{"id":2988,"date":"2014-01-05T10:48:23","date_gmt":"2014-01-05T10:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=2988"},"modified":"2014-01-05T10:48:23","modified_gmt":"2014-01-05T10:48:23","slug":"open-letter-to-the-philippine-community-council-nsw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=2988","title":{"rendered":"Open Letter to the Philippine Community Council – NSW"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

Attn: <\/span>Ms <\/span>Elsa <\/span>Collado <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear <\/span>Madam <\/span>President:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I <\/span><\/span>am writing <\/span><\/span>on behalf of the Tagalog Association <\/span><\/span>of Australia <\/span><\/span>(T<\/span>AA), <\/span>a <\/span><\/span>member <\/span>of<\/span><\/span> Philippine <\/span>Community <\/span><\/span>Council<\/span> <\/span>of <\/span>NSW <\/span>Inc (<\/span>PCC)<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It has come to our attention <\/span><\/span>that PCC was able to raise donations <\/span><\/span>both <\/span><\/span>out of <\/span>its own <\/span>initiative <\/span><\/span>and through <\/span><\/span>the goodwill <\/span><\/span>of individuals <\/span><\/span>and <\/span><\/span>groups. <\/span><\/span>These donations, <\/span><\/span>as <\/span>we <\/span>understand, <\/span><\/span>are <\/span>identified <\/span><\/span>to <\/span>be <\/span>distributed <\/span><\/span>to <\/span>the <\/span>victims <\/span><\/span>of <\/span>calamities <\/span><\/span>and <\/span>destructions <\/span>caused <\/span><\/span>by <\/span>natural <\/span>disasters.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It <\/span>has <\/span>further <\/span><\/span>come <\/span>to <\/span>our <\/span>knowledge <\/span><\/span>that <\/span>until <\/span>now, <\/span>after <\/span>the <\/span>disasters <\/span><\/span>such <\/span>as <\/span>the <\/span>Bohol <\/span>earthquake, <\/span>Australian <\/span>bushfires <\/span><\/span>and <\/span><\/span>most recently, <\/span>Typhoon <\/span>Haiyan\/Yolanda, <\/span><\/span>some of <\/span>these funds are <\/span>still <\/span><\/span>in <\/span>the account <\/span><\/span>of the council <\/span><\/span>and has <\/span>not been distributed <\/span><\/span>to the <\/span>rightful <\/span>recipients <\/span>which <\/span><\/span>could have <\/span>assisted <\/span><\/span>in <\/span>alleviating <\/span><\/span>their <\/span>sufferings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We <\/span>have information <\/span><\/span>from various <\/span>individuals <\/span><\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span>community <\/span><\/span>that <\/span><\/span>the <\/span>reason for the <\/span>inability <\/span><\/span>of <\/span>PCC <\/span>to <\/span>disburse <\/span><\/span>the <\/span>funds to <\/span>the <\/span>recipients, <\/span><\/span>is <\/span>largely a <\/span>matter <\/span>of <\/span>governance. <\/span>The <\/span>Board, <\/span>as <\/span>confirmed <\/span><\/span>by <\/span>some <\/span>PCC <\/span>members, <\/span><\/span>made <\/span>a <\/span>decision <\/span><\/span>in <\/span>one <\/span>of <\/span>its <\/span>meeting, <\/span>as <\/span>to <\/span>the allocation <\/span><\/span>of <\/span>funds. However, according <\/span><\/span>to <\/span>our information, <\/span><\/span>some officers <\/span>are <\/span>trying <\/span><\/span>to <\/span>enforce decisions <\/span><\/span>that <\/span>are <\/span>not <\/span>in <\/span>conjunction <\/span><\/span>with <\/span>the <\/span>Board’s <\/span>decision. <\/span><\/span>We <\/span>are <\/span>forming <\/span><\/span>a <\/span>belief that there is an <\/span>internal <\/span>divide that results <\/span><\/span>in <\/span>effectively <\/span>crippling <\/span>the <\/span>council <\/span><\/span>into moving <\/span>forward. <\/span><\/span>If <\/span>indeed this <\/span>is <\/span>true, <\/span>then <\/span>our <\/span>organization, <\/span><\/span>as <\/span>a <\/span>member of <\/span>the <\/span>council, <\/span><\/span>would <\/span><\/span>have <\/span>much <\/span>to <\/span>be <\/span>concerned <\/span>about.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The officers <\/span>of PCC were elected by the membership <\/span>in order to <\/span> <\/span><\/span>provide good <\/span>governance <\/span>particularly <\/span><\/span>when it comes to donations, <\/span><\/span>which is the main activity <\/span><\/span>of the <\/span>Council. <\/span><\/span>We, <\/span>the members <\/span><\/span>and other <\/span><\/span>individuals <\/span><\/span>and groups <\/span><\/span>of the Australian <\/span>and Filipino <\/span>communities, <\/span><\/span>place our <\/span>trust in <\/span>the <\/span>Council <\/span><\/span>and <\/span>expect the <\/span>organization <\/span><\/span>to <\/span>fulfill <\/span>its <\/span>responsibility <\/span>through <\/span><\/span>good <\/span>and <\/span>effective <\/span>governance <\/span><\/span>with <\/span>trust and <\/span>to <\/span>disburse <\/span>these <\/span>funds accordingly <\/span>and <\/span>in <\/span>time. <\/span>PCC <\/span>is <\/span>breaching <\/span><\/span>the <\/span>trust of <\/span>donors <\/span><\/span>by <\/span>failing <\/span><\/span>to <\/span>respond <\/span>quickly <\/span><\/span>to <\/span>calls <\/span>for <\/span>assistance <\/span><\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span>recent <\/span>calamities.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As <\/span>President <\/span><\/span>of <\/span>a <\/span>group <\/span><\/span>with 49 <\/span>financial <\/span>members, <\/span><\/span>I <\/span><\/span>raise my <\/span><\/span>deep <\/span><\/span>concern <\/span><\/span>over the <\/span>manner by which the Council, <\/span>particularly <\/span><\/span>the officers <\/span><\/span>are unable to make a unified <\/span>decision <\/span><\/span>and <\/span>act <\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span>best <\/span>interest <\/span><\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>community.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Yours <\/span>sincerely,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Danny Peralta<\/span><\/strong> – President<\/span><\/p>\n

Tagalog Association of Australia Incorporated<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Attn: Ms Elsa Collado Dear Madam President: I am writing on behalf of the Tagalog Association of Australia (TAA), a member of Philippine Community Council of NSW Inc (PCC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2988"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}