Dibelasah enam orang, pelajar trauma kembali ke sekolah |
- Dibelasah enam orang, pelajar trauma kembali ke sekolah
- Hollande’s actress girlfriend fronts anti-sexism campaign
- Throngs mourn Spanish Catholic sister shot dead in Haiti
- Honda teases Civic hatchback ahead of Paris reveal
- Google parent Alphabet unit to drop burritos by drone
- Native Americans united by oil pipeline fight
| Dibelasah enam orang, pelajar trauma kembali ke sekolah Posted: 08 Sep 2016 06:45 PM PDT
Mazrul Hakim Mat Zin, 16, berkata dalam kejadian pada pukul 11 malam itu, dia baru keluar dari surau asrama sebelum didatangi seorang pelajar senior yang mengarahkannya pulang ke asrama. "Sampai di asrama, mereka terus bertindak mengunci pintu dan dua pelajar senior serta empat lagi rakan sebaya telah memukul saya bergilir-gilir sambil disaksikan beberapa pelajar lain. "Pelajar lain tidak berani untuk membantu. Selepas mereka berhenti memukul, saya menghubungi kakak di Universiti Tenaga Nasional Berhad (Uniten) Muadzam Shah dan kami ke balai polis membuat laporan pada pukul 2.40 pagi," katanya kepada pemberita di sini semalam. Mazrul Hakim berkata mereka kemudian ke Hospital Muadzam Shah dan dia ditahan semalaman di wad untuk pemantauan. Dia mengalami lebam di tangan, kaki dan kepala. Kakak sulungnya, Mazita, 34, berkata pada malam kejadian, adiknya di Uniten Nur Mas Idayu menghubunginya dan memberitahu Mazrul Hakim menghantar pesanan ringkas yang pelik di telefon. "Saya cuba menghubungi adik dan warden sekolah sejak pukul 11.40 malam namun tiada jawapan," katanya. Mazita berkata mereka juga ralat dengan tindakan warden dan pengetua sekolah yang didakwa tidak menghubungi keluarga untuk memaklumkan kejadian itu, mahupun bertanya khabar adiknya selepas dimasukkan ke hospital. Katanya pihak sekolah telah memberitahu mereka kemudian bahawa telefon bimbit yang didakwa dicuri adiknya itu telah dipulangkan oleh seorang pelajar lain. Mazita berkata ini bukan kali pertama adiknya mengadu diganggu pelajar lain, namun mereka masih boleh bersabar dan menganggap perkara itu adalah asam garam duduk di asrama. Beliau berkata adiknya mahu bertukar sekolah dan berharap Jabatan Pendidikan dapat mempercepatkan urusan pertukaran kerana adiknya kini trauma dan sering meracau dalam tidur. Sementara itu, Ketua Polis Daerah Rompin DSP Aidil Roneh Abdullah semasa dihubungi mengesahkan menerima laporan kejadian itu dan enam pelajar berkenaan telah dipanggil untuk siasatan. — Bernama  |
| Hollande’s actress girlfriend fronts anti-sexism campaign Posted: 08 Sep 2016 06:37 PM PDT
The campaign entitled Sexisme, pas notre genre (which loosely translates as "Sexism, not our type") aims to highlight the discrimination still suffered by many French women because of their gender. Statistics published by the ministry for family and women's rights shows the enduring nature of sexism in the home, the workplace and public life. Only one of the companies in the CAC40 listing of France's top listed companies is headed by a woman and only 16 per cent of the country's mayors are female. Women also earn on average 19 per cent less than men for the same work. Gayet, who is little known as an actress outside France was thrust onto the global stage in January 2014 when a magazine published paparazzi pictures of Hollande riding across Paris on a scooter to rendezvous with her in secret. Shortly after the story broke Hollande ended his relationship with his partner Valerie Trierweiler, who went on to savage him in a tell-all book about their years together. Embarrassed at seeing his private life splashed across the front pages Hollande, 62, has kept his relationship with Gayet, 44, strictly private. But in a sign she may be about to play a more public role ahead of next year's presidential election Gayet posed for the cover of this week's Paris Match and gave an interview to Le Parisien daily. The blonde mother of two told the newspaper that parents had to lead by example when it came to gender equality. "I want my boys to do the same things as I do: they clear the table and are learning to cook." Hollande, who has four children from an earlier relationship with Environment Minister Segolene Royal, has not yet confirmed whether he will seek a second term. Polls show the deeply unpopular Socialist being soundly beaten if he does. — AFP |
| Throngs mourn Spanish Catholic sister shot dead in Haiti Posted: 08 Sep 2016 06:33 PM PDT
"People are dying and the authorities do not care at all," said Mimose Targette, a leader at the same church where Sister Isabel Sola Macas, 51, played guitar every morning. Macas was driving in downtown Port-au-Prince last Friday when she was gunned down by unidentified attackers who shot her twice in the chest — a shocking act even in this poverty-stricken and politically insecure nation where acts of violence are not uncommon. The passenger next to Macas was also hit and is still receiving treatment in a hospital in the capital city. "Sister Isa helped people from poor neighborhoods and these are the same people who killed her," Targette said. Top religious leaders as well as everyday citizens filed past her open coffin yesterday and offered condolences to her four siblings who came to Port-au-Prince for the funeral. Haitian police said progress had been made in the investigation but declined to share any details. "We know that the investigation will lead to nothing, so it's still one more person who has spilled her blood for nothing," Catholic sister Sandra Thomas said. "But, we are going to continue fighting in our own way so that Haiti finally rises from the ashes because we are not going to leave this country by itself," she added. — AFP |
| Honda teases Civic hatchback ahead of Paris reveal Posted: 08 Sep 2016 06:26 PM PDT
The new model, which is designed inside and out specifically for European tastes — there's already a hatchback Civic out there in other markets — is the marque's most important car. The Civic is Honda's most popular and recognisable model around the globe and to ensure its continued popularity, the company embarked on its biggest ever R&D programme to ensure the new Civic continues to tick every box. "The unveil of the 10th generation Civic at this year's Paris Motor Show continues the journey we started last year with the complete overhaul of our entire range," said Philip Crossman, managing director at Honda UK. "We are in a fantastic position going forward." After the event's press day on September 28, this year's Paris motor show will open to the public on October 1. — AFP-Relaxnews |
| Google parent Alphabet unit to drop burritos by drone Posted: 08 Sep 2016 06:23 PM PDT
Astro Teller, playfully referred to as the 'Captain of Moonshots' at an X lab created at Google to pursue big-vision projects such as drones and self-driving cars, said in a blog post that Project Wing team was ready to launch the test of a prototype drone delivery system. US officials announced last week that Alphabet is joining tests for drone deliveries, as the White House unveiled accelerated rulemaking for commercial unmanned aircraft operations. Teller said that a Wing prototype is ready for testing and that the team will run hundreds of flights in Virginia over the course of several days to deliver lunches prepared in an on-site food truck by Mexican food chain Chipotle. "We want to learn how people feel when they're receiving a package by air, and taking someone's time and/or money changes things more than a little," Teller said. "And we want to feel the pressure of unexpected circumstances that show us how we can get better at loading and managing a fleet of planes." The Project Wing team opted to try out delivering food to create operating challenges including "a lunchtime rush of burrito orders" as well as having to get food to customers hot and in the right shape, according to Teller. "In future tests, we could add a broader range of items, like drinks, which will push us to handle more weight, keep packages carefully balanced, and manage combinations of items on a single flight," he added. He believes drones will be available within the next decade for important missions such as delivering medicine and other supplies to areas cut off by disasters and helping emergency responders battle wildfires. At a "White House Drone Day" event last week, officials announced steps toward expanding rules for drone operations, including for newsgathering and commercial flights over populated areas, after a first set of regulations unveiled in June. "We hope to propose a rule on unmanned aircraft operations over people by the end of this year," Federal Aviation Administration chief Michael Huerta said. The government has registered more than 500,000 hobby drones in eight months, but sees a need for more rules for commercial operators, he added. The first set of rules stop short of allowing some long-sought applications, including delivery of goods by retailers like Amazon in populated areas. As the world's largest online retailer, Amazon raised eyebrows in late 2013 with its plan to airlift small parcels to customers by drone in select markets less than 30 minutes after orders are received. It has gone to other countries to test its evolving technology, and last month announced plans for test deliveries in Britain. — AFP |
| Native Americans united by oil pipeline fight Posted: 08 Sep 2016 06:22 PM PDT
Members of some 200 tribes have gathered here, many raising tribal flags that flap in the unforgiving wind. Some have been here since April, their numbers fluctuating between hundreds and thousands, in an unprecedented show of joint resistance to the nearly 1,200 mile-long Dakota Access oil pipeline. "All of this is Native American land here," said Michael Zephier, who came from South Dakota with his children. "These are my people." The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, which uses the river for drinking water, says allowing the pipeline to cross it just north of its reservation — near the campsite — would endanger its water supply and destroy culturally significant lands nearby. "Pipes always break. It will break. And within about 10 minutes, it'll be to our fresh water intake for the tribe," said Ron His Horse Is Thunder, a former tribe chairman and its current head of transportation. "They say that they're going to have monitoring systems that'll tell them 24 hours a day whether it breaks. "But by the time they get to shut the thing off, the water will already be contaminated," he said. A federal regulatory agency approved the river crossing, but the tribe sued to stop it. Now, it is waiting for a federal judge's ruling expected this week, on whether to temporarily halt construction while the lawsuit proceeds. Safety concerns The Dakota Access Pipeline would snake through four US states, delivering oil from North Dakota to Illinois, where it can be shipped to other parts of the country. It could help reduce the cost of transporting North Dakota oil, enabling it to better compete with cheaper oil from Canada. Proponents say a pipeline is more efficient than moving oil by truck and train. Its developer, Energy Transfer Partners LLC, claims environmental impact analysis shows that it will be safe. "This is a state of the art pipeline," said Julie Fedorchak, a member of the North Dakota Public Service Commission which approved its route in the state. Fedorchak said the pipeline would have multiple safeguards — buried under the river bed to avoid contact with water, thicker pipe walls, and remotely-controlled shut-off valves. The project route was thoroughly examined by archeological experts, she said, during a 13-month vetting process. "We didn't hear a single word from (the tribe) until a month after it was approved," she said. "At this point, I just think it's too late." But such claims have fallen on deaf ears among Native Americans and their growing number of supporters. There have been sympathetic protests held in other parts of the US. Celebrities have rallied to the cause, including actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Susan Sarandon. A petition on the White House website has collected more than 150,000 signatures and now awaits a response from the Obama administration. The protest even touched on election year politics when Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein faced criminal charges after spray painting a pipeline bulldozer. There has been violence, too. A weekend confrontation between construction workers and campers left injuries on both sides. Company guards pepper sprayed protesters and used attack dogs. Protesters struck back with sticks and poles. Conquer anything Many Native Americans see the current fight as an assertion of their rights and their tribes' sovereignty — as they battle in an underdog tale that could have been penned by a Hollywood screenwriter. The local tribe says it was railroaded by the pipeline's developer and the US Army Corps of Engineers, the governmental body responsible for approving construction under the river (the state approved the rest of the route). In its lawsuit, the tribe said neither paid much attention to its repeated objections. Energy Transfer Partners did not respond to repeated requests for an interview. The Corps did not respond to a request for comment. The encampment meanwhile has turned into a celebration of Native American culture. Members of tribes from across the US have visited — sometimes in ceremonial dress, performing songs and rituals. During large gatherings, camp leaders address the population here as "relatives". "I haven't seen anything like this anywhere in my lifetime," said Susan Ireland, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe who put together a tepee wrapped in white canvas at the camp, on which visitors scribbled messages and tribal names. "Look how powerful we are," Ireland said. "If we can combat this... we should be able to conquer anything." Historic wrongs The Native Americans' distrust of both government agencies and the oil company is rooted in events dating far into the past. "In 1889, Congress stripped large portions of the Great Sioux Reservation that had been promised to the Tribe forever, leaving nine much smaller Sioux reservations, including Standing Rock," the tribe said in a court filing. It also pointed a finger at the Corps, saying that in 1958 it took away land from the tribe for a water project. The federal Environmental Protection Agency has added some weight to the tribe's concerns, telling the Corps in a letter to reevaluate the potential environmental impact. Still, the Sioux tribe is not trying to completely shut down the oil pipeline ‚ even though some groups that have joined their cause, such as the Indigenous Environmental Network, say they would like to do just that. What the tribe ultimately wants, said His Horse Is Thunder, is to move it farther north, above the state's capital city Bismarck, an alternative route that was initially considered by the pipeline developer. "We're not so naive to believe that we can stop the pipeline completely," he said. — AFP |
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