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by Michel COMTE Agence France Presse OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — China has arrested a third Canadian national, Ottawa said Wednesday — a move that comes amid an already tense diplomatic spat with Beijing over the arrest of a Chinese telecom executive. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau however emphasized that the arrest did not seem to be linked to a former diplomat and an entrepreneur held for allegedly endangering China’s national security. “We are looking into […]
by Deborah JONES / with Michel COMTE in Ottawa Agence France Presse VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) — A Canadian national was confirmed as being held in China on Tuesday, intensifying a diplomatic stand-off over the arrest of a top executive of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, as a judge in Vancouver considered her bail application. Michael Korvig, a former diplomat who served in Beijing, was reported as having been detained as Meng Wanzhou was due in court […]
Wife also arrested (Eagle News) — A National Democratic Front consultant and his wife were arrested in Cavite early Friday, Dec. 7. But authorities said the arrest of Rey Casambre and his wife Patricia in Bacoor had nothing to do with their links to Communists. According to the police, Casambre has pending warrants of arrest for murder and for attempted murder issued by local courts. Also recovered from Casambre and his wife were one fragmentation […]
(Eagle News) — A former vice mayor of Marilao, Bulacan has holed himself up in his house as authorities prepared to serve a warrant for his arrest. Authorities said Andre Santos, who has a pending warrant for qualified theft, has refused to go with them. Santos instead locked himself up on the second floor of his house and told authorities that he was armed. The police are currently negotiating for his surrender.
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Monday, Dec. 3, distanced itself from Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., who called the filing of human trafficking charges against Satur Ocampo “idiotic.” According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, the Palace views Locsin’s comment as “a personal sentiment given the fact that he and former Congressman Satur Ocampo are friends and were both together in (the House of Representatives).” Ocampo and Locsin were members of the House of Representatives […]
by Fabrice COFFRINI Agence France Presse SOLOTHURN, Switzerland (AFP) — Six people, including children, died when a fire broke out in an apartment building northwestern Switzerland, apparently due to “incorrect use of articles for smokers,” police said Monday. One person was arrested following the deadly blaze, which happened in the early hours of Monday in the town of Solothurn, north of the capital Bern. “There were more than 20 people in the building. Most were […]
(Eagle News) — A brother-in-law of Interior Undersecretary Martin Diño has been arrested for a drug-related offense. A radio report said Manuel Bautista was nabbed in a buy-bust operation conducted by the Marikina Police in a house in Barangay Concepcion on Nov. 12. The report, quoting Marikina police chief Senior Supt. Roger Quezada, said arrested with Bautista was one Marife Wisi, the alleged owner of the house. The police said five sachets containing suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride were […]
Former First Lady leaves Sandiganbayan; posts bail (Eagle News) — Former First Lady Imelda Marcos left the Sandiganbayan on Friday, Nov. 16, after she posted a P150,000 bail. This was after the fifth division allowed her to post the bail pending a resolution of her motion to avail of post-conviction remedies. Earlier, Marcos was allowed to post the same, but the anti-graft court forfeited this following her absence during the case promulgation on Friday, Nov. 9. […]
(Eagle News) –Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Wednesday, Nov. 14, dismissed the claims of the wife of Vicente Ladlad that his arrest was meant to derail the peace process. In the first place, Lorenzana said that contrary to Fides Lim-Ladlad’s claims, there was no existing peace process to speak of as President Rodrigo Duterte himself had suspended, if not stopped, the same in June. In November 2017, President Duterte issued Proclamation 360 that effectively terminated […]
(Eagle News) — Idinepensa ni Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Oscar Albayalde ang tila pagiging malambot ng PNP sa nakatakdang pag-aresto kay dating First Lady Imelda Marcos na hinatulang guilty ng Sandiganbayan sa pitong kaso ng graft. Ikinukumpara kasi ito sa pagiging agresibo ng PNP sa pag-aresto kay Senador Antonio Trillanes IV noong Oktubre. Ayon kay Albayalde, ikinokonsidera nila ang pagiging babae, may edad at ang kalusugan ng dating unang ginang. “Wala tayong nakikitang magiging […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) — Police arrested Sri Lanka’s petroleum minister Monday, a day after a man was killed when bodyguards opened fire to rescue him from a group loyal to the country’s president, officials said. Arjuna Ranatunga, captain of Sri Lanka’s 1996 cricket World Cup winning side and an ally of ousted prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, was taken in after trade unions accused him of ordering the shooting. Sunday’s shooting was the first […]
(Eagle News)—Solicitor General Jose Calida on Tuesday, Sept. 25, welcomed the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150’s upholding of Proclamation No. 572 that declared the amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV as void ab initio, and the court’s subsequent issuance of a .warrant of arrest and hold departure order against the senator. Calida reportedly had a hand in the review of the amnesty granted to Trillanes by the government of then-President Benigno Aquino III. […]
