Pinoys In Poland

For those who wanted to learn Polish, the Foundation for Development Beyond Borders/Fundacja Rozwoju "Oprócz Granic (FROG) has recently launched another competition. All you need to do is to submit a photo illustrating situations in which one could not do without the knowledge of Polish language. Administrator of FROG profile on Facebook will place your photo in the album of the contest and if it gets the most of “Like it!” - you can win a free Polish language course in the next trimester - April- June 2014. The following are the 3 categories of the competition: - Category 1 - for our current students , - Category 2 - for those who once attended courses at Foundation for Development Beyond Borders, but at the moment don’t learn Polish language with us, - Category 3 - for those who have not yet participated in language courses at Foundation for Development Beyond Borders and would like to learn Polish with us. Do not forget to include the category of your entry. Appli...

Honorary Consulate in Manila Fernandino T. Lising Honorary Consul Address: UPI Building 1, One Fort Santiago, Sta. Clara Str., Intramuros, Manila Phone: (00-63) 2-527-74-91, (00-63) 2-527-15-82 24, (00-63) 2-527-1582 Fax: (00-63) 2-527-16-03 WWW: http://poland.ph E-mail: mailadmin@uplines.net Opening hours: 9.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m. (Monday-Friday) The territorial scope of Jurisdiction: Republic of the Philippines (except Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Zanboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, Davao, Soccsksargen, Caraga, Autonomus Region in Muslim Mindanao)   Honorary Consulate in Cebu City Caramel Durano Honorary Consul Address: Rm. 102 Advent Business Center, Acacia St., Lahug, Cebu City Phone: (00-63) 32 233-6808, (00-63) 917 630 1324 Fax: (00-63) 32 231 5242 WWW: http://poland.ph E-mail: duranocarmel@yahoo.com Opening hours: 9.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m. (Monday-Friday) The territorial scope of Jurisdiction: Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Easte...

Every taxpayer has the right to transfer 1% of their tax to a public benefit organisation. In such event, the taxpayer does not transfer the whole tax to the state budget, but may choose to support one of the social organisations, a foundation or association instead. Such organisations may be charitable, they may promote education, social work, defence of human rights, or other types of assistance, e.g. legal or social. Thus, the taxpayer may have a direct influence on the cases that will be supported by part of their tax. A list of public benefit organisations is available here -> It is worth checking, because not all foundations or associations enjoy the status of public benefit organisation, which means that 1% of tax may not be transferred to any foundation or association. In order to transfer 1% of tax, one should enter the number of the organisation (so-called KRS number) and the amount to be transferred (which cannot exceed 1% of tax) in the correct field of the tax r...

A Joint Initiative of The Filipino Community in Poland and the Embassy of the Philippines in Warsaw The Filipino Community in Poland and Philippine Embassy in Warsaw will celebrate the 28th Anniversary of EDSA People Power on Sunday, 23 February 2014 with the theme “Kapit Bisig Tungo sa Pagbangon” at the Philippine Embassy, Ul. Lentza 11, Wilanow, Warszawa. The program will start with a turn-over of donations to Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH) by newly elected officials of the Filipino Community in Poland at 11:00 a.m., followed by a mass and photo slide show of the EDSA People Power Revolution. You are all invited to attend. 11:00 am - Turnover of Donation to PAH 11:30 am to 12:30 pm - Mass 12:30 pm to 12:40 pm - Address of Mr. Alex Visalda - "Reflections on the EDSA People Power Revolution and the Need for Unity" 12:40 pm to 12:45 pm - Photo Slide Show of the EDSA People Power Revolution entitled "Kapit-Bisig Tungo Sa Pagbangon" by Cultural Officer Att...