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Carlo Gabriel Simbajon
Carlo Gabriel Simbajon
 BP Oil Spill Update: There is a growing concern among environmental groups on the status of more than 27,000 supposedly abandoned oil and gas wells in the Gulf of Mexico – right where the BP oil spill disaster is taking place. As oil spill containment efforts are taking place, the Associated Press → Read More  3 comments - (Comments are closed)  Nearly 2 million unemployed Americans wait anxiously for the passage of the unemployment extension 2010 bill. Because the Senators are still enjoying their vacation, the stand alone jobs bill is in limbo. In the meantime, 17 Senators who repeatedly voted to filibuster the stand alone jobs bill will be under the watchful → Read More 94 comments - (Comments are closed)  BP Oil Spill Live Feed Update: British Petroleum’s oil spill clean up in the Gulf of Mexico is being hampered by high seas according to the latest report from the Agence France-Presse. The bad weather is impeding the deployment of The Helix Producer, a third ship that is said to be capable → Read More One comment - (Comments are closed)  Senate deliberations on the unemployment extension bill has been put on hold until Senators, who are enjoying a week-long Independence Day respite, resume session on the week of July 12. In the meantime, many unemployed Americans are left to fend for themselves without any form of unemployment benefit to rely on to → Read More 20 comments - (Comments are closed)  When the Senate resumes discussion on the unemployment extension 2010 bill, 17 Senators who repeatedly voted to filibuster the stand alone jobs bill will be under the watchful eye of their unemployed constituents. These 17 senators come from states which registered high unemployment rates. The Center for American Progress’ blog, Think Progress, → Read More 28 comments - (Comments are closed)  A San Francisco-based immigration lawyer, along with many immigration advocacy groups commended President Barack Obama’s call for a bipartisan support for a comprehensive immigration bill. Immigration lawyer Mark Silverman of the Immigration Legal Resource Center lauded President Obama’s call for comprehensive legislation that will deal with immigration reform. Silverman, quoted by San → Read More One comment - (Comments are closed)  State and local governments are expected to make job cuts that will affect 152,000 government employees. This is on top of the 95,000 state and local government workers who were victims of job cuts since January. The Associated Press reports that Nigel Gault, an economist at IHS Global Insight, sees the cuts → Read More Comments are closed  The urgency of Congress legislating the unemployment extension 2010 bill appears further emphasized in the light of the latest statistics which indicate fewer jobs being produced and more consumer bankruptcies being registered. Data released by the Labor Department indicate that the economy is not producing enough jobs to stay apace with the → Read More 9 comments - (Comments are closed) |
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