Homes and businesses in Glenwood have now been included in the updated 3-year rollout plan for the National Broadband Network (NBN).
THE ENEMY WITHIN: Boston Bombing Aftermath by Bernie Lopez
After the Boston Bombing Affair, there is a need to do some deep reflection on what is really happening to our world today, and on the real causes of terrorism. Reflex reactions are not helping any. Catching culprits is half a solution.
Untold Story about Sen. Grace Poe
She was a newly-born baby left on a church font. A certain “Sayong” dipped her finger for holy water but instead felt something solid. That was what newly-proclaimed senator Grace Poe learned during one of her campaign sorties in Iloilo.
Time Magazine cover a hoax?
There are claims in the internet that the Time Magazine cover declaring the Philippines “as a most stupid country” was a hoax. The news item, allegedly written by Time’s news director Marilou Martin has become viral and many internet readers believe in it. Hoax or not, there is much truth in the fact that 20-year-old […]
Pacquiao mauls Barangay Captain
It was reported by Jerry Adlaw in Manila Times that the people’s boxing champion may have turned into a “chump.”
Ano na nga ba ang nangyayari sa MPC – Schofields?
Magandang araw po sa mga mambabasa ng Philippine Sentinel at sa mga taga subaybay ng ‘column’ ng inyong abang lingkod. Mahaba-haba rin ang panahon ng pananahimik ko. Gusto ko na talagang tumahimik, pero di makaya ng aking dibdib na isantabi na lamang ang mga pangyayari.
The $1,000.00 remittance that became $1 million
It was on May 27,1977 when Dolores Ventoza who was then based in New York requested the First National City Bank (FNCB) to transfer $1,000.00 to the bank account of Victoria Javier. Ventoza is a sister of Melchor Javier who is married to Victoria.
Jobless man facing eviction wins P45-M lotto jackpot
Once in danger of losing his house because he had no money to pay his debts, this former pipe line worker at the defunct National Waterworks and Sewerage Authority (NAWASA) ultimately had the last laugh.
Clinically dead Filipino woman back to life after C-Section
A pregnant woman in her 9th month was admitted to a hospital in Kuwait with an acute blood pressure condition, suffered cardiac arrest, and was pronounced dead. Doctors rushed to deliver her unborn child. The caesarean section was performed without anaesthesia since the mother was presumed dead, and a healthy 6.8 lb baby boy was […]
Requiescat in Pace – Inocencia Crescini
Inocencia “Nanay” Crescini (1919-2013). Was peacefully resurrected to eternal life on the 30th of May 2013 after receiving the Last Sacrament. Her loving children — Myrna & Tom, Cynthia & Mario, Manuel Jr. & Vicky, Antonio & Aida, Gerardo & Rose, Roger & Grace request the pious reader to pray for the eternal repose of […]
Nanny in a coma granted permanent resident status
OAKVILLE, Canada. — As Maricon Gerente lay unresponsive in an Oakville hospital bed, an array of IV and feeding tubes keeping her alive, two immigration officials unexpectedly entered the room. Gerente, the Filipino nanny who dreamed of obtaining her permanent residency and then bringing her two young daughters to Canada, had no idea the first […]
Better future for people with disability
Federal MP Ed Husic has welcomed the Government’s commitment to building a better life for Australians with a significant and permanent disability in Chifley.