Criminal

The Philippines has made another high-level effort to preserve the life of a Filipino lady who is currently on death row in Indonesia. According to the press secretary for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday (September 6), the Philippines has requested clemency for the drug trafficker. Mary Jane Veloso was apprehended in Indonesia in 2010 as she was transporting a …

Jason could not forget how his high school teacher made him feel awkward every time he attended his MAPEH (Music, Arts, Physical Education, and Health) class at the Bacoor National High School (BNHS) in Cavite. The subject matter of the class was Music, Arts, Physical Education, and Health. He was aware that something was going really wrong. He had the …

The shocking assassination attempt on the country’s vice president the previous day sparked an outpouring of support in a country that is gripped by deep political polarization and economic crisis. On Friday, September 2, hundreds of thousands of Argentines descended on the main plaza in the nation’s capital to show their solidarity against the attempt. Outside of Vice President Cristina …

K Shanmugam, Singapore’s Minister for the Home Affairs and the Law, stated on Friday (September 2) that the country’s policy of enforcing the death penalty for those who are convicted of drug trafficking is one that is in the best interest of Singaporeans. During a dialogue session with students from Nanyang Technological University, Mr. Shanmugam was replying to a question …

Authorities in Thailand announced on Wednesday that they are searching for a YouTube dancer known by her pseudonym “Nutty” who bilked her audience out of millions of dollars through a fraudulent foreign exchange trading scheme (Aug 31). On the video-sharing platform, Natthamon Khongchak, who is 29 years old and also goes by the names Leah and Suchata, has amassed a …

Joseph Schooling shot to prominence on a global scale after he triumphed in the 100-meter butterfly event at the Olympic Games held in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. He won the gold medal. Since then, however, he has not been able to achieve the level of performance that earned him Singapore’s first and only Olympic gold medal. The confession that …

According to reports from Korean media, the South Korean musician Nam Tae-hyun and his partner Seo Min-jae have been arrested on suspicion of engaging in illegal drug use. On Friday, August 26, Soompi reported that the Seoul Yongsan Police Station said they are investigating the Korean actor and the influencer for allegedly violating the Narcotics Control Act and that the …

LGBT activists in Peru held a demonstration on Friday (August 26) to question the manner in which their government handled the death of a Peruvian transgender man in Indonesia earlier this month. The man passed away after being detained at the airport upon arriving to celebrate his honeymoon in Indonesia. LGBT activists in Peru are questioning how their government handled …

On Wednesday, August 24, a jury awarded $16 million to the widow of the late basketball star Kobe Bryant for the sharing of photos of human remains at the helicopter crash site where her husband, their 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others were killed in 2020. The photos were taken at the site where her husband, their daughter, and seven …

At the Keppel Shipyard in Tuas, the body of a worker who had been on a concrete pier when it collapsed and caused him to fall into the water was discovered on Wednesday morning (August 24). The incident occurred two days earlier. Keppel Shipyard issued a statement on Wednesday in which it expressed its sympathies to the family of the …