The program received this year’s Australian Antennas Award in the
Outstanding Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Program category.

The program won from a group of five finalists which included Fusion
Latina, Sri Lankan Morning Show, Hungarian TV and VNTV.

The award recognises the great effort and hard work by the crew in
bringing the Filipino-Australian community/culture into the Australian
mainstream and to highlight aspects of the Philippines in a positive and
entertaining way. (more…)

The National Multicultural Marketing Awards have officially opened for 2010. The awards are open to anyone in business in Australia with entries closing on 31 August 2010.

Winners of the Awards will be officially announced at a Gala Presentation on November 1, 2010. A total of seven awards will be given out on the evening, including awards in the areas of community, commercial sectors, advertising and government.

Updates about the Awards will be posted the Twitter account http://twitter.com/crcnmma on the Commission’s. Followers will be able to keep up to date with live Tweets.

Chairperson of the Community Relations Commission, Stepan Kerkyasharian said: ”The Community Relations Commission is encouraging businesses and the community to participate in the Awards program, and through Twitter there will be even more of an opportunity for our followers to get the most up to date news about the Awards.

Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/crcnmma. Simply register to find out more about the Awards. – ?

“Blacktown City’s name is totally out of date and inappropriate for a progressive growing city with over 300,000 people,” Blacktown City Councillor Allan Green said. (more…)

Officials from the Federal, State and Local Australian Government attended the Philippine National Day Ball which was held on Saturday June 12 at the Rosehill Gardens Event Centre. It was in celebration of the 112th Philippine Independence Day. (more…)

The Philippine Community Council of NSW (PCC) will be leading the way again in the celebration of the 112th anniversary of Philippine Independence Day on 12 June 2010.

As has been in the past years, the Flag ceremony will be held on Saturday morning at 11am at Blacktown. The annual event will be held in cooperation with Blacktown City Council. (more…)