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Travel agent found guilty of defrauding students!
Photo credit; the Week A Yoruba proverb says, if a person’s punishment is imminent, wherever they maybe, they will travel to go receive it. So is it with Brijesh Mishra, a travel agent in Jalandhar, India who travelled all the way to Canada to meet his Waterloo. CBC News reports that Mishra pleaded guilty to…
Canadian lawmaker addresses legislature in Indigenous language!
Photo credit: the Guardian Sol Mamakwa a First Nations lawmaker in Ontario has addressed the province’s legislature in Anishininiimowin, an Indigenous language. The Guardian reports that it as being historic because it repudiates a centuries-long colonial “war” on Indigenous languages. Mamakwa who belongs to the New Democratic party is from the community of Kingfisher Lake…
Pledges for Syria are shrinking!
Photo credit: the national As the latest round of pledges for Syria is going South, main donors are saying that the conditions for a safe return are not yet met despite pressure from host countries. The National reports that at the annual conference for Syria in Brussels, the latest round of pledges represented a 22…
Refugee becomes bank executive!
Photo credit: inform Lezan Tahir, a Kurdish refugee, has become a vice-president for customer service at Gate City Bank in downtown Fargo in the United States. INFORUM reports that Tahir’s family survived Saddam Hussein’s brutal mustard gas attack against Kurdish people in 1988. He was born in a refugee camp before he and his family made…
NHS may suffer staff losses!
Photo credit: the Guardian The UK’s health services may soon start suffering a depletion of staff. ABC News reports the case of a medical doctor who has practiced in the UK for about 10 years who decided to pack bag and baggage to flee with his family to Australia. The doctor was simply fed up…
Not too old to contest!
Photo credit: reddit A grandmother wanted to be the next Miss Universe but her hopes were dashed in Argentina. AP reports that the 60-year-old who wanted to create a record as the oldest Miss Universe saw her dream vanish like vapour at Buenos Aires last Saturday. Alexandre Marisa Rodriguez is a hospital legal advisor. Her…
Minimum wage now $160,000 per month!
Photo credit: starbroek news The Ministry of Labor in Guyana has announced an agreement between SOL Guyana Incorporated and the General Workers’ Union (GWU) that ensures SO)L Guyana staff will receive a significant wage and salary increase and other fringe benefits for 2024 and 2025. Stabroek News reports that according to the agreement, staff will receive…