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'Illegal ID procurement by Rohingya won't be permitted'

Business Standard 

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, on Tuesday said that no illegal procurement of Voter-ID cards by Rohingya refugees will be allowed by the government.Replying to a question on the alleged illegal procurement of various Indian identification cards such as Voter-ID and Aadhaar card, Rijiju said, "If anyone has procured Voter ID card illegally, action will be taken. It will be detected. The situation is not like before. Our government is strictly monitoring the situation. Action... Читать дальше...

Sun Life lowers PH growth outlook

The Manila Times 

Sun Life Financial Philippines has cut its 2018 growth outlook for the Philippines given above-target inflation. “We are expecting GDP (gross domestic product) [growth]for the year to average to 6.4 percent adjusted lower from 7 percent forecast,” Sun Life Chief Investments Officer Michael Enriquez said in a briefing on Tuesday. The forecast is lower than last [...]

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Garcia-Commey deal reached, no purse bid

Bad Left Hook 

Mikey Garcia may be staying at 135 for another fight.

Mikey Garcia, holder of the WBC and IBF lightweight titles, may be staying at 135 for one more fight, leaving a desired fight with welterweight Errol Spence Jr for a later date.

ESPN reports that Garcia and Richard Commey, his IBF mandatory challenger, have reached a deal for a fight, avoiding a purse bid that was scheduled for today. Promoter Lou DiBella, who handles Commey, called it a “real deal.”

So it looks like, while not guaranteed... Читать дальше...

Polish Court Directs Catholic Order to Pay Sex Abuse Victim

Voice of America 

An appeals court in Poland ruled Tuesday that a Roman Catholic order should pay damages to a woman who was abducted and sexually abused by one of its priests when she was 13. The court in the western city of Poznan said the Society of Christ Fathers must pay damages of 1 million zlotys ($270,000) and a monthly compensation of 800 zlotys ($190) to the woman, identified by her lawyer only as Katarzyna. The priest, identified only as 42-year-old Roman B., was arrested in 2008 and convicted of pedophilia. Читать дальше...

S. Korean Bond Yields on Oct. 2, 2018

Yonhap News Agency (en) 

Today (%) Previous Session(%) Change (BP) 1-year TB 1.844 1.849 -0.5 3-year TB 2.015 2.022 -0.7 10-year TB 2.371 2.384 -1.3

Brett Kavanaugh pressured into quitting his job as lecturer at Harvard Law School

Boing Boing 

After more than 800 Harvard Law School alumni signed a letter asking the university to drop Brett Kavanaugh as a lecturer, Kavanaugh threw in the towel. The judged, accused of sexual assault, has been teaching at Harvard for about 10 years and was supposed to teach a course, “The Supreme Court Since 2005," next semester. Although the students hadn't yet submitted their letter, they were informed last night by a member of the law school curriculum committee that the Supreme Court nominee "... indicated... Читать дальше...

Architecture & Design Film Festival New York includes world and US premieres

Dezeen.com 

Dezeen promotion: movies about famous architects and Dezeen's drone documentary Elevation will be shown during the Architecture & Design Film Festival in New York, 16-21 October 2018, and readers receive a discount on tickets. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the New York edition of the Architecture & Design Film Festival (ADFF:NY) will include world and US

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Transfer pricing schemes costing govt

The Manila Times 

About P43 billion in potential annual government revenues are being lost due to corporate abuse of transfer pricing, the Finance department said on Tuesday as it again pushed for approval of a law streamlining investor incentives. In a statement, the department quoted Undersecretary Karl Kendrick Chua as saying that “certain companies abuse the practice of [...]

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BSP chief extends medical leave

The Manila Times 

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Nestor Espenilla Jr. has extended a medical leave for cancer treatment. “I’ve decided to extend my medical leave for another two weeks,” said Espenilla, who was diagnosed with tongue cancer last November, in a message to reporters on Tuesday. “My treatment is progressing very well. But I’ve got to [...]

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Facebook Takes New Steps Against Bullying

WSJ.com 

The social-media platform said it will permit users to delete and hide multiple comments on their posts at once, in an effort to limit bullying and harassment.

Employees sacked

BBC News (UK) 

Dunkin' Donuts employees are sacked after a video shows one worker pouring water over a sleeping homeless man.





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