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Former Radio 1 DJ Mark Page jailed for 12 years over child sex offences

Mark Page was a Radio 1 DJ in the 1980s and worked as a match announcer at Middlesbrough FC

Evening Standard

Former Radio 1 DJ Mark Page jailed over Philippines child sexual offences

Page, 63, sentenced to 12 years after being found guilty of arranging to abuse children as young as 12

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Scots radio presenter caged for 12 years after arranging sex with children in Philippines

Mark Page used charity work and business trips as a cover to frequent the Philippines in his perverted interest for underage sex.

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Ex Radio 1 DJ Mark Page jailed for 12 years over child sex offences in Philippines

Mark Page was described as ‘the very embodiment of depravity’ by the sentencing judge at Teesside Crown Court

The Independent UK

Depraved ex-Radio One DJ jailed for 12 years for child sex offences

Mark Page worked at the station in the 1980s.

The Independent UK

Ex Radio 1 DJ Mark Page jailed for 12 years for trying to arrange sex with kids

Ex Radio 1 DJ and Middlesborough FC match announcer Mark Page received his sentence today, after a jury found him guilty of child sex offences, including trying to arrange sex with kids in the Philippines.

Daily Mirror

Philippines ready to back US if it gets embroiled in war

The Philippine ambassador to Washington says Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is ready to open the country’s “facilities” to American forces under a 1951 mutual defense treaty if Russia's war against Ukraine turns for the worse and embroils the United States in the fighting

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Ex-Scots radio presenter guilty of arranging sex with children in the Philippines

Shamed Mark Page, who worked at Clyde FM and Scot FM, even tried to bargain down the price per session after believing £44 was too expensive, a court was told.

Daily Record

Ex Radio 1 DJ Mark Page guilty of trying to arrange child sex in Philippines

The 63-year-old tried to bargain down the price for a sexual encounter with a girl aged 12 and a boy of 13

The Independent UK

Q&A: Former lottery pick Shabazz Muhammad eyes NBA comeback

Former 2012 top high school recruit and NBA lottery pick Shabazz Muhammad is eying an NBA comeback. The 29-year-old swingman has hired agent Keith Kreiter of Edge Sports International and recently signed with San Miguel Beermen in the Philippines. ...

USA Today Sports Media Group

Vaccine laggard Philippines may give away shots as take-up slows

The Philippines, among the region’s least-vaccinated nations, may give away shots to other countries as declining Covid-19 infections dampen inoculation efforts.

Bangkok Post

Filipino Americans hope for more recognition with new arch in LA's Historic Filipinotown

LOS ANGELES — People come to Little Ongpin from as far as Las Vegas for lumpia, steamed pork buns, beef caldereta and other Filipino specialties.

Los Angeles Times

Philippine leader approves bill raising sex consent age from 12 to 16

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill that raises the minimum age of sexual consent from 12 to 16, his office said on Monday, in a bid to protect minors from rape and sexual abuse.

Reuters

Genomics' ethical gray areas abroad

A controversy in the Philippines illustrates the pitfalls and pressure points of international genomics research

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Bangkok Post

Philippines relaxes rules to woo foreign investment

MANILA: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte approved a law allowing foreign investment in more business sectors, his office said on Friday, in a bid to boost jobs and growth in the Southeast Asian economy.

The Independent UK

Former Radio 1 DJ Mark Page ‘tried to meet 13 year old girl in Philippines after messaging about sex acts’

Page, 62, denies five charges of arranging the commission of a child sex offence

The Independent UK

Philippines: 7 militants killed, bombs seized in recent raid

Philippine troops have killed at least seven Muslim insurgents aligned with the Islamic State group in a recent offensive in a southern province and recovered 45 heavy firearms and several bombs and land mines

Reuters

Philippines approves revival of nuclear power to help replace coal

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order to include nuclear power in the country's energy mix, as authorities prepare for the phasing out of coal-fired power plants and after earlier efforts failed due to safety concerns.

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The Independent UK

Analysts: Navy bribery trial to expose pervasive problem

Dozens of U.S. Navy officials have admitted to being bought off by a gregarious, rotund Malaysian defense contractor known as “Fat Leonard” who plied them with prostitutes, Cuban cigars and free stays at the Philippines’ Shangri-La hotel among other things

Benzinga

A Complete Guide To Taxation In Special Economic Zones

By Thibault Serlet, Co-Founder and Chief Researcher of The Adrianople Group

The Guardian - UK

‘One diamond could have bought two airports’ – the Filipino recreating Imelda Marcos’s gems stash

The mind-boggling hoard of jewellery the plundering first lady tried to smuggle out of the Philippines is being remade as sculpture by artist Pio Abad – with all its sparkle gone

Bangkok Post

Philippines lifts most Covid-19 restrictions in capital

The Philippines will lift most Covid-19 restrictions in the capital Manila next month, President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman said Sunday, after a sharp drop in infections and a rising number of people vaccinated.

The Guardian - AU

Teenager dies after box jellyfish sting at Queensland beach

Mark Angelo Ligmayo, 14, who had recently moved to Australia from the Philippines, was stung while in waist-high water at Eimeo beach near Mackay

Reuters

Philippines marks Marcos overthrow as son homes in on presidency

Thousands of Filipinos gathered on Friday to mark the anniversary of a "People Power" uprising against late dictator Ferdinand Marcos - with a new Marcos era potentially just 10 weeks away.

The Guardian - AU

Hong Kong domestic workers left homeless after being fired for contracting Covid-19

Dozens of live-in workers have been forced to sleep rough in the Hong Kong winter after bosses refuse to allow them back in the house

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