WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)—November 7, 2014. U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the October 2014 Employment Situation report released today: “October was another solid month of job growth, as our economy added 214,000 jobs and continued its strong, steady recovery. It was the ninth month in[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Groups Tell Canadian Regulators to Reject Bee-Killing Pesticide
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2014. Environmental organizations are calling on the Canadian government to reject the approval of yet another bee-killing pesticide called flupyradifurone. According to Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) –responsible for regulating pesticides in Canada– the new pesticide exhibits systemic behavior and “may pose a risk to bees,[Read More…]
World Vasectomy Day Highlights Link Between Runaway Human Population Growth and Wildlife Extinction
International Event Promotes Vasectomies, Engages Men in Family Planning Conversation TUCSON, Ariz.—(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2014. The Center for Biological Diversity is taking part in World Vasectomy Day today to highlight the importance of involving men in family planning to protect endangered species from runaway human population growth. In the past four[Read More…]
ACLU Awarded $50 Million by Open Society Foundations to End Mass Incarceration
State-based Campaigns to Significantly Reduce Prison Population Will Focus on Presidential Battleground States NEW YORK –-(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2014. The Open Society Foundations today awarded a grant of $50 million to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in support of its nationwide campaign to end mass incarceration. The campaign seeks to[Read More…]
Department of Justice Seeks Recovery of Approximately $100,000 in Bribes Paid to Former Chad Ambassador
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 7, 2014. The Department of Justice has filed a civil forfeiture complaint made public late yesterday seeking the forfeiture of $106,488.31 in allegedly laundered funds traceable to a $2 million bribe payment made by a Canadian energy company to Chad’s former Ambassador to the United States and Canada[Read More…]
Virginia Resident Indicted in Connection with Fraudulent Lottery Scheme Based in Jamaica
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 7, 2014. A grand jury in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia returned an indictment yesterday charging a Jamaican citizen who was residing in Virginia in connection with the operation of a fraudulent lottery scheme, the Department of Justice and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s[Read More…]
Payroll Employment Increases by 214,000 in October 2014; Unemployment Rate Edges Down to 5.8%
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 7, 2014. Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 214,000 in October, and the unemployment rate edged down to 5.8 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in food services and drinking places, retail trade, and health care. Household Survey Data Both the unemployment rate[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, Nov. 6, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2014 – 12:57 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Nice to see you all. I don’t have any announcements at the top. We’ll go straight to questions. Julie. Q Thanks, Josh. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the President sent a letter last month to[Read More…]
Doctors Without Borders: Access to Malaria Treatment Must Be Increased in Western South Sudan
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN/NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2014. A malaria epidemic in South Sudan has gone neglected due to the political crisis raging throughout the country, leading to insufficient distribution of antimalarial drugs in many peripheral health centers and an increase in the number of severe life-threatening cases of the disease, said[Read More…]
Ebola: UN Says Experimental Vaccine Trials in West Africa Could Begin by January
Clinical trials of this candidate Ebola vaccine will take place in the US, Germany, Gabon and Kenya. Photo: WHO/M. Missioneiro GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–6 November 2014 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today said the Ebola crisis response “needs to scale up, get better and perform faster,” as the UN health[Read More…]
