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Poland delays choosing contractor for sewer line extension, pushes project to 2022
Selectpersons learn state appropriation for next year’s RSU 16’s budget is almost $488,000 less than this year.
By Eriks PetersonsSpecial to the Sun Journal
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POLAND On the recommendation of engineering firm Wright-Pierce, the Board of Selectpersons decided Tuesday night to postpone taking bids on the Route 26 sewer extension until September or October.
Rob Williamson, who works for the Topsham engineering firm overseeing the project, told the board a diminished labor force has compelled contractors to limit work that can be done this year.
Published May 4, 2021 3:47pm Australia is committed to assist the Philippines’ COVID-19 response amid vaccine supply issues, its envoy to Manila said, adding it is trying its best to ensure speedy delivery of crucial doses to the country currently battling a fresh surge of infections. Ambassador Steven Robinson said the government of Australia is “trying to do as much as we can within the constraints of the supply that we have” to provide aid as many countries in the region have reached out to them for assistance on excess vaccines. “Because supply is an issue to all of us, to Australia as it is to the Philippines. So, we’re doing what we can and I’ve got my fingers crossed that something positive will come out,” he told an online briefing Monday evening.
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+ April 29, 2021 WITHIN two years after its inauguration, the Philippine Internet Crimes Against Children Center (Picacc) made possible the rescue of 373 victims from online sexual exploitation and the arrest of 84 offenders.
The Philippine National Police (PNP), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Australian Federal Police, UK National Crime Agency (NCA), and non-government organization International Justice Mission (IJM) launched Picacc on February 27, 2019 to strengthen global law enforcement collaboration in combating the online sexual exploitation of children.
On April 28, 2021, member agencies marked the center’s second anniversary with a virtual celebration where they looked back on the center’s accomplishments the past two years and welcomed a new member, the National Police of the Netherlands.
Pushing the limits of COVID diplomacy, Philippines threatens to expel Chinese official
Sun Online Desk
10th April, 2021 06:50:44
The Philippines has threatened to expel a Chinese diplomatic spokesman in Manila in the latest twist of an intensifying row with the superpower over territory in the South China Sea.
The Defence and Foreign Affairs ministries in the Philippines have been up in arms for a fortnight over the presence of 220 fishing boats suspected to be manned by Chinese maritime militia at Whitsun Reef, with statements flying back and forth over the alleged incursion into the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone.
With dozens of the vessels remaining in the area, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teddy Locsin jnr said on Wednesday he was “firing off another diplomatic protest” to China’s embassy and would continue objecting “every day until the last one’s gone like it should be by now if it is really fishing”.
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The Whitsun Reef belongs to the Spratly archipelago, which is claimed by Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. (File Image)
Philippines threatens to expel Chinese official over South China Sea row ANI | Updated: Apr 08, 2021 19:36 IST
Manila [Philippines], April 8 (ANI): Philippines has threatened to expel a Chinese diplomatic spokesman in Manila in the latest twist of an intensifying row with the superpower over territory in the South China Sea.
According to The Sydney Morning Herald, the ongoing row with the Philippines and China regarding the 220 fishing boats found at the Whitsun Reef is reported to be manned by the Chinese maritime militia.