SBS Filipino Radio Program, Monday 30 March 2026 - Radyo SBS Filipino, Lunes ika-30 ng Marso 2026

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Kevin C. argues that grief is not a disease to be cured but an unwelcome visitor that can eventually 'become your friend.'

1. SBS Filipino's Monday 30 March 2026 program is a community news magazine covering Easter safety, Australia's fuel crisis, and profiles of Juanito, a teenage musician from Melbourne, and Kevin C., a Filipino-Australian grief counselor. 2. Host Edinel is joined by news reporter Annalyn Violata, who provides the safety and fuel crisis reporting, followed by journalist Sheila Joy Labrador profiling Juanito and journalist Nicky Gregorio interviewing Kevin C. 3. The episode's throughline is practical information and personal resilience stories aimed at Filipino Australians navigating life in Australia. 4. The Royal Life Saving Society Australia records 6 to 8 drowning deaths each Easter holiday period, and Annalyn relays their advice: keep children within arm's reach in water, swim between red and yellow flags, and never swim alone near open coastline. 5. Crime Stoppers Australia advises Easter road-trippers to plan extra travel time, take breaks every hour on journeys exceeding one hour, and avoid phone use and alcohol while driving. 6. New South Wales, ACT, and Western Australia are enforcing double demerit points from 12:01am Wednesday April 2 through 11:59pm Monday April 6 2026. 7. Homeowners travelling over Easter are warned not to post real-time holiday plans on social media, to set light and radio timers to simulate occupancy, and to secure garden sheds, garages, and side gates. 8. Australia's fuel shortage is attributed to the ongoing Middle East war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which has disrupted global petroleum supply chains. 9. The federal government ordered fuel companies to release over 500 million liters of petrol and diesel from emergency reserves, prioritising regional areas where shortages are most acute. 10. Energy Minister Chris Bowen announced six fuel tankers are arriving by April 8 from China and other countries, with new supply agreements signed with Singapore, Japan, and Malaysia. 11. NRMA spokesperson Peter Curry stated oil prices have fallen 'quite considerably overnight' but warned that wholesale price relief must flow through before consumers see lower bowser prices. 12. Federal Parliament approved new legislation doubling price-gouging fines to up to 100 million dollars for fuel stations found to be overcharging during the crisis. 13. Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull used the fuel crisis to argue for electrification, stating 'there is no strait which can be blocked to stop the sunshine or the wind.' 14. Juanito, a Melbourne teenager, joined his parish as an altar server in Grade 3 after watching altar servers carry the cross when he was three years old in Singapore, and has served continuously since. 15. By 2024, Juanito was conducting a 20-member choir at an Australian Catholic parish — mostly English-speaking adults — while also playing piano at his family's Filipino community church every fortnight and at school masses. 16. Juanito won a gold medal in the Sacred Section of the Choir Games in Auckland, New Zealand in 2024 as part of the Australian Children's Choir, and his favourite piece to play is 'Spirit and Grace' by Ricky Manalo, a composer he met in Singapore at age three. 17. Kevin C. describes his partner Michael as half Japanese, half Filipino; Michael died of cardiac arrest at Philippine General Hospital during COVID after dialysis services were unavailable at his original hospital, a death Kevin calls 'absolutely not expected.' 18. After Michael's death, Kevin sought help from a grief coach named Jo, connected through his brother, and found her approach — unlike psychiatry's symptom focus — addressed the emotional core of bereavement, leading him to retrain as a grief coach himself. 19. Kevin's coaching style opens every session with three rules: the space belongs to the client, nothing said is objectively wrong, and the word 'sorry' is banned — a deliberate contrast to what he describes as psychotherapy's tendency to 'look for symptoms' and 'curb those things' quickly. 20. The episode's tone is warm and bilingual, blending Tagalog and English throughout, suited to Filipino Australians who want community news, practical safety information, and personal stories of resilience.

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