Agriculture Students Receive Awards (Government of Barbados - Office of the...
(Source: Government of Barbados - Office of the Prime Minister) Ishara Williams of the Lodge School receives the Green Livestock Farming Award for hard-work, initiative and excellence from IICA...
View ArticleTDs call for certainty on water bills
Fine Gael and Labour TDs and senators last night asked that householders be provided with certainty on their water bills, with numerous requests that the period for fixed charges be extended. The issue...
View ArticleFoes of teacher tenure amendment don't back down
JEFFERSON CITY • The Missouri National Education Association has spent this election season urging Missourians to vote no on an amendment that would weaken tenure and tie teacher evaluations to student...
View ArticlePilon's votes get campaign attention
It was a controversial vote, but the way state Rep. Ray Pilon describes it, his "yes" was really more of a "no." Facts LEGISLATURE: Sarasota County lawmaker calls them pragmatic; opponent differs The...
View ArticleCoalition wants householders to have certainty on water bills
Fine Gael and Labour TDs and senators last night asked that householders be provided with certainty on their water bills, with numerous requests that the period for fixed charges be extended. The issue...
View ArticleHouse Sends Maloney’s “Pass the Trash” Legislation to Corbett (David M...
(Source: David M Maloney Sr) HARRISBURG - Throughout the 2013-14 legislative session, Rep. David Maloney (R-Berks) and Sen. Anthony Williams (D-Philadelphia) have been trying to end the practice of...
View ArticleHoliday hunger: the charities offering poorer families a lifeline
Volunteers are providing healthy meals for children from low-income families outside term time. Why isn’t the government? ...
View ArticleToday in politics: November 4
Globe-trotting PM has hectic schedule Prime Minister John Key leaves later this week for the Apec meeting in China before hopping to Myanmar for an 18-hour stop-over at the East Asia Summit. It is...
View ArticleRed tape hinders food banks helping to feed Hong Kong's poor
Wong Hang is 99 going on 100. That should be a cause for celebration, except it's long been a challenge for her to get three square meals a day. A former cook, Wong has survived on the government's...
View Article22nd District state Senate seat features a rematch of sorts
JEFFERSON COUNTY • After Paul Wieland lost his 1996 and 1998 bids for re-election to the Missouri House, his wife, Terri, asked him to wait for two things before trying again: a child with a drivers...
View ArticleSeventh Sitting of the Second Regular Session of the National Assembly of the...
(Source: Narodna Skupstina Republike Srbije) 3 November 2014 Seventh Sitting of the Second Regular Session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia in 2014 Seventh Sitting of the Second...
View ArticleToday in politics: Wednesday, October 29
Labour leadership hopefuls garner more support Andrew Little has picked up the backing of the Dairy Workers Union's executive, adding to his endorsement as leader from the Engineering, Printing and...
View ArticleEditor: For the veterans ... and the missus
The wise bride has known for years that the only difference between a preschooler and her lovely hubby is the size label on their Halloween costumes. Since the difference between a little boy and this...
View ArticleDUP slammed over integrated schools 'dirty tricks'
The DUP has been accused of abusing democracy after it launched a fusillade of petitions of concern to shoot down a bid to ensure the integrated schools sector would not be represented on a powerful...
View ArticleKonrad Mizzi defies Speaker’s ruling and refuses to withdraw allegations...
Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi this evening defied a ruling by Speaker Anglu Farrugia and refused to withdraw comments he made yesterday on former resources minister George Pullicino. During a heated...
View ArticleHarrisburg Happenings (Elder A Vogel Jr)
(Source: Elder A Vogel Jr) "Kelsey Smith Act" sent to Governor A measure intended to save lives by speeding up a process for locating missing people received final legislative approval on Wednesday and...
View ArticleGovt. geared to take over school feeding program
Initially to be phased out by 2015, World Food Program agreed to remain till 2018 WFP: The government is well prepared and committed to take over the school-feeding programme, once the World Food...
View ArticleEducation Minister approves instituting Students’ Agribusiness Clubs in Unity...
(Source: Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria) Education Minister approves instituting Students' Agribusiness Clubs in Unity Schools ABUJA (Federal Ministry of Education Report) - The Minister...
View ArticleKey shouldn’t take New Zealand to war
Prime Minister John Key should not seek to involve New Zealand in a conflict with the Islamic State, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei said today. Prime Minister John Key signalled this week that a...
View ArticleReal Estate rules top spots on Austin list of business & networking groups...
Locally Researched by: Patricia Rogers, Austin Business Journal Oct 27, 2014, 4:11pm CDT Send this to a friend Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address:...
View ArticlePasco schools develop programs to feed hungry students at home
MEGAN HUSSEYTampa Bay Times Wednesday, October 29, 2014 6:11pm Michele Miller | Times Ridgewood High staffer Catherine Adair collects and gives out food after she noticed a severe hunger problem at her...
View ArticleMP demoted after suggesting homeopathy use in Ebola fight
Green MP Steffan Browning has been stripped of one of his portfolios after he suggested homeopathy could be trialled for curing Ebola.Greens co-leader Metiria Turei said the party caucus had decided to...
View ArticleAround the Region: Halloween party at haunted old Clay County Jail and more
FIRST COAST 2014 Veterans Special Recognition Ceremony Congressman Crenshaw is now accepting applications for 2014 Veterans Special Recognition Ceremony, Nov. 5 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. The...
View ArticleIt's lonely out on the far left, and the Greens know it
Not so long ago, any Green MP who suggested some herbal concoction to ward off Ebola would surely have been deemed by his or her colleagues to be guilty only of being eccentric. There used to be a lot...
View ArticlePM urged to support Feed the Kids
The Green Party has written to Prime Minister John Key urging him to vote for the Feed the Kids Bill if it comes before Parliament tomorrow, to allow MPs to debate how best to feed hungry children at...
View ArticleLittle progress in child poverty - Unicef report
Progress on combating child poverty is stagnating, and government policy has barely made a dent in it, a United Nations report shows. New Zealand's child poverty rates have come down by less than half...
View ArticleMP loses portfolio over Ebola petition
Green Party MP Steffan Browning has been stripped of his natural health products portfolio following this morning's party caucus meeting. It follows Browning signing a petition last week encouraging...
View ArticleFuel cheaper, inflation 1%
Annual inflation has fallen to 1% - the bottom of the Reserve Bank's 1%-3% target range - further dampening the likelihood of rises in the central bank's interest-driving official cash rate (OCR)....
View ArticleNational sets out its agenda
Prime Minister John Key last month made tackling child poverty a top priority but yesterday, the issue was barely mentioned in his agenda for the next three years. Instead, the Speech from the Throne...
View ArticleHarawira's 'feed the kids' bill gets another chance
Mana leader Hone Harawira's "Feed the Kids" bill will get another chance in Parliament despite his absence.Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei revealed today she had picked up Mr Harawira's private...
View ArticleMetiria Turei to lead fight on feeding hungry children
Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei is urging all political parties to support the Feed the Kids Bill which she inherited today from Mana leader Hone Harawira. Mrs Turei, who leads the Green Party’s...
View ArticleMetiria Gets Feed the Kids
Yesterday the Speaker of the House advised that he had accepted my request to transfer my Feed the Kids (Education (Breakfast and Lunch Programmes in Schools) Amendment) Bill to Metiria Turei of the...
View ArticleToday in politics: Wednesday, November 6
Peters sweeps past away with new Broome Federated Farmers communications manager David Broome will be NZ First leader Winston Peters' new chief of staff. According to National sources, Broome eyed...
View ArticleKarnack ISD students to get free breakfasts, lunches
KARNACK — Thursday night’s meeting of the Karnack Independent School District Board of Trustees brought the district further into its efforts to providing an overall quality education to its students –...
View ArticleScores of S.Africa school kids hospitalised after being fed glass
At least 66 South African children have been hospitalised after eating school lunches tainted with crushed glass and stones, education officials said on Thursday. Kids from five...
View ArticleManley NHT rage - Founder's daughter blasts PM, Douglas for Outameni buy
Erica Virtue, Senior Gleaner Writer SARAH MANLEY, the second daughter of the late Prime Minister Michael Manley - who founded the National Housing Trust (NHT) - has lashed out against the purchase of...
View ArticleBill to institutionalize free nutri-meals program (Congress of the Philippines)
(Source: Congress of the Philippines) Bill to institutionalize free nutri-meals program Total views: 15 08 November 2014 07:58:10 AM Writer: Jazmin S. Camero, Media Relations Service-PRIB Send...
View ArticleKing, Goff give Greens a masterclass in Opposition
The next time the Prime Minister delivers a speech on something as fundamental as national security and the potential for Islamic State-inspired terrorism to happen in New Zealand, the Greens should...
View ArticleObama, Republican leaders on collision course over immigration
President Obama and congressional leaders of both parties broke bread Friday at the White House for a post-election discussion on the issues of the day, including areas of possible compromise – and...
View ArticleToday in politics: Friday, November 7
Tolley on Kickstart, Hone stuck at lights The Government is talking up its efforts to provide breakfasts in schools as it prepares to vote down the "feed the kids" bill. On Wednesday night the bill...
View ArticleMaharashtra: Shiv Sena occupies opposition benches in assembly, says no talks...
Mumbai, November 10: Shiv Sena legislators on Monday occupied Opposition benches as the special three-day session of Maharashtra Assembly began here during which Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will...
View ArticleFeeding Africa, Feeding The World (AGRA – Alliance for a Green Revolution in...
(Source: AGRA – Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa) To arrange an interview, or for more information, please contact: Daniel Adero at +254 720 778 155 or dadero@agra.org Editor's Note: Field...
View ArticleMaha session begins; Sena says no talks on with BJP
Mumbai, November 10: Shiv Sena legislators today occupied Opposition benches as the special three-day session of Maharashtra Assembly began here during which Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will seek...
View ArticleSkewed education policy leaves kids in the lurch
Bengaluru: The alleged rape of a three-year-old girl by an attendant on their school campus in north Bengaluru late last month has had widespread ramifications. The assault set off a flurry of events,...
View ArticleWeek ahead
The Parliamentary week will open with what promises to be a major helping of euro-angst in the Commons, as the prime minister reports back from the latest EU summit. The EU Commission's demand for...
View ArticleMinisters told to act over ‘holiday hunger’ of schoolchildren
Poor fall behind after term ends, says Leon cofounder amid reports of children taking months to return to health ...
View ArticleGeneral Assembly approves budget fix despite conservative revolt
A conservative revolt in the House of Delegates ended Monday without a dissenting vote against a bill to fill a $2.4 billion revenue shortfall in the two-year state budget and also without delaying a...
View ArticleOhio Politics Now: Fitzgerald on what went wrong and next steps
A look at what is happening in Ohio politics: It’s been a week since Cuyahoga County Executive lost the gubernatorial race 64 percent to 32 percent to Gov. John Kasich. So what does the Democrat plan...
View ArticleRepublican Leadership, Afraid of Extreme Tea Party Faction, Scrambles to...
(Source: Democratic Party of Virginia) 11/10/2014 Virginia Republicans are once again threatening to hold the state budget hostage as today's special session morphs into the latest demonstration of...
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