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In 2021, Republic Act No.11589, or the BFP Modernization Act, was enacted into law, mandating the implementation of a ten year program to modernize the BFP. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The law also enabled the creation of security and protection units (SPUs) in each regional and city fire station and allowed 14 members at most per SPU to bear firearms.
The World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth adopted a resolution to proclaim August 12 as International Youth Day at its first session in Lisbon, Portugal, from 8 to 12 August 1998. The recommendation was later endorsed by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 17, 1999, with the adoption of Resolution 54/120. [2] [3]
In April 1961, Philippine President Carlos P. Garcia signed Republic Act No. 3022 into law, declaring April 9 of every year as "Bataan Day". [9]In June 1987, Executive Order No. 203 revised all national holidays in the Philippines, referring to the April 9 holiday as "Araw ng Kagitingan (Bataan and Corregidor Day)". [10]
The 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship was the second edition of the ICC World Test Championship of Test cricket. [1] [2] [3] It started on 4 August 2021 [4] and finished with the Final on 7–11 June 2023 at The Oval, London, played between Australia and India.
The holiday was established in 1996 by the Saint Kitts and Nevis Federal Parliament with the passage of the National Honours Act. [20] The first observance of the holiday was on 16 September 1998 to honour Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, the first Premier of Saint Kitts and Nevis and a former labour activist. [21] The holiday is observed on his ...
[81] At a news conference on 3 August 2024, IOC President Thomas Bach defended the participation of Khelif and Lin Yu-ting, saying, "There was never any doubt about them being a woman." [ 82 ] He further reaffirmed that Khelif was born a woman and denounced hate speech against her.
Already before the 5 days working week was generally adopted in Finland in the late 1960s, working hours in most cases were shorter on Saturdays (4...5 h) than on other weekdays (8 h), but they were equally shorter also on all eves of public holidays, for example on the eve of Epiphany, the eve of All Saints' Day, and even including Christmas ...
21-23 May 2023 - The Manila Central Post Office was gutted by a fire that started from a leaking car battery. [129] 31 August 2023 - A fire at a house doubling as a t-shirt factory in Quezon City killed 15. [130]