Last March 6th, I had an early dinner at Le Colonial Restaurant, 4th Flr. of Westpoint Shopping Centre. I could not find a parking space in the Top Level open parking so I parked my car on the third level and went up through the escalator to the 4th Floor. After dinner at 7:00 PM, […]
Is Xavier House for sale? by Dino Crescini, BS, MBA
Located along Herran Street in Sta. Ana Manila, Xavier House is a historic property owned by the Jesuit Province in the Philippines. It may even be considered as an extension of Ateneo de Manila University. I remember some closed retreats I attended there when I was a young student. The house was built shortly […]
Price and Amery upset over closure of bank
Federal Member for Chifley, Roger Price has raised the closure of the Rooty Hill Branch of the Commonwealth Bank with the Prime Minister and the Treasurer, demanding answers from the Bank as to why the Branch is closing. Both Mr Price and State Member for Mount Druitt, Richard Amery are upset at the […]
Bits & Pieces
Interesting as you probably know, the Arizona desert provides parking space for hundreds of jetliners that have not outlived their usefulness – they are still useful and can still fly. But their owners are unable to turn a profit on them if and when they fly, at least not in today’s economic climate. But when […]
Intel Philippines to close; 1,800 to lose jobs
April 1 (Bloomberg) — Rosemarie Maglalang and her husband made a living out of housing and feeding Intel Corp. factory workers in the Philippines for the past 13 years. That livelihood is about to disappear. The world’s biggest maker of semiconductors will close its chip-assembly factory in General Trias later this year, leaving 1,800 […]
Harvard study turns tables on its own MBAs By Oliver Staley (Bloomberg)
HARVARD Business School, stung by criticism that it has not prepared alumni to cope with the economic meltdown, will dissect its performance using a practice it employs to examine corporations in crisis. A taskforce, created in November at the direction of the dean, Jay Light, is writing a case study to scrutinise whether the […]
Update on Tara Santelices
The family is now making preparations for Tara’s release from the hospital. They are still short of funds but they are expecting help from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). However, according to Tara’s mother, it will take some time before they could receive the money from PCSO. The young graduate from Ateneo de […]
Filipino Press Club members getting younger by Jaime K. Pimentel
Young journalists attended the second workshop of the Filipino Press Club of Sydney at the Press Room of Corregidor Centre in Rooty Hill on Sunday, March 29, 2009. The workshop, News and Feature Writing Basics, was conducted by Financial Standard editor Michelle Baltazar. Topics, among many others, included interviewing techniques, negotiating the subjective, […]
Suspect in shooting of Tara Santelices slain in shootout
The suspect who shot and robbed Ateneo Political Science graduate Antonia Marina “Tara” Santelices, leaving her still comatose, in Cainta, was reportedly killed in a shootout with police in Antipolo, Rizal last April 2009. Orlando del Rosario, 29, died when he fired at police personnel of Antipolo. Police officers were about to arrest him […]
Striped Marlin caught
The striped marlin shown below was caught recently in Australian waters by Sam Zammit. Carrying the ocean monster are the Zammit brothers who took turns in hauling the fish. It took them nearly 2 hours to finally land the marlin into the boat. They chose to eat the fish rather than take it to a […]
Fil-Aussie is runner-up in Australia’s Got Talent
12-year-old Filipino-Australian Jal Joshua Lebumfacil placed second to the grand prize winner Mark Vincent in Australia’s Got Talent 2009. “You’re really awesome. I hate opera but you’re really good.” said the pint-sized Jal to Mark right after the announcement of the winner, which drew admiration from the audience. Jal sang Barry Manilow’s One […]
Sexy Star admits having a son
Former sexy star Aubrey Miles admitted to Boy Abunda that she has a love child who is now 8 years old with her former boyfriend, JP Obligacion. Aubrey had been the subject of the motherhood rumour before and it was entertainment writer Cristy Fermin who has been adamant in her belief that the former […]