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In a press conference on Monday, Cellou Diallo said he was willing to work with the junta, a major endorsement from the political class for coup leader Mamady Doumbouya
Many people have been killed since clashes began on Monday. Scores too had been killed in the run up to the vote as protestors marched against Conde's bid for a third term.
Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, has called on the government to account for the relief items and money that has been given to the Covid-19 National Taskforce.
Addressing a press conference at the People Power headquarters in Kamwokya, a Kampala suburb, yesterday, Bobi Wine said the taskforce has continued to ask for more money from the public but without publicly showing how the other contributions have been utilised.
\"The taskforce has gone ahead to ask for Shs10,000 from Ugandans but they have not laboured to tell us what the money and relief items they have been receiving since March has done.
As of last week, the taskforce indicated that they had received Shs28b with Shs15b in cash and Shs13b worth of vehicles, food stuffs and other relief items.
Mr Emmanuel Katongole, the taskforce chairperson, told Daily Monitor that they are targeting Shs170b which would be used to construct isolation facilities and buy at least 1,350 vehicles for all districts in the country.
Kaplan Police Officer Steven Aucoin was fired following an investigation for allegedly suggesting that it was “unfortunate” that the coronavirus pandemic had not killed off black people, officials said.
The Kaplan Police Department has released a written statement on its Facebook page:
“We are writing this to inform everyone that we were made aware of the situation with the comments on Facebook from Steven Aucoin.
In comments posted during a live stream of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ press conference on state’s COVID-19 response, the Louisiana cop stated that it was “unfortunate” that all black people weren’t killed by the virus.
Kaplan Police Chief Joshua Hardy tells KFLY that this kind of behavior from a police officer is not tolerated within the department and he fired Aucoin after they completed an investigation of the entire thread.
“There were some comments that were further up that was not suitable for a police officer to put up on Facebook,” Chief Hardy said.
THE HEAD of one local consumer protection group believes consumers should feel offended by the offer of a $24.5-million compensation package for those who suffered from the purchase of contaminated gas in 2015.
More than 380 motorists are to receive a portion of the $24.5-million payment that was made by the government-owned Petrojam Ethanol Limited to the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC).
“The Government gets money from taxpayers, so it would almost seem as if the victims are paying for their own compensation,” the consumer advocate told The Gleaner yesterday.
“This is a victory for the consumers,” he declared during a press conference to disclose the process for individuals to secure compensation.
Persons will also be required to sign an indemnity form that discharges the CAC and Petrojam Ethanol Limited from further claims or liabilities relating to the bad gas incident.
According to multiple reports, the former police officer responsible for the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis has been taken into custody by Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Hennepin County prosecutor Michael Freeman said during a press conference that the three additional officers involved in the case have not been taken into custody, but he “anticipates charges” for them as well.
Many were furious that nobody was arrested in connection to the death of George Floyd, while others were motivated by the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and others that have left much of Black America reeling from two pandemics.
Freeman says Chauvin’s arrest is the quickest the city of Minneapolis has acted in any officer-involved murder case.
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Jamaican health authorities have sought to explain why the requested medical evacuation of a distressed pregnant woman aboard the Adventure of the Seas was not executed.
On Monday as the ship waited in Haitian waters for clearance to dock in Jamaica, the captain announced that there was a medical emergency and the ill crew member would be evacuated by helicopter.
The woman was eventually removed from the ship via an ambulance after the vessel docked in Falmouth around noon on Tuesday.
At a press conference on Wednesday, Chief Medical Officer Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie said the condition of the woman allowed for her to dock.
As the ship moved into port on Tuesday afternoon, the ambulance was seen arriving on the property to remove the ill ship worker.
A family in Lansing, Michigan is mourning the loss of their infant girl due to complications related to the coronavirus.... View Article
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Six people were injured Saturday night in a shooting near Daytona Beach’s boardwalk.
For the second weekend in a row, Volusia County authorities found themselves dealing with a massive crowd of young adults seeking a good time.
On Saturday night, hundreds gathered on Daytona’s beachside for an event titled “Orlando Invades Daytona,’’ officers said.
A video released by the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office showed a throng of people around a car stopped right on State Road Highway A1A.
Authorities say the crowd gathered Saturday evening included people from as far as Miami.
