Broadcast Archive 2016
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#186 Broadcast, Saturday, 1st October 2016
The legendary heartthrob ballad and lovesong singer Anthony Castelo toured Sydney and Canberra for live performances in late September. Many adoring fans turned up to watch the great entertainment.
Whilst in Canberra Mr Castelo took the time to talk to RFA for a face-to-face interview. Not only is Mr Castelo a legendary lovesong singer and entertainment artist, he is also very passionate and knowledgeable about history. He has great praise for Australia and is very happy to be touring Down Under.
Whilst in Canberra Mr Castelo took the time to talk to RFA for a face-to-face interview. Not only is Mr Castelo a legendary lovesong singer and entertainment artist, he is also very passionate and knowledgeable about history. He has great praise for Australia and is very happy to be touring Down Under.
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#180 Broadcast, Saturday, 20th August 2016
1) Interview with the famous celebrity couple Lolo and Lola (Jay and Kim).
Proudly Serving High Quality Filipino Food in Canberra of a National and International Standard! They're humble, unassuming, fun-loving, young, energetic, good-looking, educated, skilfull and know how to serve up a tasty world-class treat of the Filipino kind. |
This popular celebrity couple from Manila, who moved to Perth, Western Australia, and now work in Canberra are happy to talk to RFA to share their story and secrets with the local Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding New South Wales (NSW) Capital Country listeners, as well as to RFA's audience in every state and territory of Australia, throughout the Philippines and around the world.
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#162 Broadcast, Saturday, 16th April 2016
Professor Ronnie Holmes, President of Pulse Asia Inc. (A Political Polling Company) . Prof. Holmes, on Location in Manila, Talks About the Upcoming Philippine Presidential, Vice Presidential and Senatorial Election.
Prof. Ronnie Holmes is the President of Pulse Asia Inc. which is one of the largest, most respected and most quoted polling companies in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. |
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#160 Broadcast, Saturday, 2nd April 2016
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#159 Broadcast, Saturday, 26th March 2016
Photo: Cielo Franklin, standing in front of the Perth City Coat of Arms.
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Cielo Franklin is a dynamic and dedicated community leader in Perth, Western Australia (WA). There are many tens of thousands of Filipinos who live and work in Perth. In an interview with RFA she informs the audience about the many different activities she is involved with in the beautiful city on the Swan River and Indian Ocean.
She is currently the President of a group of Filipino performing artists who do many performances for communities across WA. This group is called the Philippine Educational Theater Artists of WA (PETAWA). The original Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) is very famous in the Philippines. PETA was founded in 1967 by Cecile-Guidote Alvarez. It is an organisation of creative and critical artist-teacher-cultural workers committed to artistic excellence and a people’s culture that fosters both personal fulfillment and social transformation. PETAWA continues the excellence of PETA by helping spread PETA's creative theatrical talent around the world. |
Note: Full story, additional pictures and audio of interview can be found under
"#127-RFA Interview" on the RFA website.
"#127-RFA Interview" on the RFA website.
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#158 Broadcast, Saturday, 19th March 2016
Broadcast Interview:
This is a formulaic story about how someone can become an overnight celebrity, conduct international business and, most importantly, have fun at the same time. Chris Urbano (also known as Chris Urbanski) is no ordinary young man. In fact he could be described as a linguistic, cultural and cooking guru! |
*Note: Refer to "Interview #126" on this website to read full story.
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#157 Broadcast, Saturday, 12th March 2016
Josie Musa talks to RFA about the big Community Builders' Gala event happening in Sydney on the 13th March 2016. This is organised by Adhika (Noble Aspirations) which is a Sydney-based community organisation.
This event will recognise multiple Filipino-Australians who have received distinguished awards, such as the OAM (Medal of the Order of Australia) which is one of Australia's highest civilian distinctions. It is also a celebration of the 70th anniversary of Philippine and Australian diplomatic relations which began with the post World War II birth of the Third Philippine Republic in 1946. There will be many VIPs in attendance including federal and state Members of Parliament (MPs) and senators, mayors, and diplomatic officials. |
Note: Full story, additional pictures and audio of interview can be found under
"#125-RFA Interview" on the RFA website.
"#125-RFA Interview" on the RFA website.
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#156 Broadcast, Saturday, 05th March 2016
Australia's national anthem notes that Australia is girt by sea, which is rather axiomatic considering Australia is an island continent. Girt is considered archaic in English, deriving from the old English verb gird, meaning to surround or encircle.
Australia's latest top level defence white paper provides a massive multi-billion-dollar boost to Australia's already substantial capabilities.
This will keep Australia at the leading military edge of 21st century military technology and will further girt the nation with a considerable force field of naval, air, land-based and cyber intelligence. This could be considered the "Great Military Steel Wall of Australia".
Australia's latest top level defence white paper provides a massive multi-billion-dollar boost to Australia's already substantial capabilities.
This will keep Australia at the leading military edge of 21st century military technology and will further girt the nation with a considerable force field of naval, air, land-based and cyber intelligence. This could be considered the "Great Military Steel Wall of Australia".
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#155 Broadcast, Saturday, 27th February 2016
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#154 Broadcast, Saturday, 20th February 2016
Dennis Benedictos is an ideas man who knows how to do the hard organisational work to put his thoughts into action for the benefit of the Australian and Philippine sporting communities.
He is well organised, articulate and possesses the great respect of players and fellow organisers. Mr Benedictos has been instrumental in the ongoing success of Filcom (Filipino Community) sports association. Filcom Basketball caters for both the Filipino-Australian Community and the wider Canberra community making it a multiculturally inclusive association. |
*Note: Full story can be found under #124-RFA Interview, in the Interview Archive of this website.
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#153 Broadcast, Saturday, 13 February 2016
RFA Interview: Atty.(Attorney) Loida Nicolas-Lewis, New York Based Filipino-American Businesswoman, CEO of a Multi-Billion Dollar Company, Former USA Businesswoman of the Year Awardee, Philanthropist and Chairperson of US Pinoys (Filipinos) for Good Governance.
Ms Lewis passionately talks about her support for the Mar Roxas/Leni Robredo team in the upcoming Philippine presidential and vice presidential election as well as her views about the maritime dispute in the West Philippine Sea with China. |
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#152 Broadcast, Saturday, 06 February 2016
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#151 Broadcast, Saturday, 30th January 2016
On Australia Day 2016 Januario "John" Rivas, Honorary Philippine Consul General for Northern Territory, Australia was awarded one of Australia's highest civilian honours, Member of the Order of Australia (AM).
The Order of Australia is an honours system which confers the highest recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement or meritorious service. The Order currently consists of 4 levels, and Hon. Con. Gen John Rivas, AM, was awarded the 3rd level, leapfrogging the 4th level (1st level being the highest). To read full profile story please refer to RFA interview #122 on this site. |
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#150 Broadcast, Saturday, 23rd January 2016
Miriam Quiambao-Roberto grew up in a happy middle class family. She was blessed with beautiful looks, great talent and a confident personality. When asked in an interview how she first became interested in beauty pageants she tells RFA that she would often visit her aunty who was a seamstress and that as a child she would pick up scraps of fabric from the floor and walk up and down the room with a catwalk pose in her new-found frocks. She would say that "I'm Miss Philippines" as many thousands of other young girls would also dream and say.
Miriam studied physiotherapy at the University of Santo Thomas in Manila, which is the largest and oldest university in the Philippines, founded in 1611. Miriam said she chose to become a physiotherapist because she wanted to help people. Miriam's classmates nominated her for a Miss Physiotherapy beauty contest. To read full profile story please refer to RFA interview #121 on this site. |
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#149 Broadcast, Saturday, 16th January 2016
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#148 Broadcast, Saturday, 9th January 2016
Welcome to Manila's Manhattan - The Big Golden Apple! The Philippine flag, with its radiant golden sun in the corner, claims possession of this economically assertive and high achieving city.
This city is called Bonifacio Global City (BGC). Locals fondly refer to it just by its acronym BGC where streets run east to west and avenues run south to north just like in Manhattan, New York City (NYC). [To read the full feature story part 1 on BGC, please refer to the navigation menu or search tool for the RFA site.] |
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#147 Broadcast, Saturday, 2nd January 2016
Filipinos love their festivities and they know how to put on a great show for the celebration of a New Year.
The photo on the left from the Manila Bulletin in December 2013 shows a dazzling fireworks display combined with festive music at the SM Supermall behind the famous Mall of Asia, Pasay City, in metro Manila, which is one of the largest shopping complexes in the world. "Malling" (walking around malls) is a national pastime and cultural tradition all across 21st century urban Philippine cities. |