by Rodolfo Quevenco | Jun 28, 2022 | General
For the fourth year in a row, PACES together with the Philippine Embassy in Vienna made a floral offering by the twin Catalpa trees (Trompetenbaum) located on the east side of the Rathaus (City Hall) park. These two trees were planted by the city of Vienna in June...
by Rodolfo Quevenco | Jun 25, 2022 | General
PACES is pleased to publish excerpts of a speech that the Secretary General of the United Nations Correspondents Association in Vienna (UNCAV), Mr. Hermann Kroiher, addressed to members of the Philippine Community on 10 June 2022. Mr. Kroiher delivered this address at...
by Rodolfo Quevenco | May 17, 2022 | General
The Philippine-Austrian Cultural and Educational Society (PACES) celebrated it’s 6th year Anniversary on 16 May with a Thanksgiving Mass held at the St. Augustin Church in Vienna’s first district. This coincided with the Sunday Loretto High Mass at...
by Rodolfo Quevenco | May 16, 2022 | General
Congratulations to Koleen L. Bacud and Cathrine M. Madlangbayan for passing the Civil Engineering Licensure Exam (Board Exam) given in May 2022 by the Philippine Professional Regulation Commission. The two new Civil Engineers, who passed the board exam on their first...
by Rodolfo Quevenco | Mar 13, 2022 | General
The Philippines can really reap its demographic dividends if we train our youth properly now. This was the message of Philippine Consul General and Charge d’Áffaires Frank Olea during his introductory remarks at the virtual lecture of Dr. Baby Jane Punongbayan...
by Rodolfo Quevenco | Mar 13, 2022 | General
And the consensus answer? A resounding yes… but with many ifs. But let’s start at the beginning. Dr. Baby Jane Punongbayan’s lecture, A Song of Death and Hope: Can the Philippines progress amidst constant threats of earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides and volcanos?, was...
