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End of a punishing period in sight as Pialligo businesses welcome customers ‘home’
Pialligo businesses are looking forward to long-running roadworks on Beltana Road finishing, including Brian Tunks who has recently moved his signature homewares store Bison into new digs. Subscribe now for unlimited access. or signup to continue reading All articles from our website & app The digital version of Today's Paper Crosswords, Sudoku and Trivia I
Campaign period for the 2025 midterm begins for senatorial bets, party-list groups
Billions of pesos in ads have already been shelled out prior to the start of the campaign period, but the three-month window starting February 11 now compels elective aspirants to declare their expenditures...
CBN extends FX sale period to BDCs
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the Foreign Exchange (FX) sale period to Bureau de Change (BDC) operators until May 30. This aims to better serve retail market demands. The bank disclosed this in a circular, signed by Dr W. J. Kanya, Acting Director of the Trade and Exchange Department, to BDCs on
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Botswana: Same-Sex Couple Challenges Marriage Act
Gaborone — A same sex couple, Bonolo Selelo and Tsholofelo Kumile, has approached the High Court on Friday, challenging the constitutionality of the Marriage Act, arguing that it is unconstitutional for the Act to outlaw same-sex marriages. The case has been scheduled for July 14-15, before a full bench of the High Court. However, the
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Dead on arrival: South Sudan’s devastated health system
South Sudan's healthcare system has been so crippled by years of corruption that when a state governor experienced high blood pressure recently, he had to fly to Kenya for treatment. Riek Gai Kok is the governor of Jonglei state, where conflict has once again exploded between government and opposition parties. His trip to Nairobi was
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Wage Award; Civil Servants Seek Prompt Payment Of 2 Months Arrears
News Investigators/ Many federal civil servants have called on the Federal Government to clear the outstanding two months arrears of N35 000 wage award. The government workers spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. They decried the delay in payment of the arrears. Ibrahim Abbas, a medical worker, said that
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HKPC’s 2nd “New Productive Forces” Job Fair 2026 Successfully Concluded Over 2,000 Job Seekers Connecting with Over 10,000 I&T Positions
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 March 2026 – In response to the national 15th Five-Year Plan’s emphasis on developing new productive forces and positioning Hong Kong as an international hub for high-caliber talent, and in alignment with the talent development initiatives outlined in the 2026–27 Budget, the “New Productive Forces” Job
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How AI is turning the Iran conflict into theater
The author of that post on X was referring to an online intelligence dashboard following the US-Israel strikes against Iran in real time. Built by two people from the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, it combines open-source data like satellite imagery and ship tracking with a chat function, news feeds, and links to prediction markets