Tag: harassment

Alejano hits back at Cayetano

(Eagle News)–Magdalo Party-list Rep. Gary Alejano on Saturday, June 2, hit back at Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano after the country’s top diplomat criticized the lawmaker for releasing information about Chinese coastguards harassing Filipino soldiers in Ayungin Shoal on May 11. “Instead of holding the aggressor for its actions, DFA Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano seems more infuriated that the Filipino people was informed of the harassment against our soldiers in Ayungin Shoal,” Alejano, a […]

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Netflix producer accuses Weinstein of persistent sexual assault

  NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A Netflix series producer has filed court documents in New York alleging disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein raped, sexually assaulted and verbally abused her over a five-year period. Alexandra Canosa, an associate producer of “Marco Polo”, had initially filed a $10 million suit in December, and this week amended it to further detail her allegations against the 66-year-old father of five. She said Weinstein “constantly threatened” her and […]

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Senators express different opinions about BI deportation order vs Australian nun Fox

By Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service Several senators expressed different opinions about the Bureau of Immigration’s deportation order against Australian nun Patricia Fox. “The general rule is, if you are a foreigner, do not interfere in the domestic politics of the country that you are in…So, including Filipinos who are abroad, ‘wag rin tayong makialam sa mga kilos protesta sa kanilang bansa, kasi I am sure, kahit hindi ko pa nabasa ‘yung batas ng bansang […]

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Robert Redford: #MeToo is ‘tipping point’ for Hollywood

by Frankie Taggart Agence France-Presse PARK CITY, United States (AFP) — Robert Redford said Thursday the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements were a “tipping point” that would change Hollywood in favor of women’s equality and intolerance for sexual misconduct. “From my standpoint, change is inevitable and change is going to come… I’m pretty encouraged right now,” the 81-year-old double Oscar-winner told a news conference launching his annual Sundance Film Festival. “What it’s doing is bringing […]

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Actress Kruger says Hollywood changing because ‘men are scared’

PARIS, France (AFP) — Hollywood actress Diane Kruger said Monday that the #MeToo movement had scared powerful men but she was afraid that change may be short-lived. The German-born star, who won the best actress in May at the Cannes film festival for “In the Fade” — which is hotly tipped for a best foreign movie Oscar nomination — told French television that she has never been paid as much as her male co-stars. Yet […]

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Miss America CEO quits over misogynistic emails

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The Miss America pageant’s CEO resigned on Saturday after dozens of former beauty queens demanded he step down over leaked internal emails that contained misogynistic, fat- and slut-shaming language. “This afternoon, the Board of Directors of the Miss America Organization accepted the resignation of Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sam Haskell, effective immediately,” interim chairman of the board Dan Meyers said in a statement. HuffPost published leaked emails two […]

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Disney animation chief on leave over ‘unwanted hugs’

  by Frankie Taggart Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Disney animation chief John Lasseter said Tuesday he is taking a six-month leave of absence after acknowledging in an internal memo that he had made staff feel “disrespected or uncomfortable” with unwanted hugs. The 60-year-old Lasseter, best known for transforming Pixar from a small graphics department at Lucasfilm into the most successful animation studio in the world, was the pioneering director of […]

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US director James Toback accused by 38 women of sexual harassment

by Veronique Dupont Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Hollywood sexual abuse scandal widened Monday after 38 women were said to have accused US film director James Toback of unwanted sexual encounters over a period of decades. Toback reeled them in with boasts about his movie career and connections, as well as claims he could make them a star, according to their accounts to the Los Angeles Times. But in meetings framed […]

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Sexual abuse stories from around the world pour out on social media

by Cyril Julien Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Celebrities and everyday people continued flooding social media with personal accounts of sexual assault and harassment Monday, responding to calls to break the culture of silence around such abuse. The massive global response was triggered by the allegations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, who is accused of rape and abuse dating back decades. People shared stories and offered support under multiple hashtags, including #MeToo in […]

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Harassment, compliment and the thin line between

QUEZON City, Philippines – A recent study revealed that women across the world feel unsafe when taking public transport and walking around the city because sexual harassment in public has already became an everyday occurrence. While some cities here in the metro take a tougher stand against sexual harassment, sadly the number of incidents remain high. The SWS survey conducted last February 2016 showed that there are still men out there who have problems controlling their urges. […]

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Compliment or harassment – what’s the diff?

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — “Hey baby you have a nice body. Are you single?” This may be a usual scenario in our everyday lives. It may sound like an ordinary compliment,  but by definition, it is actually already  a form of harassment. So what is harassment? According to the ever-reliable Merriam-Webster Dictionary, to harass means either one of two things: (1) to annoy or bother (someone) in a constant or repeated way; (2) […]

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Instagram ramps up fight against harassment

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Instagram on Monday said that is adding a new weapon for fighting harassment at the popular mobile app for sharing pictures and videos. The Facebook-owned social network began letting some celebrities and others with accounts that attract torrents of feedback filter those comments by keywords or even turn off the option to comment on particular posts. “Our goal is to make Instagram a friendly, fun and, most importantly, safe […]

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