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PACES marks 6th Anniversary with Thanksgiving Mass
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 St.Augustine Church...
STEMS70 Scholars Pass Philippine Licensure Examination
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...
Properly train the youth of today
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 on the...
Virtual Presentation: Can the Philippines progress amidst constant threats of earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides and volcanos?
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...
UNIDO’s environment-related technical cooperation projects: Integrating social issues
Continuing their cooperation in organizing events of interest to the Filipino communities in Austria, PACES and the VIC Club Filipino (VIC CF) jointly sponsored a virtual lecture by Zoom on the topic "UNIDO's environment-related technical cooperation projects: Making...
PACES Holds Annual General Assembly for 2022
Members, partners and supporters of the Philippine Austrian Cultural and Educational Society (PACES), gathered virtually on Thursday, 27 January for its annual general assembly. The milestones in 2021 and planned initiatives for the coming year were the main focus of...
PACES Awards STEMS75 Scholarships for 2021-2022
The Philippine-Austrian Cultural and Education Society (PACES) has awarded university scholarships for the academic year 2021-2022 to four deserving students from the Philippines. The new STEMS75 scholars selected for the academic year 2021-2022 are: Mr. John Paul...
Statistics in Daily Life: Uses and Misuses
(Lies, damned lies, and statistics) "Lies, damned lies, and statistics," a phrase popularized by Mark Twain and variously ascribed to different public personalities, describes the persuasive power of statistics to convince, rightly or wrongly, and to prop up not only...
PACES Lecture: Zoom Your Way to the Top
Since the current pandemic began more than one year ago, online video calls and virtual meetings have become practically the norm, displacing traditional face-to-face interactions, work and business meetings, scientific meetings and conventions, social gatherings,...
PACES and CFC ANCOP Sign Partnership Agreement for STEMS75 Scholarships
PACES and CFC ANCOP Global Foundation have signed a Partnership Agreement to continue their cooperation in supporting Filipino students pursuing undergraduate studies leading to bachelor of science degrees in selected Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics...
STEMS70 Scholar Passes Metallurgical Engineering Board Exam
A former PACES scholar has achieved an important career milestone. Mr. Kenneth Dave Borja passed the July 2021 Metallurgical Engineering Licensure exam, also called the board exam, given by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) in the Philippines. Kenneth Borja...
PACES Leads Floral Offering at 123rd Anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence
Together, Stronger. Stronger, Together! By Dr. Efren Abaya The Philippine-Austrian Cultural and Educational Society (PACES) spearheaded a floral offering at the landmark Catalpa tree in the Vienna Rathaus to commemorate the 123rd Anniversary of the Proclamation of...