Paraguay's Senate has postponed for another week the review of a bill that exempts the import of vehicles and equipment for volunteer firefighters from taxes and fees. Finance Committee Chairman Silvio Ovelar requested the delay because DNIT Director Óscar Orué did not attend the meeting. The bill, approved by the Chamber of Deputies in December, faces automatic enactment on May 31.
Juan Cabral
Jefe de la Unidad de Prevención de Zoonosis de la Municipalidad de Asunción.
Paraguay's Public Ministry charged Elías Cabral, a self-styled coordinator of Older Adults, with abandonment and incitement to commit crimes. Elderly people camped for over a month in front of the Ministry of Social Development after receiving false information about the universal pension program.
A cat was rescued by volunteer firefighters and the Zoonosis Prevention Unit after being trapped for at least a day in a retaining pillar of the Botanic Corridor viaduct in Asunción. The animal was taken to the Polki Squad shelter.