Category: People and Places

The Philippine Embassy in Vienna informs all registered Filipino overseas voters in Austria, Croatia, Slovakia and Slovenia that the overseas voting period for the 2022 Philippine National Elections will be from 10 April until 9 May 2022 (7:00 PM Philippine time). The mode of voting for Austria, Croatia, Slovakia and Slovenia is by postal voting. The Philippine Embassy will mail a ballot to each registered overseas voter included in the Certified List of Voters, available at https://bit.ly/ViennaCLOV, once funds for mailing expenses have been received from COMELEC. The Embassy will…

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The Philippine Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) released Resolution No. 165 allowing fully vaccinated foreign nationals to enter the Philippines without need for an Entry Exemption Document (EED), but subject to updated immigration arrival protocols as of 1 April 2022. All fully vaccinated individuals, regardless of nationality, will now be allowed to enter the country for tourism, business, and health purposes. Without the need for an EED, it is expected there will be faster resumption of business visits and deployment plans of visa-required nationals…

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The Catholic Women’s Movement supports women in the Philippines with this year’s Lenten project. This year, the Catholic Women’s Movement again invited people to Family Fasting Day. Under the organization of  Women’s Club (Frauenrunde), of the parish Heart of Jesus, Töllergasse in 21st District, Vienna. This year, a big amount was collected for the Philippines’ Catholic Women’s Movement projects. With its motto, “Together for a future with each other for each other,” the Family Fasting Day had been celebrated in the parish with a Holy Mass. The Our Lady of…

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Election campaigns in the Philippines are on the verge of a 9 May election to choose a successor to President Rodrigo Duterte. His term is legally limited to a single term. Below are details of the leading presidential candidates, starting with the current frontrunner in the opinion polls: Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. The 64-year-old Marcos, the namesake of the late Ferdinand Marcos Sr., is a former governor, congressman, and senator who is the clear frontrunner in the opinion polls. Since returning to the Philippines from exile in 1991 after his…

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The OPLAN KALINGA. “Task Force Fil-Ukraine”, comprised of heads of Filipino organizations in Vienna, has been created upon the initiative of CdA Frank Olea, Philippine Embassy in Vienna. The primary objective of this initiative is to assist Filipino refugees from Ukraine in Vienna. At the moment, there is a group of 9 Filipinos registered with the Embassy and being assisted by the Task Force. More groups are expected to arrive. Please bring to the Philippine Embassy’s attention our kababayans who have arrived in Vienna from Ukraine. They might be vulnerable…

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Vienna, 12 February 2022 – This year, one of the Filipino community’s rare in-person gatherings took place on Saturday, 12 February 2022, at Salvatorianerplatz 1, 1100 Vienna, Austria. It was a fundraising event, “Unity for a Cause,” for typhoon Odette victims in the Philippines. The event was spearheaded by Ms. Lolit Vendivil Kaszuba, former President of the Association of Novo Ecijanos (ANEA) for four consecutive years and one of the Hermana Mayors of the Bikol Society Austria (BSA) festivities in honor of Our Lady of Peñafrancia. “Unity for a Cause”…

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Starting March 5, Central Danube’s Twin City Liner will offer spring sailings to Bratislava for the first time on Saturdays and Sundays.Passengers can experience a cruise and the spring awakening in the capital of Slovakia. Seats on the ship can be booked by phone at +43 (0) 904 88 00 or online. Vienna Twin City Liner offers spring cruisesThe sailing times of the new spring trips have been chosen to suit families. Departure from Vienna is at 10:30 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, arriving in Bratislava at 11:45 a.m. The…

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Vienna, 23 January 2022 – Raimund Theatre, Wallgasse 18-20, 1060 Vienna, Austria Sarah Jozelle Magistrado ROJAS. A Review from My Point of View Judging by the almost six minutes standing ovation, the premiere of the musical Miss Saigon was definitely a resounding success. In theatres in Vienna, if the audience loves you, they show it with the deafening applause, ear splitting whistles and yells. My eardrums were definitely assaulted. Christian Struppeck, Artistic Director of Musicals, Vereinigte Bühnen Wien (VBW), or United Stages Vienna, could not have chosen a better venue, the newly…

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by Sarah Jozelle Rojas Vienna, 14 January 2022 – Members of the Vienna International Centre Club Filipino (VIC CF) gathered virtually at its Annual General Meeting  (AGM) on Friday, 14 January 2022. The AGM which is normally held at the United Nations headquarters in Vienna took place via zoom due to the CoViD-19 pandemic restrictions. The welcome remarks was delivered by Concepcion Segura, VIC CF President. She also presented the activities spearheaded by the VIC CF in 2021. Notable among the attendees were the two former Presidents. Dr Nini RB…

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