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…

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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…

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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…

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Dozens killed in Rafah!

Photo credit: The New Arab At least 35 people have been killed and dozens more injured in Israeli airstrikes on Rafah.  LBC reports that rockets were launched into Rafah after Hamas launched rockets towards Tel Aviv in months.  The Israeli airstrike reportedly hit a refugee camp. However, Israel insists that it hit a Hamas compound…

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New Hot Spot for Pakistanis!

Photo credit; UNHCR Pakistan was not one of the countries of origin òf Eurirregular migrants in 2022.  However,  according to a report by the National Commission of Human Rights in Pakistan, in 2023, Europe had become the fifth prominent desire of Pakistanis.  DAWN reports that there’s a new route and Pakistani authorities have said that…

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