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Mention the word billionaire and what do you feel? Anger? Pride? Resentment? Inspired? For many people, billionaires represent the pinnacle of success and security, but for others, they’re exactly what’s wrong with the world. They might be paragons of innovation and tenacity to some, but they can also be symbols of excess and avarice. And the Billionaire Most-Hated in the Philippines Is...© Provided by Esquire Philippines According to various sources, the world’s billionaires—about 2,750 of them or just 0.000035% of the world’s population—control 3.5 percent of the world’s wealth or about $12.7 trillion. Meanwhile, while the poorest 50 percent of humanity control just two percent. World's Richest: 17 Filipinos Make it to Forbes...
"A Thousand Cuts," a feature-length documentary that follows how Filipino journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa became a "prime target" of the Duterte administration, won the 43rd annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. It was hailed as the "Outstanding Social Issue Documentary," Frontline PBS said in a report published on September 28, 2022. | Photo from Frontline PBS Facebook page
IMPRISONED FOR ‘NAME-CALLING’ A woman landed behind bars because she called a neighbor, who happened to be a minor, a “whore.” Police said the minor got depressed and wouldn’t stop crying, prompting her parents to push through with a complaint. The suspect, a 40-year-old resident of the City of Naga, Cebu, was charged with child abuse. She currently languishes in jail since she can’t afford to pay the bail of P80,000. | via GPL / Image from Pixabay
Industry group lauds approval of BPO transfer to BOI for remote, hybrid setup [ABS-CBN News, September 19, 2022] The approval of the transfer of business process outsourcing (BPO) firms to the Bureau of Investments, which does not have geographical limits in conducting businesses, is a sign that the government recognized the sector's economic contribution, an industry group said Monday. https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/09/19/22/group-lauds-approval-of-bpo-transfer-to-boi-for-hybrid-setup House panel OKs bill allowing students to take exams despite unpaid school fees [ABS-CBN News, September 19, 2022] The House Committee on Higher and Technical Education on Monday approved a bill that would allow students to take their exams despite...
Bacolod RTC Branch 52 Executive Judge Raymond Joseph Javier also ordered Ma. Luth Belnas Tolentino to pay a fine of P500,000 for the sale of .077-gram shabu at Purok Lampirong, Barangay 2 in this city on June 15, 2020. The court handed down its verdict on Tolentino’s case on September 22. Read The Full Article Here: Bacolod City court sentences woman to life in jail for selling P300 worth of ‘shabu’
by Josh Medina - The warrants of arrest for Vhong Navarro will be out soon, a report from Manila Bulletin stated - Two Taguig courts are expected to issue the said warrants soon - In one court, the warrant for r*pe will allegedly be issued by Judge Lorelie Datahan - On the other hand, the warrant for the case of acts of lasciviousness will allegedly be issued by Judge Angela Francesca Din Cases against Vhong were raffled and the r*pe case will be handled by Judge Lorelie Datahan of Taguig RTC Branch 69. The case of acts of lasciviousness was assigned through a raffle to MTC Branch 116 under Judge Angela Francesca Din. On Aug. 31, a case was filed against the comedian and TV host before the RTC Taguig. As per the records of the...
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The Boston Celtics suspended second-year head coach Ime Udoka for the entire 2022-23 NBA season for violations of the team's code of conduct, the organization announced Thursday night. Assistant coach Joe Mazzulla will serve as the team's interim head coach in Udoka's absence, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. A decision about Udoka's longterm future with the team beyond the 2022-23 season, the Celtics said, "will be made at a later date." Udoka issued an apology in a vague statement.
Violation ba ni o dili? (Violation or Not?) LOOK: Filipina transgender woman Mela Habijan shares a report that they received about a teacher who cut his student’s hair during class. Habijan’s team reaches out to the DepEd to ask if this violates the Child Protection Policy. According to the DepEd, it is considered a violation if it was done as a punishment. “Parang naoverstep na ng teacher yung bounds of decency and subjecting the learner to ridicule. It may be both considered as physical and psychological abuse,” the Education department states. | 📷: Habijan/Facebook via INQUIRER.net #CDNDigital
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