Nationwide round-up (01/18/21)
January 18, 2021 | 7:24 pm
Ombudsman clears Acosta on anti-dengue vaccination funds case
THE Ombudsman has dismissed the charges against Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) Chief Persida V. Acosta and other officials on the alleged misuse of public funds related to the controversy on the government’s anti-dengue vaccination program.
The Ombudsman said there was no sufficient evidence against the PAO officials to pursue graft charges and grave misconduct in relation to the Dengvaxia controversy.
“(T)he criminal and administrative complaints against respondents are hereby dismissed, for insufficiency of evidence,” the Ombudsman said.
The resolution was dated October 23, 2019 but only released to the public on January 14.
National Heroes Day: Order Of The Cayman Islands Admissions 15 January 2021, 04:59 AM
Politics & Government
Eight outstanding persons have accepted admission to membership in the Order of the Cayman Islands and will receive their awards on National Heroes Day 2021.
“Admission to the Order is one of the highest national honours and awards in the Cayman Islands, and I congratulate each of these outstanding individuals.” Premier, Hon. Alden McLaughlin advised.
Nominations were sought from the public and 39 were considered by the Council for the Order of the Cayman Islands, which is chaired by the Hon. Chief Justice Anthony Smellie.
The award of “Officer of the Order of the Cayman Islands” will be conferred on the following four persons, who will be able to use the designation OCI after their names:
Some 20 directives were passed by high court in its judgment for protection and safety
ISLAMABAD:
As the gruesome murder of 11 coal miners belonging to the Shia Hazara community in an attack in Mach lits a fireball of protest across the country, a decade-old Balochistan High Court ruling on the issue of target killings of the community has yet to be implemented.
Long before the publication of the Quetta Commission report, Justice Qazi Faez Isa, who was the BHC chief justice then, had taken suo motu notice of the brutal assassination of 26 Hazaras on September 20, 2011, on their way to Iran from Ziarat.
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