September 29, 2009 – 2:27PM (Associated Press) A popular Philippine actress cried out for help from a rooftop as a tropical storm roared and floodwaters rose menacingly. Then an actor emerged from nowhere on a speedboat and swept her to safety. A romantic scene from a movie? No, it was the real-life travails of young […]

MANILA, Philippines—The tenacity of the Filipina wife of an American lawyer led to the arrest by National Bureau of Investigation agents of a Nigerian national allegedly responsible for credit card fraud and identity theft. Editha Fones befriended Nigerian suspect Benson Umeh, 47, of Diliman, Quezon City, through three days of text message and phone call […]

Efren Penaflorida or “Kuya Ef” as he’s known by his followers/admirers was only 16 when he put up his Dynamic Teen Company (DTC) His efforts to teach poor youngsters and help break chain gangs had caught the attention of CNN. The organization has nominated him together with nine other finalists around the world in its […]

Department of Social Welfare & Development Secretary Esperanza Cabral continues to deny what blogger Ella Rose has posted in the internet – that relief goods are rotting. Cabral refused to be interviewed by US-based Philippine News. She simply stated through her secretary that “there were no volunteers”. And yet, thousands of volunteers, mostly adolescents were […]

Edward Miranda, 21, a student of the University of Newcastle, was mauled in front of a bus stop in Newcastle. Suddenly, a car stopped and one of the passengers demanded for his wallet. Thinking it was a joke, he did not comply and was hit a number of times on his face and body. After […]

Only in the present-day Armed Forces of the Philippines! The General is afraid of getting wet. He probably must be wearing a pair of Italian Bellucci shoes for which he paid $2,000 out of government funds. By the way, didn’t General MacArthur, President. Sergio Osmena and Carlos P. Romulo wade in the water in the […]

Former Comelec Chairman Ben Abalos and former NEDA chief Romulo Neri may soon face graft charges on the botched US$329 million national broadband network (NBN) project with Chinese company ZTE. The Office of the Ombudsman appears to be bent on filing criminal charges against Abalos and Neri for violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices […]

  Last 14th of August 2009, Cardinal George Pell of the Catholic Church in Sydney stood down a priest charged with grooming a teenager for sex over the internet. However, the Church still helped to secure his release from custody.   It was also reported that the Church paid the priest’s $25,000 bail and offered […]

Actually, there are a lot of Saudi (Arabian) rape and abuse cases reported in newspapers. Their government will protect their own citizens and usually turn a blind eye towards the victims (who are mostly foreigners) or even jail them for supposedly making false accusations.       The most horrific incident has recently occurred on an Emirates […]

The Philippine Consulate General in Sydney held a Mass for the repose of the late former Philippine President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, who passed away on 1 August 2009, Saturday, 5:18 a.m. AEST. The Mass was attended by leaders and members of the Philippine-Australian Community of New South Wales. Corazon Aquino, the 11th president of the […]

Many customers of at least two banks in Blacktown have received hoax emails concerning their bank accounts. The email even contains the bank’s logo to make it look authentic. The hoax email asks recipients for some vital information regarding the customer’s bank account and asks to click on a link within the content of the […]

HONG KONG. June 1, 2009. Every night in Yuen Long, a far-off area in the New Territories, she rummages through garbage bins for soda cans, cardboard boxes, and other recyclables that can earn her HK$38 (P228) on a nice day. Poverty drove Mildred Perez, 38-year-old Filipina, like 126,000 other Filipinos here, to come and work […]