The Filipino drug convict in China had already been executed. The Filipino was convicted because of drug trafficking. The Filipino's identity had been withheld for the request of the family. He was executed later this afternoon via lethal injection. Malacañang on Thursday reiterated that it was not the Supreme Court decision on Hacienda Luisita that triggered the conflict between the executive and the judiciary, but the temporary restraining order on the watch list order against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The high court’s decision allowed Mrs. Arroyo, who is facing electoral sabotage charges, to leave the country, although her departure last month was blocked by Immigration officials upon orders from Justice Secretary Leila de Lima. National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Angelito T. Banayo said Thursday that the price of NFA rice will remain the same, even during the holiday season. Banayo made the statement at the Year-End Food and Agri Business Conference, held at the University of Asia and the Pacific. According to a statement from the NFA, Banayo noted in his speech that the NFA does not need to increase its prices because it still has adequate supply of rice for the holidays. A newly proposed law in the United States is threatening call center jobs in the Philippines and other countries by withdrawing incentives from American firms that outsource their operations. Introduced by New York 1st District Rep. Tim Bishop, the proposed US Call Center and Consumer Protection Act seeks “to bar corporations that sent US call center jobs overseas from receiving federal grants and loans,” the solon said in a statement Wednesday (US time).
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