There is no need to leave the comfort of your home just to buy your airline ticket. “A telephone call will do,” says Pauline Peralta of Travel Access. Unlike other travel agents who make you wait, all you need to do is to inform her of your destination or itinerary and she will offer the […]
Month: January 2010
Indexation increases payments to over 1.1 million Australians
Federal Member for Chifley, Roger Price announced that recipients of the Carers Allowance, Youth Allowance and some who receive the Disability Support Pension will receive an increase to their payments. From 1 January 2010, over 1.1 million Australians who receive Carer Allowance, Youth Allowance and Disability Support Pension (under 21 without children) will receive increases […]
Filipiniana Resource Centre to open in Sydney by Jaime K. Pimentel
Australia’s first dedicated Filipino cultural arts display, library, and meeting place will open soon at the Philippine Centre on Wentworth Avenue in the City of Sydney. In an interview with radio reporter Michelle Baltazar, Vice Consul Tony Reyes of the Philippine Consulate General in Sydney told the Radio Sandigan program that a Filipiniana Resource Centre […]
Charice tops online poll in Oprah Show
The 17-year-old Filipino singing sensation learned that she topped an online poll of thousands of followers of TV host/entertainment mogul Oprah Winfrey, via the website oprah.com. Pempengco’s rendition of “Note to God” was voted Best Oprah Show Musical Performance, beating seven other big-name nominees: The rock band Journey (with another Filipino, Arnel Pineda, as front […]
The Martial Law Declaration: GMA Turns Crisis into Opportunity by Walden Bello, PhD
(Editor’s note: The author is a member of the Philippine House of Representatives representing Akbayan. He belongs to Ateneo de Manila Class 1966.) Let me say first of all that we in Akbayan share the grief of the families who lost their loved ones in the Ampatuan Massacre. Those 57 people were killed while trying […]
Pacquiao to file defamation suit against Mayweather
Las Vegas, Nevada. – The Pacquiao – Mayweather fight may push through after all, not in the ring but inside a court room. This was announced by the world’s best pound-for-pound boxer on Christmas day.