Filipino import Jack ”The Assassin” Asis took just 1min 16sec to capture the Australian light-welterweight boxing title in Townsville, Queensland, on the weekend. Asis, a natural featherweight, fought two divisions above his weight in a bid to challenge reigning light-welterweight champion Josh King, who had been undefeated before the fight. Imagine the surprise when the […]
Fil-Australian golfer finishes 2nd
Only 23 years old, Filipino Australian golfer Jason Day finished 2nd in the 2011 US Open Season. He ended the tournament with 8 shots behind Rory McIlroy who scored 16 under. Jason’s score of 8-under 276 would have been enough to win 26 of the past 30 US Opens. He is ranked number 9 in […]
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM RESCUED
Coordinated team effort rescues Filipina from Arab husband by Dino Crescini June 8, 2011. St. Marys, NSW. A news reporter of Philippine Sentinel, a barrister, a Filipino priest and NSW police rescued today a woman from her husband’s home in Sydney’s western suburbs. According to Virginia (not her real name), she arrived in Australia in […]
Is the world really coming to an end?
It probably will someday but hopefully not during our lifetime. Being mere mortals, we will all die anyway. We just don’t know exactly when. For those people who died in Japan during the recent tsunami, it was the end of the world for them. For those who died during the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, […]
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Dementia talks in Canberra dispel fears by Grahame Coote
Imagine the fear in some elderly Filipina – perhaps your mother or aunt – when some well-meaning nursing staff tells them to “strip off and get in the shower.” Is this how they would normally bathe? In front of strangers? Imagine worse, if they strongly protest, maybe in their own language, and the nurse tries […]
Inmate able to leave prison walls without a pass
Muntinlupa, Philippines. Anything is possible when an inmate has money. He can go in and out of prison walls at will, even without a pass. Such is the case of former Batangas Governor Antonio Leviste who was nabbed by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Makati City after he was able to […]
Muslim group wants Sharia Law in Australia
Many believe that Sharia marriage laws are oppressive to women and yet, it seems that even Australian Muslims (including women) want to embrace this ancient law.
Babon is best in the quest by Jaime K. Pimentel
The Filipino community’s singing-and-dancing sensation Brian Lorenz Babon performed a dream run to win the star-studded Talent Quest at Cabra Vale Diggers Club in Fairfield, Sunday, May 15. Babon swept the audience off its feet in a tantalising opening number, I Dreamed A Dream, with a song-and-dance performance. (The song was lifted from the musical […]
Poor farmer’s kid hurdle schooling with foundation’s help by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO
Cotabato, Philippines. Darylle Asuncion, 12, didn’t know what hit him. For five years, the timid son of a farmer is sad-faced while envying classmates’ new school bags and notebooks at Mlang Pilot Elementary School in North Cotabato.
Jury convicts mother in baby’s microwave death
DAYTON, Ohio — Jurors in an Ohio woman’s third trial found her guilty of killing her baby daughter by cooking her in a microwave oven. China Arnold (above) was convicted of aggravated murder in the death of 28-day-old Paris Talley in August 2005. Arnold could receive the death penalty. The sentencing phase will begin this […]
Steel bars fortify security inside court hearing Ampatuan case
Manila, Philippines. As an added security measure, authorities guarding the Maguindanao massacre trial have set up steel bars inside the makeshift court room in Taguig City to separate the accused from the legal counsels and the judge hearing the case. Private prosecutor Nena Santos, legal counsel for Maguindanao Gov. Esmael Mangudadatu, said the decision to […]