July 25, 2022

‘Goodfellas,’ ‘Law & Order’ Actor Paul Sorvino Dies at 83

Paul Sorvino, an imposing actor who specialized in playing crooks and cops like Paulie Cicero in “Goodfellas” and the NYPD sergeant Phil Cerretta on “Law & Order,” has died. He was 83. His publicist Roger Neal said he died Monday morning in Indiana of natural causes. “Our hearts are broken, there will never be another Paul Sorvino, he was the love of my life, and one of the greatest performers to ever grace the screen and stage,” his wife, Dee Dee Sorvino, said in a statement. In over 50 years in the entertainment business, Sorvino was a mainstay in films

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Reports: Refugees in Rwanda Suffering from ‘Urban’ Disease

A report Monday in the British newspaper The Guardian said a growing number of people in the Mahama refugee camp in Rwanda are registering in health centers for non-communicable diseases, or NCDs, that are usually seen in older people and in urban areas. Examples cited in the paper included a hypertensive 6-year-old, a 2-year-old with respiratory problems, a 40-year-old woman with kidney failure who became hypertensive during a pregnancy, and a 20-year-old woman, diagnosed with diabetes after falling into a coma. The report says while the number of people with NCDs at Mahama is at 5% of the total caseload, the figures

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THE MINISTRY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND ENTERPRISE AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIAT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT: €700,000 for greening projects in various localities

Government assistance to local councils for residents’ benefit The Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Enterprise presented €700,000 to various local councils to carry out greening projects in their respective localities. Thanks to the ‘Urban Greening’ scheme, operated by Ambjent Malta, 11 environmental projects will be carried out aimed at embellishing different areas within the community. Each submitted project was evaluated based on five criteria which include the environmental aspect of the project, originality, the cultural aspects and the benefits towards the community, the aesthetic design, and the implementation period of the project. The beneficiaries were presented with the agreement

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