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Dela Rosa regrets freeing foreign terror suspect due to anti-terror law

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 06:47:41 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa recalled making a foreign terrorist suspect sing the Philippine national anthem, then freed him, but the suspect later ended cutting off peoples’ heads. And he blamed it to the existing Human Security Act, which allows the detention of terror suspects only up to 36 hours or three days.  […]

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Palace to US senators calling for De Lima’s release: Mind your own business

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2019 03:13:18 +0000

The five United States senators who called for the release of opposition Sen. Leila de Lima and sought for the dropping of charges against Rappler and its chief Maria Ressa should mind their own business, Malacañang said Monday.

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Trump, Trudeau seek release of detained Canadians in China

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2019 23:23:18 +0000

Trump, Trudeau seek release of detained Canadians in China

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office says Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump have agreed to continue to seek the release of two Canadians detained in China in apparent retaliation for the arrest of a top Chinese tech executive.

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China ‘resolutely opposes’ demands for release of detained Canadians

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2018 22:57:31 +0000

News media follow a car carrying Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou and her security detail as they departs Meng's home after she was released on bail in Vancouver, British Columbia on December 12, 2018. - Meng Wanzhou was released on Can$10 million (US$7.5 million) bail on December 11 in a case that has rattled relations between China, the US and Canada. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP)

China lashed out at Canada and the US for demanding the release of detained Canadians and accused Western countries of double standards.

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US pastor freed from Turkey prays with Trump in Oval Office

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President Donald Trump prays with American pastor Andrew Brunson in the Oval Office of the White House, Saturday October 13, 2018, in Washington. Brunson returned to the U.S. around midday after he was freed Friday, from nearly two years of detention in Turkey. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Freed American pastor Andrew Brunson fell to one knee in the Oval Office and placed his hand on President Donald Trump’s shoulder in prayer on Saturday, asking God to provide the president “supernatural wisdom to accomplish all the plans you have for this country and for him.”

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