Philippine actor and TV host Keempee de Leon paid a courtesy call yesterday morning at the Philippine Embassy following his arrival from Manila to perform in today’s (Sunday) Pasko ng Pinoy celebration. Over a double celebration lunch with Philippine Ambassador Nestor Z Ochoa and spouse Mayie, Keempee spoke highly of his father, veteran comedian Joey .
Royal Brunei Catering is offering a week-long Philippine Food Festival of chef specialties from spicy and creamy vegetables to goat’s meat stew, oxtail in peanut sauce, and roasted chicken Pinoy style from Tuesday. The festival will be held from June 1-7 at the Seasons Restaurant in Centrepoint, Gadong to mark the 112th Philippine Independence Day, .
Auditions for the search for Filipino talents for the 112th anniversary celebration of Philippine independence will be held on May 16, 23 and 30, the Filipino Association in Brunei supported by the Philippine Embassy announced yesterday. The auditions will be held from 10am to 12 noon at St George’s School. The search is one of .
THE Philippine Embassy yesterday afternoon held a ground breaking ceremony for the site of its new US$2.5 million Chancery at the entrance of the Diplomatic Enclave on Jalan Kebangsaan. Philippine Ambassador to Brunei Alexander B Yano, Director Sheikh Fadillah of Brunei’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Filipino Association in Brunei President Edel Bartholomew, were among .
FILIPINOS in Brunei can start voting in the Philippine national elections, which will take place between April 10 and May 10, the Philippine Embassy announced yesterday. The overseas absentee voting (OAV) in Brunei will be held from 8am to 4pm during the 30-day period, which will also include Saturdays, Sundays and May 1 — a .
Labor Attaché Dr Elizabeth O Recio lectured on financial literacy towards starting a business during a free livelihood-training programme at the Philippine Embassy. The trainings were conducted by the Philippine Embassy’s Philippine Overseas Labor Office in support of the Reintegration Preparedness Programme (RPP) of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), an attached agency of the .
Kampong Ayer folks used to gather and tie up bundles of firewood (memberakas kayu) from the Berakas forest, which is now a 340-hectare outdoor recreational park in the Brunei-Muara district. Originally a 199-hectare park, it was opened in 1999 with a standing capacity of 500 visitors at one time. Today, 5,000 people visit the Berakas .
Hoop Camp Brunei, a training centre for basketball, was recently proposed in a presentation by Frederick (Ricky) Dandan, Philippine Basketball League television panel analyst. “The centre aims to introduce basketball to the Brunei youths following the awareness created by the Asean Basketball League,” where a Brunei team participated, said Ricky, camp director of the Ateneo .
A graduation ceremony for the Filipino language and cultural enrichment programme for children was held yesterday at the Philippine Embassy Chancery. Twenty Filipino volunteer teachers conducted the intensive eight-day free programme for nearly 60 Filipino children aged six to 14, during the school holidays. Inspired by the Philippine government’s efforts to promote interfaith cooperation as .
Freshly harvested rice from the paddy field of Kg Rambai Ketua Kampong Awg Mohammad Jamin bin Arwan @ Harun in Tutong are half-cooked, wrapped in daun nyirik, a tropical plant’s leaf, then steamed, to make kelupis. This popular snack is traditionally prepared and cooked immediately after the harvest, and eaten with tea or black coffee. .
