Photo credit: Reuters Every Thursday and Sunday at noon, dozens of people gather outside an apartment building in Havana’s Vedado neighbourhood: Laura Mendoza comes downstairs, checks their names against a list and hands out medicine they requested through WhatsApp. The Associated Press reports that antihistamines, diuretics, eye drops and antibiotics are among the drugs she distributes….
I had wanted to post something on how and why I think Canada is fast replacing the US as the land of opportunities before I attended an event yesterday. The event which continues today is the ‘Faire Nationale de L’Eemploi’ which is being held at Place Bonaventure in the city of Montreal. Taking place alongside…
I read someone’s complaints about their juniors, in school, who had stopped referring to them as ‘senior’. I decided to make this post in order to show, in the first place, that seniority is not for ever. Second, if a person didn’t misuse his ‘seniority’, he becomes an ‘egbon’, as older siblings are called. In…
The Hamas strike is no longer news. Neither is the Israeli reaction. Of course, the seemingly unending Russo-Ukrainian war is still thereThe Sudan conflict continues, and Syria, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and many others are in turmoil. We can’t discount the forceful takeover of government in some countries. Which group of people is suffering the most? The…
Photo credit: The Guardian US President Donald Trump complained bitterly on Friday about not winning the Nobel peace prize for 2026, a year in which he started a war with Iran. The Guardian reports that at what was supposed to be a rally for other Republican candidates in Syracuse, New York, Trump devoted a long…
Photo credit: Toronto Today Toronto mayoral candidates Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford joined Ontarion Premier Doug Ford Saturday, as hundres of volunteers gathered at the Daily Bread Food Bank’s annual Thanksgiving food sort. CTV News reports that the organizers said the event brought more than 200 volunteers to sort and pack food donations for local residents in need over…
