

In a statement, Bruni said the sanctions were “modified and reinforced” in November 2021 and that Belo had formally accepted the punishment on both occasions.ĭILI, East Timor (AP) - East Timor’s Catholics reacted with shock but also expressions of support Friday for revered independence icon and Nobel Peace Prize winner Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo following allegations he sexually abused boys decades ago in the impoverished Southeast Asian nation. They included limitations on Belo’s movements and his exercise of ministry, and prohibited him from having voluntary contact with minors or contact with East Timor. Spokesman Matteo Bruni said the Vatican office that handles sex abuse cases received allegations “concerning the bishop’s behavior” in 2019 and within a year had imposed the restrictions. The Vatican admission came a day after a Dutch magazine, De Groene Amsterdammer, exposed the claims against the revered Catholic bishop, citing two of Belo’s alleged victims and reporting there were others who hadn’t come forward in East Timor, where the church wields enormous influence. VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Catholic Church’s decades-long sex abuse scandal caught up with a Nobel Peace Prize winner Thursday, with the Vatican confirming that it had sanctioned the East Timor independence hero, Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo, following allegations that he sexually abused boys there during the 1990s. A Hawaii court later found him liable for massive human rights violations and awarded $2 billion from his estate to compensate more than 9,000 Filipinos who filed a lawsuit against him for torture, incarceration, extrajudicial killings and disappearances. He died in Hawaii in 1989 without admitting any wrongdoing amid allegations of plunder and human rights atrocities. exile after he was ousted by a 1986 “People Power” uprising. The elder Marcos, his family and cronies were driven to U.S.

had called “lies.”Ĭritics say a well-funded social media campaign to burnish the image of the Marcoses has helped the family’s stunning political comeback. but his key officials have cited his May 9 electoral victory as a reflection of the Filipino people’s trust and confidence in him despite the allegations against his father and his family, which Marcos Jr. There was no immediate comment from Marcos Jr.

“This is like spitting on history and the memory of the people who had been victimized” by the dictatorship. At a high-level, another factor is how foundational advancements related to voice and natural language understanding remain in the wings.“What is being celebrated here?” Gealogo asked. We reported yesterday that Google was working on a new Nest Hub with a detachable form factor and that could somewhat explain the lack of functionality improvements for existing devices. There was also the white noise change that was addressed after many complaints. In terms of regressions, there was third-party devices losing their web browser due to the lack of hardware SafeSearch support and changes to Speaker Groups. There was the ability to tell your Nest Hub to “ stop” talking without the “Hey Google” hotword, while the Google Meet team rolled out Companion Mode integration when taking video calls on the Nest Hub Max. Smart Displays have been having a quiet 2022 so far in terms of feature additions. Google says birthday countdowns on the Nest Hub will “continue to roll out in the coming days.” We first spotted them at the start of this month. To prevent your birthday countdown from showing on your display, you can hide it once it appears. Note: You aren’t able to remove your own birthday in the Assistant settings. Meanwhile, tapping the countdown lets you hide it until next year after one appears. Any home member’s contacts from “ Your people” in Assistant who have a birthday set.īirthdays can be set (or removed) from Assistant settings > You > Your people.Yourself and any other home members associated with your display.A cute graphic accompanies the “ days until birthday” text. Like other alerts, the birthday countdown takes the form of a card in the top-right corner of the clock/photo frame.

A small feature addition today does add birthday countdowns to the Nest Hub. Since the start of this year, Assistant Smart Displays haven’t seen too many new capabilities.
