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GMA Network
22-05-2025
- GMA Network
Cops to learn Korean language to address crimes vs foreigners — PAOCC
Cops will learn Korean language to accommodate foreigners reporting crimes to police assistance desks, the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) said Thursday. PAOCC spokesperson Atty. Ernesto Tendero confirmed this development to GMA News Online in a message. This is among the recommendations of PAOCC during a meeting with the Korean community on May 16. 'During our first meeting with the Korean consulate and the community, yun po yung isang sinuggest natin at umayon po sila,' PAOCC executive director Undersecretary Gilbert Cruz said in a Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon interview on Tuesday. (During our first meeting with the Korean consulate and the community, we suggested that and they agreed.) 'Actually sabi nga nila kapag nabuo nila yung tourist protection desks na iyan, we are willing to send yung mga pulis na tatao dyan para matuto sila noong basic Korean language,' he added. (Actually they said when those tourist protection desks are set up, they are willing to send the police officers so they can learn the basic Korean language.) The meeting came following the killing of a Korean national along Friendship Highway in Korea Town, Angeles City in April. Some persons of interest (POIs) have been identified in the fatal shooting, according to the city police. Angeles City Police head Police Colonel Joselito Villarosa Jr. said the POIs were identified through a review of CCTV footage and other evidence. To help in the probe, the Korean Association Community of Angeles City has offered a P200,000 reward for any information that will lead to the identification and arrest of the perpetrator. The public are encouraged to immediately report any leads to the Angeles City Police. — Joviland Rita/RSJ, GMA Integrated News
South China Morning Post
21-05-2025
- South China Morning Post
Philippines to deploy Korean-speaking police in response to crime wave
The Philippines is setting up tourist security desks staffed by Korean-speaking police officers after a spate of crimes targeting South Korean nationals in the country. Advertisement The Presidential Anti-Organised Crime Commission (PAOCC) announced the measures on Tuesday, The Philippine Star newspaper reported. It said that the desks would be placed in police stations located in areas with significant Korean populations. Officers assigned to the desks will undergo basic Korean language training, with support from South Korean officials, according to online media outlet Brigada News. PAOCC Executive Director Gilbert Cruz said the initiative aimed to improve interactions between law enforcement and Korean-speaking visitors and residents. A Filipino policeman stands outside a police station in Quezon City, Metro Manila. Photo Reuters Police patrols will also be increased in areas with a high concentration of South Koreans. Most South Korean nationals in the Philippines live in expat-friendly cities such as Manila, Angeles and Cebu, which are also popular tourist destinations.
New York Times
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
What Ron Chernow Loves About Mark Twain
The biographer Ron Chernow has written about the Rockefellers and the Morgans. His book about George Washington won a Pulitzer Prize. His book about Alexander Hamilton was adapted into a hit Broadway musical. Now, in 'Mark Twain,' Chernow turns to the life of the author and humorist who became one of the 19th century's biggest celebrities and, along the way, did much to reshape American literature in his own image. On this week's episode of the podcast, Chernow tells the host Gilbert Cruz how he came to write about Twain and what interested him most about his subject. 'The thing that triggered this Mark Twain mania in me was more Mark Twain the platform artist, Mark Twain the political pundit, Mark Twain the original celebrity, even more than Mark Twain the novelist or short story writer,' Chernow says. But at the same time, 'I felt that he was very seminal in terms of bringing, to American literature, really bringing the heartland alive — writing about ordinary people in the vernacular and taking this wild throbbing kind of madcap culture, of America's small towns in rural areas, and really introducing that into fiction.' We would love to hear your thoughts about this episode, and about the Book Review's podcast in general. You can send them to books@
New York Times
07-03-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Spring Preview: A Few Books We're Excited For
Every season brings its share of books to look forward to, and this spring is no different. On this week's episode the host Gilbert Cruz and his colleague Joumana Khatib talk about a dozen or so titles that sound interesting in the months ahead. Books discussed on this episode: 'Dream Count,' by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 'Sunrise on the Reaping,' by Suzanne Collins 'The Buffalo Hunter Hunter,' by Stephen Graham Jones 'Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools,' by Mary Annette Pember 'Great Big Beautiful Life,' by Emily Henry 'John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs,' by Ian Leslie 'Yoko: A Biography,' by David Sheff 'Searches,' by Vauhini Vara 'Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America,' by Michael Luo 'Rabbit Moon,' by Jennifer Haigh 'Mark Twain,' by Ron Chernow 'Authority,' by Andrea Long Chu 'Spent,' by Alison Bechdel 'Fish Tales,' by Nettie Jones We would love to hear your thoughts about this episode, and about the Book Review's podcast in general. You can send them to books@
