MANILA, May 30 (Mabuhay) — President Benigno S. Aquino III welcomed Indonesian Presidential Special Adviser and Envoy His Excellency TB Silalahi who called on him in Malacanang on Thursday. Joining Silalahi were Indonesian Minister for State-Owned Enterprises Dahlan Iskan and Indonesian Ambassador to the Philippines Yohanes Kristiato Soeryo Legowa. Joining the President in welcoming the […]
MANILA, May 30 (Mabuhay) — Saying they serve as models for the youth, the government’s policy-making body on women on Thursday called on media personalities not to “glorify” rape or spread the idea that rape victims deserved to be attacked. The Philippine Commission on Women’s (PCW) call came in the wake of a row involving […]
Los ANgeles (PHilippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) – The Philippine Embassy has joined the Filipino-American community in questioning the use of “disproportionate force” in subduing a Filipino-American woman who was fatally shot by police after reportedly creating a disturbance inside a wholesale store in Virginia. Mylene de Leon Scott, 38, was shot dead on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) by one of two police officers who responded to a reported disturbance at Costco Wholesale Store in Sterling, Virginia. In a statement released yesterday (Friday in Manila), Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia Jr. said “we share the concerns” expressed by the family of the victim and the Filipino-American community that police officers “may have responded with disproportionate force.” Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman told NBC News that at about 3 p.m. Wednesday, the store employees noticed Scott acting strangely after running out of the pizza samples she was handing out. Witnesses said she became upset and started waving a knife and scissors, threatening employees. Chapman said that when the police officers arrived to handle the disturbance, Scott approached the officers with the sharp items. One deputy tried to use a stun gun on Scott, but the stun gun “did not work,” and another deputy fatally shot her, he added. ‘Expeditious investigation’ In its statement, the Philippine Embassy offered its condolences to the family of the victim and requested authorities to conduct “a thorough, impartial and expeditious investigation of the incident.” Cuisia added that the embassy “stands ready to extend its assistance to the family of Read More …