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GMA Network
11 hours ago
- Politics
- GMA Network
Comelec officially proclaims BH as winning party-list group
The Commission on Elections (Comelec), sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC), has formally proclaimed Bagong Henerasyon (BH) party-list as one of the winning party-list organizations for Eleksyon 2025. This developed after the Comelec en banc on Thursday issued a certificate of finality and entry of judgment on the disqualification case against the party-list and its nominees, clearing them for proclamation. Roberto Gerard Nazal Jr., BH party-list first nominee, will represent the group in the 20th Congress. He will serve for three years, or until June 30, 2028. The Comelec en banc last week rejected a motion for reconsideration filed by petitioner Russel Stanley Geronimo and affirmed a May 22 decision of the Comelec First Division that rejected the disqualification case due to procedural defect. According to Comelec Resolution No. 9523 in relation to Section 13(b), Rule 18 and Section 3, Rule 37 of the 1993 Comelec Rules of Procedures, a decision or a resolution of the Comelec en Banc on special actions will be final and executory after five days upon the receipt of the said decision and resolution except if the Supreme Court (SC) issues a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction. It can be recalled that the Comelec, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, earlier postponed the proclamation of BH Party-list and Duterte Youth due to pending petitions filed against them. — RSJ, GMA Integrated News For more Eleksyon 2025 related content and updates, visit GMA News Online's Eleksyon 2025 microsite. For more Eleksyon 2025 related content and updates, visit GMA News Online's Eleksyon 2025 microsite.
Elle
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Elle
How Munroe Bergdorf Tackles Difficult Conversations – And Doesn't Shy Away From The Hard Work
Speaking up for what you believe in can be terrifying. Even more so when you're up against a towering wall of anger, culture wars and rising hostility. It's easy to retreat into silent despair. But people don't make history by keeping their heads down. Few know this better than Munroe Bergdorf and Bethann Hardison: two trailblazers who have redefined representation in fashion. Hardison has spent decades fighting for diversity, from starting her own agency and co-founding the Black Girls Coalition, which advocated for greater inclusion of models of colour, in the 1980s to charting her journey in the award-winning 2023 documentary Invisible Beauty. Now, at 82, her impact can still be seen on runways, in fashion campaigns and across magazine covers. FIND OUT MORE ON THE ELLE COLLECTIVE Bergdorf, meanwhile, is still in the thick of it. She's already paved the way for trans people, fearlessly calling out inequality. But as trans rights come under increasing threat, the fight is far from over. In her new book Talk To Me, she urges all of us to get involved – to speak up even when paralysed by fear and to build bridges with family, friends and strangers alike. Because that's where understanding begins. Talking – to anyone, about anything – sparks something powerful. That's exactly what happened when Bergdorf and Hardison met and compared notes on activism, generational change and finding your voice. MUNROE BERGDORF: Hi Bethann, how are you doing? BETHANN HARDISON: I'm in the US, so I'm just waking up. I've got to travel today and I haven't even packed. MB: Where are you going? BH: Florence. I haven't been in many years – maybe decades. MB: Florence is so beautiful, though. BH: It is! Can I ask, how old are you? MB: I'm 38. BH: Going into your forties is the greatest thing ever. 40 is the new 28. MB: I think so, right? I'm 39 in September and there's a sense of panic that 40 is around the corner, but also a sense of calm that I've never had in my life before. I know myself. How was your 38? BH: I don't remember. I just bounced right along in life. But look at you – 38 and you've written two books! Here I am struggling to finish one. But I've really learnt more about myself while writing my memoir. MB: I mean, Talk To Me came out of that. My first book Transitional was a memoir, but I wanted this to be about lessons I've learnt. My career has been filled with difficult conversations – whether it's about racism in the UK or how it interacts with being trans. I wanted to write about not turning away from them and trying to find a way out of what you're unhappy with – exactly what you did [in your career]. BH: Well, by the late 2000s, the fashion industry had gotten to the point where models of colour were slowly disappearing. I had to speak out. I sent letters to the fashion councils of each city – New York, London, Milan and Paris – naming every designer who had erased models of colour. I had to believe in my heart that the industry wasn't racist – just ignorant. I started the conversation in 2007; by 2013, the letters were sent out. Immediately, there was a shift towards change. MB: Yeah. I became the first trans woman to model for L'Oreal [in 2017], but then I spoke about racism as a system that benefits all white people and was sacked. In the UK, we don't speak about racism in the same way that America does. BH: So, you became a model, felt the need to speak out, then spoke out so loud that they said, 'Goodbye!' MB: Yeah. There's a difference between active, violent racists and people who are ignorant. Both are wrong, but ignorance can be cured by education and discussion. When I'm faced with someone transphobic, I want to know why. Do they just hate trans people or do they have concerns that could be addressed by actually speaking to them? BH: Life is shifting, huh? MB: Yeah, in a concerning way. We've got to a point where people on either side of the political spectrum have demonised each other so belligerently that we no longer see each other as humans. But also, a lot of people feel like they have to know everything about a subject in order to speak about it, which stops us from having any discussions at all. BH: We used to have an expression: 'We go two steps forward, four steps back.' MB: It does feel like that. But it also feels like we're going forwards into fascism in a way we haven't seen before. We've never had such surveillance and a lack of privacy. BH: In your generation, you mean? MB: I think the surveillance is different. We've got CCTV, a tracking device on our person at every moment and we don't own our own data. Sometimes, when people say we're 'going back', we run the risk of saying we're going back to a time we recognise. But this is something we have no former experience of. BH: That's what I've been saying. We're going towards something we've never seen before. And we've never had these kinds of leaders before – people who are not politicians and want to run the country like it's a business. They don't consider others as equals and it becomes [an authoritarian regime]. MB: We're in a similar situation to America – like Donald Trump, Reform UK claim to fight for the working class when really all of the money is going to be kept within the 1%. BH: That's true. I said that a long time ago, too, when Donnie first ran and I started seeing that he could actually win. Once he won, you started seeing others [gain momentum around the world]. It's become a trend. Marine Le Pen in France, [Jair] Bolsonaro in Brazil. MB: For me, I see it in a simple sense: people will gravitate towards what they know and feel they are able to do. Racism is not natural for humans – tribalism is, maybe, out of survival, but to make it about race has been a conscious decision. Transphobia wasn't natural until the political establishment started pushing that agenda. Ten years ago, the public didn't care about trans people – in 2014, Laverne Cox was on the cover of Time. There was a lot more visibility, but that caused a backlash in the same way that Barack Obama being president gave way to Donald Trump. BH: Like I said, it's really interesting to see how you can find yourself sliding back… MB: I guess it's about trying to envision a world that hasn't existed yet. That's the advantage of the far right – these tech bros have envisioned a world that doesn't exist yet, but using similar patterns and processes of exploitation. The left needs to have a different version of how we can live in the world together because, right now, they're not offering an alternative. They're constantly reacting to what the right are doing. Those people aren't playing by the rule book, but we still are. BH: Good people always try to do the right thing, while the guy who's frightened to lose will do anything to survive. I'm [into] guerilla warfare; I like to sneak underneath the ground. I've been like that most of my life. I can make an impact on the fashion industry because I know who they are. But I'm at the stage of life where you think, 'I don't have the energy to create a new revolution.' It's like, 'Come on, guys! Do we really have to make you get up and get involved?' MB: Yeah. But I think everyone can get their hope from different places. For me, I draw a lot of inspiration from the 1980s HIV and Aids response, especially from trans and queer elders. The way that the trans community is talked about right now really reflects how gay men were spoken about in the 1980s, with such a sense of fear. I have to look back at how people managed to get through that time – not only from an organisation perspective, but also in terms of personal resilience and what people were doing to keep their minds and hope alive. There's a lot to learn from that. BH: It's interesting. The subjects might make you think things have changed, but the activity, the action of being an activist, hasn't. I don't consider myself an activist any more – I'm an advocate. But I can't take my foot off the clutch completely because I know it can shift back. In modelling, we've started hearing things about scouts going to refugee camps, giving people opportunities, then not taking care of them and they have to go back or become homeless. You have to pay attention to what's being embraced and how it can become abused. Things change, but you have to keep your eye on it. MB: Yeah. From the trans perspective, I think it's become so politicised that it's forced every trans person to become active, whether that's as a big cog in the machine or a smaller one within a community or workplace. We all understand that if we don't speak up at this moment, there's a real chance that not only our human rights could be diminished, but also our legal recognition could be erased. There's a sense of urgency I've never felt before. When I was younger, I thought of activism in the sense of people who were figureheads of the community – Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, Marsha P Johnson, Harvey Milk. I think a lot of people are waiting for that person at this moment, but it doesn't just work like that. No one is going to come and save us. We need to be that voice. BH: I always say that the people who are really unique, who rise up out of the ashes, only come along every so often. They have to be greater than great – someone who has no fear of dying. They're rare. So the community needs to be strong to be able to support when that person comes. We have to be really tough and stick together. Don't let them break the line. MB: Exactly. I want people to know that it doesn't need to be that big. They can start conversations within their university, their workplace or even their home. It's about learning how to open difficult B: Exactly. I want people to know that it doesn't need to be that big. They can start conversations within their university, their workplace or even their home. It's about learning how to open difficult conversations and meet each other with respect, dignity and understanding. Not demean each other or view it as a competition, where someone has to win. We need to find compromise so we can progress in a meaningful way. 'Talk To Me' by Munroe Bergdorf (£16.99, Penguin) is out now. ELLE Collective is a new community of fashion, beauty and culture lovers. 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GMA Network
a day ago
- Politics
- GMA Network
Comelec to proclaim BH party-list next week
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to proclaim Bagong Henerasyon (BH) party-list next week following the junking of the petition for disqualification filed against the group and its nominees. This developed after the poll body en banc issued a certificate of finality and entry of judgment on the disqualification case Thursday, saying it did not receive a restraining order on its decision that upheld the dismissal of the petition. ''Yun ay order certifying na final na ang decision ng en banc at ang tinatawag na entry of judgment. Ibig sabihin, wala kaming nakuha na restraining order mula sa Kataastaasang Hukuman,' poll chief George Erwin Garcia told reporters. (We issued that order certifying the en banc decision and entry of judgment is now final. This is because we did not receive any restraining order from the Supreme Court.) 'Hindi kami informed kung may finile na kaso and at this point, ang decision ng en banc ay executory. Asahan po ng lahat na we will be proclaiming BH any moment from now at kinakailangan na maibigay namin sa kanila ang tinatawag na of certificate of proclamation,' he said. (We were not informed if any case was filed and at this point, the decision is now executory. The public may expect BH partylist to be proclaimed at any moment as we need to issue a certificate of proclamation to them.) According to Comelec Resolution No. 9523 in relation to Section 13(b), Rule 18 and Section 3, Rule 37 of the 1993 Comelec Rules of Procedures, a decision or a resolution of the Comelec en Banc on special actions will be final and executory after five days upon the receipt of the said decision and resolution except if the Supreme Court (SC) issues a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction. The Comelec en banc last week rejected a motion for reconsideration filed by petitioner Russel Stanley Geronimo and affirmed a May 22 decision of the Comelec First Division that rejected the disqualification case due to a procedural defect. Garcia said the partylist may be proclaimed at the Comelec office in Intramuros, Manila next week. To recall, the Comelec, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, earlier postponed the proclamation of BH Party-list and Duterte Youth due to pending petitions filed against them. —LDF, GMA Integrated News
Washington Post
09-05-2025
- Business
- Washington Post
Biglari: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
SAN ANTONIO — SAN ANTONIO — Biglari Holdings Inc. (BH) on Friday reported a first-quarter loss of $33.3 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier. The San Antonio-based company said it had a loss of $126.40 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $23.37 per share.
Straits Times
26-04-2025
- Politics
- Straits Times
S'porean religious teacher says he had discussions with WP, urged party to prioritise rights of community
S'porean religious teacher says he had discussions with WP, urged party to prioritise rights of community SINGAPORE - A Singaporean religious teacher based in Malaysia has said that he has spoken with WP candidates contesting the upcoming election and urged the opposition party to prioritise the rights and concerns of the Malay/Muslim community in Singapore. Malay-language newspaper Berita Harian reported on April 26 that in a series of Facebook posts, Mr Noor Deros claimed he had spoken to all the Malay candidates from the WP. He also claimed that the party had agreed to take up the concerns raised by the asatizah, or religious teachers, regarding the Malay/Muslim community in Singapore. According to the BH report, he said the WP had taken seriously his call for the party to raise in Parliament issues surrounding the control and regulation of Islam's practice in Singapore, citing the Administration of Muslim Law Act and institutions such as the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore. Mr Noor also claimed that he had urged WP and other election candidates to reject the normalisation of LGBTQ+ issues, take a strong stance against Israel, and recognise the state of Palestine. In another post, Mr Noor criticised Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs Masagos Zulkifli, accusing him of failing to defend the rights and aspirations of the Malay/Muslim community. He compared Mr Masagos with WP vice-chairman Faisal Manap, pointing to Mr Faisal's efforts in raising the tudung (headscarf) issue in Parliament referring to how in 2021, the Government lifted former restrictions on the headgear for Muslim staff in healthcare settings. Mr Noor called on his followers, particularly those in Tampines GRC, to vote for Mr Faisal, who is contesting in the constituency at the May 3 General Election. Mr Noor's posts are among a number of online messages by Singaporeans that have surfaced during the election period, which the authorities said contained racial and religious undertones. On April 25, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the Elections Department (ELD) issued a statement warning that foreigners must not direct, fund or in any way influence Singapore's elections. The statement said: 'Singapore's politics must be for Singaporeans alone to decide.' This was after three foreigners, including an ex-ISA detainee, were found to be attempting to interfere in the election. One of them is a Facebook user under the name of 'Zai Nal'. He had shared Mr Noor's posts and accused Malay/Muslim Members of Parliament (MPs) of failing to represent the interests of the Muslim community. He said the community did not need 'another Malay MP who does not represent their views'. The user was identified as Zulfikar Mohamad Shariff, an Australian citizen who renounced his Singapore citizenship in 2020. Zulfikar was previously detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in 2016 for promoting terrorism and praising the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) online. He had also posted criticisms of Malay/Muslim MPs regarding the tudung issue. His posts were subsequently reshared by Mr Mohamed Sukri Omar, the Selangor Youth Chief of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). The other two foreigners identified are Mr Mohamed Sukri Omar and Mr Iskandar Abdul Samad, national treasurer of PAS. On April 25, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) issued a correction direction to Meta, requiring the tech giant to disable access for Singapore users to several of these Facebook posts. The posts have since been blocked. Join ST's WhatsApp Channel and get the latest news and must-reads.
