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Nullify PCOS purchase agreement, Tan Dem urges SC
Following the hearings for a temporary restraining order against the purchase of electoral system machines by the Commission on Elections from Smartmatic-TIM, Tanggulang Demokrasya (Tan Dem) on Thursday May 17 filed its closing memorandum with the Supreme Court reiterating the coalition’s position [...]
The 70’s western China watchers have had nothing but dire predictions for the ability of the sleeping dragon to wake up from the stupor caused by a burgeoning and hungry population, unabated natural calamities, substandard manufacturing, backward technology, unabated pollution issues, unproductive political policies prior to the Deng Xiao Ping leadership and the curtailment of basic human rights and freedoms [...]
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“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 [...]“
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Recently selected as Handball Ambassador by Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Filipino-Australian Bevan Calvert will join the Australian Handball Men’s Team to compete in the Oceania Region Handball World Championship Qualifyer [...]
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It was a few minutes past 11:00 in the morning of March 7 when we went onboard the white MindaNews van for a long trip to the Municipality of Lantapan, Bukidnon, more than 200 kilometers west of Davao City.
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With reduction of certain student visa assessment levels recently announced by the Commonwealth Department of Immigration and Citizenship, more students from the Philippines to study in Australia can be expected. The Philippines is one of the countries assigned an AL1 or Student Visa Assessment Level 1 [...]
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Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago was elected last December 12 as a Judge of the International Criminal Court for a term of 9 years. She is the first Filipino and first Asian from a developing country to win an ICC judicial position [...]
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Iglesia Ni Cristo youth in Australia are joining forces with their counterparts in other countries to put smiles on the faces of senior citizens through “Share the Gift of Music”, an initiative of the INCGiving Project launched this month across the globe [...]
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Philippine-American Press Club and Global Filipino Nation strongly suggested that the reassignment of Ambassador Harry K. Thomas would serve best the US and Philippine interest [...]
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In an email to The Filipino Australian, Global Filipino Nation reported that the Philippine Commission on Elections is targetting at least one million registered overseas voters by October 31 next year. The registration target, according to GFN, was disclosed in a Comelec forum held last October 5 with community leaders at the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco [...]
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