Lima, Peru | Sunday 08 November 2009 04:43 | | |

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At least two thousand employees of the National Ports Company (Enapu) and over 11,000 stevedores are currently observing a 24-hour strike across the country, in opposition to the granting of ports in concession, due to their feeling of helplessness since they are not heard by the government.
After a long silence, Susan Hoefken, known now in local media as “la robapulmón” ("the lung robber") declared to the press, saying that the recent theft of a lung from a exhibition “The Human Body, real and fascinating,” was not a part of any marketing strategy.
Peru's Congress has passed a bill creating a special regime of temporary early retirement under Peru's National Retirement System (ONP), for women over 50 and men over 55.
The Emergency Decree that establishes that every Saturday, Sunday and holidays are considered working days in state entities (for administrative procedures) will come into effect on October 24th.
Peruvian congress passed a bill against sexual harassment or blackmail at workplace, that even contemplates firing the offender.
Peru's Constitutional Court (TC) invalidated the free distribution of Emergency Oral Contraception (EOC) pills in the country, and asked the Health Ministry (Minsa) not to develop public health policies based on it, because the TC considers that “the absence of abortifacient effects has not been fully proved.”
Alberto Pizango, former president of the Inter Ethnics Association for Development of the Peruvian Rainforest (AIDESEP), declared that he wants to return to Peru, but he also requested the authorities to change the arrest warrant issued against him.
Peru's Congresswoman Nancy Obregón denied today having any tie with drug trafficking and assured the other members of her party support her.
Peruvian Prime Minister Javier Velasquez Quesquen announced that the country's Council of Ministers on Wednesday approved a decree eliminating non-working days throughout the year.
After a long debate, the Commission for the Revising of Peru's Penal Code rejected the request of reconsidering the bill that would decriminalize therapeutic abortion or the abortions performed in case of rape, or when the fetus suffers from severe malformations, by 6 votes in favor, 5 votes against, and 1 abstention.
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