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W magazine 

Vanessa Paradis Keeps It Edgy

She knows what she's doing.

The post Vanessa Paradis Keeps It Edgy appeared first on W Magazine.

mb.com.ph (Philippine News) 

Beyonce’s Ivy Park apparel has `rigorous ethical’ programme, retailer says

By Rina Chandran, Reuters MUMBAI, May 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Ivy Park, the sportswear brand that is a joint venture between singer Beyonce and Topshop tycoon Philip Green, has defended itself against a Sun newspaper report that says its supplier in Sri Lanka uses “sweatshop slaves” to produce the clothing. Workers making some of the clothes at MAS Holdings in Sri Lanka earn just 4.30 pounds ($6.30) a day, the tabloid reported on Sunday. Most of the “poverty-stricken seamstresses” are afraid to speak out for fear of losing their jobs... Читать дальше...

BMJ.com 

What are they on?

This week, we look at medication reconciliation. Joshua Pevnick, health services researcher and hospital physician at Cedars-Sinai Hospital, LA, US, talks us through what it is and why it can be so hard to get right. And Emma Iddles, a junior doctor in general surgery at Hairmyres Hospital, Lanarkshire, UK, explains how her project improved...

The Post and Courier 

Newspaper wins prestigious public service award

The Post and Courier has received a prestigious public service award for last year’s investigative series "Shots Fired" about inadequate handling of police-involved shootings.

BMJ.com 

The Weekend Effect - what's (un)knowable, and what next?

We do we know about the weekend effect? As Martin McKee puts it in an editorial on thebmj.com, "almost nothing is clear in this tangled tale" In this roundtable, Navjoyt Ladher, Analysis editor for The BMJ is joined by some of the key academics who have published research and commented on the weekend effect to make sense of what we know and...

mb.com.ph (Philippine News) 

Reality will tame Duterte – PNoy

Outgoing President Aquino, who roundly criticized incoming President Rodrigo Duterte during the recent presidential campaign, said the reality of running the country should tame his successor’s violent instincts. “We’re not a dictatorship; we’re bound by laws,” Aquino told The Wall Street Journal on Thursday, saying the hyperbole of the campaign trail would soon fade. Once he takes over on June 30, Duterte, who has promised to kill thousands of criminals to guarantee law and order, will “be fully grounded in reality as to what can be done... Читать дальше...

mb.com.ph (Philippine News) 

Celebs abroad for work, leisure

Rumored sweethearts Jennylyn Mercado and Dennis Trillo were allegedly spotted in an exotic vacation destination, while Ejay Falcon and Ritz Azul get ready to shoot abroad for a new teleserye.

mb.com.ph (Philippine News) 

Cebu mayor-elect offers bounties for slain criminals

The incoming mayor of Cebu City said yesterday he was offering bounties to police to kill criminals, deepening concerns of extra-judicial deaths under the rule of incoming president Rodrigo Duterte. Tomas Osmeña, incoming mayor of Cebu City, said he would pay policemen P50,000 ($1,060) for each criminal they kill and P5,000 for each one they wound. “If you kill a criminal in the line of duty, (you’ll be rewarded), no questions asked. I’m there to assist the police, not to prosecute them,” Osmeña told AFP by telephone. Читать дальше...

mb.com.ph (Philippine News) 

NPC joins House coalition supporting Duterte programs

The Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC), second biggest political party in the country, yesterday joined the Coalition for Change set up by incoming president Rodrigo Duterte’s political party, PDP-Laban, which already includes the Nacionalista Party (NP), the Lakas-CMD, and the Partylist Coalition. The alliance supports the legislative agenda of Duterte, with Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon “Bebot” Alvarez endorsed for the speakership of the House of Representatives, which is now led by the Liberal... Читать дальше...

mb.com.ph (Philippine News) 

Dismissed PNP chief Purisima arrested, freed after posting bail

Dismissed Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Alan Purisima was arrested yesterday at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 (NAIA-3) on the strength of an arrest warrant issued by the Sandiganbayan. Elements of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-National Capital Region (CIDG-NCR) served the arrest warrant on the former PNP chief upon his arrival from Butuan City at around 2 p.m. yesterday. From the airport, Purisima was taken to the Sandiganbayan in Quezon City where he... Читать дальше...

mb.com.ph (Philippine News) 

The Suit of Champions

Soccer moms, baseball moms, basketball moms—these are how mothers who chaperone their sons to sports practices

mb.com.ph (Philippine News) 

The Matina Enclaves, where new seat of power temporarily resides

All roads lead to Davao City where incoming president Rodrigo Duterte is mayor until June 29 and prominent names in business and politics have descended to make a beeline at the Matina Enclaves, where the new seat of power temporarily resides. Since poll results have shown an irreversible trend electing the first president from Mindanao, Duterte repaired to the Matina Enclaves making it his interim office to receive well- wishers and where his official Cabinet was revealed as the days wore on. He... Читать дальше...

The Post and Courier 

Number of pregnant U.S. women with Zika triples

NEW YORK — The number of pregnant women in the United States infected with Zika virus is suddenly tripling, due to a change in how the government is counting cases.

The Post and Courier 

Body pulled from surf near Myrtle Beach

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Horry County Coroner Robert Edge says body of a man has been pulled from the surf near Myrtle Beach. But it wasn’t immediately clear if the body was that of a swimmer reported missing earlier this week.

«Motoroids» (motoroids.com) 

Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato concept unveiled: Official Details and Images

British car maker Aston Martin and Italian design-house Zagato have unveiled the Vanquish Zagato Concept, the fifth car to emerge from the collaboration. The concept is a marriage of Aston Martin’s sporting, dynamic and material qualities with Zagato’s signature design language. The Vanquish Zagato Concept was designed in close colaboration between the Aston Martin Design team led by Marek Reichman […]

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