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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — More than 300 people were killed in bombings of churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Sri Lankan authorities say at least 31 foreigners died in the attacks. Some details on the victims: SRI LANKA: The vast majority of the victims were Sri Lankan, many from the island nation's Christian minority. |
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The Judiciary farewelled Samoa's longest serving Chief Justice, His Honour Patu Tiava’asue Falefatu Maka Sapolu during a valedictory sitting held at the Supreme Courtroom, Mulinu’u, on Tuesday. The outgoing Chief Justice Patu had served as head of the Judiciary for 26 years and nine months. |
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Seven suicide bombers took part in the devastating attacks on churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka that killed 290 people and wounded more than 500, a senior investigator said on Monday, April 22. Two of the suicide bombers blew themselves up at the luxury Shangri-La Hotel on Colombo's seafront,.... |
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A senior Orangeman and Presbyterian minister who served as a member of RUC Special Branch for 16 years claims the word "collusion" has been misinterpreted.
Rev Mervyn Gibson, Grand Secretary of the Orange Order, defended the actions of the RUC during the Troubles and said the word has been used out of context by those trying to rewrite history. |
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SRI LANKA: The vast majority of the victims were Sri Lankan, many from the island nation's Christian minority. Their names and other details of their lives were slow to trickle in and difficult to report, in part because authorities blocked most social media after the blasts. |
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A woman checks the damage at Santa Catalina de Alejandria parish church in Porac, Pampanga, April 23, 2019.The church's belfry was damaged following Monday's 6.1-magnitude quake. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News.
MANILA - The powerful quake that shook Luzon Monday is like a "lightweight" boxer, the.... |
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MANILA -- Fifteen people died in Pampanga province due to a powerful quake that rattled Luzon, Governor Lilia Pineda said Tuesday, as authorities pried toppled structures. The magnitude 6.1 quake on Monday afternoon centered in neighboring Castillejos, Zambales and was felt in Metro Manila and other.... |
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — More than 300 people were killed in bombings of churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Sri Lankan authorities say at least 31 foreigners died in the attacks. Some details on the victims: SRI LANKA: The vast majority of the victims were Sri Lankan, many from the island nation’s Christian minority. |
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Mourners grieve at the burial of three members of the same family victims of Easter Sunday bomb blast at St. Sebastian Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 22, 2019. Easter Sunday bombings of churches, luxury hotels and other sites was Sri Lanka's deadliest violence since a devastating civil.... |
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Rescue teams in the Philippines searched for signs of life beneath the rubble of a collapsed four-storey commercial building on Tuesday after a strong earthquake shook the country’s biggest island, killing at least 11 people. Heavy lifting equipment and search dogs were used as dozens of.... |
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SRI LANKA: The vast majority of the victims were Sri Lankan, many from the island nation's Christian minority. Their names and other details of their lives were slow to trickle in and difficult to report, in part because authorities blocked most social media after the blasts. |
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