He was a top petroleum executive who went up the ranks to become the first Asian Vice-President of Caltex Petroleum Corporation. At the time of his retirement, he was chairman of the board of Caltex Malaysia, Caltex Thailand, Caltex Philippines and Caltex New Zealand.
College games come to town
THE inaugural Philippine University-Collegiate Basketball Cup takes place on Saturday-Sunday, June 7-8, at the Police-Citizens Youth Club (PCYC) sports centre in Sydney’s inner-city suburb of Marrickville. The competition will pit four school teams: Ateneo, Mapua, La Salle, and Angeles comprising alumni, sons of alumni, and fathers of students or former students. “San Beda and University […]
Splitting Ukraine – The Lesser Evil by Bernie V. Lopez
When both sides have non-negotiables, issues beyond compromise, the only resort is an incision to contain the deadly cancer, nothing else, otherwise war on an unimaginable scale is as inevitable as the sun rising tomorrow. There is a time when all diplomatic initiatives become hypocrisy, economic sanctions to bring down inferior nations to their knees […]
A tribute to mothers
Mother’s Day celebrations never fail to bring vivid memories of my mother. She was 70 when she died which is exactly my age today as I write this piece. It was a ripe age in the Philippines but luckily, that same age is regarded as young in Australia as the incumbent Prime Minister has plans […]
Manny! Manny! by Boy Galang
Iyan ang maugong na sigaw nang marami na narinig sa MGM Grand, Las Vegas Nevada bago maganap ang ikalawang bakbakan nina Manny Pacquiao at Timothy Bradley.
Bulseco retracts his resignation
In last month’s issue, we published that after getting re-elected as VP External of the Philippine Community Council (PCC) on March 15, Mr. Alric Bulseco resigned 5 days later. Just one day after he resigned through an email he sent to the PCC board, Bulseco made a retraction of his resignation. C’mon, Mr. Bulseco, please […]
Filipina actress to shoot movie with Tom Selleck
Actress Nikki Guevara appeared in Philippine TV shows “Goals and Girls,” “Are You the Next Big Star?” and “Ang Sugo,” and was a performer in the local theatre scene before moving to the United States in pursuit of an acting career.
Migrante Australia says: “No right to be a bigot”
We stand our ground – it is always wrong to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate another person or a group of people because of their race, colour or national or ethnic origin.
Will Malaysia Airlines Flt MH370 ever be found?
PERTH, Australia — Following four strong underwater signals in the past week, all has gone quiet in the hunt for the missing Malaysian airline, meaning the batteries on the all-important black boxes may have finally died.
Connecting Two Cultures: Australia and the Philippines
Reserve your copy of this limited edition of a new book on Filipino-Australians by Renato Perdon.
Man amputates own hand with home-made guillotine
United Kingdom. An English man whose hand was badly injured in a motorcycle accident, causing him unbearable pain has chopped it off with a crude homemade guillotine; but even that drastic measure was not enough to relieve his agony.
Soliman selling Legazpi City Property
Doc Tito and Neria Soliman have finally decided to spend their senior years here in Sydney and are putting in the market one of their valued properties in the Philippines — their house in Sagpon, Legazpi City. It is with nostalgia that the couple is parting with a property where the children grew up, a […]