22 August 2024 Archives

Guatemalan nurses block roads demanding job improvements

Published on: August 22, 2024
17:36

Guatemala City, Aug 22 (Prensa Latina) Guatemala’s National Union of Nurses blocked Thursday blocked at least three roads as they demand labor improvements, stability of employees and bonuses for the day of that specialty.

Argentina’s APJBO association rejects “voluntary layoffs”

Published on: August 22, 2024
17:12

Buenos Aires, Aug 22 (Prensa Latina) The Association of Official Banks' Hierarchical Personnel (APJBO) remains Thursday in a state of alert, rejecting the application by the Argentinian Government of a regime of “voluntary layoffs.”

Dominican institutions urge better care for children

Published on: August 22, 2024
16:59

Santo Domingo, Aug 22 (Prensa Latina) The Cabinet for Children and Adolescents (GANA) and the National Council for Children and Adolescents (CONANI) urged Thursday a better safeguard por children in the Dominican Republic, in view of the wave of attacks on minors that is plaguing the country.

Palestinian cause in the heart of Cuban cartoon exhibition

Published on: August 22, 2024
16:45

Havana, Aug 22 (Prensa Latina) The venue of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) here is currently hosting an art exhibition that features the struggle of the Palestinian people through works by Cuban painters and engravers and one from Palestine.

DRC’s authorities arrest officials involved in shipwreck

Published on: August 22, 2024
16:25

Kinshasa, Aug 22 (Prensa Latina) Officials allegedly liable for the sinking of a boat on the Lukeni River, in the province of Maï-Ndombe, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), are under provisional arrest, Radio Okapi reported Thursday.

Cuban artists celebrate UNEAC’s foundation

Published on: August 22, 2024
16:12

Camagüey, Cuba, Aug 22 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban city baptized as “the cradle of national literature” celebrated Thursday the 63rd anniversary of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), thus ratifying the group’s critical support to national culture.

Chile announces new electricity rate hike

Published on: August 22, 2024
15:48

Santiago, Chile, Aug 22 (Prensa Latina) The National Energy Commission (CNE) of Chile announced today that a new increase in electricity bills will come into effect starting October, which will bear a heavier impact on lower and middle power consumers.

Chances for peace in Middle East are wearing thin, UN warns

Published on: August 22, 2024
15:26

United Nations, Aug 22 (Prensa Latina) The Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, said Thursday that possibilities of defusing the crisis brewing in the region are wearing thin, which aggravates the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Uruguayan mayors reject mandatory confinement of homeless

Published on: August 22, 2024
15:01

Uruguayan mayors reject compulsory internment of homeless

Online portal offers better employment chances for Haitians

Published on: August 22, 2024
14:30

Port-au-Prince, Aug 22 (Prensa Latina) Haitians are more likely to find jobs by accessing the Public Employment Service on line platform, a local tool devised to help beat the current unemployment rate.

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