Sometime earlier this month, we received an email, obviously from a Filipino who used a fictitious name. He used the name Fidel Ramon, which we all know, are both first names. I still have to hear of a Filipino whose surname is Ramon. Even the email address that he used contained the letters “ph” to […]

I think the root problem of many Filipinos is that their frustration at their inability to climb out of the poverty hole has been replaced by acceptance and resignation. They don’t really care about the coming of THE messiah. They care more about what giveaways the self-proclaimed messiah-of-the-month will be tossing their way. They don’t even […]

The Filipino Australian Movement for Empowerment (FAME) was officially launched last 12 June 2008 to coincide with the celebration of the 110th Anniversary of Philippine Independence. Guests who attended were overwhelmed with pride as the silent Filipino achievers were recognized in a special presentation. Most of them were not even known in the community. Congratulatory […]

Whatever they call it – Multi-Purpose Centre, Philippine Australian Community Foundation, Philippine Australian Community Centre – if it’s the same people running it, it is really the same banana. Now they are even offering FREE membership to THEIR foundation. But of course, people have to pledge a minimum donation of $10 per person per month. […]

For those who have not heard of it yet, Botong Pinoy is a software that will fully automate the election process in the Philippines. Once adopted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), it will ensure honest and speedy election results because the counting of ballots is tamper proof. Thus, the so-called dagdag-bawas (addition-subtraction) strategy of […]

by Inessa Rivera Remember that song “The Boxer” by Simon and Garfunkel? It goes “I’m just a poor boy, though my story’s seldom told…” and its chorus goes “…lie-la-lie…” This song played over and over in my mind as a Filipino boxer told me his story. And when I read his Manager’s letter clarifying the […]

In reviewing the Trust Declaration of the Philippine Australian Community Foundation Inc. (PACFI), Philippine Tribune has determined that it is the responsibility of the original Trustor or Executor of the Trust Deed to ensure that the Multi-Purpose Centre (MPC) is properly managed. It must be emphasized here that the real owners of the MPC is […]

by Jaime Pimentel I’m happy to report that the Filipino contingent at the Anzac Day parade marched as one today ~ if divided. And I marched as the only former ROTC cadet (from the Ateneo de Manila Air ROTC company) with no objections from either the APSL Inc. or the APSL NSW. Until about 10 […]

by Carlos Borromeo, San Francisco USA The entire Filipino nation has grown blind, deaf, dumb and insensitive from the years of intolerable abuse turned tolerable by consecutive abusive administrations. Common Sense dictates that the developing plunder that is the continuing attempt to craft the NBN-ZTE deal is a crime against the people of the Philippines. […]

I couldn’t believe what I heard when I received a call from Leonie Martirez. Leonie just returned from a trip in Campbelltown to pick up some boxes full of used clothing that were donated by Ateneo Alumni Australia. Leonie and Ella Magallanes Martirez own Austral Cargo. They offered free pickup and delivery of the boxes […]

by Benjie de Ubago Being the eternal idealist that I am, I thought it would be fun to go around and collect wishes for the community. Perhaps the expressed wishes below may act as our compass in 2008. Wish we may, wish we might have these wishes we wish for this New Year’s Night! Here’s […]