Month: June 2009

Australian shot dead in Aklan

Aklan, Philippines. May 26. 2009. It was reported in the Daily Telegraph today that a 67-year-old Australian man was shot dead in a beach resort in Central Philippines by a Filipino. Jim Burney was having a drink with a friend when without any provocation, a man in another table approached him, pointed a gun directly […]

Harsh migration laws

Not too long ago, CNN published the story of Noriko Calderon, a 13-year old Filipina who was born and raised in Japan. Her parents, Arlan Cruz Calderon, 36 and Sarah Calderon, 38 were deported back to the Philippines from Japan on 13 April 2009. They both entered Japan in 1993 on fake passports. They met, […]

News update on Tara Santelices

In last month’s issue of Philippine Sentinel, we published a report derived from the internet that the suspect who shot Ms Santelices was slain. It was further reported that Orlando del Rosario, the alleged gunman was killed in a shootout with police and that the case was closed. We gathered information from Tara’s best friend […]