RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was to address an international investment summit in Riyadh on Wednesday, his first such comments since the killing earlier this month of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.
Massacre in age of forensic science
“As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.”
--Pythagoras
By Alex P. Vidal
NEW YORK CITY -- Did the perpetrators of the macabre Sagay massacre in the Philippines think we still live in the Neanderthal Age where a crime can be committed against any living creature and the assailant can easily get away unpunished?
755K Facebook users’ data breached
According to a September report by social media giant Facebook, 755,973 of the millions of users in its “View As” feature who had been affected by a recent data breach are Philippine-based users.
READ: Facebook asked to help 750,000 compromised users in PH
This has prompted the National Privacy Commission to order Facebook to submit a Data Breach Notification Report and to provide “identity” insurance to affected Philippine-based data subjects.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Have a Blast Playing With Kids at Invictus Games
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are kicking off the 2018 Invictus Games -- and having a blast!
After attending the opening of the ANZAC Memorial and Hyde Park on Saturday, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex made their way over to Cockatoo Island in Sydney to attend the Jaguar Land Rover Driving Challenge on day five of their Australian royal tour. The twosome had a blast playing with kids and remote control cars.
Binay, Roxas and Coseteng files candidacy
FORMER senator Manuel “Mar” Roxas 2nd was the first individual to file his certificate of candidacy (CoC) for senator on Tuesday, more than two years after he lost in the presidential elections to then Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte.
Running under the opposition Liberal Party (LP), Roxas said that he decided to try to regain his Senate seat because he wanted to help the country from its economic difficulties and make his life more meaningful in the service of the people.
JNTO celebrates opening of Manila Office
On October 17, a reception was held at the Japanese Ambassador’s residence to celebrate the opening of the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) Manila office.
I hope I won’t ‘disappear’ like Jamal Khashoggi
“If we believe that murder is wrong and not admissible in our society, then it has to be wrong for everyone, not just individuals but governments as well.”
--HELEN PREJEAN, Dead Man Walking
By Alex P. Vidal
NEW YORK CITY -- I hope I won’t “disappear” if I write critical stories against the Philippine Government even if I am in the United States.