August, 2020
Former Exeter councillor sentenced for child abuse images
August 7, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Former Exeter councillor sentenced for child abuse images A former councillor who downloaded 290,000 child abuse images has been given a suspended prison sentence. Roger Spackman, 50, of College Road, Exeter, was tracked down by police after engaging in an illegal online chat network. He admitted three counts of making indecent images and two of […]
Read More...Court papers released on Prince Andrew’s alleged encounter with Epstein victim
August 7, 2020 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
Court papers released on Prince Andrew’s alleged encounter with Epstein victim A manuscript featuring a detailed account of the Duke of York’s alleged London sexual encounter with a woman who claims she was a victim of Jeffrey Epstein is among newly released court documents. Titled The Billionaire Playboy’s Club, it was written by Virginia Giuffre, […]
Read More...How We Can Undo Injustice and Help Indigenous Communities
August 7, 2020 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
How We Can Undo Injustice and Help Indigenous Communities Fr. Shay Cullen 09 August 2020 He was in his mid-twenties, young, dedicated, a defender of the trees and the ecology of his native Amazon rain forest and guardian of his community. Paulo Paulino Guajajara is the latest of many indigenous people shot and killed in […]
Read More...China: Hundreds of thousands of children given fake vaccines
August 5, 2020 · By Adrian Brown for www.aljazeera.com
Executives from China’s second-largest pharmaceutical company, Changsheng Bio-Technology Company, have admitted to falsifying test results and producing fake vaccines. Hundreds of thousands of children in China may have been given fabricated vaccines produced by China’s second-largest pharmaceutical company. Health regulators found that the drug maker violated safety standards. It is the second scandal to hit the company […]
Read More...Globe chief faces Duterte, airs telcos’ grievances
August 4, 2020 · By TED CORDERO, GMA News for www.gmanetwork.com
Globe chief faces Duterte, airs telcos’ grievances Facing President Rodrigo Duterte during a Cabinet meeting, Globe president and CEO Ernest Cu explained the difficulties telecommunications companies face in securing permits to build towers or cell sites. During his televised address aired Friday morning, Duterte quipped that he will hang Cu in one of their towers. […]
Read More...Duterte: Philippines to beat COVID-19 by December with vaccines from China
August 4, 2020 · By LLANESCA T. PANTI, GMA News for www.gmanetwork.com
Duterte: Philippines to beat COVID-19 by December President Rodrigo Duterte said the country will be back to normal by December because of anti-COVID-19 vaccines from China. “Meron akong nakuha from China, magtiis lang kayo ng konti. I could not utter a single thing about roadmap to recovery kasi ang una talaga diyan, medicine,” Duterte said […]
Read More...German police search allotment in Madeleine McCann case
August 4, 2020 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
German police search allotment in Madeleine McCann case German police are searching a garden allotment in the northern city of Hanover in connection with the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann, prosecutors said. “I can confirm that the search is being carried out in connection with our investigations into the Maddie McCann case,” Brunswick prosecutor […]
Read More...Paedophile Labour councillor who worked in children’s home walks free despite being caught with over one million child porn images including 12-year-old girls being raped
August 4, 2020 · By NICK IRVING FOR MAILONLINE for www.dailymail.co.uk
A paedophile Labour councillor who worked in a children’s home has walked free despite being caught with over one million child porn images – including of 12-year-old girls being raped. Roger Spackman, 50, who was a Labour councillor on Exeter City Council until his arrest in 2017, worked at a secure children’s home at the […]
Read More...Dito Telecom shares surge; Globe and PLDT plunge following Duterte’s shutdown threats
August 4, 2020 · By JON VIKTOR D. CABUENAS, GMA News for www.gmanetwork.com
Dito Telecom shares surge; Globe and PLDT plunge following Duterte’s shutdown threats Shares of DITO Telecommunity Corp. surged while those of its rivals plunged on Tuesday’s open, following shutdown threats of President Rodrigo Duterte in his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA). DITO Telecom shares opened Tuesday at P2.81 apiece, up by 5.63% from […]
Read More...DOH: Country’s healthcare system close to being overwhelmed amid rising COVID-19 cases
August 3, 2020 · By David Tristan Yumol, CNN Philippines for www.cnn.ph
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 29) – The Department of Health admitted on Tuesday the country’s healthcare system is close to being overwhelmed amid the still rising number of COVID-19 infections nationwide. DOH Spokesperson Usec. Maria Rosario Vergeire noted that 52.3 percent or 8,577 of the 16,388 beds dedicated for COVID-19 patients across the country were […]
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