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Facebook blocks Singapore anti-govt page, slams misinformation law

SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Facebook on Tuesday blocked the page of an anti-government website in Singapore following demand from authorities but slammed the “disproportionate” use of a controversial law against online misinformation. The widely criticized legislation gives ministers powers to order internet platforms and websites to put warnings next to posts they deem false, and also order pages be blocked in the tightly regulated city-state. Political website States Times Review (STR) — which regularly posts […]

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This time around, Carpio won’t decline nomination to Chief Justice post

(Eagle News) — This time around, Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio will be vying for the Chief Justice position following Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo de Castro’s retirement on Wednesday, Oct. 10. Carpio had declined to be nominated following Maria Lourdes Sereno’s ouster as Chief Justice,  saying he had voted against her ouster via a quo warranto petition in the first place. This time though, Carpio has said there was no reason for him to decline […]

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PCOO official to colleagues: Be mindful of the content you post, share online

(Eagle News) — An official from the Presidential Communications Operations Office reminded its employees and other officials to “be mindful” of what they post and share in their personal social media accounts. Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy issued the reminder in a memorandum dated Aug. 13, or days after a video on federalism posted by Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson and considered offensive by some caused indignation to some sectors. Badoy also reminded her colleagues […]

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JBC to interview aspirants for Chief Justice post on Aug. 16

(Eagle News) — The Judicial and Bar Council will interview all five candidates for the position of Chief Justice on August 16. The Supreme Court’s Public Information Office said the public interview at the High Court’s division hearing room will start around 9 a.m. The proceedings, the SC said, will be live-streamed by its PIO. The Chief Justice post aspirants are SC Associate Justices Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin and Andres Reyes Jr. […]

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US mayor resigns after racist Michelle Obama post

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A mayor from West Virginia has resigned amid a furor over a racist Facebook post that described First Lady Michelle Obama as an “ape in heels,” US media said. Beverly Whaling, the mayor of the tiny town of Clay, had appeared to applaud the incendiary comment and stepped down Tuesday amid the ensuing firestorm, according to a town official, Joe Coleman. Clay County Development Corp. director Pamela Ramsey had reportedly […]

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Official Gazette draws flak for “revising history” on Marcos commemorative post

(Eagle News)– The Official Gazette of the Philippines on Sunday (September 11) received criticisms from netizens after posting a graphic for the 99th birth anniversary of late former president Ferdinand Marcos, accusing the Gazette of “historical revisionism” due to the caption used in its post. The post was edited three times, and the caption constructed from three paragraphs down to one. The Gazette went under lashes for the last part of the original caption of […]

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