Bondi Beach shooting: Police investigating gunmen’s visit to Philippines before attack

Agence France-Presse 12/16/2025

Sydney, Australia–Australian police said they were investigating why a father and son travelled to the Philippines a month before carrying out a mass shooting at Bondi Beach. A father and son opened fire on crowds celebrating Hanukkah at…

Assassination of Charlie Kirk adds to US’s roll call of public violence

Associated Press 09/11/2025

WASHINGTON — In the tragic roll call of violence in American public life, Charlie Kirk’s name joins what has fast become a long list. The influential 31-year old commentator, who cast his young professional life rousing other…

Comelec sees rise in election violence in areas under BARMM

John Eric Mendoza 02/26/2025

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) observed an uptick of election-related violence in Cotabato City and Maguindanao del Sur, its chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Wednesday. Garcia, however, has yet to provide the data…

Family violence in Cebu: Why fathers often initiate killings

Pia Piquero 12/20/2024

CEBU, Philippines — Family violence has taken a disturbing turn in Cebu, with fathers alarmingly at the center of recent tragedies. These incidents, often rooted in financial strain, unresolved conflicts, and cultural pressures, reveal the deep-seated vulnerabilities…

UN: ‘Home is the most dangerous place for women and girls’

11/25/2024

UNITED NATIONS — The deadliest place for women is at home and 140 women and girls on average were killed by an intimate partner or family member per day last year, two U.N. agencies reported Monday. Globally,…

Teen ‘stabbed 50 times’ then burned alive in France

10/07/2024

Marseille, France–The southern French city of Marseille was shaken this week by two apparently drug-related killings, including the murder of a 15-year-old boy who was “stabbed 50 times” and burned alive, prosecutors said on Sunday. Marseille, France’s second-largest…

2 men brought to police after fighting over spilled softdrinks in Cebu City

Paul Lauro 09/11/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Simply because of spilled softdrinks, two men engaged in a fist fight inside a popular fastfood chain in Colon Street that ended up at the police station on Tuesday, September 11, 2024. Police…

Pinay transgenders clash with Thai peers, 1 injured

03/05/2024

BANGKOK — Police officers from Lumphini station were called out on Monday to break up a fight between about 20 Pinay transgenders and four Thai counterparts inside a restaurant in Soi Sukhumvit 11 near Nana BTS station. …

Construction worker in Cebu City stabs coworkers for making fun of him

Emmariel Ares 11/22/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – When his co-workers were making fun of him, a 33-year-old construction worker allegedly got mad and stabbed two men in Barangay Pahina Central, Cebu City on Monday evening, November 20, 2023. The incident…

Manhunt on for suspects in fatal mauling of Nigerian in Mandaue

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/24/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu—A manhunt operation was launched against those responsible for allegedly mauling a Nigerian national who later died in a hospital here. According to the Mandaue City Police Office, the Nigerian was turned over by a…

Attack in Myanmar: Women, children among 29 killed as artillery hits refugee camp

10/10/2023

  An artillery strike that hit a refugee camp near Myanmar’s border with China has killed at least 29 people, including women and children, media and sources said on Tuesday, in one of the deadliest attacks on…

Lapu-Lapu road rage: LTO-7 to issue show cause orders against drivers involved

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 10/04/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Land Transportation Office in Central Visayas (LTO-7) is looking into a road rage incident in Lapu-Lapu City involving two motorists that went viral online. According to a press release issued on Wednesday,…

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