Filipino Associations in Singapore: The 2026 Directory
Fifty-plus verified kababayan groups, from the Embassy's Filcom network to parish Filcoms, engineers' chapters, sports clubs and helper NGOs, each with a link.
We verified 52 Filipino associations and community groups in Singapore this year, from the Philippine Bayanihan Society to parish Filcoms, engineers' chapters, a dragon boat crew and the NGOs that answer a helper's call at midnight. Start with the Embassy's Filcom network: every registered group gets an invitation to the Ugnayan town hall each quarter, and the Embassy keeps the master list.
One rule shaped this page. A group appears here only if we could confirm it exists in 2025 or 2026 from its own website, its Facebook page, a Philippine Embassy press release dated 2024 or later, or a Singapore parish or society listing. The source sits in square brackets after each entry. We do not list WhatsApp numbers, personal phones or personal emails. Groups we could not confirm sit in their own short list near the end, without contact details.
Umbrella and long-standing groups
The Embassy counts around 220,000 Filipinos in Singapore, 60 percent of them professionals and skilled workers. Nobody runs a single federation over all of them. What exists instead is a network: the Embassy's Cultural and Filipino Community Relations Section, the groups on its FilCom database, and a few societies old enough to have outlived several ambassadors.
Philippine Bayanihan Society Singapore (PBSS). Founded August 2001, registered with the Registry of Societies, a National Council of Social Service member and a registered charity. For 25 years it ran the Bayanihan Centre at Pasir Panjang, the venue for OWWA seminars, skills classes, fiestas and the yearly Bayanihan Walk. The Pasir Panjang lease ended on 30 June 2026 and the Society is looking for a new permanent home while it keeps its calendar going: the PBSS Basketball Cup in August 2026, the Bayanihan Walk in October, line dancing and wellness sessions. PBSS received the Presidential Kaanib ng Bayan award in 2022 and marked its silver anniversary on 20 August 2026. For every Filipino in Singapore; volunteers welcome. Reach: facebook.com/BAYANIHANSOCIETYSG
The Filcom network and Ugnayan town halls. The Embassy convenes leaders of Filipino community organisations four times a year under the name Ugnayan: Bagong Pilipinas Town Hall Meeting. In 2026 the sessions ran on 20 March (the first held at the new Nassim Road chancery and the first on a Friday), 25 June and 24 September, with 65 to 70 leaders in the room and the livestream on the Embassy's Facebook page drawing more than 13,000 views in June. Each meeting ends with an open slot where groups announce their events. Reach: the Embassy's Filipino Community Relations Section at filcom@philembassysg.com, the FilCom database form at phinsg.com/FilComdatabase, and the monthly FilCom Newsletter at phinsg.com/FilComNewsletterSubscriptionForm
Fiestang Pinoy organising committee. A volunteer Filcom committee, not a registered society, that stages the community's Independence Day fiesta. Fiesta 2026, themed "Fiestang Pinoy: Istoryang OFW", drew more than 10,000 people to Suntec on 19 July 2026 with a Mass, a Luzon-Visayas-Mindanao parade, a perya and a singing contest. If your group wants a booth or a parade slot, this is the committee to approach early in the year. Reach: facebook.com/fiestangpinoy2026
Filipino Ladies Group Singapore (FLAG). A women's association founded in 1999 and registered with the Registry of Societies. It organised the Maria Clara and Ibarra Ball in 2023 and HABI 2025, a weaving-and-fashion show at the Singapore Recreation Club on 11 October 2025 that raised funds for a children's cancer foundation in Davao and two Singapore charities. For Filipino women who want a civic and cultural circle. Reach: through the Embassy's Filcom section; we found no public page
Filipinos in Singapore (Facebook group and page). Our own community of 60,000 kababayans, where most of the event announcements, job leads and "saan ako pwedeng" questions on this list end up. Reach: facebook.com/groups/filipinosinsg and facebook.com/FilipinosInSG
Professional groups
Singapore has Philippine chapters of the big engineering and accounting bodies, two business networks and one strong alumni association. We could not verify a nurses', teachers', seafarers' or finance professionals' association this year; see the unverified list below.
Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE) Singapore Chapter: Board elected for 2024 to 2025, oath-taking at the Embassy, member recognitions, technical talks; one of PICE's international chapters. For Filipino civil engineers working in Singapore. picesingapore.org; facebook.com/picesingaporechapter.
United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) Singapore Chapter: Foreign chapter under UAP District B1; ARTIFICE design awards (22 November 2025), a virtual walk-run for charity; president for 2025 to 2026 named on the site. For Filipino architects, licensed or in training. uapsweb.com; facebook.com/uap.sg.chapter.
Business Network Group (BNG): Network of Filipino and Filipino-run companies founded in 2018 by seven firms; runs the yearly BNG Run, which became the PAL Run 2026 with 1,500 runners at OCBC Arena on 17 May 2026. For Filipino business owners and corporate partners.
Lion City Eagles Club: Fraternal club that presented its ROS registration story at the June 2026 Ugnayan. For members of the Philippine Eagles fraternity based in Singapore.
University of the Philippines Alumni Association (Singapore) (UPAAS): Founded 2003; scholarship fund, Oblation Talks, the Oblation Badminton Cup 2025, a 2026 management committee and a UPAAS team at the PAL Run 2026. For uP graduates in Singapore. upaas.org; facebook.com/UPAASingapore.
Ikigai Hub: Informal circle of Filipino content creators that hosted the Ambassador in April 2025. For Filipino food, lifestyle and travel creators. Through the Embassy's cultural section.
Regional and hometown associations
This is the thinnest section, and we would rather say so than pad it. Hometown groups in Singapore tend to run as closed Facebook groups and parish circles, and none of the Ilocano, Bisaya, Bicolano, Kapampangan or Ilonggo groups we hear about at fiestas had a page we could confirm this year. Two regional groups did clear the bar.
United Cordillerans Chapter Singapore: Cultural group that performed a traditional dance with live gongs at ASEAN U.N.I.T.E. 2026 on 23 August 2026. For kababayans from the Cordillera provinces. Through the Embassy's Filcom section; no public page found.
Cofradia del Santo Niño de Cebu, Singapore Chapter: Devotional confraternity under the Filipino Community of the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Siglap; Santo Niño feast each January. For cebuanos and any Santo Niño devotee. olps.sg (Ministries and Communities, Filipino Community).
If you run a hometown group with a public page, use the correction link below and we will add you in the next update.
Faith communities
Catholic parishes carry the largest share of organised Filipino life in Singapore. For the Mass times themselves, use our guide to Filipino Catholic Masses and Tagalog-speaking priests at filipinos.sg. This table covers the communities you can join, Catholic and otherwise.
Couples for Christ Singapore (CFC): Catholic family renewal movement in Singapore since 1987 with members from more than ten parishes; entry is through a free eight-week Christian Life Program; 2026 theme "In the One, we are one"; HOLD Marian Conference on 4 October 2026. For married couples, Catholic or other Christian. couplesforchrist.org.sg; facebook.com/CouplesforChristSingapore.
Handmaids of the Lord and Servants of the Lord (CFC): CFC ministries for women and men whose spouses are absent, separated or non-members. For solo parents, widows, widowers, those married to non-members. couplesforchrist.org.sg (Family Ministries).
El Shaddai DWXI-PPFI Singapore Chapter: Charismatic prayer movement; Sunday gawain (family appointment), fasting prayers streamed on its own channel; the chapter marked its 34th anniversary. For Catholic charismatics, many of them household workers.
Feast Singapore (Light of Jesus Family): Bo Sanchez's Feast community; Sunday Feast gatherings at Suntec Singapore, next listed for 3 May 2026, noon to 4pm. For anyone looking for a Filipino-style praise and preaching community.
SSCFilComS, Church of St Stephen, Sallim Road: Parish Filipino community since September 2009 with its own choir, Koro ni Teban, and seven ministries; first-Sunday Tagalog Mass. For Filipinos in the Aljunied and Geylang area.
FilcomSAPP, Church of St Anthony, Woodlands: Parish Filipino community; block rosary, Flores de Mayo, Simbang Gabi, Lenten recollection. For Filipinos in Woodlands, Sembawang and Admiralty. saint-anthony.org/community/filipino-community; facebook.com/FilcomSAPP.
CSB FilCom, Church of St Bernadette, Zion Road: Parish Filipino community; Mass, choir and hall fellowship on the fourth and fifth Sundays. For Filipinos in the River Valley and Tiong Bahru area.
SPARKLE, Church of Our Lady Queen of Peace, Sandy Lane: Singapore Pinoys Advocating a sense of Renewal, Kindness and Love through Evangelisation; third-Sunday Tagalog Mass, choir, wardens, GEMS outreach; co-hosted the Embassy's 2025 Independence Day Mass. For Filipinos in the Paya Lebar and Eunos area.
Victory Family Centre, Filipino service: Pentecostal church; Filipino in-person service every Sunday 2pm at VFC Bukit Merah, 3501 Jalan Bukit Merah Level 3, and online at the same hour; hosted a Philippine Independence Day celebration in June 2025. For evangelical Filipinos; families. vfc.org/filipino; facebook.com/VFCsg.
Jesus Is Lord Church Singapore (JIL): Singapore congregation of the Philippine-founded JIL Church Worldwide; the largest Filipino church page in Singapore by following. For born-again Filipinos.
Iglesia ni Cristo has a Singapore locale, but its official directory does not list it on a public page, so it sits in the unverified list rather than here.
Sports, arts and hobby clubs
Filipino Dragons (Singapore): Dragon boat crew; organises "Isang Bangkang Malaya" at Bedok Reservoir each June around Independence Day (2025 and 2026 editions announced at Ugnayan). For paddlers of any level; training on weekends.
PBSS Basketball Cup: New tournament launched by the Philippine Bayanihan Society in August 2026 after the Bayanihan Centre closed. For company and community teams.
Philippine Schools Alumni Basketball League (PSABL): Alumni league where any Singapore-based graduate of a participating Philippine school can suit up. For alumni of Mapua, Holy Angel, UST, La Salle and other schools.
PAL Run powered by BNG: Community run (3k, 5k, 10k, 21k) at OCBC Arena each May; 1,500 runners in 2026. For runners and walkers of all levels.
UAP Singapore Virtual Walk/Run: Team 400 km charity run by the architects' chapter in 2025. For architects, their families and friends.
Oblation Badminton Cup (UPAAS): Alumni badminton tournament that funds UPAAS scholarships; 2025 edition reported in June 2026. For badminton players who want to play for a cause.
Filipino Voice Symphony (FaVS): All-Filipino community choir founded in 2009; has sung at the Esplanade, SOTA Studio Theatre and Aliwal Arts Centre. For singers who can commit to weekly rehearsals.
Iskollas: Filipino vocal ensemble; champion of the international category at Singapore's A Cappella Championship 2024. For a cappella singers.
FDC Filipino Dance Club SG: Folk and modern dance troupe; performed Tinikling and Cariñosa numbers at the Singapore Island Country Club's Around the World night on 30 August 2025. For dancers of any age who want a performing outlet.
Bayanihan Walk (PBSS): Three-kilometre fundraising walk, ten years old in 2025, with 500 participants; October each year. For families; groups volunteer as marshals.
Pickleball and cycling: Filipino pickleball groups exist on court-booking chats and the Filipino Cyclists in Singapore Facebook group rides most weekends, but neither had a public page we could cite this year, so both sit in the unverified list.
Helper support groups and NGOs
These are the organisations to call when a kababayan's employer withholds pay, cancels a work permit, or when someone needs a bed for the night. All of them serve migrant workers of every nationality; three have Filipino-speaking staff or counsellors.
Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME): Shelter, food, employment advice, legal aid and skills training for abused or exploited workers; Institution of Public Character. For domestic workers and other migrant workers. Domestic worker helpline +65 9787 3122; migrant worker helpline +65 6341 5535; home.org.sg.
Centre for Domestic Employees (CDE): NTUC initiative since 2016: advisory, mediation, counselling, a welfare fund and CDEConnect at Rex House; 10th anniversary in 2026. For migrant domestic workers and their employers. 24-hour helpline 1800 2255 233; cde.org.sg/contact-us.
Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2): Casework on wage theft, injury and recruitment fraud, a meal programme, day space and legal advocacy; site has a Filipino language option. For work permit holders of all sectors. twc2.org.sg (Helping workers in need section).
Aidha: Sunday courses in money management, communication, computers and starting a business; about 300 students at a time; new classes from November 2026. For domestic workers and low-income women; employers can enrol a helper.
SGot Kita, Kabayan: Mental health line run by ACMI with Filipino counsellors from the UGAT Foundation; listed in the Embassy's 2026 OFW Handbook. For any Filipino in distress. +65 6776 8428.
For an emergency involving an OFW's contract, call the Migrant Workers Office hotline first (+65 9113 6552) and loop in one of the NGOs above for shelter or casework.
Student and youth groups
Barangay NUS (Filipino Cultural Club): Undergraduate club that runs the Filipino booth at the NUS Student Life Fair each August and is one of the student groups on the university's Residence Admission Scheme list for AY2025/26. For NUS undergraduates. Through NUS Office of Student Affairs club listings.
We could not confirm a Filipino society at NTU or SMU for 2025 or 2026. If one exists, see the correction link below.
How to join the Embassy's Filcom meetings as a registered group
Get on the list. Fill in the FilCom database form at phinsg.com/FilComdatabase with your group's name, officers and a group email. The Embassy's Filipino Community Relations Section asked all groups to update their details in May 2025, and invitations go out from that database.
Write to the section. The Embassy lists filcom@philembassysg.com for Filipino Community Relations in its 2026 OFW Handbook directory.
Register with ROS if you are an organised association. At the June 2026 Ugnayan, Second Secretary and Consul Renee Gayle Chua, head of the Cultural and Filipino Community Relations Section, briefed leaders on registering Filipino community organisations under Singapore's Registry of Societies and said compliance "contributes to the credibility, sustainability, and accountability of Filipino organizations in Singapore".
Turn up, or watch. Ugnayan runs every quarter; the latest session was on 24 September 2026 at the chancery, 20 Nassim Road. Every session is livestreamed on the Embassy's Facebook page, facebook.com/PHinSingapore, and stays up as a replay.
Use the open slot. Each meeting gives groups a few minutes to announce events. BNG, Filipino Dragons, PBSS and the Fiesta committee all used it in 2026 to fill their calendars.
Subscribe to the newsletter. The monthly FilCom Newsletter, launched in June 2025, carries community news and calls for volunteers: phinsg.com/FilComNewsletterSubscriptionForm.
Add or correct your organisation
Run a group we missed, or spot a wrong link? Tell us at filipinos.sg and we will check it and update this page.
Groups we could not verify this year
These names come up in conversation, in older Embassy reports or on Facebook, but we found no website, public page or 2024-or-later Embassy mention to confirm them. No contact details are listed on purpose.
Filipino Association of Singapore (active from the 1930s; Presidential Banaag awardee in 2006)
Philippine Nurses Association Singapore chapter and other Filipino nurses' groups
Filipino teachers', seafarers' and finance professionals' associations
Philippine Association of Medical Technologists (PAMET) Singapore
Filipino Bowlers Club Singapore
Filipino Cyclists in Singapore (closed Facebook group)
Filipino pickleball and runners' groups
Ilocano, Bisaya, Bicolano, Kapampangan, Ilonggo and Waray hometown groups
Is there still a Filipino Association of Singapore I can join?+
Not one we could find a live channel for. The name belongs to a group that was active from the 1930s to the 1950s and that received a Presidential Award in 2006, but no website or Facebook page for it turned up in our 2026 checks. If you want a broad, long-running group, start with the Philippine Bayanihan Society Singapore, which has been going since 2001 and still runs the Bayanihan Walk and a basketball cup.
How do I get my group invited to the Embassy's Ugnayan town hall?+
Register your group in the Embassy's FilCom database at phinsg.com/FilComdatabase and email the Filipino Community Relations Section at filcom@philembassysg.com. The Embassy sends Ugnayan invitations to groups on that list and livestreams each session on its Facebook page, so you can watch even before you are on the list.
Does my kababayan group need to register with the Registry of Societies?+
If you operate as an organised association with officers, members and funds, the Embassy says yes. At the June 2026 Ugnayan a consul briefed community leaders on ROS registration and three groups, PhilCham, PICPA Singapore and the Lion City Eagles Club, shared how they did it. Informal Facebook groups and parish ministries under a church do not need their own ROS number.
Which groups help a domestic worker who is in trouble right now?+
Call HOME's domestic worker helpline on +65 9787 3122, CDE's 24-hour line on 1800 2255 233 or FAST on 1800 339 4357. For mental health support in Filipino, SGot Kita Kabayan on +65 6776 8428 is run by ACMI with Filipino counsellors from the UGAT Foundation. For a salary or injury case, TWC2 and HOME both take walk-ins and online requests.
Where do Filipino students in Singapore meet each other?+
At NUS, join Barangay NUS, the Filipino Cultural Club that runs a booth at the Student Life Fair every August and sits on the university's residence admission list. We could not verify a current Filipino society at NTU or SMU this year. For a faith-based youth circle, CFC Youth for Christ Singapore welcomes teenagers and young adults from any school.
How do I find an Ilocano, Bisaya or Bicolano hometown group?+
Most hometown groups in Singapore live inside closed Facebook groups rather than registered societies, which is why only two regional groups made this directory. Ask at the Tagalog Mass in your parish, check the Fiestang Pinoy parade line-up each July where Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao contingents march, or post in the Filipinos in Singapore Facebook group and say which province you are from.
