[Editor’s note: Danny Vinluan and his wife Myrna of Atlanta, Georgia are regular cruise passengers. The following is Danny’s reaction to this article.]
Historic pension rise comes into effect
Pensioners in Chifley will this week receive their long-anticipated rise in the Pension rate along with the increased New Pension Supplement. Federal Member for Chifley, Roger Price said that the historic increase will be welcomed by pensioners who have been doing it tough. Centrelink has contacted all 20,815 pensioners in Chifley to explain how their […]
Pinoy worker in Jeddah returns $320,000 find
by Ronaldo Z. Concha GMANews.TV JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia – A Filipino worker who returned a huge amount of money he found in northern Saudi Arabia to its rightful owner has become an instant celebrity among fellow expatriates. The new hero is Lark Michael B. Colegado, a 34-year-old family man from Tacloban and Misamis Oriental in […]
Aprille was confident of winning and she won!
Even before the actual event, this pretty candidate in the Miss Philippines Australia Beauty Pageant expressed confidence that she would win the most coveted title during this year’s 21st Philippine Grand Fiesta. The pageant was held at Fairfield Showground on October 18 with an audience of about 30,000 Filipinos who marvelled at the beauty and […]
Canada to expedite migration application of RP flood victims
Ottawa, October 2009. Government of Canada announces special immigration measures for typhoon victims in the Philippines. Residents in the Philippines who are significantly affected by Typhoon Ondoy (International code name Ketsana) are being offered special measures to facilitate immigration to Canada, announced Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney. “I would like to express my […]
Newcastle: a “Mount Druitt by the Sea”
It seems that Newcastle has become the “Mount Druitt by the Sea.” Many people with drug problems or in methadone treatment have apparently relocated there. Newcastle occupies a large area and it is also the place where able parents from overseas send their children to study. While I am not against assimilation for those who are less fortunate, the […]
A true Filipino hero, he saves 30 – then dies
The last heroic attempt of Muelmar Magallanes, a young Filipino man trying to save as many people from the rampaging flood in the Philippines on September 26. He made the ultimate sacrifice so that others may live. “I am going to be forever grateful to Muelmar,” said Menchie Penalosa, the mother of the six-month-old girl […]
Best Intentions
by Marie Rea, BS DevCom Floods in Metro Manila; certainly not once in a lifetime. Government was caught unprepared! Surprise, surprise! The Philippine government has asked the world for help in its massive rescue operations for nearly half a million people left homeless in the deluge that hit the main island of Luzon on the […]
An Open Letter from Vice Consul Tony Reyes
Dear Friends, I would like to thank you, and every Filipino and friend(s) of the Filipino Community for your generous donation and helping out in the appeal for the assistance of our kababayans affected by Typhoon Ondoy. Every contribution and donation that we made helped give relief to people who had lost everything in the […]
A building alternative for Philippine relief
It was distressing to hear of Typhoon Ondoy’s strike on the Philippines. I was particularly upset because, only days before it hit, I had arrived from a holiday there with my partner, daughter and mother-in-law. I felt relieved and grateful, but also somewhat guilty. We got home safe and sound, while the people we left […]
Filipino Australian Movement appeals for victims of Typhoon Ondoy
My family and I have been following up the developments on the devastation caused by Typhoon Ondoy in the whole of Metro-Manila, the island of Luzon and Marikina City in particular, from the time flood waters started to rise to unbelievable levels. As you may have read and heard in the news updates on TV, radio […]
An Open Letter to all Filipinos everywhere
I used to think that corruption and criminality in the Philippines were caused by poverty. But recent events tell me this isn’t true. It is one thing to see people turn into drug addicts, prostitutes, thieves and murderers because of hunger and poverty, but what excuse do these rich, educated people have that could possibly […]