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Wynn sues Kazuo Okada in US for ‘bribing’ PAGCOR officials
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Japanese gambling tycoon Kazuo Okada was accused Tuesday in a US lawsuit of paying off Philippine regulators and cheating his powerful Las Vegas partner. Wynn Resorts alleged that Okada, Japan’s pachinko king and a director of Wynn, went behind the company’s back to develop business for his own Universal Entertainment in the Philippines and broke United States laws...
‘WATERWORLD’ – New type of planet discovered
NEW YORK (AFP) – An astronaut attempting to visit recently discovered planet GJ1214b would land in hot water – literally, US scientists say. Researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics said they have identified an entirely new kind of planet, dominated not by rock, gas or other common materials, but water. The planet is “a waterworld enshrouded by a thick, steamy...
Cancer kills 10 kids in PH every day, Cayetano says
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Pia Cayetano called yesterday on the Aquino administration to expand and put more programs on anti-cancer initiatives in order to stop the daily mortality rate of 8-10 children who die of the dreaded but curable disease due to poverty and inadequate government interventions. “Sadly, among children five to 14 years old, cancer is among the leading causes of death....
2 Pinoy aviation porters in Dubai plead guilty to stealing
Manila, Philippines – Two Filipino aviation porters at the Dubai International Airport pleaded guilty to stealing electronic items and selling them for cash, saying they “were in a very needy situation.” The Filipinos—identified only as A.S., 33, and M.D., 28—faced the Dubai Court of First Instance on Monday and said financial hardships “forced them to steal tens of electronics from...
RESIDENCY RULING
HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong’s government launched yesterday an appeal against a landmark court ruling which grants thousands of foreign maids the right to seek permanent residency in the southern banking hub. Government counsel David Pannick told the Court of Appeal the original ruling was mistaken as it restricted the authorities’ ability to determine who can permanently reside in Hong...
People Power Revolution 26th Anniversary
Manila, Philippines – We commemorate today the registration of our democracy from an authoritarian regime. After 26 years, we again look back t the fourday peaceful People Power (EDSA) Revolution of 1986. The event that has been recorded in the annals of the world’s history has proven to our foreign neighbors that through the collective strength of our peaceloving countrymen, we were able...
Ash Wednesday
Manila, Philippines – The holy season of Lent today begins with today’s celebration of Ash Wednesday. In today’s liturgy, the faithful will be imposed with ashes on their forehead, a custom that can be traced back to Old Testament times. Ashes were used in times past, according to the Bible, to express grief, mourning, and contrition. The imposition of ashes was the penitent’s...
Pinay maid gets 3-month sentence for engaging in sex
Manila, Philippines – A Filipina maid in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was ordered jailed along with her Pakistani lover after her employer caught them having sex in his house, the news site Gulf News reported on Tuesday. After admitting that they had consensual sex, the Filipina and her Pakistani lover, both 40 years old, were sentenced to three months in prison by the misdemeanor court. The...
Ash Wednesday ushers in Lent
By CHRISTINA I. HERMOSO Manila, Philippines – The 40-day Lenten season begins today, Ash Wednesday, considered as a universal day of fasting, abstinence, prayer, self-denial, and repentance. In keeping with an old religious tradition, priests in violet vestments, the color of penance, will mark the foreheads of the faithful with a cross using the ashes of burnt palm fronds from last year’s...
