There are at least 2 different Filipino groups that are planning to celebrate the Philippine Independence Day on June 12 this year. <\/p>\n
One such group (APCO) promises a lavish 8-course meal, dancing and entertainment and will charge a reasonable $45 entrance fee. The venue is at Maxim\u2019s Function Centre in Bankstown, NSW.<\/p>\n
The invitation indicated that state and federal dignitaries are expected to grace the occasion. It further stated that there will be a \u201cFilipiniana\u201d competition for both male and female who will wear our national costume.<\/p>\n
The other group will charge an entrance fee in the vicinity of $100, according to Mr. Alric Bulseco who is the vice president of the Philippine Community Council of NSW. <\/p>\n
Unfortunately, I won\u2019t be able to attend either one because of a very important family affair which coincides with the same date. For one thing, Bankstown is a bit too far for me and I often get lost driving at night in an unfamiliar area. The above caricature was designed by Miss Benjie de Ubago, a regular columnist. There are at least 2 different Filipino groups that are planning to celebrate the Philippine Independence Day on June 12 this year. One such group (APCO) promises a lavish 8-course meal, dancing and entertainment and will charge a reasonable $45 entrance fee. The venue is at Maxim\u2019s Function Centre in Bankstown, NSW. The invitation indicated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n– by Nostradino<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"