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NEWSPAPER owners under the umbrella of the Newspaper Proprietors' Association of Nigeria (NPAN), and Patio umbrellas sale
yesterday, and Patio umbrellas sale
called on the National Assembly to pass the Freedom of Information (FoI) Bill without any obnoxious amendments like those being proposed by the Senate Committee.
President of the Association, and Patio umbrellas sale
Chief Jibola Ogunshola, and Patio umbrellas sale
speaking at the Association s 2008 Annual General Meeting in Lagos said the legislators were under the mistaken impression that the FoI Bill was the journalists bill.
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the passage of the bill will be of tremendous help in the fight against corruption while the citizens and the government stood to benefit.
Also speaking on the occasion, and Patio umbrellas sale
Governor Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) of Lagos State called for conscious efforts towards reforming the media sector in order to sustain the dream of Nigerian newspapers as a must-read material in a competitive global economy.
Governor Fashola said it was only through such reform that the mix of development strategies and appropriate values necessary for strengthening democracy and economic competitiveness could be achieved.
The Governor who spoke on the Challenges of Newspapers in the face of Globalisation added that the increasing incidence of globalisation, and Patio umbrellas sale
with its various dimensions which are facilitated by information and communication technologies had impacted on societies and businesses in several ways such as spread of multiculturalism and copyrights piracy
CHILE: 512 HIV-Positive People Not Notified
By Daniela Estrada
SANTIAGO, Nov 13 (IPS) - Chilean Health Minister lvaro Erazo reported Thursday that 512 people who tested positive for HIV were not notified by the public health system.
He acknowledged there were problems and announced several measures to confront the health emergency.
'The measures will work as long as the necessary resources are available,' Patricio Novoa, of Vivo Positivo (Living Positive), an umbrella group linking 30 non-governmental organisations, told IPS. 'What is needed here is training for many people, and the hiring of services.'
On Thursday, Minister Erazo presented the 'national report on the state of the situation of confirmed HIV/AIDS cases 2004-2008' to the health committee of the lower house of Congress, which the committee had requested when the scandal first broke out in October over patients who were not immediately notified in the hospital in Iquique, in the northern region of Tarapac.
On Oct. 14, a local TV station reported that 25 people who tested positive for HIV in 2004 were not notified by the Iquique hospital, and that at least two had died because they failed to receive antiretroviral treatment.
The scandal prompted then health minister Dr
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