Almost half of Toronto-area immigrant settlement services to close!
Photo credit: Global News Nearly half the immigrant service organizations in the Greater Toronto Area…

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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
Photo credit: Global News Nearly half the immigrant service organizations in the Greater Toronto Area are braced for program closures soon due to federal funding cuts that began in 2024. Toronto Today reports that a survey of 48 newcomer service agencies – conducted by the United Way Greater Toronto, Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants and the City…
Photo credit: The Guardian Cuba’s government said late Wednesday that the 10 passengers on a boat that opened fire on its soldiers were armed Cubans living in the US who were trying to infiltrate the island and unleash terrorism. The Telegraph Online reports that the announcement came hours after Cuba said its soldiers killed four people and wounded…
Photo credit: Cambodianess A new migrant worker resource centre (MRC) established in Siem Reap province will strengthen awareness-raising and support service for potential and returning Cambodian migrant workers, particularly in the fishing and seafood processing sectors. Phnom Srey Organization for Development will work in close collaboration with the Provincial Department of Labour and Vocational Training to operate…
I am one of those who believe that a president’s job is one of the easiest. He is just there to supervise the work of his appointees. So, I don’t see the big deal in a president’s job. I also believe anybody, with a little bit of sense,should be able to preside over the affairs…
For the past five days, undiscerning Nigerians have been in an unrealistic euphoria. The Christians have been shouting Hallelujah in their thanksgivings. The Moslems have been howling their Salams. The traditional worshippers too are not left behind, they have been saying Eriwoyah. Everyone is happy. They couldn’t be happier. They are all thanking God for…
Photo credit: BBC That the one hundred and ten schoolgirls from Dapchi, a sleepy town in Yobe State of Northern Nigeria were kidnapped last Monday is no longer news. I can not help thinking of which state those poor girls will be in now. Are they being fed? Are they being clothed? At least, I…