Healthcare consumers may actually experience a gain in the new year

Infants mother still in High School looks towards the future with concern about her access to affordable healthcare. photo: abhi ahmadadeen/BMLTV©

(PRN) DENVER, December. 23, 2013 - Will life for healthcare consumers actually be better following the Affordable Care Act tsunami?

Personhood for the chimpanzee is based on false premise

Young Baka Tribes boy pictured with chimpanzee in the Congo Basin.
photo: karl ammann

(PRN/USN) NEW YORK, December 17, 2013 - Lawsuits filed in New York last week are calling for the personhood recognition of chimpanzees, drawing attention to the use of animals in captivity.

When lenders sue, quick cash can turn into a lifetime of debt

Ace Cash Express in Chesaapeake Va, claims they will not tack high interest on their loans but the borrower will be charged a late fee if the loan payment isn't met 24 hours from its due date.
photo: abhi ahmadadeen/BMLTV©

(ProPublica) December 16, 2013 - Five years ago, Naya Burks of St. Louis borrowed $1,000 from AmeriCash Loans. The money came at a steep price: She had to pay back $1,737 over six months.

"I really needed the cash, and that was the only thing that I could think of doing at the time," she said. The decision has hung over her life ever since.

Christmas warning: Kaspersky Lab finds gamers attacked 11.7 million times in 2013

(PRN) ABINGDON, England, December 13, 2013 - Just days after the launch of the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One, Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered that PC gamers across Europe were hit by a massive number of attacks in 2013.

Survey conducted by social media-based recruitment specialists finds a staggering 87 percent of employees no longer trust their bosses

(PRN) NOTTINGHAM, England, December. 13, 2013 - Will your office have that empty feeling come the New Year? If so, it could be because most of your co-workers don't trust the boss and want to move on, says social media-based recruitment specialist staffbay.com.

A new survey by staffbay.com finds that over 87 percent of people will be looking for a new job in 2014 – and in what will come as unwelcome news to bosses and HR teams around the land, more than half of them find their current boss untrustworthy.

Mandela Dies: Remarks from the Nelson Mandela Foundation

(BMLTV) December 5th 2013 - It is with the deepest regret that we have learned of the passing of our founder, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela – Madiba. The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa will shortly make further official announcements.

The politics of preventing genocide

Human skulls at the Toul Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where approximately 14,000 people were tortured and later executed under the Khmer Rouge.
photo: david longstreath/IRIN

(IRIN) NAIROBI, December 3, 2013 - The crisis in the Central African Republic has been deteriorating for the best part of this year. In the words of UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson, the international community has “watched from a distance” as the country descended into “virtual melt-down.” He called the decision to act, “a profoundly important test of international solidarity and of our responsibility to prevent atrocities.” 

World Aids Day: Secretary of State John Kerry: On World AIDS Day, we come together as a global community to honor the many lives we have lost

(BMLTV) November 29, 2013 - On World AIDS Day, we come together as a global community to honor the many lives we have lost, and to reaffirm our support for the millions of individuals and families who are still living with and affected by HIV/AIDS around the world.

Attorney General Kamala D. Harris: All Americans have the right to access affordable - quality healthcare - including contraception

(BMLTV)  SAN FRANCISCO, November 27, 2013 - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris yesterday issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s announcement that it will hear Kathleen Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu advocates St John International Charity work on packed London visit

Pictured is Archbishop Desmond Tutu gets an HIV test on The Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation's Tutu Tester, a mobile test unit that brings healthcare right to your doorstep. photo: wiki commons

(PRN) LONDON, November 21, 2013 - The St John International team today hosted celebrated social rights activist Archbishop Desmond Tutu at their offices in London to discuss the development work of the global health charity and the maternal and newborn health work they are rolling out across Africa.

Violence in Tripoli: Libyan authorities and Libyan people are facing significant challenges in their democratic transition

(BMLTV) WASHINGTON, November 17, 2013 - Secretary of State, John Kerry  released a statement a day ago stating  that the State Department  is deeply concerned by the death and injury of many Libyans in recent clashes in Tripoli. We condemn the use of violence in all its forms and urge all sides to exercise restraint and restore calm.

2.1 million families affected by typhoon Yolanda

(DSWD) November 10, 2013 -  The number of families affected by typhoon Yolanda as of noon, November 10, has reached the two million mark, composed of 9.53 million persons as Local Government Units (LGUs) from Regions IV-A and B, V, VI, VII, VIII, X, and CARAGA continue to assess the extent of the disaster.

Homes in Compton, Bell Gardens, El Monte & Pasadena are searched for evidence leading to distribution of child pornography

(BMLTV) On Friday November 1, 2013, SAFE Team members served search warrants at homes in Compton, Bell Gardens, El Monte and Pasadena where evidence linking the people at those locations to the possession and distribution of child pornography was seized.

Typhoon impact fears in Philippines

(IRIN) MANILA, November 8, 2013 - Aid agencies are bracing for the worst after Typhoon Haiyan slammed into the Philippines in the early hours of 8 November, triggering landslides, heavy flooding and affecting tens of millions of people.

“We are working closely in support of government and local authorities to assess the life-saving needs of the people affected by this typhoon,” said Julie Hall, acting resident and humanitarian coordinator in the Philippines.

Statement on typhoon Haiyan from Kristalina Georgieva, EU Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response

(EU) PHILLIPPINES, November 8, 2013 - We have all watched and listened with awe at reports of the destructive progress of Typhoon Haiyan as it made landfall in the Philippines.

This year has seen an exceptionally active tropical storm period in the region with eleven typhoons in the last two months. It is still too soon to establish Haiyan's impact but daylight will inevitably bring news of widespread devastation.

Immigrant women and allies in Washington state today are getting arrested for immigration reform

(BMLTV) WASHINGTON, November 7, 2013 - Despite the rain, immigrant women and allies in Washington state today are getting arrested for immigration reform, after occupying and being evicted from the state GOP headquarters in Bellevue, WA. 

European Union and United States to hold second round of trade negotiations in Brussels

(BMLTV) November 7, 2013 - The EU and the US today announced they will hold a second round of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks in Brussels from Monday 11th – Friday 15th November 2013. 

The week-long round of negotiations replaces the talks originally scheduled for 7th-11th October but which were postponed due to the shutdown of the US government. This round of negotiations will now put the TTIP discussion process fully back on track in terms of the planned negotiation timeline.

The teams of negotiators from either side of the Atlantic are expected to discuss services, investment, energy and raw materials, and regulatory issues. The negotiations’ session on public procurement had taken place before the shutdown.

Hundreds participate in civil disobedience to escalate pressure on house republicans to pass Immigration Reform

(BMLTV) November 6, 2013 -  More than 500 people from faith, labor, elected officials and community organizations, including many undocumented families,  joined the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) for a rally in front of the Chicago office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

 The rally was intended to  pressure the Republican leadership of the US House of Representatives to quickly pass immigration reform, and demand that President Obama halt deportations that are destroying our communities and families.

Teamsters urge passage of Employment Non-Discrimination Act

Hoffa calls for senate house votes

(PRN/USN) WASHINGTON, November 6, 2013 - The International Brotherhood of Teamsters yesterday called on Congress to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) which would provide strong federal protections against discrimination, making it illegal to base hiring decisions or to fire someone because of their sexual orientation or gender identity
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The poles are closed and now it is time to get the real hard numbers

Media monitoring the poles. photo: dan roberts/Guardian

(BMLTV) November 5, 2013 - Washington Bureau Chief of the Guardian, Dan.Roberts tweeted this image which read the following: Lots of hacks but not a sign of any politicians or supporters yet at McAuliffe party in Virginia.

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