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SOURCE: CMC - The Public Service Union (PSU) says its members will vote on Saturday on whether or not to defy a police order and participate in a protest march here next Wednesday. PSU president, Elroy Bouche, told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that an estimated 155 members had attended a meeting on Thursday night where […]
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Nationwide protests have taken place since October 7 despite the disbanding of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police unit.
The demonstrators have been accused of attacking police stations and personnel.
The rallies which are mostly attended by young people have become avenues to vent against corruption and unemployment.
Rights groups say at least 15 people have been killed the demonstrations began in early October.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Court-appointed lawyers said Tuesday that they have been unable to find parents of 545 children who were separated at the U.S. border with Mexico early in the Trump administration. The children were separated between July 1, 2017, and June 26, 2018, when a federal judge in San Diego ordered that children […]
In a ruling that could impact millions of struggling Americans, a Trump-appointed federal judge on Wednesday vacated an eviction moratorium issued by the CDC. U.S. District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich said that the protection, which was put in place during the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, goes too far. The moratorium is set to expire on June 30. “It is the role of the political branches, and not the courts, to assess the merits of policy measures designed to combat the spread of disease, even during a global pandemic,” Friedrich said. “The question for the Court is a narrow one: Does […]
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Limetree Bay Refining has challenged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 60-day shut-down order, protesting that the federal agency lacked legal authority to issue it.
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Smoke was billowing from a Lagos prison and gunshots were heard on Thursday as fresh unrest rocks Nigeria's biggest city after the shooting of protesters.
Police close to the scene told AFP that assailants had attacked the detention facility in the upscale Ikoyi neighbourhood.
A curfew is underway in Lagos after security forces shot at protesters on Tuesday. Amnesty International said at least 12 people were killed in the unrest.
The international community, including the African Union, has condemned the violence.
Nigeria's army said the shootings were \"fake news\".
Police Minister Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi told the BBC that troops were not ordered to open fire on protesters.
\"I cannot say who is involved in the shooting... definitely not the police. Soldiers have already spoken about this, they are denying their involvement,\" he said.
President Buhari has yet to comment publically while Nigeria's vice-president has promised justice for victims.
Yemi Osinbajo said his \"heart goes out\" to the victims of the shooting as well as policemen and others who have lost their lives in several days of turmoil in Africa's most populous country.
The protests started two weeks ago over brutality by the police's Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
The protests quickly spiralled into broader demands for change as promises of reform failed to stem the anger and violence flared.
At least 56 people have died across the country since the demonstrations began, with about 38 killed nationwide on Tuesday alone, according to Amnesty.
On Thursday night at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will share a debate stage for the last time before the November 3 election. Maybe. Why only 'maybe?' Well, several reasons actually. 1) Biden said last week Trump needed to test negative for Covid-19 on the day of the debate or he […]
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(The Center Square) – Michigan drivers will be able to opt out of unlimited personal injury protection (PIP) insurance and cut costs on their car insurance rate beginning Thursday, when an insurance reform measure goes into effect.
The state enacted a no-fault insurance law in 1973 that required all state policyholders to buy unlimited PIP coverage.
Those who keep unlimited PIP coverage would receive a 10 percent rollback of PIP coverage costs on average.
Stephan Sinas, legal counsel for The Coalition Protecting Auto No-Fault, previously told The Center Square that the MCCA fee reduction might give short-term relief to consumer’s pocketbooks but at the cost of less medical care for injured motorists who choose lower coverage options.
The nonpartisan House Fiscal Agency estimated the law could increase the state’s Medicare costs by $65.9 million over a 10-year-period from uninsured or under-insured motorists declaring bankruptcy after crashes that exceed that person’s insurance coverage.
May 17 marked the 66th anniversary of the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision, Brown v. the Board of Education.
When Chief Justice Warren issued the unanimous opinion of the court in Brown, he wrote that “… in the field of public education the doctrine of separate but equal has no place,” as segregated schools are “inherently unequal.”
In the 2013 Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder, the court, by a 5-4 vote (with five right-wing justices in the majority), gutted the Voting Rights Act.
The scandalous decision by Chief Justice John Roberts overturned the re-authorization of the Act by Congress, arguing that the country “has changed” and that racial discrimination in voting was no longer a problem in the South.
The Brown decision reminds us that the Supreme Court can be and ought to be a force for equality.
A prosecutor on Wednesday announced that three men have been indicted on murder charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in coastal Georgia.
Prosecutor Joyette Holmes said a Glynn County grand jury has indicted Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan Jr. on charges including malice and felony murder in Arbery’s death.
Arbery was slain Feb. 23 when the Greg and Travis McMichael, a white father and son, armed themselves and pursued the 25-year-old Black man running in their neighborhood.
Bryan was arrested on May 22, and an arrest warrant said he tried “to confine and detain” Arbery without legal authority by “utilizing his vehicle on multiple occasions” before Arbery was shot.
In addition to malice murder and felony murder charges, the McMichaels and Bryan each are charged with two counts of aggravated assault and one count each of false imprisonment and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment.
Prosecutor Joyette Holmes announced Wednesday that a grand jury has indicted the three white men on murder charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man fatally shot while running in a neighborhood near Georgia’s coast.
Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael, and William “Roddie” Bryan Jr have been indicted on charges including malice and felony murder in Arbery’s death.
Under Georgia law, a felony murder charge means that death occurred during the commission of an underlying felony and doesn’t require intent to kill.
Arbery was slain Feb 23 when Greg and Travis McMichael, a father and son, armed themselves and pursued the 25-year-old black man running in their neighborhood.
Bryan told investigators that Travis McMichael cursed and said a racist slur as he stood over Arbery, moments after he fatally shot him, Dial testified.
Amnesty International said late Tuesday there was “credible but disturbing evidence” that security forces in the megacity of Lagos had fatally shot protesters who were demonstrating against police brutality despite a new curfew going into effect.
The Lagos state commissioner for information, Gbenga Omotoso, said in a statement Tuesday night only that “there have been reports of shooting at the Lekki Toll Plaza following the 24-hour curfew imposed on Lagos.”
“The state government has ordered an investigation into the incident,” he said.
Video shown on Nigeria’s Channels Television appeared to capture audio of live rounds being fired at the scene.
“While we continue to investigate the killings, Amnesty International wishes to remind the authorities that under international law, security forces may only resort to the use of lethal force when strictly unavoidable to protect against imminent threat of death or serious injury,” Amnesty tweeted.
The development came just hours after Lagos state Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu warned on Twitter that the growing protests against police brutality in Nigeria had “degenerated into a monster that is threatening the well-being of our society.”
A police statement also had warned that security forces would now “exercise the full powers of the law to prevent any further attempt on lives and property of citizens.”
The reports of fatal shootings in Lekki come after two chaotic weeks of mounting protests leading to more widespread social unrest. On Tuesday, authorities said nearly 2,000 inmates had broken out of jail after crowds attacked two correctional facilities a day earlier.
The Inspector-General of Police said it was deploying anti-riot police across Nigeria, which is Africa’s most populous nation, and ordered forces to strengthen security around correctional facilities.
The governor of Lagos state said the new curfew would cover the entire city of some 14 million people and surrounding areas. The announcement came after a police station was burned down in the city and two people were shot dead by police.
“Lives and limbs have been lost as criminals and miscreants are now hiding under the umbrella of these protests to unleash mayhem on our state,” the governor said.
Lagos has been the epicenter of the protests, with demonstrators at times blocking access to the airport and barricading roads leading to the country’s main ports.
A curfew also went into effect in Benin City after a pair of attacks on correctional facilities that left 1,993 inmates missing. Interior Ministry spokesman Mohammed Manga said large, armed crowds had attacked the two prisons, subduing the guards on duty. It was unclear what the prisons’ exact populations had been before the attack.
“Most of the inmates held at the centers are convicted criminals serving terms for various criminal offenses, awaiting execution or standing trial for violent crimes,” he said in a statement.
The protests began two weeks ago after a video circulated showing a man being beaten, apparently by police officers of
Former Bidvest Wits and Bafana Bafana defender Buhle Mkhwanazi has explained the reasons behind his abrupt disappearance from the PSL
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The European Union has said that a peace agreement signed last year in Mozambique cannot be renegotiated.
In recent months, calls have grown to revisit the deal signed in August of 2019 between the government and the Renamo rebel group.
In the agreement, Renamo agreed to renounce rebellion but a splinter group has been staging attacks in central Mozambique.
“The peace agreement cannot be opened or renegotiated. (...) The message is to take advantage of this agreement, these opportunities, this process. There is a window that is still open, but it may be closed in a while. Personally I am quite optimistic,” said António Sanchez-Benedito, the European Union ambassador to Maputo.
“But at the same time, we have to recognize that there are still obstacles, that there are still challenges. I think that all Mozambicans have the conviction and above all the desire for this to be the definitive agreement,” he added.
Renamo leader Ossufo Momade lost last October's vote to incumbent president Felipe Nyusi. The ruling FRELIMO party was accused of using violence to win the election.
The EU is one of the guarantors of the deal and has committed millions of dollars to support its implementation.
Mozambique , which is preparing to become the newest gas producer is also dealing with a militant insurgency which has driven hundreds from their homes in its north.
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said Cabinet notes and other documents related to the Couva Medical and Multi-Training Facility will be turned over to the police.
He said the Health Ministry looks forward to working with the police on the matter.
On June 1, the Opposition Leader wrote to North Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA) chairman Steve De Las and CEO Davlin Thomas querying whether the RHA had the legal authority to run the facility.
She said it should be run by the South West RHA, as it is situated in the Couva/ Tabaquite/ Talparo Regional Corporation, for which the SWRHA has responsibility.
Kamla Persad-Bissessar said the Couva Medical and Multi-Training Facility was incorporated in 2018 under the Companies Act 1995. She said at that time Finance Minister Colm Imbert said it would be jointly owned by the government and UWI.
“However, based on the most recent annual returns filed for the company on August 26, 2020, the only shareholder was the Minister of Finance, as corporation sole, holding all ten ordinary shares at a value of $1 per share that was issued. No shares have been issued to the UWI. Therefore, the company remains a company wholly owned by the State.”
San Juan/Barataria MP Saddam Hosein said on June 4 that the UNC would refer the matter to the Commissioner of Police for immediate criminal investigation.
Speaking at the Health Ministry’s media conference on Wednesday, Deyalsingh said, “There were Cabinet minutes number 570, and number 1284, dating back to 2018, (in) which Cabinet agreed to set up a special-purpose company, the Couva Medical and Multi-Training Facility, which comprises 51 per cent shareholding by UWI, and 49 per cent by government.
\" The very broad remit of that is to operate the facility, so notice the term, the very broad remit. So we look forward to turning over all these documents to the police as the Opposition Leader has said, and we would take it from there. So that is the authority under which, the broad remit, as I said, meaning the operationalisation of the facility, and we will comply and assist and work with the police as Mrs Persad-Bissessar has said.”
Speaking to Newsday on Wednesday, De Las said he had acknowledged receipt of the letter from the Opposition Leader’s office.
“I saw media reports that there was a report to the police,\" he added. \"I see a request was made for the police to investigate, and I don’t want to comment further.”
\"I have acknowledged receipt of the letter from the Leader of the Opposition’s office.\"
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Jamaica-born Robert Runcie, the South Florida school superintendent overseeing Parkland schools, has resigned amid continuing criticism over the 2018 mass shooting there and a perjury charge from a statewide grand jury. Runcie, who was the...
