May balitang iba na ang namamahala ng Multi-Purpose Centre (MPC) project sa Schofields. Iba na ang namumuno! Iba na ang presidente! Iba na ang nangagasiwa!
Digital Movie Camera is crap
Beware of a roving van marked “Courier” that is selling 3D Imaging Digital Movie Cameras. The Asian looking driver stops to ask for directions and then casually asks any unwary person if he/she is interested in buying a movie camera. The driver claims that he had an excess supply of brand new units he is […]
A Very Cunning Scam
There is a new and very clever credit card scam — be wary of those who come bearing gifts. It just happened to some people a week or so ago in Sydney, and it can pretty well now be happening anywhere else in Australia.
Girl, 11, speaks out over her forced marriage
In a video released on LiveLeak, Nada Al-Ahdal said she was forced to flee [from her family] and live with her uncle after she was promised to another man.
Kuh Ledesma in Sydney
Pop Diva of the 70s, Kuh Ledesma is here in Sydney. Not only is she popular in the Philippines as a pop and jazz singer but is also known as a versatile and multi-talented artist, actress, and business woman internationally.
Arsenic Chicken by Bernie V. Lopez
(Editor’s note: The author warns that we might be eating chicken that has been fed with arsenic chicken feed.) This is an alert to all consumers and importers of US chicken and/or chicken feed. A study done by the John Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, which took chicken samples from grocers in ten major […]
Boxing promoter advised to stay mum on investigations
The scheduled press conference that was supposed to have taken place on Thursday, July 18 was indefinitely postponed, according to Filpress organizer Jaime Pimentel. He announced that Dido Bohol, the controversial boxing promoter who — for more than 10 years — has been importing boxers from the Philippines was advised by his solicitor not to […]
Pork barrel scam involves 5 senators and 23 congressmen
According to a report made by Nancy Carvajal in Philippine Daily Inquirer, at least “5 senators and 23 members of the House of Representatives made available their pork barrel funds to dummy nongovernment organizations [NGOs] for purported ghost projects worth P10 billion over the past decade.” Affidavits were subsequently sent to the National Bureau of […]
China threats unacceptable
Chinese officials began their meeting with Asean foreign ministers in Brunei by accusing their 10 neighbours of an anti-Beijing conspiracy over disputed South China Sea territory. China singled out the Philippines, calling Manila a provocateur and threatening war.
I was a pilot of Asiana by Capt. Bibiano Elegir
Capt. Tony Sanchez and I were together in Philippine Airlines flying different types of aircraft until Tony retired in PAL as a B747- 400 captain. I transferred to Asiana Airlines in 1996 and retired in 2004. The maximum retirement age at that time was 60 years old. I also retired as captain of a B747- […]
U.P. Gawad Plaridel is awarded to Pete Lacaba
The University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2013 UP Gawad Plaridel in the person of MR. JOSE F. LACABA, also known as PETE LACABA.
New laws to protect 457 visa holders
28 June 2013 — New laws to strengthen [the] 457 visa scheme will protect visa holders from exploitation, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Brendan O’Connor said today.