Quora Digest: What are the quirks of Filipino language? BY Philip Banks, in Asia. One thing is how you can make a whole sentence with one syllable “Bababa ba?” is going down? Another thing that definitely sets it apart from…
Officers of APBC the Sydney counterpart of PABC in Manila THE MANILA based Philippines Australia Business Council (PABC) released through the Sydney based Australia Philippines Business Council (APBC) an explanation why it welcomes the decision of the Department of Environment…
Ed Escultura PHILIPPINE CORNER – FOR THE FIRST TIME, Filipinos have a clear choice in the coming Presidential elections. We begin with the innovations introduced by presidential candidate Leni Robredo. Without spending a single Philippine peso she brought down a…
More relief goods were delivered to the victims of typhoon Odette in the Philippines following the dispatch of $4,500 cash assistance to the victims in Visayas and Mindanao. In response to continuing appeal for more assistance from the victims of…
Researching my family tree brought back memories of my childhood, a happy one, but marred by the same NPA problems besetting the country even today, and I am speaking of more than 50 years in the past. It became vivid…
To commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Philippine Australian Relations last year, Benjie de Ubago released her latest offering to the Filipino community – “Filipino Australian Pioneers and Achievers in Australia.” The book is informative, insightful and inspiring! It is a…
GREG CASTILLA – Dateline Seattle: The Evil that Men Do Lives after Them Bicol Mail – October 14, 2021In Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar,” there’s a scene at Caesar’s funeral after his assassination, where Anthony claims that “the evil that men do…
BY GREG CASTILLA – Dateline Seattle: Birds of the Same Feather Flock Together – Bicol Mail – December 9, 2021 The attempt by Bongbong, the son of the dictator Marcos, to retake Malacanang may not be through the use of…
Greg Castilla’s Magis: Things that Matter Most in Life” is now available. For orders within Metro Manila and nearby provinces, please PM me. For orders within Naga City and Bikol, please contact Javier Leonardo Vitug Rugeria.”No frills, no gimmicks, just…
BY VIOLI CALVERT, Host of Tagumpay Radio 100.1 FM and freelance writer Val Cylde Carvajal is one of thousands of Filipinos who are here in Australia as international student doing additional studies. They pay hefty tuition fees and endure the…