A Filipino national who was convicted for murdering his business partner in Saudi Arabia has been executed, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced Tuesday, Oct. 8.The Filipino national's execution came despite various appeals from the Philippine government, including through a letter from...
The remains of two Filipinos executed in China for drug trafficking are expected to arrive in the Philippines within the week.Ma. Teresita Daza, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) spokesperson, said Wednesday the Philippine Consulate General in Guangzhou is now working on the repatriation of their...
Two Filipino nationals were executed in China after being convicted for drug trafficking, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced on Saturday, Dec. 2.DFA withheld the identities of the two nationals for their privacy, but it said they were arrested in 2013, convicted in 2016, and...
BACOLOD CITY – The body of a man believed to be a victim of “salvage” or summary execution was discovered in a sack in Barangay Damsite, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Friday, March 31.
Major Joeil Reclamado, Murcia police chief, said the sack was dumped in a concrete pipe where human skeletons...
AN alleged military asset was shot dead by a suspected NPA hitman in Barangay Macagahay, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Jan. 19. (Photo courtesy of Moises Padilla Municipal Police Station)
BACOLOD CITY – An alleged military asset was shot dead by the Leonardo...
PARIS, France -- Iran said Saturday it executed British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari after he was sentenced to death for spying for the United Kingdom, drawing sharp condemnation from the British government.
Akbari, 61, was hanged after being convicted of "corruption on earth and harming...
PARIS, France -- Iran drew international condemnation on Saturday as it executed two men for killing a paramilitary force member in November during unprecedented protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death in custody.
The latest hangings double the number of executions to four over the nationwide...
PAGBILAO, Quezon – An unidentified man believed to be a “salvage” or summary execution victim was found at the New Zigzag Road in Sitio Upper Sapinit, Barangay Silangang Malicboy here on Christmas Day.
Police said the victim is between 30 to 40-years-old, 5’4’’, and wearing a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A ‘’perya’’ or carnival controller was gunned down in Santa Lucia, Pagadian City on Thursday, Dec. 22.
Major Shellamie Chang said the victim, 35-year-old Niña Lou Aguilar Flores, was watching a perya game at around 9:30 p.m. when the suspect appeared from behind...
PARIS, France -- Iran on Monday executed a second man convicted in connection with protests that have shaken the regime for almost three months, defying an international outcry over its use of capital punishment against those involved in the movement.
Majidreza Rahnavard had been sentenced to...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- An Afghan man convicted of murder was executed in public Wednesday, the Taliban said, the first confirmation of such a punishment since the hardline Islamists returned to power.
Last month, Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada ordered judges to fully enforce aspects...
An alliance of women in the Philippines, on Friday, Aug. 5, condemned the execution of four pro-democracy activists in Myanmar.
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“We stand in full solidarity with the peoples of Myanmar and all the peoples of the world in seeking social justice and true democracy....
