Australian authorities issued a warning about cheap, non-compliant USB-style chargers Friday after a young woman died from apparent electrocution while using a laptop and possibly a smartphone, reports GMA News. The 28-year-old was found wearing headphones and with her computer in her lap with burns on her chest and ears at a home in Gosford, north of Sydney, in April.
Hiring Filipino housemaids has become tougher in the UAE since the introduction of the unified contract for domestic workers in June that conflicts with policies of the Philippines, reports Gulf News. Both the UAE and Philippine governments are committed to implementing their hiring contracts, but recruiters and families who need to hire house help are caught in the middle since the two countries have differing policies.
A 56-year-old Filipino man died three days after he was assaulted outside a restaurant early morning Saturday, June 21 in Queens, and police said that the assailant is still at large, reports Inquirer.net. The victim, Roberto Martines, died Tuesday at Elmhurst General Hospital, where he had been in critical condition since the attack.
A Southern California jury convicted 62-year-old Filipino, Tomas Infante, in the brutal murder of his wife, Charito Tolentino, a Filipina nurse, reports ABS-CBN News. Prosecutors claimed that Infante killed the 57-year-old Tolentino after his girlfriend discovered that he was married.
Photo: Netherlands' Jonathan De Guzman and USA's Nick Rimando (Source: FIFA.com)
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) identified two athletes in the ongoing World Cup in Brazil who have Filipino ancestry, reports Philstar.com. Jonathan de Guzman, born to a Jamaican mother and a Filipino father, plays for the Netherlands. Team USA goalkeeper Nick Rimando, meanwhile, has a Filipino father and a Mexican mother.
Only two out of about 900 Filipinos have chosen to leave war-torn Iraq and return to the Philippines, reports Philstar.com. The two were employed at the US embassy in Baghdad. The Department of Foreign Affairs said most of the Filipinos in Iraq are based in Kurdistan, and that many of them are professionals. About 152 Filipinos are working in Baghdad, the DFA added.
A 39-year-old Filipino crew member of a container ship was found dead June 18, Wednesday night at the Port of Los Angeles, reports Inquirer.net. Initial investigation by the Port Police and the Federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration showed that the victim died from blunt force trauma to the head after a cable broke on the ship while containers were being moved.
Citing the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Iraq, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on June 19 called on all Filipinos in the country to get out as soon as possible, reports Inquirer.net. The DFA raised Crisis Alert Level 4 (mandatory repatriation) in Iraq, setting off evacuation procedures at Philippine government expense.
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