The Philippine Community Council of NSW (PCC-NSW) will be holding its annual grand event, the Philippine National Day Ball (PND Ball) on the 10th of June, 2011 at Waterview in Bicentennial Park, Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush NSW, in celebration of the 113th anniversary of the Philippine Independence Day.
Iza Clazado replaces Regine Velasquez in I HEART YOU PARE
Manila. April 12, 2011. GMA Network announced today that model and actress Iza Calzado would replace renowned crooner Regine Velasquez-Alcasid in I HEART YOU PARE following orders by Regine’s doctor for strict rest. Ms. Regine Velasquez-Alcasid will no longer play the role of Tonette/ Tonya in GMA Pinoy TV’s hit series I HEART YOU PARE […]
Falun Gong practitioner seeks protection visa by Ramona Chan
Mr. Guanggeng Tian is a 51 year old Falun Gong practitioner who was caught practicing his religion by the police in China. He arrived in Australia in 2000 and for the past 10 years has been trying to obtain a protection visa. He was arrested in July and September 1999 by the Chinese police. In […]
Hunt for Marcos wealth leads to Sydney model
A former Sydney swimwear model is at the centre of renewed attempts to locate millions of dollars sent out of the Philippines by former dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Evelin Hegyesi, who modelled mink bikinis in the 1970s and once graced the pages of Playboy magazine, is now a 57-year-old eastern suburbs multimillionaire with a waterfront Point […]
Monique Wilson censures Revillame
Monique Wilson, a respected stage actress, writes about Willie Revillame and TV entertainment. The debate is no longer whether it was child abuse or not. The facts are plain to see. No one with a sense of respect for another human being can dispute that. The discourse now is how we, as Filipinos, as artists […]
Don’t waste your money on leaflets!
They are expensive and ineffective. Money paid for printing leaflets go down the drain. After being read once, leaflets go straight to the rubbish bin and are regarded as junk mail. Advertise in a newspaper. Advertise in Philippine Sentinel.
Pilar Pilapil stabbed
Antipolo City, Philippines. April 15, 2011 . FORMER beauty queen-turned actress Pilar Pilapil was found in a grassy lot in Antipolo City with several knife wounds shortly after she was allegedly dumped by two men who ran away with her car at dawn yesterday. Pilapil, 60, of Valley 46, Bedson Mansion Condominium, Pasig City, bore […]
CABALEN, AUSAN DACA!
“We are united by the spirit of fraternal love, bound by a common origin and dialect, of common upbringing, values and mores. To all we stand with humility, to all we extend friendship and camaraderie, to all we take pride of the Capampangan unity. Times and places change. Anywhere, anytime, the Capampangans go far and […]
Heart Transplant Surgeon is a Filipina
New Jersey: Heart-transplant surgeon is a woman in a man’s world. Cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Margarita Camacho smiles as she talks to one of her heart surgery patients during her rounds at Newark Beth Israel Hospital. Camacho became just the 86th woman, according to the American Board of Thoracic Surgeon’s records. Today, she is one of […]
PHCAA team suffers delay
A medical mission organised by Philippine Health Care Association of Australia in coordination with the Rotary Club of Blacktown ended up with both parties being stranded in the small island of Caluya, south of Luzon in the Philippines. Dr. Armando Alcantara of Glenwood, accompanied by his wife Veronica Alcantara and Marvin Ang had to spend […]
American kills Filipina girlfriend then shoots self
New York. April 25. – Police is still trying to determine what led a Virginia man to kill his girlfriend at her brother’s Hudson Valley home before turning a gun on himself. But the woman’s relatives said that she refused to marry him because the victim found him too possessive and had a violent temper. […]
Youth funding boost to encourage culture and creativity
Federal Member for Chifley Ed Husic encouraged local organisations to apply for government grants to support the artistic and creative development of young people. “The Government, in understanding the importance of arts and culture to young people, has placed the emphasis of this year’s grants on arts and creative enterprises.” “As Chifley is the second […]