Natalie Feist was only 15 and spending the summer holidays with her family in the Philippines. Her Filipina mother Rosa is the sister of famous singer Pilita Corrales and her father, Ed Feist is the head of a large pharmaceutical company in Manila. But the dengue mosquito does not choose its victims. Natalie was bitten […]
Manila Ocean Park to open on February 2008
Imagine going to Manila Bay and coming face-to-face with a shark or even a school of fierce barracudas. Come February, this awesome scene will be experienced by Filipino adults and children alike with the completion of the Manila Ocean Park just behind the Quirino Grandstand at the Rizal Park.
CT Scan dye can be dangerous; it can even result in death
Mid morning of 16 November 2007, complaining of stomach pains, Jesus “Jessie” Bass, 53 walked into the St. Luke’s Medical Center so he could get the best possible health care. Jessie was attended to and examined by Dr. Edgardo Bondoc who diagnosed him for acute appendicitis. Nonetheless, Dr. Bondoc did not refer Jessie, nor called […]
Left Overs
by Benjie de Ubago Wow….last year sure went fast! I’ve had to trade in some original body parts for more modular ones. We are another year older but hopefully, much, much wiser. It’s the year of the Rat… hmmm, wasn’t that last year’s theme? But Chinese astrology promises an auspicious year.
What they wish for in 2008
by Benjie de Ubago Being the eternal idealist that I am, I thought it would be fun to go around and collect wishes for the community. Perhaps the expressed wishes below may act as our compass in 2008. Wish we may, wish we might have these wishes we wish for this New Year’s Night! Here’s […]
A Media Release from the Filipino Chaplaincy in Chatswood
Through concerted efforts of concerned people including his family, Staff Cadet Joel Cabides has been granted permanent residency. Prime Minister John Howard and related cabinet members have facilitated the process so that even the parents and siblings of Joel have received permanent residence.
A reader’s opinion about the Cabides case
In response to the column where Joel Cabides was featured in your November 2007 issue, I am a bit concerned that the case hasn’t been responded by the Immigration minister. I am glad that there are some concerned Filipino Australians who wrote a letter to Mr. Nelson.
$1,000 per annum to MPC
Since 1990, I have been contributing at least $1,000 every year to the Multi-Purpose Centre with the hope that it would be completed someday. No receipts were ever issued to me but my records are complete because I have been issuing cheques payable to the Philippine Australian Community Foundation, Inc.
Government acted on Cabides request for permanent residence
This is an update on your update on Joel Cabides. Contrary to your claims in the article, the previous Government did act on Joel Cabides’ family request for permanent residency. The Filipino Chaplaincy- Chatswood Parish in consultation with the family embarked on a petition-signature campaign on Joel’s behalf last August 2007.
Has the migration status of the Cabides family really been resolved?
From the very start of their ordeal, Philippine Tribune has been very supportive to the Cabides family. Young Joel Cabides, an exchange student from the Philippines, suffered irreversible damage to his spine when asked to play in a supervised game of basketball inside the Royal Military College in Duntroon. The accident happened in January 2007. […]
How relevant is the Philippine National Day Ball?
This month on the 12th of June, Filipinos from all over the world celebrate Philippine Independence Day. The day is a commemoration of the declaration of Philippine Independence by General Emilio Aguinaldo at his ancestral home in Kawit, Cavite on June 12, 1898. The house still stands today preserved in its original form and serves […]
The future of Joel Cabides
Since that fateful day in January, 22-year-old Cadet Joel Cabides has been confined at the ICU of Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick, NSW. He is unable to breathe without a respirator and has been declared paralyzed from the neck down. When finally discharged from the hospital, he is doomed to spend the rest of […]