NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–8 April 2011 – The United Nations envoy for children and armed conflict and a political movement in the Philippines today agreed to develop an action plan to ensure that no children are among the ranks of the military group known as the New People’s Army (NPA), or are[Read More…]
Day: April 8, 2011
NOAA: U.S. Had Above Normal Temperatures and Precipitation in March
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2011. Last month, temperatures and precipitation in the contiguous United States averaged above normal, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. The average temperature in March was 44.0 degrees F, which is 1.4 degrees F above the long-term (1901-2000) average. March precipitation,[Read More…]
How a Shutdown Will Affect Our Military
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2011. Yesterday the Center for American Progress released the column “How a Shutdown Would Affect Our Military: Closing the Government Hurts Readiness, Pay, and Key Programs,” by Lawrence J. Korb, Rudy deLeon, Laura Conley, which addresses the current debate on how a potential shutdown would affect our[Read More…]
Budget Negotiations to Affect Public Health and Environment
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2011. This week the Center for American Progress released two briefs on how the current budget negotiations would affect our environment and public health—“Protecting Big Oil at the Expense of the Future,” by Daniel J. Weiss and Richard Caperton, and “The Fight Over International Climate Investments, by[Read More…]
Johnson & Johnson Agrees to Pay $21.4 Million Criminal Penalty to Resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Oil for Food Investigations
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2011. Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has agreed to pay a $21.4 million criminal penalty as part of a deferred prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice to resolve improper payments by J&J subsidiaries to government officials in Greece, Poland and Romania in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices[Read More…]
Outlaws Motorcycle National President Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2011. The national president of the American Outlaw Association (Outlaws) motorcycle gang was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for leading a violent criminal organization. U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride of the Eastern District of Virginia; Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division; and[Read More…]
‘Passport Day in the USA’ Cancelled
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2011. Because of a possible government shutdown, the Department of State must cancel “Passport Day in the USA,” which had been scheduled for Saturday, April 9, 2011. During this annual event, passport agencies and participating passport acceptance facilities nationwide open their doors for U.S. citizens to[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Navy Casualty, April 8, 2011
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2011. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Seaman Benjamin D. Rast, 23, of Niles, Mich., died April 6 while conducting a dismounted patrol northeast of Patrol Base Alcatraz, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Rast was assigned as a[Read More…]
IEMA Continues Sampling to Track Japanese Radiation
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2011. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) today said the latest round of testing to assess the extent of radioactivity in Illinois from the Fukushima nuclear power plants in Japan found trace amounts of radioactive iodine in air, grass, milk and rainwater samples as well as minute levels[Read More…]
ICE Announces Formal Policy To Resume Deportations To Haiti
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2011. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has formally resumed deportations to Haiti, despite the objections of the American Civil Liberties Union and other human rights and humanitarian groups. The ACLU strongly opposes deportations because of dangerous conditions in Haiti in the wake of last year’s catastrophic earthquake and[Read More…]
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