[ad_1] By law, employers are required to ensure that domestic workers only perform household and household chores. The Straits Times / Asia News Network / KUA CHEE SIONG SINGAPORE – For more than five years, Siti (not her real name) began her 16-hour workday at 5.30 a.m. cleaning her employer’s …
Read More »Malaysia closes border checkpoint with Thailand to control COVID-19
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO. The Straits Times / Asia News Network BANGKOK – The Malaysian government ordered the closure of the Bukit Kayu Hitam border checkpoint, which connects on the Thai side with the Sadao border checkpoint in Songkhla province, from Saturday to September 25 to prevent the spread of COVID-19. …
Read More »Philippines deport Pemberton | ABS-CBN News
[ad_1] MULTIMEDIA Immigration Office / Brochure Published in September 13, 2020 12:00 PM Convicted murderer US Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton, 25, goes through final immigration proceedings at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City before heading to Ninoy Aquino International Airport for deportation on Sunday, September 13, 2020. Pemberton took …
Read More »Welcome back: Lakers, LeBron heads to conference final
[ad_1] Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James celebrates after making a 3-point shot during the first half of an NBA conference semifinal basketball game against the Houston Rockets on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida ( AP Photo / Mark J. Terrill) LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida – The …
Read More »Janella Salvador and Markus Paterson confirm their relationship
[ad_1] Janella Salvador and Markus Paterson have finally gone public with their relationship. A romantic video of the two slowly dancing in a living room to the song “Me and Mrs. Jones” and sharing a kiss was posted on Paterson’s Instagram yesterday, September 12. “Me [world]”Said the Filipino-British actor in …
Read More »Laude Family Advisor on Pemberton Deportation: May You Find Peace of Mind
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – “May I find peace of mind.” Such was the message from attorney Virginia Suárez, a lawyer for Jennifer Laude’s family, about the deportation of US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton, who brutally murdered Jennifer in 2014. “Hoping that he has learned from all this the value of …
Read More »The new transportation rules go into effect Monday; more jeepney routes to open
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Transportation (DOTr) insisted on Saturday that it would implement the reduced physical distancing requirement in public transportation starting Sept. 14 so that more people can go to work despite warnings from the Department of Health. (DOH). At the same time, the Land Transportation …
Read More »The ‘proud’ Azarenka to fight for more Slams
[ad_1] Victoria Azarenka of Belarus reacts in the third set during her women’s singles final match against Naomi Osaka of Japan on day 13 of the 2020 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 12, 2020 in the Queens borough of the New York …
Read More »Clippers ready to try, again, to reach the final of the conference
[ad_1] Michael Porter Jr. of the Denver Nuggets reacts after a basket during the second half of an NBA conference semifinal basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in Lake Buena. Vista, Florida (AP Photo / Mark J. Terrill) LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida – Doc Rivers …
Read More »Oxford and AstraZeneca Resume Coronavirus Vaccine Trial
[ad_1] FILE – This Saturday, July 18, 2020, file photo shows an overview of AstraZeneca’s offices and corporate logo in Cambridge, England. Late-stage trials of a coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and drugmaker AstraZeneca were halted after a woman who received the experimental injection developed severe neurological …
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