What is ‘pagpag’? If you don’t know, read on! For the poor who live in slums around garbage dumps in Metro Manila, it is food – actually leftover pieces of chicken or morsels of meat swarming with ants and other impurities. Yes, it is food that they call ‘pagpag.’ (Pagpag means to shake off.) They […]
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Mobile Phone Scam
Readers are warned not to open SMS or text messages from unknown senders. There are at least two companies stealing money from unsuspecting owners of mobile phones. They somehow manage to obtain mobile phone numbers and other personal data of people. Then they send unsolicited SMS messages which are in essence nonsense. In the process, […]
Modern Day Slavery in the Philippines
by Fr. Shay Cullen Slavery today is the same as it always was, its human beings being reduced to a commodity, deprived of freedom, working for nothing, exploited for profit, owned like an animal, forced to grovel. And worst of all it is the slavery of children in the organized sex industry, a billion dollar […]
Doonside resident complains of abuse by bus driver
In his letter to MP Paul Gibson, Richard Van Bueren of Doonside reported that he suffered injuries while riding a bus from Blacktown on his way home to Doonside. He sent a copy of the letter to Philippine Tribune. According to him, the bus was full and he was standing behind the driver waiting for […]
Is someone behind the purchase of the MPC property in Schofields?
Is this another form of “Pinoy corruption?” Is someone behind the purchase of that new property in Schofields? Was there another sub-agent who could be a crony of the owner and the purchaser to let it go for a very good prize of (only) $1.15 million? Assuming that these MPC managers are not aware that […]
Fil-Aussie shot dead
Australian citizen and businessman turned politician, was killed by an assassin’s bullet in front of his office in the presence of his wife and son. According to witnesses, at least six gunshots were heard before Arrogante fell dead and slumped to the ground. His wife Juliet tried to stop the man from further shooting her […]
Will the MPC project ever be completed?
The way things are, the Multi-Purpose Centre project appears to be doomed to extinction. Just very recently, Pinoy TV aired on TVS 31 an interview with this writer showing some footages of the MPC in its original location in Rooty Hill. As of press time and for many months now, the property has remained for […]
A deeper insight into the story about the Filipino boxers in Sydney
The story about Filipino boxers in Australia goes deeper than what people see on the surface level. The three boxers who went AWOL will be in real trouble if they do not return of their own free will soon. Deportation is the likely option, never to return. But if they decide to come back to […]
News Flash Aabout the New Location of MPC
It’s a flood zone! For the simple reason that the new site at No. 80 Grange Avenue in Schofields is a flood zone, it is highly unlikely that Blacktown Council will authorise construction of any building in the new MPC property. This was the information gathered directly from reliable sources within the council.
In bad faith and in bad, bad company…
by Aurora Pijuan The 11th of February and 71st birthday of our youngest sibling Sister Joseph Mary of the Religious of the Good Shepherd, was a thoroughly bad day for both Sister Joseph and myself. For more than ten hours we had to endure almost the same moral and spiritual sufferings of NBN-ZTE scandal witness […]
Boxers go AWOl, may be in trouble with immigrations
by Jaime K. Pimentel Three Filipino boxers, here on temporary sports visas, were reported missing or absent without leave (AWOL) from their quarters in Sydney’s southwestern suburb of Liverpool this week. Junior-lightweight Walrito Paderna, welterweight Jason Oyao, and junior-welterweight Arnel Balicuatro are now being sought by Green Valley police and Australian immigration authorities alerted by […]
Impact of rate hike to Filipino home buyers
“Surveys conducted indicate that some 30 per cent of Filipinos in Australiaown 1 or 2 investment properties,” said Neil Galang, a known home loan broker in Sydney. He added that “the average home loan of the Filipino Australian is around $300,000.” The recent interest rate hike announced by the Federal Reserve Bank has prompted home […]