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The Straphanger: CAN AN ILLINOISAN POPE HELP REHABILITATE MISSISSIPPI RIVER?

The Straphanger ©2025 VY By Bobby M. Reyes Vatican Must Remember that Jesus Was the Original Fisher of Men Part XIII of "Fourteen Letters to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV" Series Dear Holy Father: Four of the twelve original apostles were fishermen: Simon (whom Jesus "rebaptized" a...

JGL Eye: WHY ICC PRE-TRIAL CHAMBER IS GOING REJECT MR. DUTERTE’S INTERIM RELEASE?

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) AUSTRALIA DECLINES TO HOST DUTERTE SURRENDEREE WAS ONCE GRANTED INTERIM RELEASE CHICAGO (PM) – In his pleadings to secure his interim release from detention, the lawyer of former Philippines president Rodrigo Roa Duterte, ...

LATVIA OFFERS TO HOST ICC SENTENCED CONVICTS

©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...

A BROKEN CHAIR IN GENEVA

©2024 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) GENEVA, Switzerland (PM)– When I took a brief trip to Geneva, Switzerland, I just wanted to see the Palace of Nations. But when I was a block away, I noticed a very tall chair, which I thought was a decoration of a park. But when I got...

ARBITRAL COURT DASHES CHINA’S NINE-DASH-LINE!

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2016 Journal GlobaLinks) CHICAGO (JGL) -- A unanimous award has been issued to the Philippines Tuesday (July 12) by the Arbitral Tribunal in the Hague, The Netherlands constituted under Annex VII to the