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YANGON, Oct 28, 2023 (AFP) – Myanmar police arrested 95 people during raids this week on an online scam operation in the commercial hub of Yangon, authorities said. The country has been in chaos since a military coup in February 2021, with criminal syndicates taking advantage of the lawlessness to run scam centres, particularly in border regions. Authorities arrested a total of 95 people at three addresses in Yangon on Thursday — most of […]
by Kang Jin-kyu Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A South Korean court on Friday ordered the Japanese government to pay compensation to 12 World War II sex slaves or their families, in an unprecedented ruling that prompted an immediate denunciation by Tokyo. The Seoul Central District Court ruled that Japan should pay the victims 100 million won ($91,000) each. It is the first civilian legal case in South Korea against Tokyo […]
(Eagle News) – Philippine officials noted a sharp drop in crimes since the start of the COVID-19 lockdown in mid-March compared to period before lockdown. Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año said that the crime incidents this lockdown period went down by 47 percent compared to the pre-COVID-19 lockdown time. Año said that there were only 16,879 crime incidents in the country since March 17 this year. “Ang ibig pong sabihin ay 47 […]
(Eagle News) — Fewer Filipinos fell victim to crimes this second quarter of 2018, the Social Weather Stations said. Based on its survey done from June 27 to 30, 5.3% of families, or an estimated 1.2 million, reported being victimized by any common crime–pickpocket, break-in, carnapping, physical violence–within the past six months. This, according to the SWS, was 1.3 points below the 6.6 percent of families, estimated at 1.5 million, registered in March 2018, and […]
by Nova Safo Agence France-Presse CHICAGO, United States — After years away, Anthony Davis returned home to Chicago last year to take care of his elderly father. The predominantly African-American neighborhood on the city’s south side where the 51-year-old Davis grew up was unrecognizable. Abandoned homes dot the landscape and the once vibrant community had fallen prey to the gun violence plaguing America’s third-largest city. “Growing up, there was really hardly any shootings,” Davis, who […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – Amnesty International on Tuesday called for a commission to investigate crimes against civilians in Mosul by all sides in the battle to liberate the Iraqi city from jihadists. “The horrors that the people of Mosul have witnessed and the disregard for human life by all parties to this conflict must not go unpunished,” said Lynn Maalouf, director of Middle East research at Amnesty International. “An independent commission must immediately be […]
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, June 23 (PIA) – – An official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) appealed to the public to help the police pin down criminals. “The public should be vigilant and help police officers in the fight against crime,” said Police Director Noel Lazarus C. Vargas, Directorate for Plans at the National Headquarters in Quezon City. Vargas, in his visit at the Police Regional Office 02 (PRO2) on Thursday, June 23 said this […]
Indeed, the increase in number of crimes being committed in the country is a cause for alarm. An example is the rising occurrence of kidnap-for-ransom being posted in social media and text blasts. Even the Chinese-Filipino community is disturbed by these developments. According to the founder of Movement for Restoration of Peace and Order, Teresita Ang-See, just this January to August, 19 cases of kidnap-for-ransom were recorded in Metro Manila. Just last week, a retired […]
Indeed, the increase in number of crimes being committed in the country is a cause for alarm. An example is the rising occurrence of kidnap-for-ransom being posted in social media and text blasts. Even the Chinese-Filipino community is disturbed by these developments. According to the founder of Movement for Restoration of Peace and Order, Teresita Ang-See, just this January to August, 19 cases of kidnap-for-ransom were recorded in Metro Manila. Just last week, a retired […]
