In November 1993, Judge Adoracion Angeles of the Caloocan Regional Trial Court found 26 members of the Ateneo law fraternity Aquila Legis guilty of homicide for the February 1991 death of Leonardo “Lenny” Villa and sentenced them to a minimum of 10 years and a maximum of 14 years imprisonment.
Catholic priest secretly married to a Filipina
Father Kevin Lee, a Catholic Priest at Padre Pio Parish in Glenmore Park NSW, admitted to being secretly married. He said that many other priests are likewise married and continues to live a double life.
A 4yr old’s gift to impoverished children of Cebu
There are kids all around the world who have less than they deserve, and four-year-old Porscha Benisano has made a mission of doing something about it. With both a mum and a dad, and other loved ones around her, her mum has made sure she understands that this is not a privilege other kids have.
Woodcroft businesses benefit from broadband deal
Federal Member for Chifley Ed Husic has welcomed an agreement by Telstra and Centro Management to extend a new broadband connection to the Woodcroft Shopping Centre.
FAME celebrates 4th anniversary with a night of magic
As Benjie de Ubago, producer of the show would say, “have a magical evening.” And indeed it was — complete with the splendid performance of a real magician who converted crumpled paper into a live dove and ‘snow’ out of nowhere. Of course the audience knew it was a mere sleight-of-hand trick but this writer […]
Where did the LBC money go?
There are strong indications that LBC Development Bank funnelled a lot of money to its LBC Express Affiliates. Banko Sentral Pilipinas (BSP) itself said so when the bank was closed. Sooner or later, BSP and Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation may have to run after LBC to get back the unpaid advances. Check out: “LBC Development […]
On Hazing by Aquila Legis Fraternity
I do not presume to know much about this fraternity, nor am I acquainted with any of its past or current members. But it seems to me that the events you have reported to Fr. Jose Ramon Villarin SJ, versus the purpose(s) for which this ‘brotherhood’ was originally conceived, appear to be at odds! I […]
‘It’s game over for Corona if AMLC report is verified’ by Jojo Malig, ABS-CBNnews.com
MANILA, Philippines. — If the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) report on Chief Justice Renato Corona’s dollar accounts and transactions is verified, then it’s game over for him in his impeachment trial, analysts declared.
Who are these so-called “refugees?”
According to the Oxford Dictionary, a refugee is someone who ‘Escaped to a foreign country from religious or political persecution.’ Let’s take the case of a Muslim escaping from ‘where-ever.’ They enter Indonesia legally. They are now in a country where their religion is widely practised. They have escaped from their own country and are […]
General MacArthur and the Fall of Bataan and Corregidor by Cecilia I. Gaerlan
Seventy years ago, one of the greatest sacrifices of World War II was made by Filipino and American soldiers at Bataan and Corregidor. After a fierce and bitter four-month battle, Bataan fell on April 9, 1942 and Corregidor a month later on May 6.
Filipinos in San Francisco rally against China shoal ‘intrusion’ by Armando B. Chavez (US Correspondent) INQUIRER.net
SAN FRANCISCO — They came, about 150 of them, most in bright yellow T-shirts emblazoned with a map of the Philippines and the disputed specks of land known as the Scarborough Shoals. At the back were the words “Never Shall Invaders Trample Our Sacred Shoals,” a take on the English lyrics of the Philippine national […]
Filipino maritime officers jailed
The captain and second officer of a Liberian ship that spilled oil in New Zealand’s beach has been jailed for seven months. The ship Rena released an oil slick that killed thousands of sea birds and marine life in the pristine Bay of Plenty. Captain Mauro Balomaga and navigation officer Leonil Relon pleaded guilty in […]