Sara Duterte faces new set of plunder, graft complaints

At this time’s headlines: Sara Duterte, Frenchie Mae Cumpio, US immigration

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Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV, along with a civil society group, file a brand new set of plunder and graft complaints towards Vice President Sara Duterte. This, over her alleged misuse of confidential funds throughout her time as secretary of the Division of Training, and as Mayor of Davao Metropolis.

After almost six years, a Tacloban court docket is ready to rule on the instances towards detained journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and activist Marielle Domequil. Cumpio and Domequil, together with three different people, have been arrested on February 7, 2020, on the workplace of different information outlet Japanese Vista in Tacloban Metropolis.

Former Public Works and Highways engineers Brice Hernandez and Jaypee Mendoza have been ordered detained on the Quezon Metropolis Jail. The 2 are among the many controversial figures within the flood management scandal.

United States staff and college students march by cities and college campuses to oppose the immigration insurance policies of President Donald Trump. This, following the latest killing of 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Renee Good who was fatally shot by an ICE agent throughout a federal immigration enforcement operation within the metropolis.

Israeli forces order dozens of Palestinian households within the southern Gaza Strip to go away their houses within the first compelled evacuation since October’s ceasefire. Residents and Hamas stated the navy was increasing the realm beneath its management. — Rappler.com