Veloso has been on death row in Yogyakarta since 2010 due to a drug smuggling conviction after being arrested for carrying 2.6kg of heroin in her suitcase at the Adisutjipto International Airport in the city. In 2015, Widodo granted her a reprieve just hours before her scheduled execution.Did ICC enter the Philippines to probe ex-leader Duterte’s anti-drug campaign?
Migrante International, a global network of overseas Filipino workers, said that clemency granted to Veloso would affirm a historical kinship between the Philippines and Indonesia. Read More...
In the past, a luxury penthouse for sale in Singapore would be one of the hottest properties in town. Not any more, after a condo with an asking price of almost US$12 million failed to attract any bidders this week.The five-bedroom suite at the St. Regis Residences, with a private pool and a 180-degree panoramic view, received no offers during its third auction by property consultancy Knight Frank on Thursday. That is even after the price was lowered by 14 per cent from earlier this year, to S$15. Read More...
Simpson, who was married twice, fathered five children. He married Marguerite Whitley in 1967 when they were both teenagers and they had three children together. In 1977, the football player started dating Nicole Brown and he divorced Whitley in 1979.
He and Brown got married in 1985 and they were together for seven years. They had two children before she filed for divorce in 1992. In 1995, Simpson was acquitted of the 1994 murder of Brown and her friend, Ronald Goldman. Read More...