Ramón Fonseca, a partner in the Mossack Fonseca law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers scandal over the hiding of wealth in offshore entities, has died, a lawyer from his firm confirmed Thursday. He was 71. Prosecutors last month had requested a 12-year prison sentence for Fonseca and …
Read More »Calling all budding marine scientists: Dal’s Aquatron research pool to hold open house
If it swims, floats or sinks, it may have been tested inside the Aquatron’s laboratories and tanks since it opened 50 years ago. The golden anniversary is being marked this weekend with an open house. University laboratory celebrating 50 years of studying species and testing technology. Before Transformers, there was …
Read More »‘I killed 4 people’: A look at a Winnipeg serial killer’s 20-hour confession video
An excerpt from a videotaped 2022 police interview shows Jeremy Skibicki admitting not only to the killing he’d been arrested for, but three others as well. Lawyers for Jeremy Skibicki say he should be found not criminally responsible for deaths of 4 women. ‘I killed 4 people,’ Jeremy Skibicki confesses …
Read More »Raw milk may be riskier amid avian flu outbreak in U.S. Stick to pasteurized dairy, experts warn
Measures like pasteurization and rules for raw milk cheese keep disease-causing bacteria and viruses like avian flu out of dairy products in Canada, food safety experts say. Early research shows pasteurization works to neutralize H5N1, even when virus fragments are present in milk. An outbreak of avian flu in U.S. …
Read More »Lobster plant fined $350k, banned from hiring foreign workers for 2 years
A lobster processing plant in northeastern New Brunswick has been fined more than $365,000 and banned from hiring temporary foreign workers for two years. LeBreton Fisheries in Grand-Anse, on the Acadian Peninsula, was previously fined $30,000 for failing to provide a work environment free of harassment and reprisal. In a …
Read More »Apple gets crushing backlash to its ‘gross’ iPad ad from celebrities and artists
The spot went viral as critics denounced its message. Some found it particularly hard to stomach the imagery of big tech crushing creative tools as artists grapple with the threats posed by artificial intelligence. Ad shows a hydraulic press squeezing musical instruments, art pieces into an iPad. From its pop-art …
Read More »Questions to ask your mom this Mother’s Day
People often forget to cherish the limited time they have with their mothers as they get swept away by everyday woes There’s no comfort quite like a mother’s touch. When I was sick recently, even as an adult away from home, I longed for my mom while feeling weak and …
Read More »Atty. Anna Teresita A. Marcelo calls for protection of the rule of law
She has laid the groundwork for her advocacy of the protection of the rule of law Atty. Anna Teresita A. Marcelo, a graduate of Harvard Law School and a litigation lawyer licensed in both the Philippines and New York, passionately calls for the protection of the rule of law with …
Read More »Padel Pilipinas wraps up successful Philippine Open
Nadine Sebastian and Jaric Lavalle topped the mixed beginners category while Dale Montealto and Hamda Buamin ruled the intermediate division of the Padel Pilipinas Philippine Open’s culminating tournament recently at the padel facilities in Mandaluyong. The top finishers in the tournament strike a winning post—(first row) Dustine Gaviño, Peach Orbe, …
Read More »Sandara Park cries in reunion with her adviser at Philippine Pasay Chung Hua Academy
Sandara Park got emotional and cried when she visited her former school in the Philippines and got reunited with her former teacher and class adviser. In the latest episode of “Dara Tour” on Sandara’s YouTube channel Dara TV, Sandara (산다라박), or Dara, together with fellow 2NE1 member Minzy, went to …
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