Photo credit: moamag New Zealand’s migration cycle is turning higher again, with ASB highlighting that stronger-than-expected inflows could add to demand and inflation pressures, which in turn may influence mortgage rates and borrowing capacity. NZA reports that ASB economist Wesley Tanuvasa notes that “there is growing evidence that the migration cycle is on the up” with permanent…
I’m never shy to declare the rather obvious fact that I attended a public primary school. In fact, I still remember some of the songs we used to sing in school then. I also remember some of the tales. And the games! Yeah, the games!! One of them was Ekun meran! It was all about…
There’s this Yoruba saying that It won’t be so bad for someone to be pleading with their dead ward to come to save them on earth. But as things are, our wards aren’t dead. In fact, they’ve stopped being “lazy” and hearkened to our helplessness in doing what’s right. They’ve obviously realized that we are…
Photo credit: Economic Times The UN’s emergency relief chief on Wednesday condemned the “$$1 billion-a-day” cost of the war in the Middle East, at a time when humanitarian needs are soaring, and aid funding is falling dangerously short. “We’re seeing the consequences spread faster than we can respond”, warned the UN emergency relief chief, Tom Fletcher, as violence…
Photo credit: Spectrum News Governments around the world agreed to release 400 million barrels from emergency oil reserves to ease surging global energy prices on Wednesday. Bloomberg reports that it’s the largest discharge ever made by the International Energy Agency. With that amount of oil, one could theoretically fill 25,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools of 20 NFL stadiums, fuel a…
Photo credit: Neos Kosmos Writers Angela Costi and Helena Kidd will explore migration, memory and identity at an upcoming Melbourne event reflecting on the stories passed down through Greek Cypriot families. Neos Kosmos reports that the event is titled “What We Inherited: Cyprus, Memories & Migration.” The conversation will take place on Wednesday, April 1, at…
I understand the federal government is determined to increase the prices of alcoholic drinks and tobacco products. I know that must be a plan of the wicked to deprive those who would always resort to the last base or last claro in the case of cigarettes and the never ending last bottle in the case…
