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Romy Cayabyab is publisher and founder of emanila.com and affiliated websites.
PHL maintains position on Scarborough Shoal
“Our position is we do not recognize China’s fishing ban in as much as portions of the ban encompass our Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ),” the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) posted in its web portal. The DFA added that President Aquino has decided that “it would be advisable for us to issue our own fishing ban for a period of time to replenish our fish stock [...]“
Everyone knows that Australia’s Biosecurity measures are some of the toughest in the world. And yet, some people entering Australia are still trying to test Australia’s biosecurity [...]
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Last November, the Philippines became the world’s largest business processing outsourcing (BPO) country with 400,000 call centre consultants/agents dislodging India from the top position by 50,000 agents [...]
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A Filipino skilled worker and his family will be waiting for a decision from the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Chris Bowen if they can stay in Australia with permanent residency visa on compassionate grounds. With a permanent visa, the 40-year old Filipino worker, Emilio Andalan, will be able to continue to provide and care for his family [...]
Continue reading …To support Emilio and his family, please [...]
Continue reading …THE DECISION of Mr Robert McClelland to stay in politics, even after having been “demoted” by Prime Minister Julia Gillard for supporting Mr Kevin Rudd’s leadership challenge, is commendable [...]
Continue reading …Medical director apology and hospital reforms get thumbs up, Filipino GP Sofocado to continue fight
March 2, 2012 1 Comment
Advocacy group Migrante-Australia commended Goldfields Medical Director Dr Peter Barratt’s statement of apology to Filipino GP Dr Cesar Sofocado and the hospital reforms in Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital in Western Australia recently. Dr Sofocado has made public his family trauma [...]
Continue reading …AS A PUBLISHER, I am often asked what our reprinting policy is with regard to articles and other materials including photos published in The Filipino Australian and other emanilas websites.
My answer is that we observe the principles of “fair dealing” (Australia) and “fair use” (United States) for stories written based on our stories. For [...]
LAST WEEK, The Filipino Australian helped launch the website of magPinoy. With that, some members of the community have queried whether we are favouring magPinoy over other groups.
Our response is: No.
Our support to magPinoy reflects the continuing effort of emanila to help the community in its bid to establish Internet presence. That mission has [...]
Police arrested yesterday at the St Marys train station 38-year old Filipino hairstylist Edwin Dela Cruz Domingo for setting fire to a two-storey commercial building located at No. 45 Queens Street, St Marys [...]
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