Christmas Day becomes even more meaningful when individuals or groups do something to reach out and help other people. The Filipino Australian Movement for Empowerment (FAME), handed over a cheque for $1,000 dollars to this writer, a member of Blacktown-based community group, Iliganon Lanaonon in Sydney Australia (ILISA). The donation goes directly to affected families […]
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Tears for RJ Rosales by Benjie de Ubago
The news of the death of RJ Rosales spread faster than wildfire in cyberspace and the over-pouring of grief from a community in disbelief has been heart-wrenching to say the least. RJ passed away at the prime of his life, at age 37 on Monday, 5 December 2011 at approximately 11:30am. RJ Rosales was one […]
RJ Rosales of Miss Saigon fame passes away
Filipino-Australian singer and actor RJ Rosales (Roseo José Rosales) has passed away in Sydney on Sunday, December 4, 2011.
300,000 babies stolen from their parents – and sold for adoption
Haunting BBC documentary exposes 50-year scandal of baby trafficking by the Catholic church in Spain. Up to 300,000 Spanish babies were stolen from their parents and sold for adoption over a period of five decades, a new investigation reveals.
Ambassador Ariel Abadilla soon to retire
Former Philippine Consul General.Ariel Abadilla is now in the United States on medical leave as he has just undergone shoulder surgery in New Jersey. He is currently an Ambassador assigned in Dublin, Ireland but will remain in the United States until the end of December to fully recuperate. By early next year, he will return […]
Global Run: An ultra-marathon with a mission
Only 3 people on record have ran around the world and received official recognition. Cesar Guarin, father of four and graduate of the University of the Philippines is determined to be the first Asian to run across the globe. Photo above was taken in Canberra prior to his arrival in Sydney on November 12, after […]
Youth’s chance of a lifetime by Jaime Kelly Pimentel
FILIPINO-Australian youth would get a chance of a lifetime from a dramatic glimpse into the life of the Philippines’ man for all seasons in the closing days of 2011 in Sydney. In what may be described as a world’s first to celebrate 150 years since the martyrdom of Dr Jose Rizal in 1896, a number […]
Palawan’s underground river among New 7 Wonders
November 12, 2011. GENEVA . —The Amazon rainforest, Vietnam’s Halong Bay and Argentina’s Iguazu Falls were named among the world’s new seven wonders of nature, according to organisers of a global poll.
Fire in nursing home
Quakers Hill, NSW. Fire that is believed to have been deliberately lit by suspect Roger Dean broke out early in the morning of November 18 in a nursing home in Hambledon Road. Roger Dean is a nurse who worked at the Quakers Hill nursing home for a short period.
Gloria Arroyo now under hospital detention
An arrest warrant against former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo et al has been issued by the Pasay Regional Trial Court Branch 112. Judge Jesus Mupas found probable cause that Arroyo, along with former Commission on Elections officials, may be liable for poll rigging. Apart from Arroyo, an arrest warrant is also out against former Maguindanao […]
Quake hits Philippines’ Luzon island
November 30, 2011 . An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale has hit off the Philippines’ main island of Luzon, according to Philippine seismologists. The quake occurred at 8:26 am local time Wednesday, the seismologists said. The undersea quake’s epicenter was off the western coast of the northern province of Zambales, about 230 kilometers […]
Rudd vows to build 5,000 classrooms in Philippines
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III met with Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, who promised to help improve education in the country by building 5,000 classrooms next year. “I took advantage of the opportunity that he is here because talking to him is like talking to Prime Minister (Julia) Gillard of Australia. Our meeting is to further […]