Koko Pimentel: I can campaign with Imee, but…

Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 03:51:56 +0000

Duterte PDP-Laban Campaign Rally in Biñan City

MANILA, Philippines — You may see them campaigning together but Senator Koko Pimentel remains firm against the dictatorship of Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos’ father.

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Spain launches bid to identify victims of civil war, Gen. Franco

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 11:52:10 +0000

Spain launches bid to identify victims of civil war, Gen. Franco

Spanish authorities are inviting people to send by email any details they have about officially unrecorded victims of the country’s 1936-39 Civil War and the four decades of dictatorship that followed under Gen. Francisco Franco.

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Franco mausoleum’s prior vetoes exhumation, says Spain

Credit to Author: ccepeda| Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 06:52:20 +0000

Francisco Franco

The prior of the mausoleum where Spain’s late fascist dictator Francisco Franco is buried has rejected any exhumation of his remains, the government said Thursday, in the latest stumbling block to a divisive project. The grandiose monument carved into a hillside near Madrid is managed by Benedictine monks and the government is pressing the Church […]

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Turkey ends 2-year state of emergency, seeks to keep some powers

Turkey ends 2-year state of emergency, seeks to keep some powers

Istanbul, Turkey – Turkey’s state of emergency, which was imposed after the failed 2016 coup, came to an end on Thursday, but the opposition fears it will be replaced by even more repressive legislative measures.

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