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(Eagle News)—Senator Richard Gordon on Sunday, April 15, said President Rodrigo Duterte has every right to order the arrest of International Criminal Court prosecutors should they come to the country. “As far as the President is concerned, he has the right to protect the country. Kapag ang mga ito ay gagawa lang ng hindi mabuti, dine-destabilize ang bayan natin, he has that right,” Gordon said in a radio interview. He also agreed with Duterte’s position […]
(Eagle News)—Child abuse charges have been filed against former actor Philip “Kuhol” Supnet after he allegedly took advantage of a 10-year-old girl on Thursday, April 12. The Quezon City Police District said Supnet was arrested after the father complained to authorities that the former comedian, who is known for his role in “Juan Tamad and Mr. Shooli: Mongolian Barbecue,” had kissed his daughter in the lips. It was the victim who told her father the […]
VATICAN CITY (AFP) — The Vatican said on Saturday a monsignor who was a former advisor at its US embassy in Washington has been arrested on suspicion of watching child sex abuse. A Vatican statement said that an arrest warrant had been issued for Carlo Alberto Capella, which was carried out by the Vatican Gendarmerie. “The accused is being detained in a cell in the barracks of the Gendarmerie Corps, available to the judicial authorities,” […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — Egyptian police arrested on Wednesday a leading government critic and party leader Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh along with five of his aides, security officials said. The reason for the arrest of Abul Fotouh, a candidate in the 2012 presidential election, was not immediately clear. It comes after the arrest of a party deputy leader and a call by Abul Fotouh and several other politicians for a boycott of next month’s election. President Abdel […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Eleven Saudi princes face trial after their arrest at a sit-in protesting having to pay their utility bills, authorities said Sunday, as the monarchy pursues reforms amid hefty debt and high unemployment. Saudi Arabia’s attorney general said “no one is above the law” after the princes were detained outside a palace in Riyadh, where they had gathered last week to demonstrate against a government decision to stop paying the water […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi Arabia’s attorney general on Sunday confirmed 11 princes had been arrested after protesting the kingdom’s austerity measures and would face trial after “disrupting public peace and order”. Saudi media on Saturday had reported the princes arrested after gathering outside Qasr al-Hokm, a historical palace in Riyadh, in protest against a government decision to stop paying the water and electricity bills of royals. They were also demanding compensation for a […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — An artist that could not be reached for more than a week after he painted a politically charged mural in southern China wrote on Twitter Monday that he has been “released”. “I was released a few days ago and we are in my hometown now,” the Twitter account of painter Hu Jiamin read days after Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao reported that the couple had been taken away by plainclothes men. Hu noted […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — An Argentine judge on Thursday ordered the arrest of former president Cristina Kirchner for allegedly covering up Iranian involvement in a 1994 bombing at a Buenos Aires Jewish center that left 85 people dead, according to a judicial source. The order also removes the judicial immunity of Kirchner, who served as president from 2007-2015 and is now a senator. She has previously called the case an “absurdity.”
(Eagle News) — Actor Cogie Domingo and two others were arrested in an anti-drug operation early Friday. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said their operatives from the intelligence section of region IV-A and the Laguna Provincial Office nabbed Domingo while buying illegal drugs in BF Homes, Parañaque. The PDEA identified the two others who were arrested as Almira Bautista (and not Domingo’s wife as earlier reported) and Francisco Lim. A PDEA report said confiscated from […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has junked Senator Leila de Lima’s petition questioning the arrest warrant issued against her in connection with her alleged role in the illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison when she was justice secretary. The High Court ruled the petition dismissed with a vote of 9-6 for “lack of merit,” its Public Information Office said in a Twitter post. Those who voted for the dismissal were Associate Justices […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British police investigating Friday’s sword attack outside Buckingham Palace in London arrested a second man on Sunday, as authorities in Belgium, Finland and Spain probed their own terror attacks. “The man was arrested on suspicion of being involved in the commission, preparation or instigation of terrorism at 10:15 hours (0915 GMT) today and he has been taken into custody,” a police statement said. It came hours after Islamic State jihadists […]
