Ford, Carney promise to spend $8.8B to spur housing builds in Ontario
Photo credit: CBC Ontario and Ottawa will spend billions to help cut municipal housing development charges…
Biden under knocks!
Rights Advocates criticised President Joe Biden of the United States for referring to an undocumented immigrant as an “illegal”.He was accused of echoing the dehumanising rhetoric of his predecessor, Donald Trump. Rights advocates and progressive lawmakers have long condemned the use of the term “illegal” to refer to human beings who do not have immigration…
BAM BAM L’AYO! WE’RE OVERFED!! – Adewale Sobowale
When I was a kid, I can still remember situations when I refused to eat. It normally happened when I was annoyed. Whenever that happened, my mother wouldn’t utter a word. She would have her meal, and for what I then thought was an overkill, she would begin singing, Bamubamu la yoAwa o mo p’ebiNpo’mo…
Israeli attacks on Palestinian aid seekers continue
Israel has not relented in its efforts to fire Palestinian civilians. Al Jazeera reports that its cameras captured some Israeli forces firing a crowd of Palestinians awaiting aid distribution at the Kuwait Roundabout in Gaza City. The attack is noted to be the second since yesterday. It is also reported that an Israeli air attack…
US judge blocks new immigration law in Texas
A federal judge on Thursday blocked a new Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S., dealing a victory to the Biden administration with a broad rejection of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s immigration enforcement effort. U.S. District Judge David Ezra’s preliminary injunction pausing a law that…
Lords checkmate Rwanda plan!
The U.K.’s Upper House has passed five amendments on the Rwanda bill. If the amendments are ratified, it would make it harder for the lower house to declare Rwanda a “safe” country. It would therefore require the government to comply with domestic and in international laws. The amendments would also severely affect the main purpose…
Sheffield United 0-6 Arsenal; Match Report
A breathless, brutal display of attacking football saw us equal our record away win the Premier League for the second time in a matter of weeks. Following a 6-0 win at West Ham late last month, and a 5-0 hammering of Burnley in our last away league game, we were at it again at Bramall…
Nigerians deploy different strategies to survive as economic hardship kontinu to bite
Di rising cost of living dey push Nigerians to di point wey be say dem no know wetin to do again. Wit inflation wey don almost hit di highest in thirty years for January, almost half of di population dey live inside poverty now. Di money wey dem dey earn dey below $1 a day….
Trump’s claims of a migrant crime wave are not supported by national data
When Donald Trump speaks at the southern border in Texas on Thursday, you can expect to hear him talk about “migrant crime,” a category he has coined and defined as a terrifying binge of criminal activity committed by undocumented immigrants spreading across the country. “You know, in New York, what’s happening with crime is it’s…
Ford, Carney promise to spend $8.8B to spur housing builds in Ontario
Photo credit: CBC Ontario and Ottawa will spend billions to help cut municipal housing development charges in an effort to spur new builds across the province. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Doug Ford announced Monday. RCI reports that the federal and provincial governments will each spend $4.4 billion on housing-related infrastructure over the next 10 years. Carney announced…
Unemployment rises for people with bipolar in the UK
Photo credit: MSN New Data, released to mark World Bipolar Day (March 30th), suggests unemployment among people with the mental health condition has more than doubled in a decade. Metro reports that Charity Bipolar UN analyzed data from NHS England Digital’s latest Adult Psychiatrist Morbidity Survey (APMS) to uncover how the current system is failing to…
Clowns protest in Bolivia
Photo credit; The Guardian Dozens of clowns marched through the streets of Bolivia’s capital on Monday to protest a government decree that limits extracurricular activities, threatening their livelihoods. The Associated Press reports that the clowns, wearing full-face paint and their signature red noses, were gathered in front of the Ministry of Education in La Paz to protest a…
Rankabiyesi! – Adewale Sobowale
Isn’t it funny the way some so-called royal bloods choose to desecrate the very stool on which they are sitting. But then, the fault is hardly theirs. It’s the fault of what we have chosen to become. That the Oluwo of Iwo has decided to become an emir is no longer news. The fact that,…
Marketplace! – Adewale Sobowale
Come to market,With sellables,Plus buyables.Time matters not,To market you come.When night falls,Home you must go.It matters not,Time spent marketing,But transactions done.Some do comeFrom dawn, andDepart at dusk.Others might,An hour spend.Self fulfilmentWith impact,Are the koko! @ as 31/03/18
Toronto’s flagship art show takes place at Enercare Centre
Photo credit; Toronto Today Over 250 artists gathered at the Enercare Centre at Exhibition Place this weekend, showcasing their creations for Toronto’s Artist Project art fair. Toronto Today reports that for art appreciators and buyers, the convention floor became a maze of visual stimuli – aisles of booths featuring paintings, sculptures and textiles lined up in rows, each manned…
Pak to host talks between US and Iran says Ishaq Dar
Photo credit: Time Pakistan’s foreign minister on Sunday indicated the prospect of potential talks between the US and Iran to de-escalate the ongoing war, noting that both countries have expressed their “confidence” in Islamabad to facilitate their discussions. Ishaq Dar made these remarks while addressing the media after holding quadrilateral consultations with his counterparts from Saudi Arabia,…
