the entire facility consisting of a decent foyer containing a fa\u00e7ade of <em>bahay kubo<\/em> with several Philippine handicrafts and promotional materials, meeting rooms, first-aid room, kitchen, a spacious parking area and a backyard that could fit a basketball court. The property is a third of the original 4-acre land bought years ago by the PFVI but had become controversial following a court case involving contending groups out of the original PFVI.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0fd940 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0fd940\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Consul General Salcedo also shared her hope that the auspicious opening of the Philippine Community Center, which received both federal and state funding, could pave the way for \u201chealing\u201d within the Community. 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1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51233f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51233f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Clockwise from top left: Igorot dance opens the program; Consul General Salcedo with her message of \u2018healing\u2019; and the first Philippine Community Center in Victoria.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PR-05-2024 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cLet\u2019s embrace other groups in our Community and reach out to other multicultural organizations as this is 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