Photo credit: the Globe and Mail Ottawa should open a permanent residency pathway for Ukrainians who came to Canada through a special visa program launched after Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, the Ukrainian Canadian Congress said on Wednesday. CTV News reports that the CEO of the congress, Ihor Michatchyshyn, said his organization presented a policy…
Photo credit: the vanguard I’m definitely not a fuji fan. But then, neither do I go about with my eyes closed nor my ears blocked. Was it not in January, 2013 that the late Alhaji Sikiru Ayinde Barrister released an album titled, ‘E Sinmi Rascality’? The title of the album could be said to be…
So, some people still believe that what is going on in the Middle East is about religion or power. They must have another think coming! For sure I don’t support the criminality of Hamas in attacking harmless civilians – killing and taking hostages – anybody who does is definitely a sadist. However, methinks the powers…
Photo credit: Aljazeera US President Donald Trump has ordered a “blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, in Washington’s latest move to increase pressure on Nicolás Maduro’s government, targeting its main source of income. The National reports that it is unclear how the order will be imposed, and whether Mr Trump will turn to the…
Photo credit: Antares News Indonesia’s Migrant Workers Protection Ministry is integrating its Golden Migrant Village program with the Ministry of Villages’ Thematic Village scheme to make overseas job placement safer, cheaper, and better regulated. Antara reports that the initiative was discussed by Minister of Labour and Protection of Workers Mukhtarudin and Ministers Yandri Susanto for…
Photo credit: CTV News A conservative Canadian think tank has ranked Canada as the twelfth “freest” country in the world based on a global index that measures human freedoms, while claiming that freedom has declined for the vast majority of the world’s population in recent years. CTV News reports that the Fraser Institute, jointly with…
