24 August 2012 Current Affairs
The First woman Chief Justice for Philippines Supreme Court
President
Benigno Aquino on 24 Aug named a veteran Judge as the first woman chief
Justice of the Philippine supreme Court, Maria Lourdes sereno,53
replaced the Renato corona as chief Judge of Supreme court.
She added: “I would like to assure our countrymen I will keep my oath
of office faithfully to the end of my term. We will deliver to the
people our priorities and schedules in due time.”Sereno said she would emulate the good governance started by Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo, whose death in a plane crash on Aug. 18 the nation is mourning.
Life Long Ban on Lance Armstrong
The
U.S. anti doping agency 14 years of Lance Armstrong strong career on 24
Aug , including his record of seven tour de France Titles and banned
him for life from the sport. He was cyclist who retired an year ago. He
would no longer challenge USDA and declined to exercise his last option
by entering arbitration. He denied again that he ever took banned
substances in his career, called USADA’s Investigation a “witch hunt”
without any physical evidence.
Two Member Panel to Study on Universal Health coverage
The
National Advisory council has set up a two-member working group to
study the report on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) prepared by the high
level expert scope of the National rural health Mission(NRHM) and
convert it into a National Health Mission. The Two-member group,
comprising Mirai chatterjee and A.K.Shiva kumar,will work closely with
the Ministry of Health and Family welfare and the planning commission to
resolve any possible issues arising on health.
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