(Eagle News)—Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Rodel Batocabe was killed in an attack on Saturday, Dec. 22. Also killed in the gun attack in Daraga, Albay was his bodyguard identified as SP01 Orlando Diaz. A radio report said Batocabe, also the vice chair of the House committees on dangerous drugs; on natural resources; and on good government and public accountability, was about to board his vehicle after attending a gift-giving event in Barangay Burgos when the attack took […]
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Wife of suspected shooter: “I can’t believe he did this”
VIRGINIA, United States (Reuters) – “I can’t believe he did this,” the wife of James Hodgkinson said at a news conference on Thursday (June 15). Suzanne Hodgkinson only learnt from a television reporter that her husband was the key suspect in the shooting of Congressman Steve Scalise and others as they practised for a charity baseball game. She said she was in a state of disbelief. The gunman, identified by police as 66-year-old James Hodgkinson from […]
US condemns ‘heinous’ Istanbul attack, pledges support for Turkey
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States on Tuesday condemned what it called the “heinous” bombing and gun attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport that left at least 36 people dead, pledging “steadfast” support for Turkey. “Ataturk International Airport, like Brussels Airport which was attacked earlier this year, is a symbol of international connections and the ties that bind us together,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said in a statement. “We remain steadfast in our […]
At least 36 killed in suicide bomb attack at Istanbul airport
by Katy Lee with Burak Akinci and Fulya Ozerkan in Ankara ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — A triple suicide bombing and gun attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport killed at least 36people and left scores wounded, in the latest deadly strike to rock Turkey’s biggest city. The attackers began spraying bullets at airport guards at the terminal entrance and a shootout erupted before they blew themselves up one by one at around 10:00 pm (1900 GMT) Tuesday, […]





