by Simon Caldwell The Pope has begun a crackdown on the world’s largest illicit Catholic shrine – by suspending the priest at the centre of claims that the Virgin Mary has appeared more than 40,000 times. Benedict XVI has authorised ‘severe cautionary and disciplinary measures’ against Father Tomislav Vlasic, the former ‘spiritual director’ to six […]
Month: October 2008
Filipino WYD delegate suffers stroke; now in coma at Westmead
Victor Borres came to Australia as a World Youth Day delegate after his retirement as Warden in Zamboanga Provincial Jail. He suffered a stroke and has been confined at the Intensive Care Unit of Westmead Hospital since September 1, 2008. According to his brother Juanito Borres who lives in Dean Park, his medical bills exceed […]
Diaz, 1st Filipino in Blacktown Council
Amid negative publicity that reached Honolulu during a Global Filipino Conference, our very own Jess Diaz made it during the recently-concluded NSW local council elections. He is now a bona fide councillor in the Labor Party dominated City of Blacktown. Running under the banner of the Liberal Party, Diaz earlier lost to Roger Price in […]
Crab mentality among Filipinos
Sometime earlier this month, we received an email, obviously from a Filipino who used a fictitious name. He used the name Fidel Ramon, which we all know, are both first names. I still have to hear of a Filipino whose surname is Ramon. Even the email address that he used contained the letters “ph” to […]
Filipino Australians win in NSW local council elections
The Philippine Consulate General in Sydney reports that a number of Filipino-Australians sought elective positions in the recent Council Elections held last September 13, 2008 in cities and towns throughout New South Wales. This is significant because this is the first time that Filipino-Australians in New South Wales have exhibited interest and active involvement in […]
Mr. Turnbull ignores 14,344 Pensioners in Chifley
Federal Member for Chifley, Roger Price has condemned Mr. Turnbull and the Liberal/National plan to introduce a bill in the Senate this week which would exclude 14,344 local pensioners in Chifley from a pension increase. “The new Opposition Leader had a chance to demonstrate his credentials as an alternate Prime Minister but the Coalition would […]
Profile of a Filipino multi-millionaire in Silicon Valley
Dado Banatao is the managing partner of Tallwood Venture Capital, a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley with over $500 million under management. With his past experience as an entrepreneur, Dado provides Tallwood with a unique perspective in technology investments. Tallwood invests in unique and hard-to-do semiconductor technology solutions for computing, communication, and consumer platforms.
Calasiao town hall reduced to ashes
Calasiao Municipal Hall (Calasiao, Pangasinan) was newly-renovated but was reduced to ashes when fire broke down in the early morning of September 15, 2008. Vice Mayor Ferdinand G. Galang who is the incumbent head of Sangguniang Bayan said that the fire must have started at the Session Hall of Sangguniang Bayan. It engulfed every room […]
Minimum wage now $14.35/hour
The Labor Government announced that the new Federal Minimum Wage has been set at $543.78 per week or $14.31 per hour from its previous level of $522.12 per week or $13.74 per hour. Federal Member for Chifley Roger Price said: “Australia’s most vulnerable employees will benefit from this increase including young people, students, casual employees […]
The US Financial Meltdown
It has been reported that over $5 trillion in total market capitalization has been wiped out since October of last year. Over a trillion of this amount was caused by the exposé of New York’s financial giants. Among them were Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns and AIG. According to Dr. Walden Bello, sociology professor of the […]
Daddy Cool and that 1958 victory of Ateneo vs La Salle
I was in 1st year high school then and was a new member of the Ateneo Marching Band. I was just learning how to play the alto saxophone but was already commissioned to join the other members at the bleachers to play various school songs like Blue Eagle the King and Hail Ateneo Hail. That […]