Category: Homeland
BY GREG CASTILLA – The recent decision by the Philippine Supreme Court to dismiss for lack of merit the election protest filed by former senator Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos against Vice President Leni Robredo was a big blow to the son…
BY FREDDIE RABELAS OBLIGACION, M.D. – The Pasig River, one of the major Philippine river systems, connects Laguna de Bay to Manila Bay. Spanning 25.2 kilometers (15.7 miles), it bisects the Philippine capital of Manila and its surrounding urban area into northern and southern halves.…
BY RADO GATCHALIAN , Knight of Rizal – Last night I was trying to start writing my speech for Rizaliana but somehow with my reflection and prayer and looking at the image of Jose Rizal in my book I suddenly…
BY EVELYN OPILAS The call couldn’t have been more propitious. It came after the 15 Oct. feast day of St Teresa of Avila, patroness of St Theresa’s College, Quezon City in the Philippines and by extension, her graduates of High…
MANILA, PHILIPPINES, November 1, 2020 – As of Sunday morning Philippine time, two howlers have entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). The first, Super Typhoon Goni (local name Super Typhoon Rolly), is the strongest storm recorded anywhere in the…
In response to the urgent needs of the survivors of super typhoon Rolly, the Multicultural Assistance Task Force (MATF) of Western Sydney in partnership with almost twenty not-for-profit Filipino- Australian and multicultural community organisations, small businesses, churches and concerned individuals,…
Philippine community leaders in NSW are responding to the urgent needs of Filipinos ravaged by the super typhoon Rolly in the Philippines, already barely coping with the threat of pandemic COVID-19. Typhoon Rolly (international name Goni) is the most powerful…
BY AILA LENARD – The book,“Perdon Family: A Journey”* is Renato Perdon’s 11th publication. I have read most of his books. The previous ones were products of years of painstaking research into the history of the Philippines. The number of history…
08 September 2020 (Canberra) – Philippine Ambassador to Australia Ma. Hellen B. De La Vega and Department of Trade and Industry Undersecretary Abdulgani Macatoman virtually opened the “Food Philippines – Filipino Food Promotion in Australia” on September 8 officially kicking-off…
Migrante Australia of NSW issued a statement of defense of Human Rights advocates in the Philippines and called out to mete justice for the killing of Zara Alvarez in the Philippines. Migrante also released a statement signed by the following…