17 August 2022 Archives

Canadian parliamentarians planning fall visit to Taiwan

Published on: August 17, 2022
19:54

By: Pavel López Lazo

Ottawa, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) Members of the Canadian Parliament intend to follow their U.S. congressional colleagues´ footsteps and are planning to make a visit to Taiwan in coming October 2022, says the group´s chair Liberal MP Judy Sgro.

2 Pa. judges ordered to pay M to kids-for-cash scandal victims

Published on: August 17, 2022
19:01

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) Two Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit prisons in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay over million to hundreds who fell victim to their crimes, CBS reported on Wednesday. In what came to be known as the kids-for-cash scandal, Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan judges locked up a country-run juvenile detention center and accepted .8 million in illegal payments from the builder and co-owner of two for-profit lockups.

Cuba, Bahamas to call for strengthening bilateral cooperation

Published on: August 17, 2022
18:35

By: Pavel López Lazo

Nassau, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero and the Hon. Isaac Chester Cooper, Bahamian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investment and Aviation, on Wednesday urged for strengthening two-way cooperation.

CDC admits it failed to responseto Covid-19 crisis

Published on: August 17, 2022
18:15

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky is currently reorganizing her agency after admitting it did not react quickly enough during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to an internal review of the CDC´s operations released on Wednesday.

Lula calls Bolsonaro irresponsible with no commitment to Brazil

Published on: August 17, 2022
17:56

By: Pavel López Lazo

Brasilia, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) Former President and front-runner to win forthcoming elections in Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on Wednesday classed ultra-right-wing leader Jair Bolsonaro as a feckless person who seems to be living on a different planet.

Researchers warn of melting Antarctic ice sheet

Published on: August 17, 2022
17:33

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) A new model developed by Caltech and JPL researchers suggests that Antarctica's ice shelves may be melting at an accelerated rate.

Quebec Cardinal accused in Canada sexual assault lawsuit

Published on: August 17, 2022
17:19

By: Pavel López Lazo

Ottawa, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet, once regarded as a front-runner to become pope, has been accused of sexual assault and is among a list of clergy members and diocesan staff named in a class-action lawsuit against the Quebec archdiocese.

Cuban doctors to provide medical assistance in Italy’s Calabria

Published on: August 17, 2022
17:08

By: Pavel López Lazo

Rome, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) The President of Calabria Roberto Occhiuto on Wednesday officially announced an agreement with Cuba for hiring physicians to provide medical assistance in the southern Italian region of Calabria.

Cuban province sets to popular referendum on new Family Code

Published on: August 17, 2022
16:42

By: Ana Ibis Falcón Lamoth

Camagüey, Cuba, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's largest province, Camagüey, is currently preparing -as of today and coming September 25- as many as 1,705 polling stations for popular referendum on new Family Code.

Daily reports of violence against women rise in Guatemala

Published on: August 17, 2022
16:35

By: Ana Ibis Falcón Lamoth

Guatemala City, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) The Guatemalan Public Prosecutor's Office (MP, in Spanish) and the National Civil Police (PNC, in Spanish) have been daily receiving a total of 139 complaints of violence against women, according to data released Wednesday.

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