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VILNIUS, Lithuania (AFP) — Painter and Holocaust survivor Samuel Bak on Monday opened a museum of his allegorical work inspired by Jewish history in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, more than half a century after he held his first exhibition as a nine-year-old inside its wartime ghetto. As a boy he was sent to live in the ghetto after the German Nazis occupied the city in 1941 during World War II. He survived — unlike most of his […]
by Andrew Beatty Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – President Donald Trump condemned the massacre of at least 59 Las Vegas concert goers as an “act of pure evil” Monday, but refrained from addressing calls for gun control or the motives for the worst mass shooting in recent US history. Delivering televised remarks, Trump tried to offer consolation and called for unity — an act that has become a grim rite of passage for modern US […]
“He is liable for several reasons,” militant group says (Eagle News) — The militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan welcomed on Saturday the Ombudsman’s order to file criminal charges against former President Benigno Aquino III over the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015 that saw 44 members of the police’s elite Special Action Force killed, among others, saying he was indeed “liable” for several reasons. In a statement, Bayan said Aquino, for one, “violated the (then-)suspension order […]
(Eagle News) — The police are now investigating the killings of three persons of interest in the murder of five members of a family in San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan. “I just would like to remind them that we are a government of laws,” Senior Supt. Romeo Caramat Jr. Bulacan provincial director, said in a radio interview in explaining the need for the probe into the deaths of Anthony Garcia Rose, alias Tony; Roosevelt Merano Sorema, […]
(Eagle News) — Another person of interest in the killing of five members of a family in Bulacan has been found dead. A radio report said alias Tony’s body was found in San Miguel, Bulacan. Alias Tony’s death comes days after other persons of interest, Roosevelt Sorima alias Ponga, and Ronaldo Pacinos alias Inggo, were killed. Pacinos’ body was found last Tuesday at Phase 7, North Ridge Subdivision in Barangay Santo Cristo, with a cardboard that read, […]
(Eagle News) — Another one of the persons of interest in the killing of an entire family in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan has been killed. Rosario, the mother of Roosevelt Turima, alias “Ponga,” said in a radio interview that two men wearing masks entered their house in Barangay Sto. Cristo around 11 a.m. on Wednesday, and shot him. Turima was rushed to the hospital but was declared dead. “Hindi adik yan kasi kung adik […]
SAN JOSE DEL MONTE CITY, Bulacan (Eagle News) – Nagnegatibo sa paggamit ng iligal na droga ang suspek sa pagpatay sa isang pamilya sa San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan. Ang suspek na si Carmelino Ybañez, na isang construction worker, ay una nang umamin na siya ang pumaslang sa limang miyembro ng isang pamilya sa probinsiya. Sinabi din nito na siya ay nakagamit ng droga nang patayin niya ang mga biktimang sina Estrella Carlos, Aurora […]
(Eagle News)– Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II issued on Friday (June 30) an order directing the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to look into the gruesome massacre of a family in San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan last June 27. The order also instructed NBI Director Dante Gierran to submit updates about the investigation to the Office of Secretary of Justice. Authorities have already arrested suspect Carmelino “Miling” Ibañez for allegedly stabbing to death Auring […]
by Stuart WILLIAMS and Raziye AKKOC in Ankara ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Islamic State jihadists Monday claimed the shooting rampage at a glamorous Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 on New Year’s night, while police arrested eight suspects but the attacker remained on the run. The statement by the extremist group — which Turkey is fighting in neighbouring Syria — was the first undisputed claim it has made for an attack in Turkey despite being blamed […]
by Nova SAFO CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — Just a day after an extremist attacked a French police couple and broadcast himself inside their home on Facebook Live, a man in Chicago was shot and killed while video streaming on the social network this week. Wednesday’s shooting, taking place just a few days after the Orlando, Florida massacre at a gay nightclub, was a stark depiction of the gun violence that has plagued the United […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton unleashed a blistering assault Tuesday on her White House opponent Donald Trump, attacking the celebrity billionaire’s “shameful” comments about President Barack Obama and Muslims after the massacre in Orlando. Clinton accused Trump of suggesting Obama sympathized with terrorists during a television appearance one day after Sunday’s shooting by a radicalized gunman. “Just think about that for a second. Even in a time of divided politics, this is way […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Barack Obama said Monday there was no evidence that the massacre of 49 people in a Florida nightclub was directed from abroad or was part of a larger plot. After being briefed on America’s deadliest mass shooting in modern times by top security aides, Obama said “we don’t yet know” the shooter’s motivations. Obama said 29-year-old Omar Mateen did appear to have been “inspired by various extremist information that […]
