NOVEMBER 2016
VOL 1, N0 2
COVER STORY
MUSIC
IS THE
MEDIUM
Starts with a love of kundiman
E
ACH is ‘gifted’ with
a way of projecting
the heart and soul
of one’s culture. To a
woman born to sing in
classical style, it is her
music. In the case of
Canberra’s lady of song,
Rina Benedictos, it starts
with a love of the Filipino
‘kundiman’.
Turn to page 3 for full story
by MARILIE BOMEDIANO
n RINA BENEDICTOS
LOCAL ELECTIONS
Not this time, maybe the next
ESGUERRA, LANGFORD SHORT OF TARGET
By GLORIA ROSS
News Editor
n JESSICA LANGFORD
n INDRA ESGUERRA
Y
THE bids of two FilipinoAustralians for Seats in the
ACT Legislative Assembly
received strong support
from the Filipino community,
despite missing out.
Lawyer Jessica Adelan-Langford
(Liberal) and active Assembly
advisor Indra Esguerra (Greens) fell
short by only about 700 votes.
“But I was impressed with the
Filipino community support,”
Langford said. “Almost all
my volunteers were FilipinoAustralians, and these including
family from the ACT, Sydney and
CHRISTMAS IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER
Y
Melbourne who came down to help
my campaign.”
So with Esguerra: “My whole
family have been a tremendous
support to me. In particular
though, I’d like to thank my
98yo grandmother, lola Rosalina
Esguerra, who has been backing
me and campaigning for me in her
nursing home.” n