LOS ANGELES, California (Eagle News Service) – In less than a week, the Excellence in Visual Media (EVM) Awards International of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) will arrive at the iconic Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. On Monday, October 29, 2018, the festivities will kick off with the VIP Red Carpet Arrivals at 4 p.m. followed by doors opening at 5 p.m. Ticket holders, film directors, producers, actors, cast, and crew, are […]
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US mail bombing suspect, Cesart Sayoc, claims to have Filipino ancestry
Cesar Altieri Sayoc, the Florida man accused of sending pipe bombs to critics of Donald Trump, claims to have Filipino ancestry in his LinkedIn profile. Sayoc,56, who vows devotion for US President Trump, even claimed that his grandfather was a prominent surgeon in the Philippines, according to a report by Agence France Presse. He also makes repeated references to the Seminole Indian tribe on his Twitter feed. Sayoc had plastered his social media accounts […]
“Embodiment of hope”-Canada lawmaker thanks INC for efforts to help people before Manitoba’s Legislative Assembly
(Eagle News) – A member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in Canada thanked the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) for its worldwide efforts in humanitarian service before her colleagues in a speech Thursday (Oct. 25) at Canada’s legislative assembly. Cindy Lamoureaux, the elected member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the constituency of Burrows, said she had personally witnessed how the INC’s various socio-civic and humanitarian work had extended help to […]
Pentagon to send about 800 troops to US-Mexico border
by Thomas Watkins Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The Pentagon is expected to deploy about 800 troops to the US-Mexico border, two US officials told AFP on Thursday, after President Donald Trump said the military would help tackle a “national emergency” and called on a caravan of migrants to turn around. The active-duty troops would augment the 2,000 or so National Guardsmen already deployed to support operations on the border, and could […]
Authorities arrest and question man suspected of throwing Molotov cocktails at INC house of worship in Seattle
(Eagle News) – Arson detectives are now questioning the man arrested by Seattle police on Tuesday, October 23, suspected to have thrown several Molotov cocktail devices at the house of worship of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) in Seattle’s Rainier Valley district last Thursday, October. 18. In a statement, the police said the suspect was in his 30s. He was arrested “Tuesday evening around 6:30 in South Seattle.” “Arson detectives are currently […]
US probes pipe bombs sent to Trump foes Obama, Clinton, CNN
by Jennie Matthew/ with Saul Loeb in Mosinee NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — US authorities pressed ahead Thursday with an all-out probe into who was behind pipe bombs sent to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, other top Democrats, and CNN, all of them hate figures for supporters of President Donald Trump. Trump critics accused him of encouraging violence just days before a bitterly divided America votes November 6 in elections. Trump reacted to the rapid […]
Migrant caravan resumes trek to US-Mexico border
MAPASTEPEC, Mexico (AFP) — Thousands of Central American migrants crossing Mexico toward the United States in a caravan resumed their long trek Wednesday, walking about 12 hours to their next destination. The migrants, who have drawn near-daily Twitter tirades from US President Donald Trump, walked and hitched rides from the town of Huixtla, in southern Mexico, to Mapastepec, some 60 kilometers (40 miles) away. Carrying their few belongings on their backs — many with babies […]
Top Republican slams targeting of Clinton, Obama as ‘domestic terrorism’
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday the targeting of US Democratic politicians Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama with potential explosives amounted to acts of “domestic terrorism.” “I stand with all Americans in condemning today’s attempted acts of domestic terrorism,” the Republican McConnell said in a statement. House Speaker Paul Ryan, the top Republican in Congress, also condemned the sending of the suspicious packages just 13 days before crucial midterm […]
Melania Trump denounces ‘cowardly attacks’ after bomb alerts
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Melania Trump on Wednesday denounced as “cowardly attacks” a series of pipe bombs sent to Barack Obama, other top Democrats and CNN — all hate figures for backers of US President Donald Trump. “We cannot tolerate those cowardly attacks and I strongly condemn all who choose violence,” the first lady said as she opened a meeting at the White House dedicated to the opioid crisis. © Agence France-Presse
Trump says political violence ‘has no place’ in US
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump called for unity Wednesday after suspected explosive devices were mailed to leading Democrats, including former president Barack Obama, saying acts of political violence have “no place” in the United States. Trump’s comments at a White House event on opioid addiction was his first substantive reaction to the rash of bomb alerts, which also targeted his former Democratic rival for the presidency, Hillary Clinton. “I want to […]
Florida police probe suspicious packages at office of Democrat lawmaker
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Florida police were investigating two suspicious packages mailed Wednesday to the office of Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, hours after authorities intercepted potential explosives intended for prominent Democrats including ex-president Barack Obama. Local media showed images of a bomb squad unit from the Broward Sheriff’s Office, which confirmed it was at her building in the south Florida town of Sunrise, around 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Miami. “ALERT!!! We […]
Church Of Christ thanks police officers’ immediate aid, various groups’ messages of support after arson attempt at Church’s Seattle locale
(Eagle News) – The Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) said it would continue its worship services and would not be deterred in spreading love to its fellowmen, as it thanked police officers who immediately responded to an arson attempt at the Church’s local congregation in Seattle Thursday night, Oct. 18. In a statement, Barrington Thompson, the INC District minister for the Pacific Northwest region covering Seattle, noted and expressed appreciation for the Seattle police […]
