Search and rescue staff from the UK coastguard are being provided with training that would help them to defend their actions at a future inquiry into how at least 27 people died in the Channel last year, the Guardian has learned.In August, HM Coastguard awarded a £19,200 contract to the training company Bond Solon to...
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RENO, Nev. -- A tiny Nevada toad at the center of a legal battle over a geothermal power project has officially been declared an endangered species, after U.S. wildlife officials temporarily listed it on a rarely used emergency basis last spring.“This ruling makes final the listing of the Dixie Valley toad, ” the U.S. Fish...
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A group on Friday, Dec. 16, urged the authorities to conduct an “independent and thorough” investigation on the alleged maternity leave scam. DepEd / MB Visual Content Group “No stone should be left unturned for the whole truth to be brought to light,” the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines said in a statement. The...
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4m A ban on strip clubs has been announced by Edinburgh Council, which says the venues disempower women. But today the United Sex Workers union began a legal challenge of the decision. The union says it would force over 100 women out of work and potentially into more dangerous situations. We spoke to Labour MP...
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Congress voted in favor of a measure that forces rail unions to accept a contract negotiated in September and makes a rail worker strike illegal. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: With a railway worker strike threatening, the House made an unusual move today. Lawmakers voted in favor of a measure that forces railroad union workers to...
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Public Attorney’s Office The Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) has garnered the highest ratings among the institutions and legal professionals in the Justice Sector based on a survey conducted by the Social Weather Station (SWS). PAO Chief Persida V. Rueda-Acosta said that “PAO and its lawyers got the highest net trust ratings of +57 and +58...
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Ballot initiative cannot revoke leases for proposed NECEC transmission line, said courtThe project would bring some 1,200 megawatts of clean energy to New England(Reuters) - Maine’s highest court on Tuesday upheld key leases for the proposed $1 billion Avangrid Inc transmission line connecting Canadian hydropower to New England, in a victory for clean energy advocates...
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A trial to determine whether South Carolina’s congressional maps are legal closes Tuesday with arguments over whether the state Legislature diluted Black voting power by remaking the boundaries of the only U.S. House district Democrats have flipped in more than 30 years.The trial also marks the first time the South Carolina maps have been legally...
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JOHOR BAHRU: The Johor State Health Department (JKNJ) today reminded the public not to be duped by messages impersonating its director Datuk Dr Aman Rabu. JKNJ in a post on Facebook said there are messages asking for money going around claiming to be from Dr Aman. “All Whatsapp or telegram messages impersonating JKNJ director Datuk...
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Published November 29, 2022 5:47am BERLIN - Germany's government on Monday defended a plan to make it easier for people to apply for citizenship, countering complaints from within the ruling coalition and the opposition that it might encourage illegal immigration. The government has said it wants to boost immigration and training to tackle a skills...
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