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House continues hearings on Mamasapano probe

The hearing on the Mamasapano debacle of the House of Representatives resumed on Tuesday (April 7) attended by the family members of the 44 Special Action Force (SAF) commandos. Among those invited for the hearings as resource persons were sacked SAF Director Getulio Napeñas, Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas, resigned Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Alan Purisima. Philippine National Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Director Benjamin Magalong, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, government […]

Hundreds participate in Baghdad’s ‘victory marathon’

Around one thousand runners participated in a two-kilometer race in the center of Baghdad on Monday (April 6), which has been officially designated as Iraq’s Sport Day by the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The race started at 10am local time in Abu Nawas Street, continued alongside the Tigris River and ended in a soccer field on the same street. The weather was kind to the so-called ‘victory marathon’, with sunny conditions throughout. The race […]