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(Eagle News)—A street vendor was arrested on Saturday, March 10, after he allegedly hurled threats against the son of Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin and his wife. The police said Conrado Bingco was arrested after he threatened Lucas Bersamin Jr, 37, and his wife, Bianca, who had called him out for catcalling her as she was walking along Malugay Street, Barangay Bel-Air, Makati City, around 4 p.m. Bingco, who reportedly also told the Bersamins he had a […]
(Eagle News)–Daraga, Albay Mayor Carlwyn Baldo, tagged by police as the mastermind in the killing of Rep. Rodel Batocabe, was transferred back to jail from the hospital on Monday, Feb. 4. Authorities said Baldo, who faces murder, frustrated murder and illegal possession of firearms charges, was now in the Legazpi City Jail following his stay at the UST-Legazpi Hospital for days. Baldo was taken to the hospital after he supposedly hyperventilated following his arrest. Apart from […]
by Thomas URBAIN Agence France Presse NORRISTOWN, United States (AFP) — Disgraced television icon Bill Cosby was handcuffed and taken into custody Tuesday to begin a minimum three-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting a woman at his Philadelphia mansion 14 years ago. The 81-year-old, once beloved by millions as “America’s Dad,” is the first celebrity convicted and sentenced for a sex crime since the downfall of Harvey Weinstein ushered in the #MeToo movement and America’s […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP)–Convicted sex offender Bill Cosby was ordered Friday to be fitted with a GPS monitor and to undergo a violent sexual predators’ assessment, allowed to leave home only for medical treatment or to meet his lawyers. Judge Steven O’Neill signed the order, clarifying the terms of the disgraced icon’s $1 million bail, one day after a Pennsylvania jury found Cosby guilty on three counts of sexual assault. The frail, 80-year-old Cosby — […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — A fire allegedly set during an attempted jailbreak from Venezuelan police holding cells killed 68 people on Wednesday, the country’s top prosecutor and an inmates’ rights group said. The blaze at the detention facility in Carabobo state is the latest in a series of deadly incidents in Venezuela’s overcrowded jails. “In light of the terrible events that took place in the Carabobo state police headquarters, where 68 people died in a presumed […]
FLEURY-MEROGIS, France (AFP) — French police fired tear gas to break up a picket line of striking prison guards outside Europe’s biggest prison on Friday as unions pressed the fourth day of strikes across France over security concerns. The scuffles took place outside the Fleury-Merogis facility just south of Paris as prison guards protested after a string of brutal attacks that have focused a spotlight on security problems and radicalisation inside often overcrowded French facilities. […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — A former nurse who confessed to murdering eight elderly residents who were under her care at retirement homes in eastern Canada was sentenced Monday to life in prison. Elizabeth Wettlaufer faced a possible 200 years in jail, but the judge in Canada’s Ontario province opted for eight concurrent sentences with no parole for at least 25 years. The stout, bespectacled 50-year-old came forward and admitted having fatally injected her victims with […]
BALI, Indonesia (Reuters) – Four foreign and three local inmates escaped from Kerobokan prison on the Indonesian resort island of Bali using a tunnel, the head of the prison said on Monday (June 19) and a search has been launched to find them. Kerobokan Prison head Tony Nainggolan named the four foreigners as Australian Shaun Edward Davidson, Bulgarian Dimitar Nikolov, Indian Sayed Muhammad and Malaysian Tee Kok King and said they escaped through a 12m […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang was on Wednesday sentenced to 20 months in prison after a high-profile corruption trial found him guilty of misconduct during his time at the helm of the city. Tsang, 72, held the leadership post of chief executive for seven years from 2005 and is the most senior city official ever to be convicted in a criminal trial. © Agence France-Presse
MANILA. Philippines (Reuters) — Armed men with links to Muslim rebels stormed a prison early on Wednesday (January 4) in the southern Philippines, killing a guard and freeing more than a 150 inmates, police said. The Southeast Asian nation has for decades been plagued by insurgencies by Muslim rebels in its southern islands, with President Rodrigo Duterte seeking to promote broad peace in the predominantly Catholic country. The gunmen opened fire at guards at the […]
COTABATO, Philippines (AFP) — Armed men linked to a breakaway Muslim rebel group attacked a jail in the strife-torn southern Philippines Wednesday, killing one guard and freeing 132 inmates, officials said. A two-hour long firefight broke out when more than 100 armed men attacked the jail in North Cotabato, overwhelming prison guards and giving inmates an opportunity to escape. “It’s to rescue their comrades under our custody. It is a rescue operation,” jail warden Peter […]
ST. LOUIS, United States (AFP) — A chorus of critics painted Donald Trump as a dictator in the making Sunday, after he threatened to imprison Hillary Clinton if he wins the White House. Trump was called “dangerous,” “unfit” to be president and drew a series of unfavorable comparisons to Venezuela and Russia after he told his rival he would have her jailed if he were victorious in November. “If I win, I’m going to instruct […]
