Filipino Club holds fiesta
URL: http://www.bahraintribune.com/ A Filipino fiesta day will be held today at the Al Ahli Open Grounds as main event in the Filipino Club's celebration of its 25th anniversary.Morning and afternoon programs will have separate opening ceremonies with the morning activities highlighting various sports events and other games.The afternoon event will be highlighted with the Filipino Santacruzan parade and an awards programme giving citations to outstanding club members,...
Filipino Club to start martial arts program
URL: http://www.bahraintribune.com/ The Filipino Club will start a kyoku-jutsu, a Japanese martial-arts program on Friday aimed at promoting a practical and effective self-defence method for beginners.The club's professional-groups co-ordinator, Bobbi Paraan, said that qualified instructors in the martial arts will be providing courses for both children and adults regularly at the club.Kyoku-jutsu is a group of selected martial-arts practitioners who employ the...
Filipino Club: Filipino art expo opens tomorrow
The fourth annual Art Exhibition of the Filipino Club Artists Group (FCAG) opens tomorrow at the Diplomat Radisson SAS Hotel under the patronage of undersecretary for Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs Shaikh Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, who is also honorary president of Bahrain Arts Society.The show, dubbed a showcase of contemporary art, features art works from FCAG members and junior members, budding artists from the Philippine and Sacred Heart schools.About 60 works...
Filipino club of Okanagan raises funds to help back home
A local Filipino group has raised money to help survivors of the landslide that obliterated a village in the Philippines last month. The Okanagan Filipino Club, founded 11 years ago by Kelowna resident Elna Von Dach, has raised $1,000 to help the survivors of the devastating landslide that killed more than 1,000 people in a remote community about 675 kilometres southeast of Manila.The group wants the local Filipino community to be part of the re-building process, even though they are...
FILIPINO CLUB GETS A BREAK UNION CITY WAIVES MONTHLY UPKEEP FEE
In the continuing effort to promote affordable housing in Union City, the city has waived a monthly payment of $250 from the Filipino Community of Alvarado and Vicinity for a structure it uses as a community center and senior housing.The Filipino club, which has been using the historic mansion at 3535 Smith St. as a community gathering place and affordable senior housing since 1976, had been contributing $250 a month toward maintenance of the house. For the past few months, the city has...