WASHINGTON, United States -- US President Joe Biden pleaded with lawmakers Thursday to take action on gun violence plaguing the country, calling for a ban on assault weapons such as those used in recent massacres in Texas and New York state. Biden made the 17-minute address -- his latest appeal for...
NEW YORK, United States -- A 12-year-old boy was shot and killed as he sat in a parked car Thursday night in New York City, police said, shining a light on surging gun violence in the US megacity. A young woman in the driver's seat was also shot multiple times, while an eight-year-old girl in the...
NEW YORK, United States -- US President Joe Biden called on lawmakers to collaborate to end gun violence during a visit Thursday to New York where recent shootings of police have highlighted a growing fear of violent disorder in American cities. US President Joe Biden (AFP) The Democrat waded into...
Senator Leila de Lima blasted on Tuesday, June 29, the plan raised by President Duterte to civilian groups to help authorities in crime fighting. Senator Leila de Lima (Senate of the Philippines) "Ang laking problema na nga na ituro yung tamang batas sa kapulisan natin, gusto pa natin isama sa...
The suspect in the shooting rampage in San Jose, California on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) that left nine people dead, including a Filipino-American, had been briefly detained in 2016 by United States border security authorities after returning from a trip to the Philippines. SAN JOSE, CA - MAY...
A Filipino-American was among the casualties in a shooting rampage at a San Jose rail yard in California on May 26. Paul Dela Cruz Megia, 42, was among the nine individuals who were fatally shot by Samuel James Cassidy, a maintenance worker at Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (V.T.A)....
