Aug. 8, 2015. Schofields NSW. Long-time MPC critic Philippine Sentinel Editor Dino Crescini today met with members of the board of the Philippine Australian Community Foundation, more popularly known as the Filipino Multi-Purpose Centre (MPC).
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BREAKING NEWS: MPC SOLD!
In a telephone interview with Filipino media representatives, Philippine Australian Community Foundation Chairman Mansueto Villon confirmed that the Filipino Multi-Purpose Centre in Schofields has been sold for AU$2.5 million. The undisclosed buyer was reported to have made a down payment of AU$250,000 with the balance payable within 90 days. Villon is confident that after paying […]
Senator Nancy Binay mistaken for a domestic helper
A City Mayor ended up red-faced after he ordered Nancy Binay around in her parents’ own home, thinking she was their maid.
Postage stamp prices set to increase from 70c to $1
Regular mail will take 2 to 3 days to deliver while “priority” next day delivery will cost extra. All these will happen soon as the Australia Post CEO’s annual salary and bonus was reported to be a humungous $4.8 million. Of this amount, he donated $2 million to the Islamic Museum of Australia in Melbourne. […]
Subic to reopen as military naval base
It seems that the country is really preparing for war MANILA, Philippines —The Philippine government announced it would re-open a former US naval base that was closed more than 20 years ago, stationing its own military hardware at the facility that faces the flashpoint South China Sea.
Mapua World is Happening in Sydney
Sydney will play host to Mapua Alumni from all over the world from 10 to 13 September, 2015 for the 8th Mapua World Convention and Grand Reunion which will be held at Darling Harbour, Sydney. The event is held in different countries every two years.
NBN in more local areas
It has finally been announced that parts of the suburbs of Stanhope Gardens, The Ponds, Kellyville Ridge and Glenwood have been put back on the National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout plan.
Greece crisis explained in simple terms by Emeterio Barcelon, S.J.
The Greeks voted “no” to an arrangement for their creditors to extend their debt repayment. In a way this was a triumph for the people of Greece. Very onerous conditions were being imposed on them.
The Loboc Children sang like professionals by Dino Crescini
I was invited to see the Loboc Children’s Choir last July 3 at the Greater Western Sydney Performing Arts Centre in Plumpton NSW. Having been identified as a media practitioner at the entrance, I was offered a free ticket. I reluctantly accepted but couldn’t resist offering a donation knowing that the event was for the […]
Obama tells China to stop reclamation activities at once
Speaking at the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Fellows Forum, US President Barack Obama tells China to “quit throwing elbows in the West Philippine Sea and subscribe to internationally-accepted methods of resolving the dispute.”
Rotten Chopper deal could result in plunder case vs PH Defence Secretary by Nostradino
Popularly known as “Huey” helicopters, Department of Defence Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and Undersecretary Fernando Manalo could be charged with plunder for signing off on the purchase of scrap helicopters refurbished from a junk yard in Germany.
Elderly doctor, wife charged in $77M ‘pill mill’
New York City — An elderly couple from the Upper West Side kept countless junkies stoned for years by turning the husband’s medical office into a “pill mill” for prescription narcotics.