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Time of India
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Diddy trial: Combs hired porn stars for 'freak off', witness testifies; alleges rapper flew them cross-country
Sean "Diddy" Combs Sean "Diddy" Combs and his former influencer partner hired two male porn stars, who were flown across the country for 'Freak Off' referring to sex parties, according to testimony in a Manhattan court on Friday. In the federal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial, an anonymous witness, identified as "Jane," informed the jury that she contacted the performers separately to join the couple's 'freak offs,' what she termed "hotel nights" during late 2021 and early 2022. She explained that the Bad Boys Records founder, whom she dated for three years until his arrest in September 2024, was attracted to the performers after viewing their content, New York Post reported. She described reaching out to "Cabral" and "Antoine" via Instagram, once whilst under the influence of ecstasy. She detailed their viewing of Cabral's content and subsequent discussions about his physical attributes. 'We watched a few of Cabral's videos back-to-back and we just started talking about Cabral and his size and everything' Jane said during Combs' federal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial. The encounters involved intimate activities, with Jane performing whilst Combs observed. Subsequently, she engaged "Antoine" multiple times for similar arrangements, though the compensation details weren't disclosed. These activities were performed to gain Combs' approval, later evolving into virtual interactions. She stated that Combs requested explicit imagery from the performers. These encounters are crucial to the prosecution's case against the 55-year-old Combs, who faces potential life imprisonment if found guilty of the charges he denies. Jane's previous testimony detailed alleged abuse and coerced intimate encounters. She stated these sessions lasted between 24 to 30 hours from May 2021 to October 2023. The anonymous social media personality is expected to continue testifying for approximately five more days as the trial continues into its fifth week.
Los Angeles Times
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
San Clemente looks to form Olympic committees ahead of being a host city
With the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games three years away, San Clemente is starting to plan for its role as a host city with surf competitions set to take place at Lower Trestles. San Clemente City Council Tuesday discussed the merits of forming a local Olympic committee to work on logistics, economic opportunity and host city duties ahead of the games. San Clemente is one of two Olympic host cities in Orange County with Anaheim as the other, thanks to indoor volleyball coming to the Honda Center. An April 15 Olympics news release praised the selection of Lower Trestles for surfing. 'The venue is synonymous with surfing culture, playing host to numerous World Surf League competitions and earning a mention in the Beach Boys' 1963 hit 'Surfin' U.S.A.,'' it read. Ahead of surfing competitions, Olympic committee duties outlined in a San Clemente staff report included coordinating logistics with the Orange County Transportation Authority, Metrolink, LA28, law enforcement and other agencies. Members would also work with the San Clemente Chamber of Commerce, local businesses and the media to expand economic opportunities that come with being a host city. Helping to organize Olympic watch parties and medal ceremonies as the games commence rounded out the list of future responsibilities. With San Clemente's world-renowned surf at Lower Trestles set to be showcased on such a grand stage, the City Council wrestled with the decision of forming one Olympic committee or several subcommittees, as everyone on the dais displayed enthusiasm about being a host city. Councilmember Victor Cabral favored creating just one ad hoc committee with two of his council colleagues appointed to it, which would streamline its activities outside of the state's open meeting laws. 'All of us will be involved in some way or another,' he said. 'Just having one committee is the right approach. The question for me is, who's on that committee?' Councilmember Mark Enmeier supported forming three subcommittees so that everyone interested would have a meaningful chance to participate. 'This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,' he said. 'I would hate for any one of us to be sidelined with this process.' Mayor Steve Knoblock wanted to appoint Cabral to a single Olympic committee alongside a permanent seat for the city's mayor, a position electorally up for a two-year term next year, until the games conclude. Even though Cabral supported forming one committee, he appeared hesitant to accept Knoblock's appointment with three other colleagues on the dais looking on. Knoblock argued that a majority of the council are ultimately going to vote on Olympic-related initiatives that arise from a committee. 'There's just too many things [for] two council members [to] handle,' Councilmember Zhen Wu said. 'Some of you will run a campaign next year.' 'That's the nice thing about having two people on every subcommittee,' Enmeier echoed in agreement. 'If one can't make it [to a meeting], then there is a second person there to fill that spot.' Councilmember Rick Loeffler has past experience with the Olympics. When Los Angeles last hosted the games in 1984, he received a medal for working security and surveillance. Cabral moved to appoint the mayor and Loeffler, given his credentials, to a single committee, but his colleague's deference defined the dynamics of the evening's discussion. Loeffler wanted to postpone a vote to a future council meeting until after council members have had a chance to converse with staff on how best to move forward, which they unanimously agreed to do. 'This city is going to have an opportunity to shine,' Knoblock reassured. 'We're all going to have an opportunity to shine.'
Hamilton Spectator
22-05-2025
- Business
- Hamilton Spectator
Springwater council rebuffs City of Barrie's land-deal presentation
The singing of O Canada prior to the start of Springwater Township's council meeting last night was the only moment of unity in a gathering marked by divisive and accusatory comments. Following the presentation 'Proposed Principles for Boundary Adjustment Agreement, City of Barrie and Township of Springwater' by Barrie Mayor Alex Nuttall, a number of Springwater councillors questioned the timing and motivation behind the meeting. Springwater Deputy Mayor George Cabral was first up. After providing a timeline of the discussions and decisions that brought them to this meeting, including the commitment from the four parties involved — Barrie, Springwater and Oro-Medonte townships, and the County of Simcoe — to work with a provincial facilitator to arrive at a final conclusion, Cabral wanted to know why there was such a rush to get this deal done, without the participation of representatives from either Oro-Medonte or the county. During his presentation, Nuttall said he was hoping the parties could get a deal done by Jan. 1, 2026, so they could finalize implementation details and ensure a smooth transition. 'Why the rush? Why change course?' Cabral asked. 'Because strong mayor powers has made it possible,' he said, answering his own question. 'Council was being prudent, thoughtful, careful and directing staff to gather critical information, research and report back in June to make data-driven decisions.' Then, on May 7, Cabral continued, Coughlin utilized the strong mayor powers bestowed upon her one week earlier by Ontario Premier Doug Ford. 'Mayor Couglin, with strong mayor powers in hand, passed a strong mayor bylaw with more than one-third support so that Mayor Coughlin alone could unilaterally discuss boundary adjustment with the City of Barrie, and two days later, there was a proposal in hand,' the deputy mayor said. 'This proposal is arranged by Mayor Coughlin and Mayor Nuttall with the benefit of the data Springwater council had agreed to receive from staff as well as the results from the stage three study,' Cabral added. Cabral said there are two themes to support: Barrie's take is the city has a shortage of employment land, while Springwater's take is the need for cross-border servicing. 'Springwater council has been provided sufficient information through reports and from our own dedicated and knowledgeable staff that water and wastewater cross-border servicing is not required and Springwater can go it alone and doesn't need or want cross-border servicing from the City of Barrie,' he said. Cabral questioned Coughlin's transparency. 'Did you inform the county of what your intentions were when you made this decision to basically, in my opinion, open up a Pandora's box before Pandora's box should have been opened?' he asked. 'Yes, I have been in constant communication with the county,' Coughlin responded. 'But as you'll recall, when we do wear dual hats, I wear my Springwater hat first, and the decision to get to the table and have discussions with the City of Barrie was made in the best interest of the Township of Springwater. 'When the decision was made, I did meet with the warden (Basil Clarke) and the CAO (Mark Aiken),' she added. Coughlin said Springwater is still part of the provincial facilitation process. She said the facilitation process didn't give the participants an avenue to speak to residents to keep them informed. 'The commitment I made was that I would go get a proposal and bring it back to council so that we would have numerous public meetings,' she said. 'We would have public consultation. This is not doing a deal without the county being involved. 'This is the first step in a transparent process,' Coughlin added. Cabral countered that this shouldn't be a step at all. 'This process should have happened after all of our data was in,' he said. 'We're waiting for information from our staff. 'To suggest that this is just reaching out to Barrie to get a proposal, I don't buy that for a minute,' Cabral added. Coun. Danielle Alexander said she wouldn't move forward with the proposal until the timeline for completion was adjusted and pushed until after next year's municipal election. 'If we are going to move forward with this, it is important that this becomes an election issue so that people get to vote on and know what they're voting for,' she said, adding a boundary adjustment was never a mandate she received from residents. Coun. Anita Moore said there was no need to adjust boundaries. She said Barrie and Springwater are part of the same sub-region as defined by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corp. 'Working together, as in a regional approach, along with the County of Simcoe, is the way to move forward, and I have stated all along that I would like to see us move forward in a regional way,' she said. Coun. Phil Fisher suggested Coughlin was being less than forthright. 'I will say, and I hate to say this, I feel that Mayor Coughlin, you've acted in bad faith,' he said. During Wednesday night's meeting, Fisher said Oro-Medonte Mayor Randy Greenlaw told him she attended a number of meetings that were not authorized. BarrieToday reached out to Greenlaw for confirmation, but didn't hear back from him prior to publication of this article. 'This was not born of cross-border servicing,' Fisher said. 'This was being discussed well in advance and it wasn't being discussed with us and it wasn't being discussed with our public. 'This isn't a deal between two municipalities. It isn't a deal between two councils. It's a deal between two mayors,' he added. After hearing Nuttall's presentation on the Barrie boundary proposal, in a recorded vote, Springwater council voted 5-2 against receiving for information. They also opted to compile all reports, studies and information related to Barrie's boundary expansion plans — from both public and closed sessions — and deliver it to Quinto Annibale, a lawyer at Loopstra Nixon LLP, for a legal opinion on how next to proceed. Despite the presentatiton not being received, Coughlin said township staff will undertake a technical analysis of the proposal and will report back to council.
GMA Network
19-05-2025
- Politics
- GMA Network
DepEd: 841 schools to join pilot run of revised SHS curriculum
Over 800 schools nationwide are set to participate in the pilot run of the revised Senior High School (SHS) curriculum of the basic education program this incoming School Year 2025-2026, the Department of Education (DepEd) said Monday. Education Undersecretary Wilfredo Cabral explained during a House Committee on Basic Education and Culture briefing that DepEd's central office initially listed 727 schools that were classified as 'highly ready' to be included in the trial of the 'strengthened' program for Grades 11 and 12. However, upon the feedback from the Senate Committee on Basic Education, the central office decided to also add 'moderately ready' private schools and rural schools, which resulted in the partial list of 841 schools. 'Nag-increase [it increased], Mr. Chair, because we looked at the moderately ready so that we can have several more schools implementing the senior high school from the rural and the urban, so that we can address more issues as we do the pilot and the study as well,' Cabral said. He also noted that the 841 pilot schools represented 6.60% of the 12,739 total SHS schools across the country. Of these 841 schools, 580 are public and 261 are private. Eight-hundred six of which are also learning institutions that come from urban areas, while 35 are from rural areas. Among the parameters considered in finalizing the list were the school size, rural versus urban location, track offerings, public versus private management, and stand-alone versus integrated models. Once the pilot test begins, Cabral said the DepEd will closely monitor the implementation across different governance levels. The agency has also collaborated with the Philippine Institute for Development Studies to design and implement a reliable evaluation study on the matter. The training of teachers in participating schools will also be conducted from May 25 to June 7. 'We will be training of course for the TechPro, for agriculture, fisheries, and arts.. We'll also be having training for the core subjects, and we'll also be training our school heads so that they can be ready on the implementation,' Cabral added. School Year 2025-2026 is set to open on June 16, 2025 and end on March 31, 2026. Last month, DepEd opened the online public consultation for the revised SHS, inviting stakeholders to provide feedback on the updated Grade 11 and 12 curriculum guides. One of the key features of the new curriculum is the reduction of core subjects from the 15 being offered per semester, to just five that will be offered for a full year in Grade 11. These five new subjects are: Effective Communication (Mabisang Komunikasyon), Life Skills, General Mathematics, General Science, and Pag-aaral ng Kasaysayan at Lipunang Pilipino. All subjects that are no longer part of the core will already be called 'electives,' instead of applied and specialized subjects. The new subjects or electives are also updated and grouped under the Academic and TechPro clusters. — RSJ, GMA Integrated News
Hamilton Spectator
16-05-2025
- Politics
- Hamilton Spectator
Locals seek answers on development, transparency at Springwater meeting
SPRINGWATER TWP. — Securing an audience for any event that's going head-to-head with the Toronto Maple Leafs' Stanley Cup playoff run is a difficult thing. Securing one for a municipal town hall meeting is almost unfathomable. That Springwater Township hosted a bustling town hall Wednesday night that exceeded their attendance expectations is a clear indication residents are actively engaged and want to know more about what's going on in their neighbourhoods. 'I think tonight was one of the best turnouts I've ever seen,' said Springwater Mayor Jennifer Coughlin. 'There was a ton of new faces here and their concerns were all across the map — it wasn't specific to things that were necessarily in someone's backyard. It was more of a township-wide curiosity. 'It was really refreshing,' she added. Deputy Mayor George Cabral agreed. 'I think it's a great event and well attended,' he said. 'I like the format — it's casual and everybody's approachable.' Cabral said Wednesday night's event was a marked improvement over previous town hall events, which were more formal. 'In comparison to the way town halls used to run, I think this is a much better opportunity for residents to mingle with council members and also staff, the people who they generally are reaching out to,' he said as the event was coming to a close and the majority of folks had started to make their way home. 'Because a lot of our staff and council members are here, they have the opportunity to actually ask questions and get to know who they're representatives are,' Cabral added. That's why Ross Langman attended. A lifelong resident of Springwater and an active farmer, he said he attended the town hall to stay informed and meet township officials face-to-face. 'I think it's in everybody's best interest to be informed about what the township's council is doing,' Langman said. 'This is an opportunity to ask them directly.' He said he was going to talk to township officials about development pressures and the impact those issues are having on local farmers. Pam Orange has lived in Anten Mills for 12 years. She attended the town hall to find out more details about the proposed boundary adjustment and cross-border servicing announcement the township and the City of Barrie announced last Friday. 'I'm interested in knowing what land they're thinking of exchanging and what it involves,' she said. 'I just read a small bit about it, so I thought I'd come and see what's happening and ask some questions.' Orange said she was looking for assurances that the township will benefit from the potential deal, which is still early in the discussion stage. Like Orange, Wendy, and her son Mike — no last names given — attended the town hall seeking clarity on the Barrie-Springwater discussions. They've lived in Midhurst for 30 years and were looking for answers to rumours and speculation that popped up on social media. 'We've been getting conflicting information on the Barrie-Springwater thing,' Mike said. 'One councillor told me things are moving very, very quickly, and another one told me not to worry as nothing is going to move quickly. 'It's confusing,' he added. Wendy said he was hoping for 'transparency' on the issue. 'There's too much we don't know,' she said. For Glenn Beer , Wednesday night's town hall was the second time he was at the township's administration centre in the past seven days. He spoke out about a developer's plan to discharge runoff that would impact his property at the township's last council meeting, on May 7. That experience, he said, was directly responsible for his attendance Wednesday night. 'I think people can pull the wool over your eyes pretty quickly if you're not watching,' Beer said. 'And for so long we weren't really watching.' He spent the evening meeting council members and staff. 'It's important to know what's going on, who's responsible and who you have to talk to,' he said. 'That's what we're doing.'
