In reviewing the Trust Declaration of the Philippine Australian Community Foundation Inc. (PACFI), Philippine Tribune has determined that it is the responsibility of the original Trustor or Executor of the Trust Deed to ensure that the Multi-Purpose Centre (MPC) is properly managed. It must be emphasized here that the real owners of the MPC is […]
Month: May 2008
Calvert scores a new 2-year contract in Denmark
Over the past two years, Philippine Tribune has published articles on Bevan Calvert, a Filipino-Australian handball player. For our readers who may have missed those articles, allow us to share some background on this young dynamo.
The Ateneo Blue Eagles have landed
WHEN five young Ateneo alumni turned up at the Emerton Leisure Centre’s indoor basketball court last month, the Blue Eagles began to form the first authentic Ateneo Australia Blue Eagles Basketball Team. The ”first five” were Chino Audencial, Fidel Fernando, Andro Lopez, Michael Almario and Richard de Guzman. The team immediately warmed up with round-robins, […]
Display of Filipino Unity and Conflict during Anzac Day Parade
by Jaime Pimentel I’m happy to report that the Filipino contingent at the Anzac Day parade marched as one today ~ if divided. And I marched as the only former ROTC cadet (from the Ateneo de Manila Air ROTC company) with no objections from either the APSL Inc. or the APSL NSW. Until about 10 […]
Doonside resident complains of abuse by bus driver
In his letter to MP Paul Gibson, Richard Van Bueren of Doonside reported that he suffered injuries while riding a bus from Blacktown on his way home to Doonside. He sent a copy of the letter to Philippine Tribune. According to him, the bus was full and he was standing behind the driver waiting for […]
Poor continue to sell Kidneys for cash
by Cecil Morella Agence France-Presse The Philippines is one of the world’s “hot spots” for human organ trafficking, said the Philippine Society of Nephrology, whose members are renal specialists. “Between 2002 and 2005, when a 10 percent cap for transplants to foreigners was supposed to have been enforced, more than 400 kidney transplants from local […]
The Photocopy Syndrome
by Benjie de Ubago We Filipinos have a penchant for copying, imitating, duplicating, replicating to the tee. The “photocopy” syndrome. The gaya-gaya, puto maya mentality. We are kings and queens of imitation! We’ve always had the Philippine version of an international recording artist. Hagibis was our version of The Village People. Block buster movies had […]