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1 of 2 Staff file photoLongtime state Rep. Ted Speliotis, shown here at Family Fare Restaurant in Peabody in 2010, will retire from the state Legislature on Jan. 6.  Mark Lorenz Staff file photoDanvers state Rep. Ted Speliotis speaks in June 2011 at the site of the Danversport explosion before touring the affected neighborhood. Ted Speliotis, longtime state rep, says goodbye to public life By Erin Nolan Staff Writer Jan 1, 2021 ...

Canadian Bishops implore legislators to change course on assisted suicide The Catholic Bishops of Canada issue a statement renewing their call against Bill C-7, the ammendment that expands euthanasia and assisted suicide. By Lisa Zengarini The Catholic Bishops of Canada have once again renewed their call against Bill C-7, the amendment to the Criminal Code that further expands euthanasia and assisted suicide (referred to as “medical assistance in dying”  - “MAID”) in Canada. Amongst o...

BREXIT UPDATE 61: Brexit, COVID and the Price of Fish: Guest Post by Deborah Maccoby On December 21, 2020 BREXIT UPDATE 61: BREXIT, COVID AND THE PRICE OF FISH What has happened to the Internal Market Bill, which, as the UK government admitted – indeed almost boasted — broke international law, albeit “in a very limited and specific way”?  (see Brexit Updates 59 and 60). As was widely predicted, the Bill easily passed its Third Reading in the House of Commons.  But – as was equally w...

Share The House of Representatives on Thursday approved the 2020 budget of N453.2 billion for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for the period ending March 31, 2021. The approval was sequel to the consideration and adoption of the report of the House Committee on NDDC by the Committee of Supply at plenary, which was presented by NDDC Chairman, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. Out of the N453.200 billion, N27.389 billion is for Personnel Expenditure, N13.937 billion is for Overhead Expenditu...

PM, Opp. Leader, and Speaker thank all MPs as sitting winds up for the year Next sitting will be on 5 January The Third Reading of the new Government’s first Budget was passed by a two-thirds majority, with 151 members voting for it and 54 against. Opposition Members Ishaq Rahaman and Ali Sabry Rahim voted in favour of the budget, while 19 MPs were absent during the time of voting Yesterday’s vote ended the three-week-long debate on the Appropriation Bill 2021, which began after Prime Minis...