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Domestic workers in Indonesia may see a light at the end of the tunnel as lawmakers move to advance a domestic worker protection bill that has been in limbo for over a decade.Activist Lita Anggraini from the National Network on Domestic Worker Advocacy (Jala PRT) said she hoped all House of Representatives’ factions would agree to the bill in its future deliberation and that the government would respond positively to the initiative.“The law could change the mindset [such that] domestic workers are [considered] just as important as any other worker,” she said on Wednesday.Passing the bill would not only empower domestic workers but would also strengthen the country’s bargaining power in Indonesian migrant domestic workers’ placements in other countries, Lita said.Lita’s comments followed a House of Representatives Legislation B… Google Forgot Password ? LOG INDon’t have an account? Register here Topics : Linkedin #DomesticWorkers domestic-workers domestic-workers-protection-bill #HouseOfRepresentatives house-of-representatives Facebook Log in with your social account
Metro Sport ReporterSaturday 19 Oct 2019 3:47 pmShare this article via facebookShare this article via twitterShare this article via messengerShare this with Share this article via emailShare this article via flipboardCopy link13.3kShares Ceballos was in action for Spain against Sweden in midweek (Picture: Getty)Zinedine Zidane still does not see a future for Ceballos in the Madrid midfield and Real are happy to let him leave if they receive a fee of around £34million – triple what they paid for him.AdvertisementAdvertisementADVERTISEMENTCeballos is keen to get his long-term future tied up as soon as possible and would ideally like to remain at Arsenal, having enjoyed his time under Unai Emery so far.He has asked Real to prioritise any bid from Arsenal over other clubs, though it remains to be seen if the Gunners will be prepared to go to the negotiating table midway through the season.More: FootballRio Ferdinand urges Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to drop Manchester United starChelsea defender Fikayo Tomori reveals why he made U-turn over transfer deadline day moveMikel Arteta rates Thomas Partey’s chances of making his Arsenal debut vs Man CitySpeaking about his time at Arsenal during the international break, Ceballos said: ‘Going to Arsenal has been a very important step in my career.‘I don’t feel sorry for not being in Madrid. Right now I am where I want to be and I am very happy. My idea was to go out, play and enjoy football. Comment Advertisement The Spanish giants still don’t see a future for the midfielder at the Bernabeu (Picture: Getty)Dani Ceballos is ready to push for a permanent move to Arsenal in January after reportedly being told he does not have a future at Real Madrid in a meeting with Florentino Perez.The Spanish midfielder has enjoyed a strong start to life at the Emirates since joining on loan from Real over the summer, though had said during the international break that he still hopes to make the grade at his parent club.But, according to El Desmarque, Ceballos used his time back in Spain to meet with Perez, with both parties agreeing that a permanent switch to Arsenal makes sense.
Advertisement Dani Ceballos to pursue permanent Arsenal stay after meeting with Real Madrid president Ceballos has been enjoying working under Emery at the Emirates (Picture: Getty)‘In the previous two years I had not done so. My goal is only to work to keep doing things right.‘I have eight months left at Arsenal, I can only thank them for the confidence that the coach and fans have placed in me, who have already made me a song. I am very happy there and I hope to continue for a long time.’More: Arsenal FCArsenal flop Denis Suarez delivers verdict on Thomas Partey and Lucas Torreira movesThomas Partey debut? Ian Wright picks his Arsenal starting XI vs Manchester CityArsene Wenger explains why Mikel Arteta is ‘lucky’ to be managing Arsenal
“Its technology eliminates the large volumes of water and chemical consumption associated with traditional data centre construction and operations, delivering significant cost savings alongside substantial environmental benefits,” ISIF said in its statement.Paul Saunders, the ISIF’s head of innovation and special investments, said the allocation “demonstrates the fund’s ability to back cutting-edge, clean technology that will place Ireland at the forefront of data centre design”.It also fitted with the ISIF’s “double bottom line” strategy of sourcing commercial returns while supporting Ireland’s economy, the fund said. Nautilus is expected to generate “up to $40m” of annual revenue once at full capacity, as well as bring in new jobs. The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) has invested $5m (€4.2m) in a data centre provider that has pioneered new environmentally friendly cooling technology.The €8bn sovereign wealth fund’s investment will back US firm Nautilus Data Technologies’ expansion into Ireland, according to an announcement yesterday.The money formed part of a $26m fundraising for the company, which is led by CEO James Connaughton, a former adviser to US president George W Bush.Nautilus’ data centres are situated on or near water, and the company has claimed they are “substantially” cheaper and more energy efficient than other data storage methods, primarily due to a patented method of water cooling for the servers its uses.
The 58-year-old Nelson Sancho stole afighting cock worth P10,000 owned by Arthur Gascon, police said. ILOILO City – For allegedly stealinggame fowls, a man was arrested in Barangay Airport, Mandurriao district. Sancho – resident of Barangay Bolilao,Mandurriao – was caught around 4:45 a.m. on Tuesday, the police added. 
He was detained in the lockup cell ofthe Mandurriao police station, facing charges./PN
Carol Jean Mathews, 70 of Dillsboro passed away Wednesday December 20, 2017 at her residence in Dillsboro. Carol was born Friday May 2, 1947 in Lawrenceburg the daughter of Paul Brown and Lois (Love) Clark. She enjoyed watching television, spending time and eating out with her family, and enjoyed going to the riverboat.Carol is survived by sons James (Brandi) Miller of North Vernon and Donald (Sommer) Miller of Bennington, daughter Aliesha (Ronald) Niebrugge of Dillsboro, sisters Linda Hahn and Dianne Couch both of Lawrenceburg, 13 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.Funeral services will be 2PM Saturday December 23 at the Filter-DeVries-Moore Funeral Home in Dillsboro with Bro. Ben Davidson officiating. Burial will follow in Oakdale Cemetery at Dillsboro. Visitation will also be Saturday 12-2PM at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to the family. Filter-DeVries-Moore Funeral Home entrusted with arrangements, 12880 Lenover St, Box 146 Dillsboro, 47018, (812)432-5480. Go to filterdevriesmoorefuneralhome to leave an online condolence message for the family.
The 28-year-old assumed Shay Given’s mantle when he announced his retirement from international football after the Euro 2012 finals. However, his lack of action at the Stadium of Light, where he is deputy to Belgium’s highly-rated Simon Mignolet, has seen him lose the number one spot to David Forde. Manager Giovanni Trapattoni has left Westwood in little doubt that he needs to be playing for his club to get back into the Ireland team. Asked if he was open to a move, the former Coventry keeper said: “I’m not too sure. I love it at Sunderland, but if I’m not going to play…It’s a tough decision, but I need to play football, I think that’s evident in itself.” Keiren Westwood has admitted he may have to consider leaving Sunderland if he is to regain his Republic of Ireland place. He added: “I have sort of taken a – I won’t say backward step. Sunderland is a fantastic club and I think I’ve improved since I’ve been there. “But not playing is a right disaster for me, I’m not going to lie.” Westwood was keen to secure a move in January in a desperate search for football, but his hopes were dashed by then manager Martin O’Neill’s decision to keep him on Wearside. He said: “He kept me around and I can understand why he did because to have two goalkeepers of good quality, so to speak, is a must for a Premier League squad. “The manager, I think, was more nervous in case anything happened to Simon. He couldn’t really let me go, which was a disaster, really, because it’s not gone well for me since. “I haven’t played any games and I lost my place here as well. It’s tough. I’m not going to lie, at times you are in a dark place and you are on your own. “Obviously as a footballer, you want to play football and if you don’t play, it’s mentally challenging, I’m not going to lie.” 
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There are 92 Premier League matches left to played, with most clubs having nine fixtures to fulfill in order to complete the season. It is believed that these could be played across 50 days, with the season kicking off again from the week beginning June 8, and being completed by July 27. This period of action would also see the FA Cup played to a conclusion, with seven games – four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final – still to come.London: English top-flight domestic football competition, Premier League, could be back in action as early as June 8, behind closed doors in all probability, to have the season concluded by the end of July.Premier League, like other sporting events, has remained suspended since mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic which has so far claimed more than 2 lakh lives worldwide.According to a goal.com report, all the Premier League clubs will be meeting on Friday to discuss plans of resuming the 2019-20 season.UK Secretary for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport, Oliver Dowden has stated that he is working with the clubs to start the league by June.“I personally have been in talks with the Premier League with a view to getting football up and running as soon as possible in order to support the whole football community,” Dowden said during parliamentary questions.“But, of course, any such moves would have to be consistent with public health guidance,” he added.In order to get the season resume in June, teams need to start training at least by May 18.Arsenal, Everton and West Ham allowed players to return to their training grounds on Monday while Tottenham are set to reopen parts of their training ground for the senior squad as of Tuesday. However, all have made sure that social distancing norms should be strictly followed.Keeping in mind the demands post COVID-19 pandemic when football returns, FIFA has proposed allowing teams to effect up to five substitutions per match to help players cope with added burden and minimise the risk of injury as the season will have to be concluded in a tight schedule. IANSAlso Read: Karnataka government, Mobile Premier League to host an online chess tournamentAlso Watch: East Siang District Administration in Arunachal Pradesh cautious over coronavirus
THE Maracas Open Water Swim Classic proved to be a good outing for the Dorado swim Club three- member team which made the journey to Trinidad and Tobago to compete. The trio all swam in the Open Category and each one finished in the top 20,out of 270 competitors. Daniel Scott and Alex Winter swam the 2650m race where Scott finished in 9th place with a time of 38m.39s, while teammate Winter finished 18th in 41.45s. However,Scott finished 10th overall,while Winter finishing 21st overall in the event.Soroya Simmons finished 4th in the 5000m,coming 10th overall.Chronicle Sport with the swimmers after the event.According to Scott “I’m satisfied with my results but a bit disappointed that I stumbled when exiting the water in the final beach run to the finish.”It was the stumble that allowed the others behind to catch up and pass him. At that point he was in 6th position.Winter chimed-in that he was happy with his performance,despite feeling that he could have done better.SImmons added that she was exhausted but proud of her performance. The 20-year-old swimmer competed in the event last year when she swam a shorter distance.The team returns to Guyana today along with the medals and trophies won during the event.(Daniel Haynes)
The second quarter saw India strengthen their attack as they made space inside the striking circle. In good form, Sumit earned a penalty corner for India which was perfectly converted by Varun. A minute later, Surender registered his name in the score sheet by scoring from a penalty corner created by Rohidas. Though India lost forward Shilanand Lakra to a green card in the 24th minute, they secured another penalty corner and Varun was bang on target with a powerful flick to hand his side a commanding 5-0 lead. Simranjeet then added to the team’s tally when he worked with Mandeep after receiving a beautiful assist from Nilakanta Sharma to put the ball past Polish goalkeeper Mateusz Popiolkowski. With a formidable 6-0 lead at half-time, India continued to dominate after the change of ends. In the 36th minute, it was Nilakanta’s turn to score after receiving a good pass from Sumit.Though India managed only one goal in the third quarter, the team made a strong finish in the fourth quarter and scored three more goals. The Polish goalkeeper, meanwhile, was impressive as he made some brilliant saves to keep Gursahibjit Singh and Simranjeet Singh at bay early in the fourth quarter. A powerfully struck penalty corner by Rohidas too was well-saved by Popiolkowski. India’s eighth and ninth goal came off skilful displays by Mandeep. His first goal was scored after he intercepted Michal Raciniewski to take a direct shot on goal, while his second was well-assisted by Gurinder Singh. India’s 10th goal was scored after Surender earned a penalty corner with Amit making a good conversion. highlights For all the Latest Sports News News, Other Sports News, Download News Nation Android and iOS Mobile Apps. New Delhi: Striker Mandeep Singh continued his rich form and scored a brace to help India thrash minnows Poland 10-0 in their last league match of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament here Friday. Already assured of a place in Saturday’s summit clash against Korea, the Indians scored goals almost at will, leaving the Polish players in daze. Besides Mandeep (50th, 51st minutes), drag-flicker Varun Kumar (18th, 25th) also struck twice while Vivek Sagar Prasad (1st), Sumit Kumar (7th), Surender Kumar (19th), Simranjeet Singh (29th), Nilankanta Sharma (36th) and Amit Rohitdas (55th) were the other goal-scorers for India. Five-time champions India, thus, maintained their unbeaten streak in the tournament, collecting 13 points from five league matches with the help of four wins and a draw.With two strikes on Friday, Mandeep became the highest goal-scorer in the tournament with a total of seven goals while Varun took his personal tally to five goals so far. It was expected to be a one-sided contest and it turned out to be so as India raced to a 2-0 lead by the seventh minute through Vivek and Sumit’s goals. Striker Mandeep Singh continued his rich form and scored a brace to help India thrash minnows Poland 10-0.Mandeep (50th, 51st minutes), drag-flicker Varun Kumar.The second quarter saw India strengthen their attack as they made space inside the striking circle.
JEFF SCHORFHEIDE/Herald file photoThe Wisconsin softball team ended its season in a familiarfashion Sunday, losing to Minnesota 14-4 in five innings.Sunday’s finale featured many of the things that plagued theBadgers all year as they jumped out to an early lead, only to let it slip awaywith a weak defensive performance.“It epitomized the season as a whole,” junior Theresa Borutasaid. “[However], regardless of what [was] at stake, I think we were stillmotivated.”In the bottom of the first, junior Alexis Garcia gave theBadgers a 3-0 lead with a towering three-run home run to left field.Unfortunately, the lead was short-lived as the Gophers answered back with fiveruns on five hits in the next inning.Offensively, Wisconsin never was able to respond, addingonly three hits and one run in the last four innings of play.The Badgers once again had trouble with leaving runners onbase and striking out frequently. With 24 strikeouts on the weekend, the teamfinished with 385 for the year, breaking the previous school record of 298 setby the 2004 squad.“I think our problem is a mentality problem,” freshman LiviAbney said. “If we go up there and be more aggressive, we won’t keep puttingourselves in a hole. Today, I think everyone just wanted to help, so we weretrying too hard and not seeing the ball well.”Wisconsin’s defense didn’t fare any better than its offense,committing four errors and allowing 14 runs on 15 hits in only five innings.From the beginning, pitcher Leah Vanevenhoven didn’t appear to be 100 percentfollowing a hand injury in Saturday’s game.In the game, Vanevenhoven walked three and hit a batterwhile striking out just one in three innings. The junior allowed 12 runs to theGophers, nine of which were earned.“Did we let certain errors get the best of us? Yeah, wedid,” Boruta said. “At that point, I think we were fighting a losing battle.”Game one of the series on Saturday turned out to be anextra-inning thriller. After 10 scoreless innings, Minnesota broke through withfour in the 11th to secure the 4-0 victory.“It was like a mental marathon,” Abney said. “It’s hard tostay in a game that lasts that long; it was kind of like ‘whoever scores firstwill win.’ We played so hard and it’s so disappointing to lose, but that’s thegame.”Vanevenhoven and sophomore Letty Olivarez combined to shutdown the Gopher hitters through the first 10 innings. The situation wascomplicated, however, as Vanevenhoven was forced from the game in the thirdafter being hit on the hand by a line drive.Olivarez entered and retired the only hitter she faced inthe inning. Yet in the fourth inning, Wisconsin chose to re-enter Vanevenhovenin the game after her hand had been evaluated.This decision would come back to haunt the Badgers in thelate innings of the game. In the seventh, Olivarez returned following a leadoffwalk and pitched four scoreless innings. Unfortunately for the Badgers, thesophomore surrendered a pair of singles in the 11th, the second of whichricocheted off her leg. With its top two pitchers unavailable, Wisconsin wasforced to bring in freshman Kristyn Hansen, who had pitched only 30 2/3 inningsprior to Saturday’s game.Hansen was unable to stop the Gophers, allowing four of thesix batters she faced to drive in a run.“I’m not sure what we can do,” Abney said. “It’s beenhappening all year; if we had the answer we would probably try to fix it. Thepitchers are doing well, but we’re not getting them the outs they also need, sothat’s putting more pressure on them than they would have otherwise.”The Badger offense looked as bad Saturday as it had allseason, striking out 16 times in 11 innings while managing only two hits.With two losses on the weekend, the Badgers became the firstteam in school history to lose 40 games as they finished with a 15-40 record,surpassing the 1996 squad for the most losses in school history.“I don’t think a season could have gone any worse than thisone has,” Abney said. “I’ve never really been a part of something like this,but I think it’s a true test of not only our team’s character but my character.”