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VATICAN CITY (PM) --"Dear brothers and sisters, it is with profound sadness I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis," Cardinal Kevin Farrell announced on the Vatican's TV channel. "At 7:35 this morning (Monday, April 21, 2025) the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the...

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA                  (PhilaMessenger.net)  THE AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA H.E. MS. SOLVITA ABOLTINA AND ICC PRESIDENT JUDGE TOMOKO AKANE SIGN AN AGREEMENT ON ENFORCEMENT OF SENTENCES ON MARCH 28, 2025  CHICAGO (PM) – LATVIA, a country that lies in Northern Eur...

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA               (PhilaMessenger.net)  FROM EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLING TO EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION?  CHICAGO (PM) – Former Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s able counsel, Salvador “Bingbong” C. Medialdea, should have educated the French speaking Presiding Judge Iuli...

© 2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA              (PhilaMessenger.net)  CHICAGO (PM) – THREE women veteran human rights judges will preside over the first appearance of former Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterter at the Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Th...

© 2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA              (PhilaMessenger.net)  CHICAGO (PM) – THREE women veteran human rights judges will preside over the first appearance of former Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterter at the Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Th...

© 2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA                   (PhilaMessenger.net)                  CHICAGO (PM) – The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) under Mr. Karim A. A. Khan KC (United Kingdom) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Wednesday (March 12) that former Philippine President Rodrigo Ro...

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA                  (PhilaMessenger.net)   CHICAGO (PM) -- INVESTIGATIVE journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, host of local radio station Aksyon Radyo-Tacloban DYVL in the Philippines, was 21 years old when she was arrested in 2020 during the Duterte administration for alle...

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the Cambodian government to make sure this crime does not go unpunished, and to take concrete measures to protect journalists   JOURNALIST Chhoeung Chheng died in a hospital in Siem Reap, a city in northeastern Cambodia, from injuries sustained two days aft...