NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–1 May 2010 – Today’s May Day protests staged by Maoists across Nepal have been organized and peaceful, with security forces also acting in a restrained manner, the United Nations human rights office in the country said today. “Rights to peaceful assembly and speech were exemplified today,” said Richard[Read More…]
Day: May 1, 2010
Update on Administration-Wide Response Efforts in the Gulf Coast, May 1, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2010. The response to the BP Oil Spill began as an emergency search and rescue mission by the U.S. Coast Guard and other partners on April 20. Concurrently, command center operations were stood up immediately in the Gulf Coast to begin also addressing the environmental impact of[Read More…]
Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen Designated National Incident Commander for Continued Response to BP Oil Spill
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2010. As part of the designation of the BP Oil Spill as a Spill of National Significance, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced that U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen will serve as the National Incident Commander for the administration’s continued, coordinated response—providing[Read More…]
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Update, May 1, 2010
ROBERT, La.–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2010. The unified command continues with a comprehensive oil-well intervention and spill-response plan following the April 22 sinking of the Transocean Deepwater Horizon drilling rig 130 miles southeast of New Orleans. Nearly 2,000 personnel are involved in the response effort with additional resources being mobilized as needed.[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at University of Michigan Spring Commencement
Ann Arbor, Michigan–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2010 – 11:40 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you very much. Thank you, everybody. Please be seated. AUDIENCE MEMBER: We love you! THE PRESIDENT: I love you back. (Laughter.) It is great to be here in the Big House — (applause) — and[Read More…]
FDA Provides Consumer Advice Following Recall of Products for Infants and Children
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2010. Working in consultation with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), McNeil Consumer Healthcare is implementing a voluntary recall of infant and children’s liquid products due to manufacturing deficiencies which may affect quality, purity or potency. Following McNeil’s recall announcement on Friday evening, the[Read More…]
McNeil Consumer Healthcare Announces Voluntary Recall of Certain OTC Infants’ and Children’s Products Including Tylenol and Motrin
Fort Washington, PA.–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2010. McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc., in consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is voluntarily recalling all lots that have not yet expired of certain over-the-counter (OTC) Children’s and Infants’ liquid products manufactured in the United States and distributed in the[Read More…]
BP Onshore Preparations for Gulf Coast Oil Spill
LONDON–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2010. Yesterday, BP continued to ramp up its response to the oil spill in the US Gulf of Mexico. Over 2,500 personnel are now involved in the response effort and well-advanced preparations are being made for a major protection and cleaning effort on the shorelines of Louisiana, Mississippi,[Read More…]
First Oiled Gulf Coast Bird is Recovered
NEW ORLEANS–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2010. One oiled northern gannet, a seabird, has been captured Friday by contactors in the spill area in the gulf, and is being treated by Tristate Bird Rescue and Research, which has been contracted by BP to rehabilitate wildlife. The bird was recovered in the oil slick[Read More…]
Weekly Address: President Obama Calls on Congress to Enact Reforms to Stop a ‘Potential Corporate Takeover of Our Elections’
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2010. Over the past few weeks, as we’ve debated reforms to hold Wall Street accountable and protect consumers and small businesses in our financial system, we’ve come face-to-face with the great power of special interests in the workings of our democracy. Of course, this isn’t a surprise.[Read More…]
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