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2023-09-26 04:50:15

Over the past three weeks, the 1712 helpline has received around 820 calls regarding violence, abuse and child maltreatment. This represents an increase of 31% compared to last year, it said Tuesday.

According to Wim Van de Voorde, Flemish coordinator of the helpline, this increase in the number of calls is due to media coverage of the Sven Pichal affair, named following the 44-year-old former VRT radio presenter. suspected of possessing and disseminating images of child abuse. This increase would also be due to the fallout from the broadcast in Flanders of a documentary on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

1712 is a free, anonymous helpline for anyone who has questions regarding violence, abuse and child maltreatment. In total, callers reported nearly 1,100 victims. Most of the calls concerned violence within the family.

Dozens of cases of abuse in schools, boarding schools, youth institutions and others have also been reported

The significant media coverage of sexual abuse in recent weeks therefore seems to encourage victims to contact 1712, analyzes the hotline.

Most of these victims are victims of child abuse. The hotline has also received significantly more calls regarding victims of sexual violence, just over half of whom are minors.

The child helpline in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation is 103

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2023-09-26 04:26:18

“Lebanon Debate”

Distributing financial losses, writing off the deposits of the Lebanese, writing off the public debt, or imposing random taxes and increasing fees in all sectors are various titles for a single financial scenario proposed by the government following it was cut off from all sources of internal and external financing.

These scenarios have no chance of being implemented, at least in light of the collapsed economy and the lack of purchasing power among citizens, without reducing the pressure of economic and social crises, in parallel with the political crisis that is open to countless dangers.

The Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration at the Jesuit University and the President of the International Federation of Businessmen and Women, Dr. Fouad Zumkhal, reads in these circulating scenarios, a financial and economic tendency of the authority to distribute losses amounting to approximately 70 billion dollars, to citizens who essentially lost their deposits, financial stability, and social security, as a result of the performance of these… Authority for decades led the Lebanese to collapse.

Dr. Zmkhal confirms to “Lebanon Debate” that the government today is implementing a financial project as if nothing had happened, noting that the political class is directly responsible for the losses that it seeks to inflict on the Lebanese, specifically on depositors, first by implementing the plan to write off deposits by writing off their debts, and second by During the package of taxes and fees contained in the budgets of the current year and next year.

Dr. Zmkhahal reveals that the depositors have borne the bulk of the financial losses since the year 2019 until today, and they are still facing a plan to continue plundering what remains of it, through a government effort to pay the accumulated deficit by imposing random taxes once more. Therefore, the government’s project today requires turning the page on the deficit. Financial collapse on the basis of “may God forgive the past,” by distributing losses to the remaining depositors, and evading any responsibility.

As this financial plan continues to be implemented, Dr. Zumkhal warns of the danger of taxes that only target the white economy and companies that operate according to the laws. They also threaten investors and entrepreneurs while at the same time encouraging smugglers, the black economy, and money laundering, knowing that this plan will not lead to… Increasing treasury revenues, on the contrary, will lead to a decline in its revenues, and will not achieve the government’s main goal, which is to finance its spending from the citizen or his deposits, instead of working to implement reforms, activate collection, restructure the public sector, and eliminate waste in all areas.

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#Amnesty #past…financially

2023-09-26 03:59:41

The federal government might soon be headed for a shutdown unless Democrats and Republicans can reach an agreement prior to a looming deadline.

A continuing resolution to fund the government would need to be passed by midnight on Oct. 1, or else it might trigger a shutdown of key government services.

In the past 25 years, there have been four shutdowns, which have lasted between two and 34 days.

One of the first things that might be impacted? Air travel, as air traffic controllers and TSA workers are employed by the federal government.

“Last time we had a shutdown, TSA workers and air traffic controllers, they didn’t get paid,” Rep. Mike Quigley said. “After a while, they stopped showing up. Flights were canceled. Aviation was snarled. It might have a big impact.”

Former President Donald Trump exacerbated concerns regarding a shutdown, encouraging conservatives who are not signing onto a budget compromise that might keep the government open. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy pushed back on the idea of a shutdown, saying that it would only hurt Republicans in the eyes of Americans.

“The people who want to close the government only makes it weaker,” he said. “Why would they want to stop paying the troops, or stop paying the border agents, the Coast Guard?”

Sen. Dick Durbin says that the Democratic-controlled Senate is ready to play ball on a compromise, but expressed concerns that McCarthy’s caucus in the House may torpedo legislation, leading to a shutdown.

“It depends on McCarthy,” he said. “He runs the risk of being challenged by his own caucus if he doesn’t (shut government down).”

As for the impact a shutdown might have on Americans, numbers published by the White House tell a startling tale. Estimates suggest that a shutdown would result in at least 800 fewer Customs and Border Protection agents on staff. At least 65,000 children would lose access to government-supported health care. Food inspections would be delayed, and the Small Business Administration would be unable to issue new loans.

Rep. Danny Davis, who represents Illinois’ 7th District, says that Republican proposals to slash up to 27% from non-defense spending programs are dead on arrival in the House, and that lawmakers need to search for other solutions.

“I’m not prepared to cut where there is no room to cut,” he said. “If all you do is cut, cut, cut, all you get is blood, blood, blood.”

Other agencies might be impacted as well, as non-essential workers would immediately be furloughed in the event of a shutdown. According to estimates, there might be as many as four million non-essential federal employees that would be put out of work by a shutdown, and that might have dire consequences for those seeking services related to Social Security and more.

“You’re going to get your Social Security check, but if you have any questions, nobody’s going to answer the call,” Quigley said. “Same is true with veterans’ benefits. You can get a passport renewed, but if there’s an issue you need to talk regarding, nobody’s there.”

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#government #shutdown #Illinois #residents #NBC #Chicago

2023-09-26 05:23:57

Eleven outbreaks of European foulbrood, a contagious bacterial disease that attacks bee larvae, have been detected.

In the Walloon Region, outbreaks of European foulbrood, a contagious bacterial disease which attacks bee larvae, have been detected. Afsca carried out checks. “The inspector does an initial analysis. In the event of positive feedback, it carries out a second, more advanced check and in the event of contamination of more than 50% of the apiary, we carry out total destruction,” declares Kathy Brison, spokesperson for Afsca to our colleagues at TvLux.

Eleven outbreaks were located, two in Liège, eight in the province of Luxembourg, including one on the site of the black bee fertilization station. The site has been blocked by Afsca for three months for eradication.

The association, supported by several veterinarians, denounces this measure as “too radical”. “Destroying the entire herd because we detected a few cases is completely outdated,” declares Martin Dermine, veterinarian and recognized beekeeping specialist. For the association, the fight through eradication is all the more inadequate as European foulbrood is an endemic disease which has always been present on Belgian lands.

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#carry #total #destruction #contagious #bacteria #detected #Wallonia