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(Reuters) – Hong Kong students vowed to stay put at protest sites in key parts of the Asia financial center on Wednesday in their demand for electoral reforms, defying calls by leaders of the civil disobedience movement Occupy Central for them to retreat. Hundreds remained at the main protest site of Admiralty, next to government headquarters and the Central business district, determined to continue their fight for free elections for the Chinese-controlled city’s next leader in […]
(Reuters) – Asian shares and the dollar got off to a steady start on Wednesday, while oil prices recovered after data showed a drop in U.S. supply. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was flat, while Japan’s Nikkei stock average added 0.6 percent in early trade, after marking a seven-year closing high on Tuesday. Wall Street posted solid gains on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI closing at a record high, […]
(Reuters) – Bill Cosby was sued on Tuesday by a woman alleging he molested her in 1974 at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles when she was 15, in what is believed to be the first court case arising from a recent wave of sexual misconduct accusations against the comedian. The five-page complaint, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, charged that Cosby sexually abused plaintiff Judy Huth by putting his hand down her pants, and […]
(Reuters) – The National Football League (NFL) “failed” in its efforts to police by its players but has “learned from those mistakes,” a top NFL executive testified to Congress on Tuesday. Troy Vincent, the NFL’s executive vice president for football operations, conceded that the case involving Ray Rice was handled poorly. “The commissioner (Roger Goodell) has acknowledged those mistakes,” Vincent told a packed hearing by the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. “We failed. This […]
(Reuters) – The senior Senate Republican on Tuesday raised the possibility of Congress writing comprehensive if the Supreme Court next year strikes down a subsidy provision of Obamacare. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who will lead the chamber starting in January, told reporters: “If the court would rule the way they might, we could be in a very large comprehensive revisitation” of U.S. healthcare policy. The nation’s highest court is expected to rule by the […]
The Philippine National Police gave honors to the 24 PNP peacekeepers from Liberia, after their quarantine in the Caballo Island.
A South Korean fishing vessel sunk in the western Bering sea, with three out of its thirteen Filipino crew rescued. Search and rescue operations continue but chances are slim that the remaining 10 Filipino crew would still be found.
VIGAN CITY, Dec. 3 (PIA) – Para sa mga Bigueno, parang ginto ang bawat sandali hanggang sa Disyembre 7 para mapabilang ang Vigan sa New7Wonders Cities of the World. Naglaan ang pamahalaang probinsyal ng P1 milyon na inaprobahan ng Sangguniang Panlalawigan para sa kampanya para magamit sa text voting at maitaguyod ang Vigan sa naturang prestihiyosong kompetisyon. Ayon kay Gob. Ryan Luis Singson, ang laban ng Vigan ay laban ng sambayanang Filipino. Aniya, kung mapapabilang […]
LAOAG CITY, December 3 (PIA) – At least 126 residents from Ilocos Norte were already hired by the Expert Global Solutions (EGS) since it started its operations in Laoag City in September 2013. Crystal Kate Jondonero, the EGS’ recruitment assistant, said of the 126 Ilocano employed at EGS–Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), 115 are now working as call center agents while 11 are now serving as administrative or support staff. “Our recruitment activities are continuing, given […]
MAKATI, Dec 3 — Trade and Industry Secretary Gregory L. Domingo is calling on producers to make adjustments on the prices of their products commensurate to the decrease in transportation costs they are realizing due to the drop in world oil products. “Filipino consumers,” he says, “should also benefit from the continuous fall in world oil prices that have gone down some 30 percent since June this year.” Secretary Domingo has instructed the DTI’s Consumer […]
PAGADIAN CITY, Dec. 3 — The passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) will be crucial to the participation of the Philippines in the anticipated economic integration of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2015. “It is important for us to ensure the security and stability of Mindanao, because geographically, it is our gateway to our ASEAN neighbors,” said Undersecretary Jose Lorena of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process […]
MANILA, Dec. 3 — President Benigno Aquino III has pledged to strengthen and rationalize government’s reform measures in weeding out corruption during the 2nd State Conference on the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) held in Malacañan Palace on Tuesday. In his speech, the President said he has approved the proposal to draft an executive order to institutionalize an Integrity Management Program (IMP) in government agencies based on the UNCAC. The Joint Technical Working Group, […]
