NSW Minister for Transport David Campbell today announced a new commuter car park will be built at Quakers Hill. Mr Campbell and Riverstone MP John Aquilina visited Quakers Hill station to make the announcement. “This upgrade to Quakers Hill station parking comes as part of the Government’s $56 million Commuter Car Park program announced in […]
An open letter to the Philippine Community Council
by Robert Bock We can do better. That is true. And we should have, but let those who are blameless cast the first stone! (Where have I heard that before?) Let me contribute my two cents worth before I lose the opportunity to do so. Not withstanding the self promotion, (on both sides on that […]
Now for sale at $1.00 per copy
More Filipino store owners have reported in the past that some individuals have been taking multiple copies of Philippine Tribune from the shelves with obvious intention of destroying them. This was again reported by no less than three shops where copies of the Philippine Tribune are on display. In view of this, Philippine Tribune will […]
New procedures for Australians travelling to the USA by: TFA News Research Friday, January 9th, 2009
From this Monday (12 January) Australians travelling to the United States of America will be required to follow new border entry procedures, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade recently advised in a bulletin. All Australian passport-holders eligible to travel to the US under that country’s Visa Waiver Program must, before they travel, obtain […]
Bobby Harrison in Australia’s got Talent
We have another young and talented Filipino Australian who is aspiring for Stardom! He is Bernard Robert Harrison, better known as Bobby and he is competing in Australia’s Got Talent, a reality T.V. show that Channel 7 will start airing next month. Only 8 years old, Bobby knows how to play 8 musical Instruments: Piano, […]
MPC Update
In the January issue of Philippine Tribune, we published an announcement made by Fr. Renato Paras that Tess Lopez was paid $37,000 by the MPC managers as partial payment for the $300,000 they borrowed from her. I was later informed by the good priest that the actual amount paid was $35,000 and not $37,000 as […]
Pimentel negotiates use of a Press Room at Corregidor
It didn’t take a lot of persuasion for Peter and Nita Christian, owners of Corregidor Restaurant to agree to Jaime Pimentel’s suggestion of having a Press Room inside the entertainment centre. Pimentel is the founder of Filipino Sydney Press Club, an organisation of Filipino journalists, writers and publishers throughout New South Wales. The Press Room […]
Golf brawl at Valley Golf & Country Club: another version
by Conrad Benitez I was at Valley Golf Club playing with my sons at around the same time the (Pangandaman) incident happened. We were oblivious to what happened as we started on the back nine. The incident happened in the front 9. From the accounts of other golfers, however, apparently what the de la Paz […]
THEOLOGY: Are there souls suffering in hell?
by William de Lara I came across this very exciting and far-reaching development in theology as I was doing some random readings. It is surprising that so little of this earth-shattering development has reached mainstream thought. If there is anything that can reconcile Universalists with the Catholic Church, it is the way our pontiff, Pope […]
Subic Bay revisited
Senator Richard Gordon, former chairman of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, which now administers the port, said officials from around Europe and Asia had visited to study his model of base conversion, including the leaders of Panama, Vietnam and Lithuania and representatives from Guam and Okinawa, in Japan. In an interview, Mr. Gordon seemed as […]
Unit Pricing to help consumers save
Federal Member for Chifley, Roger Price has welcomed the Rudd Government’s announcement to roll-out a nationally-consistent, mandatory unit pricing regime to help consumers save time and money. “The Australian unit pricing scheme designed by the Rudd Government gets the balance right – by both empowering consumers and minimising the regulatory burden on business” Mr. Price […]
Filipino airs concern about MPC
Philippine Tribune received a letter from a concerned member of the Filipino community about the Filipino MPC. He said that “the perception is that the MPC belongs to the Filipino community, but in practice this is not so because Filipinos outside the constituted board of directors simply do not allow it. Rules and regulations on […]