Airline refused refund My husband Robert was booked to return from Manila to Sydney on March 20 but Duterte cancelled all flights. I had no option but to rebook him on the earliest flight on April 15, 2020. (Booking Reference SFWQNZ.) I had to bite the bullet when our prime minister announced that all Australians […]
Category: Letter to the Editor
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As seen on the March 2020 issue of Philippine Tribune Coronavirus is race specific Just about all victims of novel-coronavirus are of Chinese ethnicity. The virus is race-specific. According to scientists and medical researchers it’s another lab-produced virus deliberately released as an act of biowarfare. This one definitely targeted China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) […]
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As seen on the December 2019 issue of The Philippine Sentinel Australia’s “Fair Go” Is a Lie Australian Federal politicians are too poor at their jobs to fix poverty. They are a few toilet sheets short in their upper toilet roll. The Australian Liberal Party Prime Minister wants to help only the rich! He hates […]
●●LETTERS TO THE EDITOR●● Recognition is too little, too late
As seen on the October 2019 issue of The Philippine Sentinel The medal from the US government isn’t the important thing in all these. It’s the recognition from the United States government of WWII Filipino veterans that is more important. That recognition ━ the cash and medical benefits that came with it under existing US […]
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As seen on the September 2019 issue of The Philippine Sentinel Comparison of Trump with Duterte Being a Republican and angry at what the Democrats are doing to my country, I must speak out to the regular comparisons between Duterte and Trump. Trump has never openly advocated for Extra Judicial Killings. He has not given […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: We must speak out.
As seen on the August 2019 issue of The Philippine Sentinel My family has gone through the worst of martial law: ● Two-year solitary confinement of my father without charges or legal processes just because he belonged to political opposition and had armed rebellion capability with his war veterans’ group; ● Purposeful killing of our […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: The truth about the budget
May 2019 After six years of Liberal cuts and chaos, and just six weeks before an election, this Budget was Scott Morrison’s last chance to reverse his cuts to the services that everyday Australians rely on. But we now know that Scott Morrison has delivered an election con ━ his budget is filled with the […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Biggest cancer care package in Australian history
May 2019 I just finished my Budget Reply speech. I outlined Labor’s vision for a fairer, more equal Australia where everyone gets a fair go. It’s an Australia where your Medicare card determines your access to health care, not your credit card. Our health care system is the envy of the world, but it’s one […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Are you safe?
May 2019 This is one reminder of the unkind and unsafe world we’re living in. On April Fool’s Day, singer and administration critic Jim Paredes saw a sex video of himself go viral. I was shown that video as we waited in court for another bail posting for yet another case against Rappler, and dismissed […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
It is time to totally reform Catholicism
Facebook removes pro-Duterte pages
In the Philippines last month, Facebook announced its first public takedown of recent pro-Duterte and some pro-Marcos pages.
Democrats in US are desperate
The Democrats are so desperate to regain lost political ground that they are driven to staging political stunts such as the latest comedy: snail-mailing harmless bombs to themselves hoping for voter sympathy and support in the mid-term elections. They will certainly attract the world’s attention to themselves but the voters’ sneering rejection at the polling […]