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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 […]
by Sebastian Smith Agence France-Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — While the fighting in Rio de Janeiro’s crime war is done by commando-style police and heavily armed drug traffickers, a growing number of the victims look quite different: innocent, joyful children like Maria Eduarda. Firefights erupt in densely packed, poor favela neighborhoods, leaving thousands of people with nowhere to hide each time the shooting, involving Kalashnikovs and other military grade rifles, begins. AFP has investigated the […]
by Carole Landry Agence France-Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) – The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday broke its weeks-long silence on the crisis in Myanmar and called for an end to the violence as UN chief Antonio Guterres said the military campaign amounted to the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims. Following a closed-door meeting, the 15-member council including China, a supporter of Myanmar’s former ruling junta, expressed concern about excessive force during security […]
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AFP) – Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday launched a fresh attack on a European Union plan to share thousands of migrants around the bloc, saying that forcing his country to partake in the scheme bordered on “violence.” The comments came a day after the European Court of Justice, the bloc’s top court, rejected a legal challenge to the relocation plan lodged by Hungary and Slovakia. They also followed criticism by EU […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — US envoy to the United Nations Nikki Haley warned Sunday that Venezuela was taking a “step toward dictatorship” in its highly controversial vote championed by beleaguered President Nicolas Maduro to rewrite the nation’s constitution. “Maduro’s sham election is another step toward dictatorship. We won’t accept an illegit govt. The Venezuelan ppl & democracy will prevail,” Haley wrote in a tweet as the voting was marred by an escalation of […]
by Maria Isabel SANCHEZ Agence France Presse CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — A controversial vote in Venezuela on Sunday championed by beleaguered President Nicolas Maduro sparked an escalation of deadly violence, with at least nine people reported killed and troops and protesters attacking each other in Caracas and elsewhere. “This is war!” Caracas resident Conchita Ramirez exclaimed on television as she described troops firing at people and buildings in the capital. The unrest confirmed fears over […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – It is a sad fact that violence continues to increase in our society. And one of the major factors causing that increase is the development of new technology and with it, new ways of communication. New technology gave birth to new forms of mass media, which in turn radically change how we receive and perceive information. New media is the term used to refer to vehicles that allow us to receive information […]
BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) — Indigenous people and police clashed near the congressional building in Brazil’s capital city on Tuesday (April 25) during a protest against farmers’ encroachment on reservations. Officers fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters, whose bodies were painted and dressed in colorful headdresses, while some tribe members shot arrows in return. The demonstration was peaceful until police blocked some of the indigenous people from climbing a ramp that led into the […]
ROXAS CITY, Capiz (Eagle News) – Nakipagkaisa sa pagdiriwang ng National Women’s Month ang Roxas City. Ang kanilang selebrasyon ay isinagawa sa Roxas City Plaza na pinangunahan ng Gender and Development (GAD) Focal Point System. Sa taong ito ang tema ng pagdiriwang ay “We make Change Work for Women”. Naglalayon ito na isulong ang adbokasiya laban sa pananakit sa mga kababaihan sa lungsod. Bilang bahagi ng pagdiriwang ay nagsagawa ng walking at jogging na nagsimula sa Roxas […]
QUEZON CITY — Fight the culture of silence, report violence against women (VAW). This is the call of Secretary Ismael ‘Mike’ D. Sueno of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) as the whole nation celebrates National Women’s Month this March. “To women who are victims of violence, do not be afraid in reporting and seeking help through the Barangay VAW Desk in your barangay. There is no shame in saving yourselves, your […]
MANUAS, Brazil (AFP) — At least four inmates were killed Sunday in a facility in Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, sending the number of violent prison fatalities over 100 in just one week. Much of the violence, which includes several massacres with decapitations and disemboweling, has been among rival drug gangs in vastly overcrowded facilities. On Sunday four inmates were killed in as yet unclear circumstances in a Manaus prison, state public safety officials […]
REUTERS – A group of Afghan teenagers, decked out in makeshift protective gear, gather on a dusty hill on the outskirts of the capital Kabul to practice a variety of freestyle cycling tricks they have learnt from online videos via YouTube, Facebook and other social media. Brushing aside suicide bombings, they are part of Afghanistan’s first freestyle cycling club ‘Drop and Ride’, established two months ago to help keep young Afghans away from drugs, petty […]
