20 years after Ehime Maru tragedy, former Navy commander apologizes in new letter
A former Navy commander racked with guilt apologizes for a deadly tragedy 20 years later By Jolanie Martinez | February 8, 2021 at 10:28 PM HST - Updated February 11 at 11:30 AM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Twenty years after the Ehime Maru tragedy, the former commander of the Navy submarine that ripped through the Japanese fishing training vessel while quickly surfacing off Hawaii has issued an open letter with a new apology for the victimsâ families.
Nine of the 35 people onboard the Ehime Maru were killed. Four were high school students.
Retired Navy Commander Scott Waddle said he hopes the families of those who died on the Uwajima Fisheries High School vessel will read the letter and understand he hasnât forgotten what happened.
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The overall goal of these trainings to empower and educate journalists on their roles and responsibilities throughout the election process, which includes educating voters on diverse issues, and monitoring and reporting on electoral activities to increase the transparency and accountability of all parties involved. (U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia)
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U.S. Embassy Supports Ethiopian Journalists in Elections Training
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: On February 8, 2021 the U.S. Embassy launched the first of 25 week-long media trainings throughout Ethiopia. This comprehensive media capacity project will train approximately 500-700 journalists across the country. The U.S. Embassy has invested $450,000 (17,730,000 million birr) in this project.
Media colleagues at the elections reporting workshop launch
Addis Abeba, February 9/2021 – On February 8, 2021, the U.S. Embassy in Addis Abeba launched the first of 25 week-long media trainings throughout Ethiopia to train approximately 500-700 journalists across the country to empower and educate journalists on their roles and responsibilities on election coverage.
The media training includes educating voters on diverse issues, and monitoring and reporting on electoral activities to increase the transparency and accountability of all parties involved.
At the launch of the training, Amanda Jacobsen, Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Addis Abeba, underscored to journalists, “Your role as media professionals is critical in both uncovering and addressing the needs and challenges of citizens, as well as questioning sources, diversifying the types of people you interview, and countering mis- and disinformation as part of your daily responsibilities.”
V/R: Another 51 Illegal Immigrants grabbed at Asikumah Checkpoint LISTEN
The ECOWAS nationals were arrested by personnel of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS).
The immigrants who include minors were made up of 49 Beninese and two Togolese, comprising 15 females and 36 males.
They were intercepted on Wednesday February 3, 2021 at the Asikuma Inland Checkpoint onboard a Hyundai Universe Express with registration number AW-9955-19.
The bus was being driven by one Osei Asibery.
The arrest comes less than two weeks after some 119 illegal immigrants were intercepted at the Sogakope inland checkpoint in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region.
The Commander at the Checkpoint, Deputy Superintendent (DSI) Philip Essuman, narrating the incident, said the suspects were intercepted when the vehicle they were traveling with was stopped at the checkpoint and the occupants subjected to a careful scrutiny.
FBI impersonators targeting North Florida residents, agency says
Multiple versions of the government impersonation scam have been reported in recent days
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But the agency says these impersonators are targeting North Florida residents more frequently.
“We have an older population that lives here, sometimes just part of the year, we also have a lot of people just coming in and out of our state, because they are traveling here,” said Amanda Videll, the Public Affairs Officer for FBI Jacksonville.
The FBI says “Multiple versions of the government impersonation scam have been reported in recent days, all of which exploit intimidation tactics.”