El Chapo’s lawyers appeal his US drug conspiracy conviction
FILE – In this Jan. 19, 2017 file photo provided U.S. law enforcement, authorities escort Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, center, from a plane in Ronkonkoma, N.Y. On Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, Guzman’s attorneys filed an appeal to his U.S. conspiracy conviction. They cited the judges rulings that allowed a jury to hear […]
Facebook blocks ailing man’s planned end-of-life broadcasts
FILE – This March 29, 2018 file photo, shows the logo for social media giant Facebook at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York’s Times Square. Frenchman Alain Cocq who suffers from a long-term and incurable degenerative illness had planned to show what he expects will be a painful end to his life, but Facebook said […]
Israelis protest against PM as coronavirus infections spike
Israeli police arrest a protester near Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) JERUSALEM — Thousands of Israelis protested outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night, pressing ahead with a monthslong campaign demanding the embattled Israeli leader resign. The protest came as […]
NY attorney general to form grand jury after Prude death
FILE- In this Aug. 6, 2020 file photo, New York State Attorney General Letitia James takes a question at a news conference in New York. James said on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020 that she will impanel a grand jury to look into the death of Daniel Prude. Prude, 41, apparently stopped breathing as police in […]
PPE waste disposal a growing challenge
MANILA, Philippines — They end up on our sidewalks and in our waterways, those blue-and-white medical masks that used to be on someone’s face. They clog our rivers and drift out to sea where fish and other creatures could mistake them for food or they could dissolve into microplastics, harming corals and the marine ecosystem. […]
PNP will scan social media for quarantine violators, Shield chief warns
MANILA, Philippines — In much the same way that the public learned about how physical distancing and other anti-COVID-19 health measures were allegedly violated by the Metro Manila police chief when he celebrated his birthday last May, police hope to catch “hardheaded” quarantine violators, including fellow officers, with help from social media. And so the […]
Operators want more jeepneys on main roads
MANILA, Philippines — The Liga ng Transportasyon at Operators sa Pilipinas (LTOP) has called on transportation officials to allow more jeepneys to get back on the road and ply their routes. LTOP president Orlando Marquez appealed to Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade and to Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board to open more more jeepney routes […]
Faces of the News: Sept. 6, 2020
ILLUSTRATION BY RENE ELEVERA Joseph Scott Pemberton When news came out that former US Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton had withdrawn an appeal to the Supreme Court to review his homicide conviction, the family of slain transgender woman Jeffrey “Jennifer” Laude, 26, took it with a grain of salt. Pemberton told the high court […]
Negros gov, 16 staff self-quarantine
BACOLOD CITY: Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and his 16 staff members are now under self-quarantine after one of its utility workers tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Charina Magallanes-Tan, spokesman for the Provincial Incident Management Team for Covid-19, confirmed on Friday that the Office of the Governor has been locked down […]
81st Malasakit Center opens in Apayao
SEN. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go on Friday attended the virtual launch of the country’s 81st Malasakit Center at the Far North Luzon General Hospital and Training Center in Luna, Apayao. Sen. Christopher Lawrence ‘Bong’ Go appears on video in opening the 81st Malasakit Center at the Far North General Hospital and Training Center in Luna, […]