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Fruits and veges to combat obesity

Fruits and veges to combat obesity

Australia is faced with the malady of obesity. Just a week ago a daunting survey revealed that the number one cause of death in the country is not cancer or cardiovascular illness but obesity! It is not good to hear that Aussies are the fattest people in the globe. But that is a reality! [...]

Romy Cayabyab, our publisher, left for Manila last week on a business trip. He is also in Manila to act as a COMELEC-accredited “foreign observer” in the upcoming Philippine elections [...]

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The cast of late Leonor Orosa Goquinco’s one-act stage play, Her son, Jose Rizal, went into rehearsals in earnest yesterday at a makeshift stage in Hiyas Ng Bayan child care centre, Mount Pritchard southwest of Sydney [...]

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Global Filipinos Australia (GFA) president Lolita Farmer recently issued a statement urging its members to support candidates in the May 10 Philippine elections committed to its governance principles [...]

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The Australian unemployment rate remained steady at 5.3 per cent in March, the Australian Bureau of Statistics announced today. The ABS reported the number of people employed increased by 19,600 people to 10.988 million [...]

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For those who want to observe the Philippine elections next month, remember the deadline to apply as accredited foreign observers is next week, 15 April. Any foreigner or foreign group or association representing government or private interests can apply [...]

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With Australia’s population growth rate now twice the global average, even surpassing that of countries with fast growing populations including the Philippines, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd over the weekend created a Population Ministry [...]

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