2013 Stawell Prize awarded to a Filipino-Australian GP
Dr Lester Pepingco and his team is this year’s recipient of the Australian Medical Association Victoria Stawell Prize for the medical research in the evaluation of establishing an Acute Surgical Unit (ASU) as a novel model of care for patients with acute cholecystitis or gallbladder in?ammation. PAGE 06
AUGUST 2013 • Vol 3 No. 11
KALATAS.COM.AU
FRESH from a victorious though bruising campaign in the Under-18 Kanga Cup in Canberra, Filipino-Australian Enzo Cheng is setting his sights to play again for the Philippines next month. PAGE 24
“I love being the goalkeeper. It was the position I was best at when I first played. I got stuck with the goalkeeper’s position ever since.” - Enzo Cheng
Nursing home killer jailed for life
A MAN convicted of deliberately lighting a blaze that ripped through a Quakers Hill nursing home, killing 11 elderly residents including a 79-yearold woman of Filipino descent, was recently sentenced to life in jail with no chance of parole. Roger Dean (inset), a nurse at the facility, pleaded guilty to 11 counts of murder, telling police after the ?re in 2011 that he had been “corrupted with evil thoughts”.
PAGE 03
featuring Jasmine Biala
Fundraiser concert for PACF
PAGE 11 1
THE FASTEST GROWING FILIPINO NEWSPAPER IN SYDNEY • Updates at www.kalatas.com.au
PHOTOS BY TRISTAN FILIO
SUITED FOR THE GOALIE JOB
SPORT FEATURE