“May I formally as Commissioner for Health in Rivers State declare that there is Lassa fever epidemic in the State and we must do all we can to tackle the challenge.”-Sampson Parker, Port Harcourt State Commissioner for Health
At the end of 2011, two people died of Lassa (aka Laffa) viral hemorrhagic fever in the […] Continue Reading…
In the latest survey by Harris Interactive, 78% of people blame the bad economy on Corporate America (and Corporate Britain).
The annual Harris Interactive Reputation Quotient poll is a measure of how consumers view corporations. So far the main stream media has only mentioned the good points of the poll, like Apple surging ahead of […] Continue Reading…
The Chicago Tribune has published a report by the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the University of Illinois’ Institute of Government and Public Affairs.
That report says the public officials, including the police, of major cities in the United States are corrupt! The study is based on federal court cases.
Percentage wise, Louisiana had the […] Continue Reading…
“There’s no doubt all arrested today are drug dealers.”-Steven McGee, TCU Police Chief
After a six month investigation 17 ‘christian’ students were arrested for selling drugs. Several athletes were among those arrested.
The drugs include Xanax, Oxycotin, hydrocodone, as well as marijuana and a powdered form of ecstasy.
Police investigated after getting complaints from […] Continue Reading…
“The budget cuts are weighing it down…The conditions for a recovery in consumption are not there since unemployment hit a new record.”-Chiara Corsa, UniCredit bank
February 16, 2012, for the second month in a row, Italy’s economy shrank. Two months in a row of contraction, that’s the official sign of recession.
Belgium was the first European […] Continue Reading…
February 16, 2012, a former Israeli intelligence chief told Japan’s NHK news that the loss of the current Syrian government would actually be bad for Israel.
Efraim Halevy, who served as Mossad director from 1998 to 2002, is warning of chaos in the Middle East should the current Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad fall.
He […] Continue Reading…
“This is the biggest trial in the world, and in history, as far as safety at work is concerned.”-Raffaele Guariniello, prosecutor
In a precedent setting trial in Italy, two former executives of a company that made fiber cement (cement made with asbestos), were found guilty in the deaths of more than 2,000 of their employees!
Another […] Continue Reading…
February 16, 2012, seven people connected to the scandal ridden Olympus have been arrested in Japan!
Those arrested include an adviser who instructed Olympus executives how to hide $1.2 billion in losses from investors and regulators, and it includes a former Olympus president, Tsuyoshi Kikukawa.
It also includes a former vice president, and a former auditor. […] Continue Reading…
“It provides further evidence for what we’ve really suspected for a long time, that in the management of patients with acute sinusitis, antibiotics do not convey any additional benefit.”-Jay Piccirilloof, senior author
A new study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), says most antibiotics are useless in treating sinusitis.
Researchers at Washington […] Continue Reading…
A few days ago Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said he would reveal Iran’s latest nuclear achievements.
Today, it was revealed that Iran makes its own nuclear fuel rods, radio-pharmaceuticals, and has added 3,000 centrifuges to its program to produce enriched uranium.
Iranian made nuclear fuel rods were placed in the Tehran Research Reactor. The fuel rods […] Continue Reading…