compiled by Alfred deAureaus In spite of India being classified as one of the poorest countries in the world, three Indian nationals living in India have been listed as among the world’s top 12 billionaires. They are Mukesh Ambani, age 50, with a net worth of $43 billion; Anil Ambani, age 48, whose net worth […]
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Animals skinned alive in Chinese fur farms
Swiss Animal Protection/EAST International. When undercover investigators made their way onto Chinese fur farms recently, they found that many animals are still alive and struggling desperately when workers flip them onto their backs or hang them up by their legs or tails to skin them. When workers on these farms begin to cut the skin […]
Mass layoff of OFWs in Australia brings tears before Christmas
by Gigi Grande, ABS-CBN News Seventy-five Filipino workers in Western Australia have lost their jobs at Austal, one of the biggest ship builders in the world. Thirty Australians and two Croatians also got the chop. Austal chief executive officer Bob Browning told ABS-CBN the global recession and the credit crunch are to blame. He says […]
Comatose patient revived; flown back to the Philippines
Victor Borres who was earlier reported in a coma was finally revived and was taken back to the Philippines on 25 November 2008 by his wife. They were accompanied by his brother, Juanito Borres of Dean Park, NSW. Mr. Borres, who retired as a jail warden of Zamboanga City, came to Australia on July this […]
Murder-convict Claudio Teehankee, Jr. pardoned by GMA
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said that the executive clemency granted to murder-convict Claudio Teehankee Jr. went through the proper process and there was no secrecy behind the pardon contrary to claims of some quarters. In his weekly press conference in Malacanang, Mr. Ermita stressed that the decision of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to grant pardon to […]
Former Philippine Air Force pilot launches book on history of aviation in the Philippines
The Philippine Consulate General in Sydney hosted the book launching of Wings Over the Philippines, a history on aviation in the Philippines written by Tony Dedal, a former Philippine Air Force pilot who migrated to Australia in 1971. Dedal, a fighter pilot in the Philippine Air Force’s 5th Fighter Wing during the 1950s, narrates a […]
Ateneo, UP rise in 2008 world university rankings
Two local universities, the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) and the University of the Philippines (UP), saw their rankings rise in The Times Higher Education – QS (THE-QS) World University Rankings 2008, a leading global ranking of higher education institutions announced.
Philippine Labor Officials to visit Australia
A delegation from the Philippines’ Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will be in Australia for a mission to appraise the needs of Australia for skilled workers from 3 to 14 November 2008. They will visit Adelaide, Perth, Sydney and Cairns. The delegation will be headed by Labor Undersecretary Rosalinda Baldoz, former administrator of the […]
Forbes magazine names Henry Sy as richest Filipino
Shopping-mall mogul Henry Sy has become the Philippines’ richest man after amassing $1.4 billion in the past year, while his peers were hit by the global financial crisis, The fortune that Sy made was the “biggest gain in absolute terms” of the country’s wealthiest 40 families, who saw their collective wealth plunge 18 percent amid […]
Philippine bishops condemn human organ trade
The Philippines Catholic Bishops’ Conference has described the sale and trade of human organs, and issue of increasing concern across South East Asia as “morally unacceptable” and as “a violation [of the] the dignity of a human person. The church’s comments add to the weight of concern and activity by human rights organisations and anti-poverty […]
Pope launches crackdown on Medjugorje Shrine
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 […]
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 […]