Since that fateful day in January, 22-year-old Cadet Joel Cabides has been confined at the ICU of Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick, NSW. He is unable to breathe without a respirator and has been declared paralyzed from the neck down. When finally discharged from the hospital, he is doomed to spend the rest of […]

by Jaime K. Pimentel Guess what: I just discovered that I’m a ‘hybrid.’ Australia’s Federal Treasurer Peter Costello said so. No, the Treasurer didn’t mean to call me a ‘mestizo.’ I knew that a long time ago, being reminded all too often by my kababayans (countrymen) when I was still in short pants. Delivering his […]

Let’s take a second look at what happened during the past Philippine Community Council – NSW AGM and elections. Does everyone concede that the presentation of candidates who aligned themselves to whichever party they organized really enhanced their candidacy? In the Philippines, is it not the common norm that the candidate who spends the most, […]