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Forex Celebrates 20 Years in Australia

Forex Celebrates an awesome 20 Years of operation in Australia this July 2017.

What once was a simply a vision and desire by our founder Mrs. Ines Campos to assist her fellow Filipino’s in Australia who needed to send packages and money to their loved ones back in the Philippines has grown to be one of the most reliable and trusted Filipino brands in Australia.

In March 2001 FOREX AUSTRALIA and the family suffered a tragic loss when Mrs. Ines Campos passed away. Although this was an extremely difficult time for the family. Ines’ steadfast commitment to servicing the customer was continued under the leadership of her husband Enrique.

“Wherever Filipinos may be worldwide, Forex will be there to touch lives, delivering love, door-to-door, heart-to-heart.”

Husband and Managing Director Mr. Enrique Campos joined by their children and dedicated employees work hard to keep the promise to provide the fastest, safest and most reliable service in the market. The next few years saw more staff, more vans, a move into a larger premises and the establishment of more FOREX agencies around the country.

In 2003 FOREX AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Changed their name to FOREX WORLD PTY LTD. Due to the demand of their large and loyal customer base in 2004. FOREX WORLD introduced a money remittance service to their portfolio, which today provides hundreds of customer’s remittances Australia wide daily.

  In 2009 Forex Travel Pty Ltd, the youngest addition to the Forex World group of companies commenced operations. Originally started to provide additional services to the company’s Filipino customer base, it has grown to become an integral part of the group’s service offering. 

  18 years have passed and FOREX WORLD has grown from a small family business to a thriving national company. But true to Ines’ vision their commitment to service remains as strong as the day they picked up that first box.

  To help celebrate our 20 Year Anniversary. We are giving away 1 Free Micro Tactical Flashlight for every Forex box you send during the month of July 2017. This means, if you send 2 packages, you receive 2 flashlights and so on!

    Don’t miss out on this exclusive and limited offer. CONTACT FOREX NOW! Organize to have your boxes picked up during our Anniversary month.

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Philippines Castlemaine State Festival

CASTLEMAINE STATE FESTIVAL FEATURE ON PHILIPPINES PROGRAM

From a carefully curated program of films from the world’s oldest film industry, to a specially created sculpture from one of the Philippines most exciting young artists, to a diverse compilation of videos and moving image works from across the Philippine archipelago, this year’s program uncovers the real history and promising future of an exciting nation. The 2017 program shines a bright light on the Philippines featuring a program of film, visual and socio-political artworks. Exploring Australia’s connection with the country, with more than 100,000 Filipino Australian living in Victoria alone.These works delve deep into the cultural layers of the country. Crossroads – a thoughtfully curated program of award-winning and highly acclaimed Filipino films, assembled specifically for the 2017 Castlemaine State Festival, will provide unique insight into Philippine cinema and the country’s eventful and intriguing past. With the Filipino film industry widely considered to be the oldest in Asia, the films selected for Crossroads reveal the complex relationships between Filipino film and Philippine society, and how potent social forces and film have the capacity to influence one another with eight film screenings at the Theatre Royal from the 18-25 March. Curated especially for the 2017 Castlemaine State Festival, periSCOPE is a compilation of videos and moving image works from across the Philippine archipelago. The collection has been compiled by 98B COLLABoratory, a multidisciplinary artist-run initiative that seeks to establish a convergence between artists, designers, curators, writers, activists, educators and the general public. The works selected by multiple curators from across the Philippines, with the resulting compendium showcasing diverse glimpses and peripheries as seen through many lenses, offer rare insight into regional contemporary Filipino art production and demonstrate a striking range of themes, geographies, and cultural issues. One of the Philippines’ most exciting young artists (with past works including a special commission for Lady Gaga), Leeroy New will create a temporary sculptural installation called La Puerta Del Laberinto (The Door to the Labyrinth) combining visual arts, fashion, film, and theater for the exterior of the Castlemaine Art Museum. Leeroy New is one of the Philippines’ most intriguing young artists. In 2010, Leeroy won the prestigious Ateneo Art Award and spent a 6-week residency at La Trobe University’s VAC (Visual Arts Centre) in Bendigo. In 2017, he returns with this ambitious new project which responds to the unique characteristics and context of place and will be made with recycled materials collected from the local area. Festival Director, Martin Paten says: “The Philippines could be seen as an unusual choice of country to feature, but it’s a fitting choice I feel to follow-on from our Cuban program the last festival. Like Cuba, the Philippines has been heavily influenced by American and Spanish colonial culture and has suffered significant political division and controversy. But most importantly, Australia has extremely strong connections with the Philippines. There are more than 400,000 Filipino / Australians, of whom almost a quarter live in Victoria, and yet we know so little about the country.” “The Philippines is not a favored holiday destination for many Australians – but it could be. And we can only be enriched by knowing more about the cultural layers of this diverse nation – with a population of over 100 million and more than 7000 islands producing a wide range of artistic riches. I feel so excited by this year’s international relationship with artists and their works from The Philippines.” The 2017 Castlemaine State Festival runs from the 17-26 March. Tickets go on sale on Wednesday 7 December. Visit castlemainefestival.com.au. By; Robert Jennings

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The Right of Way Act

The Right of Way Act

Right of Way The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a measure that provides a new policy framework governing the acquisition of right-of-way. Site or relocation for national and local government infrastructure projects. House Bill 5588, to be known as “The Right-of-Way Act,” aims to simplify the mode of acquiring right-of-way for government projects. The bill amends…

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Building the home

The Dream This is an article from several years ago, yet it gives some great insight to building The Dream home in the Philippines. I lived in the Philippines from 1993 until 2002, then my wife and our (fairly new) daughter and I shipped out to England. We stayed there for eight years but found it got stagnant and stale, so we moved back to the Philippines just over a year ago. Plans were to NOT…

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Advice on House Building

Advice on House Building

Sourcing House Building Materials Basic materials are easy to source, but an eye must be kept on quality every step of the way. Hollow-blocks (hand made cement blocks) can often crumble as some builders will try to cheat their customers with an incorrect ratio of sand to cement. Fittings from hardwares must always be tested, as must power tools. The scams here are endless. A hardware store may…

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Sky Cable Satelitte

Cable The Sky cable unit of ABS-CBN Corp. has secured a green light from the National Telecommunications Commission. To venture into satellite TV services, despite opposition from Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. and other cable TV operators. NTC, in an order dated Dec. 23, 2015, granted Sky Cable Corp., a unit of ABS-CBN. A provisional authority to install, operate and maintain a direct…

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Yummy Chocolate Hills

Chocolate Hills

Nope, this is not a great big chocolate pudding to enjoy in a four-star hotel in Makati. The Chocolate Hills are a natural group of hills that look like huge chocolate puddings in Bohol.

There have been many articles about the place and the only way to really know about this place is to go there.

Bill Fisklis from our sister site Australi.ph has been there with his family. Here is…

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Living with a Filipina

Living with a Filipina

Filipina So, you have a new home built by the westerner husband to western standards with all the mod cons and the luxuries of the foreign way of doing things. But, will the home alone be enough to stop reverting back to the old Pinoy ways and traditions? Take a look at the list below and see if you have broken free of the shackles of the Philippine culture?   FAMILY & FRIENDS 1. You were raised…

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Bad Air in Manila

Bad Air in Manila

Bad Air

Bad Air Traffic traffic traffic. If you have arranged to meet or do anything in Manila. It has a set time to happen- GOOD LUCK. The traffic situation in Manila is horrific with the roads never moving for hours on end. The city has become impossible to transport yourself around.

The local bylaws try to enforce that certain registration numbers cannot travel on a certain day.This does…

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The Filipina

Filipina

  The traditional dalagang Pilipina (Filipina maiden) is shy and secretive about her real feelings. For a suitor and denies it even though she is in love with the man.

Tuksuhan lang (just teasing) is the usual term associated with pairing off potential couples in Filipino culture.  This is common among teenagers and young adults.  It is a way of matching people who may have mutual…

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Pinoy Home Buildings

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Are you Joking?

Joke

Understanding the joking humor of another culture is very important. After all, if you want to mix and live long term in the Philipines, understanding a  joke and not being offended is vital a nice peaceful existence.

Test yourself here at some of these Pinoy jokes.

Filipinos have a natural love for laughter and fun. It is no wonder then that their lots of Pinoy jokes sites in the web. This…

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Looking for a Filipina Girlfriend

Looking for a Filipina girlfriend? These are the things you need to know.

1. Filipinas are not “mail-order brides.”

This term (often used by those bitter about Westerners seeking foreign wives) is neither fair nor accurate.  It’s true that in past decades men would buy mailing addresses of women in catalogues.  But even then they weren’t “ordering” a wife.  They were simply getting contact information and it was up to the woman to respond or ignore letters from long distance admirers.

Now the term is completely antiquated.

2. Filipinas are very open to dating and marrying older men. 

Not all Filipinas marry older men, of course, but they are much more open to it than Western women. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push();

Let’s pretend a Western bachelor in his late 30’s or 40’s is thinking about settling down and getting married.  His options in his home country may be limited to women who past their prime in terms of beauty and fertility even if he is successful and reasonably attractive.  He won’t meet many women in their 20’s who are interested in romance with him unless he is rich and famous.

His options are much, much different in the Philippines.  This same bachelor would probably have 19-year-old women telling him he is “guwapo” (handsome).  Filipinas are especially attracted to Caucasian features, so this average-looking guy would find he has suddenly been promoted to rock-star status as far as his dating options go.

3. Filipinas consider the practical implications of marriage.

Some may argue Asian women are only attracted to Western dollars, not men.  There are gold-diggers everywhere.  Money does play a role, but it does so in virtually every woman’s decision of whom to marry.

An older man can offer stability and maturity while a younger woman will usually be more beautiful and fertile.  A Western man may be able to offer a level of financial stability that an Asian woman could not find with a man in her own country.

4. Filipinas are slim, petite, and attractive.

The obesity rates in the Asian countries I’ve been in are nowhere near the 50% you’d see in America.  Most guys who visit the Philippines are simply blown away by the beauty of the women.  Their dark hair, dark eyes, naturally tanned skin and slender figures are a welcome change of pace for many.

5. Filipinas tend to be conservative in terms of sexual values.  

  This is not to say that all women in the Philippines are virgins until they marry (though it is not unheard of), but most Filipinas tend to express their sexuality only within some kind of committed relationship.

6. Filipinas value family and motherhood.

Feminism and secularism has convinced Western women that the 20-something years are best spent climbing the corporate ladder and riding the sexual carousel.  Women in the Philippines, by contrast, place a high value on becoming wives and mothers.   Filipinas can and do work outside the home, but she’ll always consider her family the first priority.

7. Filipinas are proficient in English. 

A typical woman in the Philippines speaks at least two or three languages: Tagalog/Filipino (the national language), English (taught starting in the elementary school years), and one or more local languages.  I’ve had the opportunity to travel to other Asian countries and I found the people in the Philippines much easier to understand.  This can be a big advantage if you are thinking about finding romance.

So if you are looking for a Filipina girlfriend make sure you got the right one.

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Are Filipina women that great?

There are many reasons why men choose Filipina women over others. Filipinos are naturally hospitable, loving, and faithful.

Nowadays, it is very common to see a white man dating a Philippine woman. Sometimes, they take their relationships to a whole new level by marrying their Filipina partners. Many people might be wondering why men prefer Filipinas. Here are some reasons:

1. Among Asian women, Philippine ladies are the ones who are best known for their exotic and oriental beauty. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push();

They also exude femininity and are also very alluring. They have won the most coveted Miss Universe title several times and other international beauty pageants such as Miss World, Miss Hawaii, and even Miss America.

2. Filipina women have a very sunny disposition.

They are fun to be with. Sometimes they will delight you with their stories and happy chatter while other times you will observe that daintiness in unexpected situations which is unique to Filipino women. These women are brought up to act and to be finesse, refined, delicate, and proper at all times.

3. Western men like Filipina women as wives because they have good characteristics and personalities all rolled into one petite package.

These qualities include being patient, understanding, composed, generous, caring, and supportive. In a fight between couples, Filipinas will just usually keep quiet and are expected to be submissive to their husbands.

4. Filipinas are family-oriented.

Moreover, in the Filipino culture, they were taught how to do house chores and how to properly manage a household because those are considered as Filipina wives’ responsibilities. If you married a Filipina, expect a clean house, nice meals every day, freshly ironed and newly washed clothes and sheets, a garden full of blooms and other plants and basically a well-organized household and family. In a culture where families are valued greatly, Filipinas also put their family first above everything else. They will do everything to make their families’ lives more comfortable and they will do whatever they can to help their husbands. They sometimes tend to forget about themselves because their husbands and their children are their top priorities.

5. Philippine women are faithful and loyal.

Filipino women value their relationships and they are very loyal to their husbands. They are sometimes even viewed as martyrs in a relationship because even if they are suffering, they will just keep their silence because they do not want to cause big trouble in their relationships. They will stick with their man no matter what.

6. Men also choose Filipina girls because of their skills in handling money.

Filipinas are very trustworthy when it comes to handling money

Give them a hundred bucks, and they can buy so many things with it which you can only buy if you have double the money. Filipino women have a knack for choosing the cheapest yet good quality products. They are also very patient when it comes to buying groceries. They will even compare the unit price of the products. Some will scour the section where there are discount tags or freebies while other save a lot of money by using coupons.

7. Philippine women are smart and well educated.

In the Philippines, Filipinas excel in many fields more than men, even in the fields which were thought to be masculine such as engineering, computer, architecture, etc. They are diligent and hard-working and can compete side by side with males.

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Christmas at Home

The Philippines boasts many variations of expats from all over the world and all slightly celebrate the Christmas experience differently. If you have a new home in the Philippines what would you expect to see  from your Pinoy neighbors? Christmas in the Philippines is a mixture of Western and native Filipino traditions.  Santa Claus, the Christmas tree, sending Christmas cards, and singing carols…

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Getting Good Furniture in the Philippines

Getting Good Furniture in the Philippines

House built or rented? Sorted out the plumbing and electricity and all ready to move in? Now, comes the fun part. The choice of furniture easily available in the Philippines is not that great and is relatively more expensive to buy. If you go for the bamboo furniture, it may come with a few issues. We discuss that later in the video below. Remember the average Filipino is not as heavy or as tall…

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Are Aussies Scared to Travel

With the carnage around the world caused by IS are the Australians are getting worried about travelling to countries that have a high Muslim population? How’s there travel plans?

The Philippines has a high population of Muslims and also it has a list of terrorist attacks that goes on for pages and pages. So, is it safe to travel to the Philippines? (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push();

The number of tourists now visiting the Philippines is dropping, not just because of the perceived IS problem, but mostly down to the open corruption at the airports and throughout the country. More than anything this will cause and has caused the number of people wishing to come to the country to drop. When you think about it the very first face you see at the airport may be setting you up for extortion. This is even before you have to deal with the notorious Manila taxis.

Most of any so called terrorist attacks are taking place on the Island of Mindanao. But, that is like saying a murder in Perth means everyone in Australia is a murder. It is just not so.

I lived in Mindano for 7 years and most of that time lived in Davao City, which is one of the safest cities I have ever lived in. Move on down towards the South and it changes. I have had problems in Gensan with people pointing guns at me, but others say it is a great place. Terrorism is something that really does not affect many expats, and being in the wrong place at the wrong time is down to pure bad luck.

Kidnappings is a different matter. Especially during election years the ransom money comes in very useful. It is hard to protect yourself from this unless you have no money and you have no gain to these people .So, keeping a low profile is vital.

Is it safe. It is as safe as it has always been. The airport corruption is another issue completely.