Tag: Website

Singapore editor charged with defaming government

Singapore (AFP) — The editor of a Singaporean website was charged with defamation Thursday for publishing a letter alleging corruption among the city-state’s leaders, with rights groups criticizing the “heavy-handed” response from authorities. Singapore has long been criticized for restricting free speech and other political rights, as well as slapping critics with financially ruinous libel suits. The affluent financial hub is regularly ranked among the world’s least corrupt countries and its leaders are sensitive about […]

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CA junks Rappler’s petition vs SEC ruling

(Eagle News)–The Court of Appeals has junked the petition for review filed by online news site Rappler Inc. and Rappler Holdings Inc. against the decision of the Securities and Exchange Commission to revoke their certificate of incorporation. In a 72-page decision, the CA Special 12th Division denied the SEC had committed grave abuse of discretion when it made the revocation for what it said were Rappler Inc.’s and Rappler Holdings Inc.’s  violation of the Constitution and foreign-equity […]

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China launches website to report foreign spies

  BEIJING, China (AFP) — China has stepped up its campaign against foreign espionage with a website in Mandarin and English encouraging people to report national security threats such as bids to “overthrow the socialist system”. The website, www.12339.gov.cn, launched by the Ministry of National Security on Sunday, also urges anyone to report attempts by Chinese nationals or foreigners to bribe state or military officials, instigate armed riots or incite ethnic separatism. Potential problematic behavior […]

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Philippines wins Fitch upgrade despite drug war

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines on Monday was handed a credit rating upgrade from international agency Fitch which raised the nation’s sovereign rating by one level, citing continued investor confidence despite a deadly drug war. President Rodrigo Duterte has launched an unprecedented crackdown on drugs that has killed thousands and sparked widespread condemnation of alleged extrajudicial killings from rights groups and Western powers. The bloody campaign has also risked detering investors from one of […]

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Singaporean website owner jailed for anti-foreigner content

SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — A Singaporean man behind a defunct website that published made-up articles stirring hatred against foreigners in the city-state was jailed for eight months Tuesday for sedition. State prosecutors had pushed for a strong deterrent sentence on Yang Kaiheng, owner of The Real Singapore (TRS) website, saying the articles on which the charges were based were “designed to provoke hatred against foreigners in Singapore”. Yang, 27, had earlier claimed trial but later […]

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Google co-founder fuels flying car labs: report

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Google co-founder Larry Page has secretly poured more than $100 million into building flying cars, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Page has backed Zee.Aero while striving to keep his involvement hidden, according to the report that cited unnamed sources described as having intimate knowledge of the flying car startup launched in 2010. “Based in the heart of Silicon Valley, Zee is developing a revolutionary new form of transportation,” the startup said […]

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Philippines probes hacking of poll agency ahead of election

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine authorities are investigating a computer security breach at the state election agency, officials said Tuesday, less than a month before the nation goes to the polls. The March 27 incident led to certain Commission on Election files being copied by unknown hackers from its website. But the commission said the privacy of the country’s 55 million registered voters was not compromised. Its spokesman James Jimenez said investigators were still checking the […]

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