AEC national tally nearing 80 percent complete

August 25, 2010

Counting of votes from last weekend’s election is still in progress. Based on the latest tally, 12.30 noon today, the Australian Electoral Commission reported that 78.92% of primary votes, and 76.03% of two party preferred votes, had been counted [...]

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Corporate Governance… Some Regrets

August 19, 2010

In successful companies whether multinational or local, corporate plans and reports are expressed succinctly in numbers. Revenue growth, margins, market shares, head-counts, productivity gains, cash flow management, employee satisfaction scores and mo…

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A New Kind of Quackery and Hucksterism

July 6, 2010

“What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public.” ~Vilhjalmur Stefansson, 1964
There has been a preponderance of p…

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Noynoy, Kris, Lee Kuan Yew, atbp.

July 1, 2010

Now that Benigno Simeon Aquino III has been inaugurated as President of the Republic, all we have now is great expectations… a good start, nonetheless.
For a long time the Philippine political horizon has had no bright light which would promise an…

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Ipuipo sa ‘Hunyo’ – Pangwelkam ng mga Makata sa Magiging Bagong Dispensasyon

June 29, 2010

Bumubungad ang 2010, wala pang palatandaan ng padating na alimpuyo ng eleksiyon-heneral bagaman nasisipat na ang mga pangkatan. Nagpadala ako ng isang email sa isa sa mga kaibigan sa ‘Peysbuk’, isang nagngangalang ‘Chito Gascon’…

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Sharing my election notes with SBS Radio

May 25, 2010

In a telephone interview with Ronald Manila, Head of SBS Filipino Program, I shared with Ronald’s listeners my observations in the recent Philippine elections. The interview, conducted in Filipino, was aired last 20 May 2010 over SBS Radio.
Her…

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Foreign observers for the May 10 elections

April 9, 2010

If you missed the announcement last month of the Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC), we are reprinting below a news article at The Filipino Australian:
For those who want to observe the Philippine elections next month, remember the deadline …

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How to write a news story

March 29, 2010

Writing news stories for The Filipino Australian or for other news sites isn’t difficult. You will not become an expert news writer overnight, but with practice you should be able to create effective news items.
Here are some suggestions which y…

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Apostrophes and Tagalog poetry

March 14, 2010

In earlier posts, we commented on poetry editing and punctuation, and grammar, spelling and poetry. In this post, I like to comment on the use of apostrophes.
When writing in the English language, we use apostrophes to:
- indicate possession (man̵…

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