Ang Kalatas November 2017 Issue | Page 12

STORY BEHIND OUR CENTRE Trust’s lack of transparency failing rightful owners THE Filipino community’s $1.1 million multipurpose centre at 50 Forge Street, Blacktown, under the trust and management of the Philippine Australian Community Foundation Inc (PACF) has been unused for more than a year since its purchase in 2016. By MARILIE BOMEDIANO In the meantime, while the PAFC awaits Blacktown Council decision on the Trust’s second ‘Development Application’ (DA), the centre’s capital of $1,489,126 million has diminished by $8,400 to $1,840,931 between June 2016 and June 2017. Capital conti