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SCC Divas trumps USRC for second win in T20 league

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SCC Divas trumps USRC for second win in T20 league

By Vir B. Lumicao

SCC Divas scored a convincing victory on Mar 24, as Jennifer Alumbro and RomelaOsabeldisplayed fine batting to beat veterans United Services Recreation Club,92-93, in 7 overs in Cricket Hong Kong Women’s T20 League.

The triumph was auspicious for the all-Filipina team, which has just one more game left - against the Caigengrower Cricket Club on Apr 7 - as the T20 League approaches the end of its season.

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Josie Arimas, captain of SCC Divas, excitedly relayed the news of their win from the Po Kong Village Road cricket field.

“Ang score nila(USRC) kahapon 92/6 out in 20 overs, tapos nahabol namin in 7 overs only 93/0 no out,” said Arimas.

Alumbrowas named the MVP for having bowled 3 opponents in 1, effectively depriving USRC an opportunity to hit back because its strong batters were dismissed three in a row, Arimas said.

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The captain said the match was SCC Divas’ 11th in the league’s 12 matches, two round-robin league format.

“Two wins lang kami pero meron kami mga points sa mga cancelled games kasi umuulan. So, kapag cancelled, makaka-earn kami ng 2 points for each team na nagkansela,” Arimas said.

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In the 35 overs, the Divas have 3 games because they were postponed when the National Team of Hong Kong went on a tour inThailand.

The Divas’ matches in the 35 overs are scheduled for Apr 14, Apr 21, Apr28. The dates coincide with matches of the Divas, renamed as SCC Pinay in the Women’s Development League, so the Filipinas will be playing both in the morning and afternoon games, Arimas said. She said that situation provided the 28-member team much-needed training.

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“We still need training lalo na sa bowling meron naman may nag improve lalo na sa bagong players,” she said.

Arimas said SCC Divas comprised its older players and SCC Pinay, mostly young and new recruits. She said she would boost SCC Pinay with older players to give them a fighting chance.

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Filipina hiker falls to death while taking selfie on Tai Po slope

Posted on 05 April 2019 No comments

Still shot from a video shows several Filipinas trying to check on the victim (in yellow)

By The SUN

A 26-year-old Filipina resident died after falling down a waterfall in Tai Mo Shan Country Park at about noon today, Apr 5, while apparently taking a selfie.

The victim whose name was not disclosed by the police, reportedly worked as a customer service officer in a call center of a financing company. She was hiking with her younger sister and four friends when the accident happened.

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A separate source told The SUN the Filipina resided in Lantau and had one child.

Earlier reports had mistakenly identified her as a domestic worker who was on a hike with some friends during the Ching Ming holiday.

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Police said the victim and her companions started hiking from Lam Kam Road, Tai Po at about 9am. When they reached Ng Tung Chai Waterfall, her friends heard a loud noise and found she had fallen 15 meters down into the water.

The other people in the group reportedly told police the victim slipped while trying to take a selfie.

A hiker was told to stay away from the victim as she appeared to be dead

A video uploaded on Facebook showed some Filipinas who were near the waterfall check on the victim as she lay among rocks in the water, while others in the background were screaming. One could be overheard saying in Filipino, “She’s already dead, don’t touch her.”

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A helicopter then started hovering from above before the video was abruptly cut.

A police spokesman said the victim was unconscious when she was taken out of the water. Paramedics gave her first aid at the scene before she was airlifted to Tuen Mun hospital where she was declared dead at 1.31pm.

Some of the hikers on the steep slope from where the victim fell

Getting to the Ng Tung Chai Waterfall requires a steep hike up Hong Kong’s highest peak – Tai Mo Shan. The route going there is about 5km long and is rated difficult in a online guide published by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department

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The incident happened eight days after a man from Macau accompanying a Hong Kong tour group fell to his death at the Grand Canyon in the United States while trying to take a selfie.

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Pinay in alleged $294k jewelry theft set to enter plea

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District Court in Wanchai

By Vir B. Lumicao

A Filipina maid accused of stealing several pieces of jewelry worth $294,000 from her employer in Kowloon Tong is set to appear in District Court late this month to enter her plea.

Charity Faith Ramos appeared before Magistrate Woo Huey-fang on Apr 4 in Kowloon City Court, where an amended charge of theft was read to her by a Tagalog court interpreter.

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The prosecution charged that the theft took place in the employer’s bedroom between May 7 and Dec 10 last year.

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Ramos allegedly stole one diamond ring, two diamond necklaces, one diamond bracelet, six rings, a pair of diamond earrings, another gold ornament and RMB1,000 cash belonging to her employer.

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In the previous hearings, the prosecution said police were still trying to recover the missing items after finding pawnshop receipts in the maid’s belongings.

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Magistrate Woo remanded Ramos in custody and told her the next hearing will on Apr 26 for plea-taking.

Ramos was charged in Kowloon City Court last December. But, on Apr 4, the prosecution applied to transfer the case to District Court in Wanchai because of the huge amount involved.

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HK’s top court says Filipina moms with resident kids can’t stay

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By The SUN

Court of Final Appeal in Central

Non-resident parents cannot remain in Hong Kong on the ground that they have to look after their minor children who have right of abode.

This was the effect of a decision handed down by the Court of Final Appeal on Apr 4 which ended the years-long battle of Filipinas Milagros Tecson Comilang and Desiree Rante Luis to fight their deportation to the Philippines.

All five members of the CFA who heard the appeal – Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma, Permanent Justices Robert Ribeiro and Joseph Fok; and Non-Permanent Justices Frank Stock and Robert Fok- concurred in the decision.

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They all ruled that the Director of Immigration was not duty bound to take into account the various rights relied upon by the appellants under both Hong Kong’s laws and international covenants in deciding whether the appellant mothers could stay.

They said that if a person with no right to enter and remain in Hong Kong could overcome that restriction by relying on someone else’s right, it would upset the immigration control allowed the government under the Basic Law.

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“As a matter of purpose, we accept the Director’s submission that it would frustrate the evident purpose of [Bill of Rights’ Section 11 and Basic Law Article 39] if a person who has no right to enter and remain is able to circumvent that position by saying: “I’m relying on someone else’s rights…”said the judgment.

Comilang has been fighting for the right to remain in Hong Kong with her now 13-year-old daughter Zahra, since 2007. Luis, who has three sons, David John, now 17; Carl Benz, 15, and Mark Joely, 8, initiated her case in 2012.

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Comilang’s daughter Zahra had right of abode from birth because her father, Pakistani Shaker Ahmed, is a Hong Kong permanent resident.

Luis’ son David John became a permanent resident in 2010 but his siblings are Hong Kong residents whose continued stay remain subject to the approval of the Director of Immigration.

Between September 2007 and April 2011, Comilang applied several times for visa extensions to take care of Zahrah after she left Ahmed, but these were rejected by the Director.

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She succeeded in judicial review proceedings against those rejections at the Court of Appeal, but on reconsideration, the Director again refused her extension of stay.

Luis, a domestic helper who married a fellow Filipino helper, went home when her employment ended in 2006, but kept returning as a visitor. Both Carl and Mark suffered from illnesses, including heart disease. David has already obtained permanent residency.

The two mothers argued that the immigration director had failed to take into account a series of rights under the Basic Law and international treaties such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The children asserted their mother should also be entitled to the rights they enjoyed so they could stay and take care of them.

The court looked at whether the director was obliged to take into account the parent-and-child families’ enjoyment of rights. It also considered whether the immigration reservation provided under the Bill of Rights exempted the Director from having to take into account the rights of a child protected under the Basic Law.

The court eventually decided that the mothers could not use their children’s rights to favor them.

They also dismissed the claim that there would be a “rule of law deficit” if they dismissed the appeal.

“That submission is, with respect, extravagant and potentially misleading. There is no rule of law deficit in the context of this case or otherwise. The Director does not enjoy an unfettered discretion in making immigration decisions. On the contrary, as the jurisprudence of the Hong Kong courts amply demonstrates, the Director’s exercise of discretion is subject to review,” said the court.

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