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The consumer price index (CPI) in May was at the highest level in the past six years, but the Government affirmed its capacity of controlling inflation, as heard at a press conference on the monthly cabinet meeting. Scene at the press conference on the monthly cabinet meeting (Photo: baochinhphu.vn) At the Government meeting that took place in Hanoi on June 2, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc ordered not to increase electricity prices. He said adjustments to prices of education and health services should only occur in the proper time and conditions.  He said well monitoring of fiscal and monetary policies is also need to make no pressure for price increases. The meeting highlighted the need to keep track on building material market, particularly the management of steel prices and ensuring supply to meet demand. The Government would continue examining BOT projects and completing negotiations with investors and banks, with a priority given to reducing BOT fees. At the press … [Read more...] about Vietnamese Government capable of control inflation: press conference

x After three days of intense demonstrations around the country against quotas in public service, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced on Wednesday in an impassioned address to parliament that there would be no more quotas for government jobs in future. Speaking in parliament, the prime minister criticized the protesters for not accepting the government’s offer to reconsider the quota issue and come up with a workable solution in one month’s time. “All of a sudden the students say that they don’t want quotas. They launch a movement, stop attending classes, and block the roads. They stop patients from getting to hospitals, people from getting to work. “Why make the public suffer? Let’s just stop this suffering and all this demonstration and trouble once and for all. Let’s cancel the quotas. I think that’s for the best,” she said. ‘Quotas were introduced for a reason’ A visibly angered Hasina deplored the protesters and … [Read more...] about PM says no more quotas in government jobs

Earlier this year, SpaceX helped the US government send a spy satellite into orbit. The launch was somewhat hush-hush, at least in terms of how much SpaceX was allowed to talk about it, but it’s not the first time the company has carried out such tasks for government agencies. However, this time things went a bit sideways and the satellite ended up plummeting back through Earth’s atmosphere, completely destroying it in the inferno of reentry. SpaceX denied being at fault and now a new report seems to support its stance. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that an internal probe into the whole mess revealed that a payload adapter attached to the satellite failed, dooming the spacecraft to an early death. The adapter is not a component built by SpaceX, but rather by defense contractor Northrop Grumman. Whoops! Don't Miss: Get this $60 box and you’ll never pay for home phone service again Northrop Grumman, which also built the Zuma spy satellite in question, attached … [Read more...] about Loss of government spy satellite wasn’t SpaceX’s fault, according to new probe

Press Release:-  The statement made by Dr. Ernest Hilaire about Prime Minister Allen Chastanet not signing a commitment against corruption, at the Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru last week is unfounded and completely false. The Lima Commitment “Democratic Governance Against Corruption” was approved by acclimation at the beginning of the Summit. There was no formal signing. On the contrary Saint Lucia was fully engaged in the Summit process (beginning June 2017) that resulted in the Summit Commitment, having participated in its negotiation and development – including various Summit Implementation Review Group (SIRG) meetings. Saint Lucia was also present at the Ministerial which preceded the Summit on April 12th, 2018 represented by the Hon. Sarah Flood-Beaubrun, who signalled Saint Lucia’s approval of the document for submission to the Summit and the Heads. Also important to note, with regard to the St. Lucia Government’s commitment to the … [Read more...] about Government blasts Hilaire over ‘corruption’ statement

WASHINGTON, Michigan (Reuters) –  U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to shut down the federal government in September if Congress did not provide more funding to build a wall on the border with Mexico. “That wall has started, we have 1.6 billion (dollars),” Trump said at a campaign rally in Washington, Michigan. “We come up again on September 28th and if we don’t get border security we will have no choice, we will close down the country because we need border security.”  Trump made a similar threat in March to push for changes in immigration law that he says would prevent criminals from entering the country. The government briefly shut down in January over immigration.  A $1.3 trillion spending bill, which Trump signed last month, will keep the government funded through the end of September. A government shutdown ahead of the November mid-elections is unlikely to be supported by his fellow Republicans who are keen … [Read more...] about Trump threatens government shutdown if no funding for wall