First, I
would like to greet you all a blessed and wonderful evening.
Second,
thank you for coming, giving your time and effort, your support to Plaza Filipino.
Plaza
Filipino is blessed, blessed indeed in
the sense that you my friends are here as a witness to the Induction of Plaza Filipino
Officers of 2008.
I, the
President together with the Directors of Plaza Filipino do accept the task
, the responsibilities and we will do
our best to run Plaza Filipino. My co-
officers, let's do our role, let's work
together, let's make Plaza Filipino alive and visible indeed, let's uplift its name and its image to the
community. This is a challenge for us, you and me to do our job in order to realise the dream
and obtain the goal to build a Plaza Filipino Centre for all Filipinos young
and old, but of course, it's a long
process, a process that will take years for us to do, but, if we will persevere
and have patience there's nothing impossible in any circumstances if it is for
a good cause.
In other
words, let's do our job not only in words but in deeds. As the saying goes, " less talk more
work" so, fellow officers let's join our hands, let's give Plaza Filipino a name of its
own , a name to serve, a Plaza to be proud of, a name that will last forever in
the minds and hearts of every Filipino.
Let's re-sow the seed that had been planted, nurture it with our caring hands and as the
years go that seed grows into a tall
sturdy tree bearing fruits, sweet fruits for us to harvest and for the next
generation to come.
Thank
You and God Bless us all.
Mabuhay
tayong lahat.
Violeta
Miguel
2008 President
Plaza
Filipino
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VILMA SANTOS RECTO AS GUEST OFHONOUR AT PND BALL 2008
Philippine cinema "Star For All Seasons", MISS VILMA SANTOS, will bethis year's guest of honour at the Philippine National Day Ball on 8 June 2008at the Grand Ballroom, Hilton Hotel Sydney.
 Ate Vi, as she is fondly called by her fans andVi to the Philippine movie industry movers and shakers, is currently thefirst woman Governor of BatangasProvince, Philippines. She was previously the first woman mayor of LipaCity.
In 1998, she entered politics and ran for mayor of Lipa City, Batangas where she won by landslidevictories in three consecutive elections. As the first woman mayor of LipaCity, she helped bring not just economic progress and infrastructuredevelopment to Lipa City, but more notably her various programs on publichealth, education and environment, which again earned various local andinternational awards and recognitions.
In 2005, the University of Philippines conferredher the "Gawad Plaridel Award" for her achievements and contributions both asan actress and a public servant. In the same year she was conferred withhonorary doctorate degree (honoris causa) in humanities by the Lipa CityCollege. She was again honored in 2006by the University of the Philippines as one of the four awardees in UP's FirstDiwata Awards.
Vilma Santos-Recto was proclaimed as the dulyelected Governor-elect of the province of Batangas on May 21, 2007 aftergarnering 475,740 votes against Sanchez's 344,969 for a winning margin of morethan 130,000.
HEARTS is oneof the social services programs initiated by the Batangas provincial government.The acronym HEARTS stands for : health, education and environment, agriculture,roads and infrastructure, tourism and security. It is complete with budget andis supported by other provincial government officials.
Dr. Vilma Santos is married to former Senator RalphRecto, who belongs to a well-known political clan in the Philippines. Togetherthey have a son, Ryan Christian. She is also a mother to actor/model/televisionhost Luis "Lucky Manzano, from previousmarriage to actor Edu Manzano.
The PND Ball 2008 is being held to celebrate the 110thanniversary of Philippine Independence.
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The Philippine Language and Cultural Association of Australia Inc (PLCAA Inc) under the leadership of Dr. Alexis Leones recently organised the Youth Forum “Speak Out” on 5 April 2008 at the St. Marys Senior Citizen Centre at St. Marys, New South Wales.
The said youth forum was in line with the “National Youth Week” celebration of Penrith with the theme “Shout. Share. Live. Unite.
In the same forum, the Penrith Filipino Youth Action Group named "BARKADA - Pinoy Australian Youth Network" was launched as part of the programme emphasizing the need to promote greater awareness, pride and involvement in the Philippine cultural heritage.
The event's speakers were His Worship Mayor Greg Davies; Philippine Consul General Maria Theresa Lazaro; Mr. David Bradbury MP, Federal Member of Parliament for Lindsay; Ms. Marte Tagle, Director of Community Relations Commission; Ms. Erin Chew, known as the Young Woman of the West; and Matthew Alberto, Read Philippines Coordinator in Fairfield and a graduate law student of the University of Sydney. The youth participants benefited from the talks which dealt on youth leadership and multiculturalism.
The PLCAA has expressed their gratitude to all those who supported the event particularly the Philippine Community Council of New South Wales (PCC-NSW) headed by President Rey Manoto; Plaza Filipino, La Union Dance Group, SAFSI, Golf Par-e Social Club, Maharlika Inc, EVESTCCO, APO Australia Inc, among others . It was a successful event that has marked the excitement of PLCAA in pursuing their projects which are the following: 1) Read Philippines Project; 2) Penrith Community Filipino School, and the 3) Penrith Filipino Youth Group "BARKADA".
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