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National Shuellian Broadcasting Network

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PMC Policy Published

The Directorate has approved a recent proposition from the Department of Corporate Interests after much debate. Policy H139 will allow for select private military companies (including but not limited to the Kruger-Meszaros Corporation, Watchtower International, and Standard Security Solutions) to detain individuals under their jurisdiction in corporate prisons for a maximum of 2 weeks.

As a precautionary measure, any and all private arrests must be reported to Internal Security, and arrest policy must be publicly known to staff of the organization contracting them.

Dietrich Rook, the CEO and Founder of Watchtower International, has publicly approved of this policy, stating that it “will allow for private military companies greater freedom of operation.”

Security companies are already able to issue fines such as parking tickets to contracted offenders.

Latest Trend Explained

Users of SoCEF, an internet imageboard and social media website, have sparked up a trend that you may have seen across the Shuellian web. “All-Capitalism” involves typing in only capital letters, apparently using the justification that “lower cases are for the lower classes.”

NSBN journalists were able to trace this back to the SoCEF board known as [SoTMF], or simply [TMF] - the trade market forum. Users of this board are typically in their early 20s, and often style themselves as the new face of business. [TMF] has also popularized the practice of “investment betting,” where fortunes are spent on the stock market as a type of high-risk gambling.

Montsuhl Outbreak “Worse than Expected”

The adenovirus afflicting the small town of Montsuhl appears to have spread to nearby towns prior to discovery, likely due to trade, transportation, and the recent Olympics.

It is unknown how many are infected at this time, but the Sub-Department of Disease Control states that “the extent of this epidemic may be worse than initially expected.” Prices of vaccines have increased in recent days, but the SDDC warns that they may not be entirely effective.

First Response of the Hazard Corps is expected to be scrambled to the region in order to reduce the rate of the disease’s spread.

Painkiller Census Completed

A recent survey performed by the Department of Health has revealed that 5.2 percent of Shuellian citizens are active users of pain relief medicine, a 0.3 percent decrease since 2018.

Painkiller misuse among active members of the Incorporated States Armed Forces has been noted to be “a significant issue in regards to military efficiency,” and an initiative to deal with this matter is being prepared.

31 percent of veterans in the Military Veteran’s Health Association currently have painkiller prescriptions, an increase of 13 percent since 2010. Roughly two-thirds of citizens deemed veterans have reported experiencing pain, with 11 percent reporting they experience severe pain.

A strong hand guides the masses.