VIENTIANE, April 13 (Vientiane Times/ANN): Authorities have warned members of the public to be more vigilant and to get vaccinated against the coronavirus as concern over a fresh outbreak of Covid-19 escalates.
Addressing a press conference on Monday, Deputy Prime Minister Prof. Dr Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune said there was a strong risk of a new outbreak of the virus in Laos.
Ongoing outbreaks in many countries around the world, especially new outbreaks in neighbouring countries, justify the fear of more infections in Laos.
“There is a strong risk that the outbreak could spread into Laos because people have become neglectful and careless, ignoring the guidelines laid down by the taskforce,” he said, referring to the National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control.
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April 13, 2021
KARACHI/LAHORE/RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD: Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) Monday staged demonstrations in different parts of the country to protest the arrest of its chief Saad Hussain Rizvi choking the smooth flow of traffic and inconveniencing the public.
Saad was arrested Monday afternoon when several vehicles of Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) and Elite Police intercepted his car a few kilometers from where he had led the funeral prayers of a noted trader leader.
CTD officials took Saad and one of his associates into their custody and took them to an unknown place. As soon as the news of Saad’s arrest broke out, TLP workers chanting slogans and holding placards came out on the major arteries in Karachi, Hyderabad, Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Lalamusa, etc causing serious trouble to the commuters. A TLP spokesman condemned the government for arresting Saad Rizvi without charges while it was engaged with the TLP to postpone the
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A methodical and patient police surveillance effort netted a Haverhill man and woman and a Lowell man on drug and other charges.
Haverhill Police arrested 43-year-old Juan M. Rodriguez of Lowell; 33-year-old Matthew Robbins, 215 Hilldale Ave., Haverhill; and 23-year-old Emma Kerivan, 225 Hilldale Ave., Haverhill, after an investigation three days in the making. Each pleaded not guilty to fentanyl-related drug charges last week before First Justice Cesar A. Archilla at Haverhill District Court.
It began Last Monday, April 5, when Haverhill Detective Sean Harrison arrested Robbins on an outstanding warrant after first seeing him meet someone in a Jeep outside his Hilldale Avenue home. In a police report, Harrison noted a pattern of narcotics deliveries. The next day, Detectives Michael Shinners and Michael Tortorise watched the home and noticed a Jeep arrive, and its driver park, open and close the rear hatch and leave. Officers repeate
Plans to extend Whanganui s central library explained at feedback forum
13 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Council policy adviser Sandy Lee (left) and libraries manager Pete Gray heard feedback on plans for the Davis Library extension.
Photo / Bevan Conley
Council policy adviser Sandy Lee (left) and libraries manager Pete Gray heard feedback on plans for the Davis Library extension.
Photo / Bevan Conley
Liz Wylie is a reporter for the Whanganui Chronicleliz.wylie@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
A proposed extension to the Davis Library was the topic of Whanganui District Council s latest public feedback session for its long-term plan.
Story time in the children s section attracted the most interest at the library on Tuesday morning, although parents, grandparents and caregivers stopped afterwards to chat about council plans.