Blacktown Council is proposing to put up Council rates from 1st July 2014 by: ? 5.3% residential and retail properties; ? For pensioners, the rate increase will be approx. 9% (that is on the back of 2013 discount cut); and, ? Industrial land will increase by 12.3% and on 1st July 2015 by a further 13%.
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Estradas had dealings with pork scam queen
The Estrada couple is seen in socials with suspected pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Napoles. Suspected pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles benefitted from the Priority Development Assistance Fund of both Senator Jinggoy Estrada and his mother, former senator Loi Ejercito Estrada.
The Philippines says “Thank You” to the World
Sydney, Australia — On 8 February 2014 at 4:40am Manila time (7.40am AEDT), exactly three months after Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines, the country launched a global campaign expressing its gratitude to the world, having received an outpouring of support following the devastating effects of the typhoon.
Filipina Satanist nurse poses with dying pensioner
A Satanist nurse who snapped pictures of herself next to dying pensioners in an aged care facility where she worked — and then posted them on Facebook — has been fined £800 by a Swiss court. Blaze Binder, 37 worked in Mogelsberg, Switzerland. She declared herself to be a “soul thief” and wrote in her […]
Ed Husic ejected from Chamber for Criticising PM by Roger White
13 February 2014. Chifley MP Ed Husic has today been expelled from Federal Parliament’s Federation Chamber after criticising Prime Minister Tony Abbott over the issue of an airport for Badgerys Creek.
Filipina caregiver slept on the floor; worked 18 hours a day
LOS ANGELES—Former caregiver Angela Guanzon, 36, recalled her two-year nightmare at a home for the elderly in Long Beach, California, where she worked in slave-like conditions.
Cybersex ring in Manila busted by UK and US police
British police in coordination with Australian and US counterparts broke a Philippine paedophile ring that has been live streaming child abuse in the internet. The investigation has identified some extremely dangerous child sexual offenders who paid for children to be sexually abused.
Filipino cabbie in Las Vegas finds and returns $300K
LAS VEGAS — Filipino-American cab driver Gerardo Gamboa returned $300,000 in hard cash left behind by a passenger. He was rewarded handsomely for his honesty.
President Aquino is celibate
MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino believes that the success of his administration is “because he too doesn’t have sex.”
Manila shabu lab has alleged link to Mexican drug cartel
Authorities have arrested two Canadians and a Filipino believed to be members of an international drug syndicate with ties to a Mexican cartel.
Court orders forfeiture of Imelda Marcos jewellery
MANILA —The Sandiganbayan First Division has ordered the forfeiture of one of the three jewellery collections of former first lady Imelda Marcos known as the Malacañang collection with a value of about $150,000 in 1986.
Extensions of validity of passports no longer allowed beyond October 2015
All Filipino nationals holding Machine Readable-Ready Passports (MRRP; green passports) and Machine Ready Passports (MRP; maroon passports) will no longer be allowed to apply for an extension of the validity of these passports after October 31, 2014.