The overseas Filipino community celebrates the 114th Philippine Independence Day on June 10, 2012 at the Chater Road and Chater Garden in Central, Hong Kong.
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LOVA 4th Anniversary celebration and Induction Ceremony
The celebration of the 4th year anniversary of League of Overseas Visayan Association (LOVA) was held on 14 October at Newton Hotel. Induction of new officers and presentation of the Perlas ng Visayas 2012 winner and candidates for next year event were part of the program. Philippine Consul General Noel Servigon was the main guest [...]
Domestic workers call for ratification of ILO Convention 189
Migrant domestic workers have called on the Chinese government to ratify the treaty that will assure the basic rights of domestic workers here in Hong Kong. Various workers’ groups have called for the ratification and enforcement of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers or Convention 189. In June last [...]
Lakbay Dangal leads community in remembering Jose Rizal
Filipinos marked the 151st year of the birth of our national hero Jose Rizal. Lakbay Dangal led the community in remembering the hero via festivities at Chater Garden in Central. Perhaps still unknown to many, certain spots in Central bear traces of Rizal’s life and adventures in Hong Kong. The national hero lived in the [...]
Re-electionist Senators get most OAV-HK votes
Four re-electionist Senators and four newcomers got the most votes in Hong Kong, official election results showed. As the canvassing of votes ended last May 14, at around 6 a.m., re-electionist Sen. Loren Legarda topped the race with 18,177 votes. Another re-electionist Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano followed suit with 15,392 votes. Newcomer in the realm [...]
Road accident at the Bayanihan Centre
An OFW who was crossing the street on her way to vote at the Bayanihan Centre in Kennedy Town Hong Kong was hit by a speeding taxi last May 1. Cherry Narag, an eyewitness, gave her brief account of the road mishap while Vice Consul Charles Macaspac of Philcongen extended his caution to all OAV [...]