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Boxing champ Floyd Mayweather, Jr. has been ordered to complete 40 hours of community service as part of a court dispute with a music producer.

Anthony Dash filed suit against the sportsman, accusing Mayweather, Jr. of illegally using one of his beats for two appearances at recent World Wrestling Entertainment events.

Mayweather was due to give evidence at a deposition in September, but he cancelled, claiming he needed to rest after his boxing match with Victor Ortiz.

He was subsequently caught on camera enjoying a night out in Atlanta, Georgia on the day of his scheduled deposition.

Judge Joseph Anderson sanctioned Mayweather, Jr. in a North Carolina court and demanded he perform the community service at the Las Vegas Habitat for Humanity Project by 31 January as punishment.

The ruling was released on Monday.

Dennis Marasigan's Vox Populi begins on the last day of the elections campaign. San Cristobal mayoralty candidate Connie de Gracia (Irma Adlawan) is hearing mass, in the hopes that her fealty with the Catholic God translates to votes. After all, the voice of the people is the voice of God. If one is assured of God's undying support because of her utmost religiosity and sincerity, then the votes will simply follow. However, politics in the Philippines is not as divinely blessed as one would wish. As soon as Connie steps out of the church, a female churchgoer, severely troubled after being terminated by the town's biggest employer, is introduced to her and squeezes from her a promise to provide a suitable solution to her labor issue. There is no escape to the very human realities that she has to confront and compromise with within her campaign. God can only do so much.