I was gisting with a pastor of one of the popular Pentecostal churches yesterday, and I was surprised with how little he knows about the most basic of things. For instance, he did not know the procedure of Islamic banking. That is, the bank does not discriminate on religious basis. I actually had to tell…
Photo credit: CBC Mahak Bhateja says Canada’s culture helped her adjust to her new home after she moved from India. CBC News reports that the Toronto resident said, “One thing I really like about this country is the people are very welcoming and they were very supportive.” Bhateja’s experience is backed by the findings of…
Photo credit: Yahoo News A mob set fire to an Ebola treatment centre in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving one police officer dead and two people injured, officials said. DPA International reports that several Ebola patients, along with individuals showing symptoms of the life-threatening virus, fled the treatment centre in the village of Bafwabango in Ituri province, Joseph…
Yasus Afari was born in Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica as John Sinclair. He was a childhood friend of Garnett Silk with whom he collaborated on many best-selling recordings. He attended St Elizabeth Technical High School, and worked as a repair technician for the Jamaican telephone company before returning to school after receiving a scholarship to…
At least 14 Pakistan schoolchildren were killed and 20 others injured when the roof of a private tuition centre operating from an under-construction building collapsed in Lahore on Tuesday. The Telegraph online reports that more than 300 children, aged between seven and 13 years, were attending classes at the academy, located in the densely populated…
Toronto is now under an orange heat warning as Environmental Canada forecasts several days of high-risk weather, with temperatures expected to climb into the mid-30s until at least Friday. Toronto Today reports that the agency said daytime highs between 31 C and 34 C are expected during the prolonged heat event, with some areas potentially reaching…
My contemporaries in school will certainly be familiar with the topic. However, I am not typing about secondary school issues now. Rather, I’m welcoming you to South Africa, where some have decided to be a law unto themselves!I have a few friends in South Africa, and I know most of them would not support what’s…
