The Philippine Health Care Association of Australia (PHCAA) announced that its mid-year dance party will be held at the South Hungarian Club in Glendenning, NSW on Saturday, 4 June 2011 at 6:30pm. For further information, those interested may contact PHCAA president Veron Alcantara, phone no. 9836 4697. Now on its 6th year of active assistance […]
Welcome the Year of the Rabbit at Crystal Seafood
Experience the flavour of authentic Chinese cuisine at Crystal Seafood Restaurant while watching a spectacular Lion Dancing performance amid the clash of cymbals and gongs. All these will happen on Friday night, 4th of February 2011. The Lunar Year or Spring Festival is probably the most important of all Chinese holidays. The festival traditionally begins […]
Builder refuses to remove construction rubbish
We received a report from a new homeowner that the builder refused to remove the construction rubbish that was dumped in front of her house. Saying that it is not their responsibility, Champion Homes also refused to restore the council footpath that was dug up and destroyed during the construction. Council does not pick up […]
Premier Keanelly vows to assist PCC-NSW Projects by Benjie de Ubago
To end the year on a good note, and upon NSW Premier’s invitation, the Philippine Community Council of NSW (PCC NSW) Board met with the Honourable Kristina Keanelly at the Governor Macquarie Tower Office, Sydney, last 17 December 2010. President Elsa Collado and ten of the PCC board members attended the close-door meeting with Keanelly. […]
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How do we solve a problem like China? by William Esposo
Mighty China had once again reasserted its claim to the oil-rich Spratly Islands (Spratlys). That was the gist of the PHILIPPINE STAR page 1 story on December 9. The Oil and Gas Journal believes that the Spratlys have one of the biggest oil deposits in the world – believed to approximate the quantity of the […]
Jaime Vinarao Baquiran
4 February 1955 – 8 December 2010 A resident of Guthega Close, Woodcroft, he left behind his beloved wife, Merly and 4 children, Jaime Benjamin, Meryl, Mia, and Marlene. Being the eldest of his siblings, Jimmy spent his lifetime from an early age supporting and helping his parents, 8 siblings and others. With undying spirit, […]
Hubert Webb acquitted by Supreme Court of the Philippines
Manila. Dec. 14, 2010. Hubert Webb, (2nd from right), one of six young men convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1991 killings of a mother and her two daughters, reacts as he is greeted by his brother Jason prior to being released after 15 years in jail at the National Penitentiary in Muntinlupa, […]
Deceived & “Lazied” by store manager
I did not realise that the term “lazied” even existed before this day. A few days before Christmas when everyone was rushing to get their last minute present, I stepped into In Sport Store at Westpoint Shopping Centre. There I found some Raben Style Shoes branded Billie. The chart showed size 4 to size 14 […]
Pacquiao to fight Mosley in Las Vegas on May 7 by Dino Crescini
Many Filipinos in the Blacktown area of New South Wales will again be swarming all over the Diamond Auditorium of Blacktown Workers Club to watch the pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao fight Shane Mosley on May 7 this year. As in the past, the fight will be broadcast live on the club’s large television screen but […]
Editorial: Reporting the truth may hurt
In the practice of journalism, it is sometimes inevitable that some people will get hurt. That is what reporting is all about. We report it as it happened. Quite often, the truth hurts. But the people have a right to know and readers of Philippine Sentinel want to know the truth. In the past, this […]
Premier Keanelly Vows To Assist PCC-NSW Projects by Benjie de Ubago
To end the year on a good note, and upon NSW Premier’s invitation, the Philippine Community Council of NSW (PCC NSW) Board met with the Honourable Kristina Keanelly at the Governor Macquarie Tower Office, Sydney, last 17 December 2010. President Elsa Collado and ten of the PCC board members attended the close-door meeting with Keanelly. […]