| British government reissues travel warnings to Sri Lanka
London, 30 April, (Asiantribune.com): British Government has reviewed and reissued travel warning to British citizens traveling to Sri Lanka in general and the North and East of the country in particular, in the light of the latest incident in which LTTE used aircrafts ob 29 April to drops bombs in targets in Colombo. The latest travel warning by the issued by the British Foreign and Commonwealth office pointed out that on 29 April 2007 the LTTE used light aircraft to drop bombs on targets in the Colombo area. Although the warning said that little damage was caused by this incident, and a similar raid on 26 March on the military area of Bandaranike International Airport (north of Colombo), caused disruption in Colombo city and at the airport. The warning went on to point out that some airlines are reviewing their flight schedules to Sri Lanka.
Houston Supermarket Workers Joining Nationwide Call for Good Jobs ...
HOUSTON, TX -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/13/07 -- Houston grocery workers are standing up to protect good jobs with affordable health care in our community. Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 455 are joining with workers in eight cities across the country at store events, with a unified message to the supermarket giants. Contracts covering some 12,000 grocery workers in Houston expired March 31st. While these Local 455 members are currently in negotiations with Kroger, what is happening in contract negotiations with Kroger across the nation will likely affect Houston's negotiations. Supermarket chains nationwide, like Kroger, are refusing to provide the affordable health care and living wages their employees deserve. Communities will end up paying the price, with taxpayers shouldering the burden of government paid health care.
Support for universal health care gains traction
As a policy idea, universal health care has taken huge leaps - from being generally disregarded to being widely popular in a short amount of time. Several years ago, few politicians, academics, industry experts and newspaper columnists openly called for universal health care. Back then, they debated smaller steps to gradually reduce the uninsured population, betting that a pitch for universal coverage would be politically unpalatable. Now that assumption has reversed. Powerful lawmakers, including presidential hopefuls Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and former Sen. John Edwards (D), are moving health care to the forefront and asserting that universal coverage is not only possible, but imperative. Mixed views Supporters say universal coverage could lower medical prices and alleviate the cost concerns of employers because doctors and hospitals would face much less uncompensated care, or bad debt.
Improved access to dental care the next big election issue?
With area residents citing dental care costs as a major issue in their communities, a local coalition hopes candidates in the upcoming provincial election will take notice.
The Northumberland Dental Health Coalition will promote the importance of improved access to dental care in the lead-up to the provincial election set for October 10. By raising the issue with local candidates, Dental Health Coalition members hope to raise awareness and address the problem.
According to the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit, an estimated one-third of Ontario residents do not see a dentist. The health unit says costs, lack of private dental insurance and lack of transportation are reasons why people do not get dental care. .
Surety, LLC and Digital Now, Inc. Partner to Safely Exchange and ...
HERNDON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Surety, LLC, the leading provider of data integrity solutions and Digital Now, Inc., today announced that Surety's technology will be embedded in the soon-to-be-released DEXSARTM, the Digital EXchange Storage and Retrieval Service from Digital Now, Inc. (DNI). Surety's flagship product, AbsoluteProof®, will provide digital time-stamping of electronic records kept by consumers and business service providers in DEXSAR, a digital exchange and storage solution. DEXSAR v2, scheduled for release June 2007, allows professional service providers to supply their customers with web-based digital exchange and storage accounts, capable of securely storing data such as health records, financial information, digital music and pictures. AbsoluteProof will automatically provide a secure digital timestamp for all data transferred from participating service providers into a user's DEXSAR account, ensuring that important records stored in DEXSAR, such as bank statements, prepared tax filings and financial plans, are secure and authenticated.
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