Think tank says key to winning Canada-US trade war is not retaliating
Photo credit: Yahoo News Canada We normally have a coffee hour in church after Sunday service. Last Sunday, about four of us were discussing the Canada-US trade war. One man said Canada didn’t need to do anything as long as the situation didn’t degenerate into “fisticuffs”. I wasn’t surprised, then, when I read that a free-market…
Woman involved in immigration offences in two countries
Photo credit; Yahoo News An Immigration New Zealand (INZ) investigation into immigration offending in New Zealand has led to the same individual being arrested in the Philippines on alleged syndicated illegal recruitment offences under Philippine law. Julie Pearl De Los Santos, also known as Julie Pearl Robejes, was convicted in the Manukau District Court in…
Injuries as violence erupts at South Africa anti-migrant protest
Photo credit: the Guardian A demonstration against undocumented migrants in South Africa descended into violence Thursday with one foreign national arrested and a community leader saying fibe Congolese were hurt. Africanews.com reports that the protest was in the port city of Durban, which has been at the epicentre of weeks of action against irregular migration, in which…
Last Line… – Adewale Sobowale
Yeah! It’s a fact that Nigeria was at the forefront of nations that fought for South African freedom. That Nigerians are getting a rough deal in South Africa is no secret. But then, could we look at things in their proper perspective? Before Nigerians got into South Africa, there had been drugs, possibly not the…
Ese Giri…Freeloaders! – Adewale Sobowale
It’s no longer a secret that MKO Abiola’s house was raided by some miscreants recently. I refuse to be bothered about any house being robbed. Yeah! How could anyone with some sense be bothered since insecurity is the order of the day in Nigeria? At least, we take consolation in the fact no life was…