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(Eagle News) — The police are investigating the death of a 10-year-old girl whose decomposing body was found in a cave in Talisay City, Cebu. According to the Philippine National Police, the body of the minor was found on Jan. 9, three days after her parents reported her missing to the authorities. The parents then told the police the girl had gone to the river to swim but never came home. According to the PNP, […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Former US cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the most senior Roman Catholic official in America to face criminal charges in the massive clergy abuse scandal, pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he sexually assaulted a teenage boy. McCarrick, 91, arrived at Massachusetts District Court in the town of Dedham walking hunched over with the aid of a walker, amid some boos, video shared on social media showed. McCarrick’s attorney, […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) –Saudi Arabia on Sunday ended the death penalty for crimes committed by minors after effectively abolishing floggings as the kingdom seeks to blunt criticism over its human rights record. The reforms underscore a push by de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to modernize the ultra-conservative kingdom long associated with a fundamentalist strain of Wahhabi Islam. The death penalty has been eliminated for those convicted of crimes committed while they […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities on Tuesday arrested the son of a former volleyball coach after he prevented law enforcers from apprehending his father, who has warrants for his arrest for rape of a minor, among others. John Erick Laping was arrested in Quezon City for what authorities said was obstruction of justice. This was after Laping prevented policemen from implementing the warrants against Dennis Laping,44, who was seen entering their house in Barangay Old Balara […]
