August 26, 2007
THE ILOCOS TIMES - NEWS

Filipino Global Summit all set in Sydney

Filipinos from all over the world are meeting in Sydney, Australia for the 5th Global Filipino Networking Convention. The international Filipino summit will be held from 6 to 8 September, 2007 at Holiday Inn, Rooty Hill, a suburb of Sydney.

The event is themed “Fair Go - For Filipino Empowerment” and coincides with the APEC Summit which will have the world leaders of 21 member nations in attendance. It is anticipated that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo who will be attending the APEC meeting, will be able address the Filipino global conference subject to approval of Australia’s security taskforce.

“Fair Go” is an Aussie slang that means equal opportunity. The conference aims to looks at the real issues that confront Filipinos globally and addresses them in an effort to give Filipinos a “fair go.”

Already, Filipinos from 8 countries to include United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Kuwait, Egypt, Japan, China, Singapore, Korea, USA, and the Philippines have pledged their attendance.

The event is an initiative of the National Federation of Filipino Americans (NAFAA), the Global Filipinos Australia (GFA), The Filipino Communities Council of Australia (FILCCA) and the Philippine Community Council of NSW (PCC). Atty. Lolita Farmer, OAM, GFA president and Malyn Andres-Chun, FILCCA president have joined forces to stage this international event.

“It’s a mammoth task,” said Farmer “but it’s time to have a closer look at Filipino Diaspora and the effects it’s had on the Philippines.

“It is time Filipinos are given due respect and recognition all over the world,” said Malyn Andres-Chun. “If we are to achieve this profile we have to show the world that we are a force to reckon with,” she adds.

The Filipino global conference further aims to uplift the Filipinos image overseas. All Filipinos are welcome to participate in this event of paramount significance and are advised to contact the Global secretariat or by checking the website - www.gfnc-sydney.org.

So, to get to the top, join us down under. Together, we can make it!!

(For further information, please contact: 61-412 966 300 - admin@gfnc-sydney.com or filipin-oz@ideasforsale.com)

Other News...
... Frat rumble mars 365 Mall event
... Fariñas bus rams truck; 3 dead
... Astronaut’s parents visit son’s GK village
... Cebu Pacific carried close to 30,000 passengers in LC since June 2006
... Filipino Global Summit all set in Sydney
... LC requests increase in Pagcor contribution
... MVF warns delinquent market stallholders
... MOA for Gawad Kalinga in Brgy. La Paz signed
... LC to acquire 53 water pumps for farming brgys
... Prov’l dad asks LC council to reintroduce special eco-zone
... INEC suspends buying power from spot market
... After ‘word war’, PCL rivals reconcile
... PGIN purchases P5Mworth of chemicals to fight dengue virus
... DENR unveils natural park marker; ‘20M trees’ project launched
... MVF: Laptop para kadagiti dep’t heads
... Prov’l administrator advocates breastfeeding
... MVF orders fumigation of LC’s 80 brgys
... PNP ‘Project Alkansya’ launched at LC Central School
... New PNRC-LC lab now operational
... LC council OKs ‘walking blood bank’ reestablishment
... LC ‘bagsakan’ area relocation proposed anew
... 101st Ablan Day rekindles love, unity among IN leaders
... SP declares IN under state of calamity
... Research groups to farmers: Be prepared for dry spell
... LC Rang-ay ti Barangay resumes on September
... INEC holds seminar on their operation under the Epira law
... NSO requests DAR help on 2007 census

... TOP NEWS

| Back To Top |
Copyright 2007 Ilocos Times. All rights reserved.