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Martha TroianAPTN InvestigatesMike van Ee, 35, grew up knowing he was Indigenous.Yet he also grew up with colourful windmills, bright tulips, Dutch cheese and watching soccer — which he calls football.That’s because van Ee was born and raised in the Netherlands.Even though he said his life has been good there, van Ee always knew something was missing; his Canadian citizenship.van Ee is among what are coined the “lost Canadians.”He’s not alone either.However, after a long intergenerational fight with the department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, van Ee will finally find a resolution.This week van Ee will be taking the oath at a citizenship ceremony in Montreal.A family’s intergenerational struggleLike many lost Canadians, the history of van Ee’s lost citizenship is cloudy.He said he knows his grandfather, the late Walter Mejaki hailed from the Sagamok First Nation in central Ontario.Mejaki was an Indigenous World War II soldier and residential school survivor who travelled to Europe to join the fight against Germany.(Walter Mejaki and Hendrike Herber in the Netherlands in 1945)That’s where Mejaki had a romance with Hendrike Herber, a Dutch woman from the Netherlands. In April 1946, they had a son, Willy van Ee, who was born out of wedlock, like so many others.For instance, according to Olga Rains book, “Voices of the Left Behind: Roots and the Canadian War Children of World War II,” there were more than 7,000 illegitimate births in the Netherlands in 1946.By joining the military, Mejaki lost his Indian status under the Canadian government’s enfranchisement policies. It also meant that his son Willy could not become a Canadian citizen.As far as the Canadian military was concerned, children born out of wedlock to Canadian servicemen and Dutch women were not Canada’s responsibility.(Willy van Ee, Mike van Ee’s father, as a baby in the Netherlands)Mike van Ee doesn’t have a lot of details but at some point when his father was young, Mejaki and Herber broke up and Mejaki travelled back to Canada.He eventually settled down in Milwaukee, WI, while their son Willy stayed in the Netherlands with his mother.(At the age of 70, Willy van Ee finally receives his Canadian citizenship in The Hague in May 2017)Decades later, Willy, Mike van Ee’s father found some resolution.“My father got his Canadian citizenship last year, and he fought for it for 70 years with a lot of bureaucracy,” said van Ee when reached by phone.His father received his citizenship at the Canadian embassy in The Hague in May 2017.(Mike van Ee with his older brother Roy)However, that citizenship did not extend to himself and his older brother, Roy.Growing up Dutch, growing up IndigenousWhen van Ee was a child, he would play cowboys and Indians with his friends. Of course, he said, van Ee always played the “Indian.”(Mike van Ee as a baby with his mother in the Netherlands)He also remembers shaking the hands of many Indigenous soldiers as a child.“Native people were visiting us during my young life when I was at my parent’s place, like Native soldiers from WWII,” said van Ee.He recalls parading around with Indigenous soldiers for Remembrance Day and Liberation Day ceremonies, waving to the public.“It’s still big in Europe, WWII. They’re like heroes for us,” said van Ee.“As a child it is totally impressive.”(The two boys with their father, Willy, who just finished carving a totem pole for the family’s backyard)van Ee said it was his father’s way not to forget the importance of Indigenous soldiers and it was something he wanted to pass down to his children.From growing up with Indigenous art on the walls to being asked questions by friends about his ancestry, as the years passed van Ee only got more curious about this family’s background.“The older you get the more lost you feel,” said van Ee about this ancestry.“I never understood much about it.”(Mike van Ee in Wiikwemkoong First Nation with his family and relatives in 2000)Then in 2000 when he was 18-years-old, van Ee accompanied his father to Ontario and the Sagamok First Nation and to Wiikwemkoong on Manitoulin Island. Many of the van Ee’s Indigenous relatives also live in Wiikwemkoong.(The van Ee’s visit to Wiikwemkoong First Nation sitting around a drum, 2000)“I always promised the people that when I was 18, I’m coming back, I promised that,” said van Ee.“I can learn from them and they can learn from me, we are two worlds.”(Mike van Ee holding up his Indian status card, he’s been a cardholder since 1999)Prior to his trip to Canada, van Ee received his Indian status card from then Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada.Reuniting with his rootsWhen his father Willy received his Canadian citizenship, van Ee said he was asked by the Canadian ambassador at the time why he wasn’t applying for his citizenship, too.That’s when he started the process for himself.This pass August, van Ee learned his application was granted by the department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.“The Canadian passport is important for me to be able to reunite at some point in my life to go back to my roots, and to use my rights as a Native Canadian,” said van Ee.This week van Ee is travelling to Canada with his father to attend a citizenship ceremony in Montreal.He will be in the country for 10 days with plans on visiting relatives in Wiikwemkoong.Mtroian@aptn.ca@ozhibiiige read more

Riyadh   –  Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) foreign ministers, who held here on Wednesday a meeting with Morocco and Jordan, praised the keen efforts made by Morocco in facilitating the signing of Skhirat Agreement between different Libyan parties.In a statement, the ministers expressed the hope that Libyan parties will reach a final agreement on the formation of a government.They called for speedy implementation of UN Security Council resolution 2174 on Libya, and expressed their concern about the increasing attacks and violence in Libya. The meeting also called on the Libyan government and the elected parliament to adopt policies that take into account the interests of all Libyans and their aspirations for peace, reconciliation and economic prosperity.Morocco was represented at the meeting by Foreign Affairs and Cooperation ministry’s inspector general, Ali Al-Azrak. read more

MONTREAL — One of the accused in an alleged $22.5-million fraud case involving former SNC-Lavalin executives in the awarding of the contract for Montreal’s $1.3-billion superhospital wants a stay of proceedings.Yohann Elbaz’s lawyer argued in court Wednesday that, even after factoring in defence-related delays, his client has waited longer than he should have for his trial since his April 2013 arrest.Walid Hijazi attributed much of the 55-month delay to the Crown and police.“Instead of being proactive and trying to minimize delays, the prosecution has always acted in a reactionary way, systematically, up until today,” Hijazi told Quebec court Judge Genevieve Graton.Elbaz’s trial is scheduled to begin in October 2018.Hijazi said his client was always treated the same as the other accused in what one investigator described as the biggest fraud case in Canadian history.Elbaz originally faced 16 charges and Hijazi said the prosecution would repeat that the evidence against his client “was exactly the same evidence” as that against the other accused.This year, the number of charges against Elbaz was reduced to three: conspiracy, recycling the proceeds of crime, and using false documents.“It (lowering the number of charges) was uniquely done to protect themselves from the Jordan decision at a point when it was far too late,” Hijazi told the court.The Supreme Court set specific deadlines in 2016 for cases to reach trial.Its so-called Jordan decision stipulates that the trial of an accused in superior court has to be completed within 30 months of his or her arrest, while the length of time in provincial courts is set at 18 months.Prosecutor Nathalie Kleber, in a written reply filed in court, stated the delay in Elbaz’s case is reasonable given the evidence is voluminous and very complex.The Crown said numerous parallel probes were ongoing, including one by Quebec’s financial markets regulator.She noted the case was also discussed at length during the province’s corruption inquiry, the Charbonneau Commission, causing further delays.Hijazi accused police of moving too quickly to arrest his client and said poor case management is behind the delays. He noted that a preliminary inquiry scheduled to last a maximum of four weeks took more than 18 months to complete.Even as proceedings continued, parallel police investigations resulted in more evidence and new arrests and meant constant disclosure delays.Elbaz, a former lawyer, is one of five people charged. The others are his brother Yanai Elbaz, a former McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) executive, and ex-SNC-Lavalin executives Pierre Duhaime, Riadh Ben Aissa and Stephane Roy.There is a publication ban on the evidence in the case.Also charged in the case was the late Arthur Porter, a former CEO of the MUHC who died of cancer in Panama as he fought extradition to Canada.According to court files, Roy will be tried in 2018, while the three others will face trial in 2019. read more

Accepting an honorary degree from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ms. Fréchette said the world is gaining awareness of the role that governments can play in meeting people’s basic needs. “To reinvent Government – to make it more effective, more accountable, and bring it closer to the citizens it serves – requires energetic and educated people such as yourselves,” she told the departing students.The Deputy Secretary-General stressed that work in government was not a bureaucratic pursuit. “Good public policy requires values, commitment, care for what you do, and a sense of responsibility to the greater public,” she said. At the same time, Ms. Fréchette emphasized that she was not trying to persuade all young graduates to choose a career in public service. “Government can’t – and shouldn’t – do it all,” she said. “Each part of society has a responsibility to the public interest, and in every profession you can find ways of contributing the welfare of your community.”This was especially true, the Deputy Secretary-General said, “in an age where boundaries of many kinds are coming down – in culture, in politics, between peoples and among all sectors of society.” Governments must respond to the needs of the private sector, which, for its part, must assume responsibilities in the public sphere. “In this age, a society’s success will in large part be measured by its ability to combine ideas from the public and private sectors, simultaneously strengthening the role of the State and the role of private enterprise and civil society,” she said.This new understanding of the role of Government must be applied internationally in the era of globalization, she said. “Today’s interdependence – of people and products, information and ideas – means that more and more of the challenges we face can no longer be addressed at the national level alone,” she said. “More and more, the forces of modern life escape the control of national governments.”Ultimately, she said, all citizens must show a commitment to respect and serve the public good. “The choice, in other words, is yours, and I am confident that you will discover that serving the public good is a wonderful way of enriching and improving your own lives.” read more

A UNAMA spokesman reported that 507,513 people have enrolled to vote since registration began in early December, with women making up just over 112,000 – or 22 per cent. Up to 10 million people are estimated to be eligible to vote.The spokesman said there has been a spike in registrations in the capital, Kabul, since President Hamid Karzai registered there on Saturday. Registration remains confined to eight cities around Afghanistan, with the rest of the country to follow when the security situation improves.The spokesman said UNAMA and the Joint Electoral Management Body are discussing a regulation that would outlaw multiple registrations by one person and impose financial penalties or jail terms for offenders. A civic education programme on the subject will also be introduced.Parliamentary and presidential elections are scheduled for later this year. The spokesman said that on the day of the elections there would be procedures – such as marking voters’ fingers with indelible ink – to prevent Afghans from voting more than once.In another development, senior Afghan officials from Bamiyan province and officials from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will travel to Iran tomorrow to explain to Afghan refugees living there exactly what day-to-day conditions are like in Afghanistan.The visit is the first of a series following an agreement reached between Iran and Afghanistan last year. More than 110,000 refugees from Bamiyan province alone are estimated to be living in Iran. read more

TORONTO – North American stock markets closed in the red for a second session Friday as nervousness about Chinese growth, corporate earnings and stock valuations persuaded investors to sell off ahead of the weekend.The S&P/TSX composite index lost 50.31 points to 14,257.69. The Canadian dollar dropped 0.42 of a cent to 91.08 cents US.A disappointing earnings report before the open from banking giant JPMorgan Chase helped push the Dow Jones industrials down 143.47 points 16,026.75, the Nasdaq composite index declined 54.38 points to 3,999.73 and the S&P 500 index gave back 17.39 points to 1,815.69.JPMorgan Chase shares backed off 3.66 per cent to US$55.30 as it reported its first-quarter profit fell 19 per cent to US$5.3 billion, or $1.28 a share. Revenue fell eight per cent to $22.99 billion, led by weak trading revenue. Analysts had expected earnings of $1.39 a share on revenue of $24.43 billion, according to FactSet.North American stocks tumbled Thursday following disappointing trade data from China that raised another round of questions about the health of the world’s second-biggest economy. Traders are now looking ahead to next week when the Chinese government releases its first-quarter growth figures.There was another sign of economic weakness in data out Friday which showed that China’s growth in auto sales decelerated further in March with sales up 7.9 per cent to 1.7 million vehicles, down from February’s 11.3 per cent growth.Biotech and technology sectors have been particularly in investors’ cross hairs.“There are some areas of the market, and those are the poster children, where one would have to be concerned about valuations,” said Paul Taylor, chief investment officer of fundamental Canadian equities at BMO Global Asset Management.“And so it is healthy to see those areas which have been most frothy if you will, to see them reacting a little more rationally.”After making big gains last year, biotechs have been crushed in recent weeks as they come under pressure to lower prices for their drugs. And traders continued to punish some of the biggest tech giants from last year, including Facebook and Google.The TSX lost one per cent this past week but New York markets were particularly hammered.The Dow industrials fell 2.35 per cent, the Nasdaq fell 3.1 per cent, down three weeks in a row in its longest losing streak since November 2012. The S&P 500 moved into negative territory for the year to date, losing 2.65 per cent. Both the Nasdaq and S&P 500 posted their biggest weekly drops since mid-2012.The gold sector led decliners, down about one per cent while June bullion faded $1.50 to US$1,319 an ounce.TSX tech and health care stocks also continued to deteriorate and stocks in these two groups led decliners on the Toronto market this week.The financials sector was off 0.22 per cent following the JPMorgan Chase report.The base metals group slipped 0.14 per cent while May copper shed early gains and closed unchanged US$3.04 a pound.The energy sector was slightly higher while the May crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange edged up 34 cents to US$103.74 a barrel. by Malcolm Morrison, The Canadian Press Posted Apr 11, 2014 6:07 am MDT AddThis Sharing ButtonsShare to TwitterTwitterShare to FacebookFacebookShare to RedditRedditShare to 電子郵件Email Stock markets chalk up further losses, U.S. banker JPMorgan misses forecasts read more

Global finance leaders grapple with globalization fears Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen talks with Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso as they gather for the Family Photo during the G20 at the 2017 World Bank Group Spring Meetings in Washington, Friday, April 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) by Paul Wiseman And Martin Crutsinger, The Associated Press Posted Apr 22, 2017 2:35 am MDT Last Updated Apr 22, 2017 at 7:20 pm MDT AddThis Sharing ButtonsShare to TwitterTwitterShare to FacebookFacebookShare to RedditRedditShare to 電子郵件Email WASHINGTON – Global finance leaders on Saturday dropped a sharp condemnation of trade protectionism and references to climate change from a closing statement that wrapped up the spring meetings of the 189-nation International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.This year’s meetings were dominated by a debate over how to respond to a rising tide of anti-globalization sentiment evidenced in the United States by the election of President Donald Trump, who pledged during last year’s campaign that he would reduce America’s huge trade deficits which he blamed for the loss of millions of good-paying factory jobs.In its communique, the IMF urged nations to avoid “inward-looking policies,” but it did not include tougher language the IMF had used in an October statement in which it had called on all countries to “resist all forms of protectionism.” The new statement also dropped any mention of the threat of climate change.Trump has threatened to impose punitive tariffs of up to 45 per cent against Mexico, China and other nations he believes are competing unfairly with American workers. During his presidential campaign he called climate change a hoax.At a closing news conference, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde and Agustin Carstens, head of the Bank of Mexico and chair of the IMF’s policy committee, sought to downplay the changes. Lagarde noted that strong language condemning protectionism and promoting efforts to combat climate change, while taken out of the communique, remained in a separate document setting out the IMF’s policy agenda.Carstens said that it was important on the issue of trade to recognize the viewpoints of different countries.“We all want free and fair trade and that is what is reflected in the communique,” he told reporters when asked why the language on protectionism had been dropped.A similar change on the issue of protectionism was made in a communique that the Group of 20 major economies issued last month in Baden-Baden, Germany. Steven Mnuchin, attending his first international gathering as Trump’s Treasury secretary, had defended the change in the G-20 communique by saying, “The historical language was not really relevant.”Eswar Prasad, a trade economist at Cornell University, said the changes in the IMF and G-20 communiques showed the Trump administration’s desire to signal that U.S. policy will be different under a new president.“The G-20 consensus on issues such as free trade and combating climate change is crumbling in the face of the Trump administration’s hostility to those positions,” Prasad said. “The notion of allowing for freer trade has run up against the Trump administration’s conviction that its major trading partners are manipulating trade and currency policies to their own benefit.”At a joint appearance with Lagade on Saturday, Mnuchin said that the internal debate over the wording of the IMF communique had taken much less time than the debate over the wording of the G-20 communique last month. He said that the administration’s goal was to make trade more fair and was not aimed at erecting protectionist barriers.“The United States is probably the most open trading market there is,” Mnuchin said.Mnuchin was also asked about the administration’s tax plan, which Trump said Friday would be unveiled next Wednesday. Mnuchin said the administration’s goal was to simplify the tax system for both individuals and businesses.“We want to create a system where the average American can do their taxes on a postcard, not a book,” Mnuchin said. “Maybe a big postcard, but you can still stick it in the mail.”Mnuchin did not provide details of the tax plan, which Trump has said would provide a “massive” tax cut for Americans.Throughout the presidential campaign last year, Trump pointed to closed factories around America and said they represented a failure of past presidents to be tough enough in negotiating trade agreements to protect U.S. jobs. Since taking office, Trump has pulled the United States out of a 12-nation Pacific trade agreement negotiated by the Obama administration and just this week ordered the Commerce Department to speed up an investigation into whether steel imports posed a national security threat. His action could lead to higher tariffs on steel imports.The spring IMF and World Bank meetings took place against the backdrop of an improving global economy, helped by better performances in the United States and China, the world’s two biggest economies, and in a rise in commodity prices which has helped many developing nations. The IMF’s latest economic forecast projects global growth of 3.5 per cent this year, which would be the fastest pace in five years and up from 3.1 per cent last year.Despite the brighter outlook, the IMF’s closing communique warned of a number of risks ranging from weak productivity growth to high debt levels and “heightened political and policy uncertainties.”The world economy has struggled to regain millions of jobs lost after a devastating financial crisis hit in 2008 and the finance leaders acknowledged the adverse effects the deep-downturn, playing a major role in the rising pressures against free trade and immigration.German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said that if more was not done to deal with growing income inequality “we will see more protectionism and countries retreating from globalization.”Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso sought to downplay concerns about rising protectionism, saying that he believed free trade, which has fueled global growth since the end of World War II, would be upheld but perhaps with some changes.In his remarks to the IMF’s policy committee, Mnuchin repeated a call for the IMF to police the currency markets and call out countries that undervalue their currencies to gain an unfair price advantage for their exporters.___Associated Press writer Matthew Pennington contributed to this report. read more

The European Handball Federation has nominated the referees and delegates for the VELUX EHF FINAL4, the final weekend of the European club season, played on 31 May and 1 June 2014 in Cologne.The following referees and delegates have been nominated:Saturday, 31 May 201415:15 hrs Semi-final 2: MKB-MVM Veszprem vs. THW KielRef.: Nenad Krstic and Peter Ljubic / SLODel.: Bozidar Djurkovic (EHF Comptrollers / SRB) and Antonio Goulao (EHF Technical Refereeing Committee / POR)18:00 hrs Semi-final 1: FC Barcelona vs SG Flensburg-HandewittRef.: Vaclav Horacek and Jiri Novotny / CZEDel.: Martin Hausleitner (EHF Competitions Commission / AUT) and Dragan Nachevski (EHF Competitions Commission / MKD)Sunday, 1 June 201415:15 hrs 3/4 placement match: Loser SF 1 vs. Loser SF 2Ref.: Andrei Gousko and Siarhei Repkin / BLR18:00 hrs Final: Winner SF 1 vs. Winner SF 2Ref.: Martin Gjeding and Mads Hansen / DENTEXT: EHF ColognehandballrefferesVelux EHF F4 ← Previous Story H 65 Hoor win Women’s Challenge Cup! Next Story → Groups for Beach Handball WCH 2014 in Brazil read more

IRELAND HAS RECEIVED 94 applications from Syrians living in Ireland, asking for vulnerable members of their family still caught up in the conflict to be allowed to travel and reside here.The requests were made ahead of the 30 April deadline for the Humanitarian Admission Programme (SHAP), announced by Alan Shatter earlier this year.People currently still in Syria or those who have fled to neighbouring countries were eligible to apply through their relatives in Ireland.At the time, then-Minister for Justice, Shatter, said the situation in Syria had reached “catastrophic proportions” and Ireland needed to do more to “allay the concerns of family members who are present here about their most vulnerable family members”.He said it was also important to show solidarity to Syria’s neighbours, including the Lebanon and Turkey, which have been shouldering the burden of the refugee crisis since 2011.Responding to a written parliamentary question this week, Frances Fitzgerald confirmed the number of applications received, adding that the 94 were currently being processed.She explained the scheme was established following approaches to government by members of the Syrian community in Ireland.“The programme allows naturalised Irish citizens of Syrian birth and Syrian nationals already lawfully resident in the State to make an application for vulnerable close family members to join them in Ireland on a temporary basis for up to two years,” explains the Minister.“These are persons who are considered by their sponsoring family member present in Ireland to be most at risk.“A sponsor may be a single person or the head of a family unit. Persons admitted under the programme will be entitled to work, establish a business, or invest in the State.”There are strict obligations for the applicants in that the person “should not become a burden on the State”.If these family members cannot find employment the onus will be on the sponsors to support them during their time in Ireland.This initiative is separate to Ireland’s previous announcement that it will welcome 90 refugees to the State this year.Since the war broke out in Syria in March 2011, some 71 applications for asylum have been received by the State. The vast majority have been accepted with the applicants being declared refugees.About nine million Syrians have had to leave their homes over the past three years, with about 2.8 million seeking refuge in the neigbouring countries of Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq. The majority remain in Syria, displaced and in dire need of humanitarian assistance. The United Nations expect this figure to jump to 4.1 million by the end of this year.In its most recent response plane, the UNHCR described the situation as “one of the largest refugee exoduses in recent history, with no end yet in sight”.Under 100,000 people have declared asylum in Europe, with some offered resettlement.Related: Syrian refugees to be offered temporary residence in IrelandMore: Ireland will take in 90 Syrian refugees this yearRelated: Syrian refugees to be offered temporary residence in IrelandMore: Ireland will take in 90 Syrian refugees this year read more

No Comments http://jrnl.ie/3459997 A MAN HAS been charged in connection with this week’s van attack at a mosque in London.Darren Osborne, 47, will appear before magistrates in central London later today, the Crown Prosecution Service said.One man died in the incident, which happened early on Monday near Finsbury Park Mosque.Osborne has been charged with terrorism-related murder and attempted murder.“Following an investigation by the MPS Counter Terrorism Command, Darren John Osborne, 47, (3.11.69), from Cardiff, was today, Friday 23 June, charged with terrorism related murder and attempted murder,” London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement. Share2 Tweet Email Jun 23rd 2017, 12:08 PM Image: John Stillwell 6,300 Views Image: John Stillwell Short URL Man charged with ‘terrorism-related murder’ over Finsbury Park attack Darren Osborne, 47, will appear before magistrates in central London later today. Friday 23 Jun 2017, 12:08 PM By Daragh Brophy He has been remanded in custody to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court this afternoon.Read: Grenfell Tower blaze began in faulty fridge-freezer >Read: Houses evacuated after suspicious device is found in Ballymun > This was in relation to the terrorist attack in Seven Sisters Road, London N4 in the early hours of Monday 19 June. Tweet thisShare on FacebookEmail this article read more

By Rónán Duffy 63,378 Views https://jrnl.ie/4566487 Image: Instagram Share136 Tweet Email3 Mar 29th 2019, 10:32 AM Short URL Friday 29 Mar 2019, 10:32 AM Boyzone singer Keith Duffy hospitalised before show in Bangkok The band performed without him after he was taken to hospital. Keith Duffy posted a video message to Irish band Picture This from Bangkok. 50 Comments BOYZONE SINGER KEITH Duffy was hospitalised in Thailand before he was due to go on stage as part of the band’s reunion tour. The Irish boyband are in Asia as part of their Thank You and Goodnight tour and Duffy “took ill” before they could perform in Bangkok’s Thunder Dome arena. A statement from Boyzone posted to Instagram said that Duffy was taken to hospital but did not say when he would return to the tour. The remaining three members of the group performed the gig without Duffy and thanked the crowd for their support. “@OfficialKeithDuffy was taken ill before the gig here in Bangkok this evening and has been admitted to hospital on the advice of the local medical team. Our brother will be back on his feet as soon as possible and we thank you for all your wonderful support in the meantime,” the band said on Instagram. The tour is being touted as a 25th anniversary for the Irish band and Duffy posted a number of updates to social media upon arriving in Bangkok. “Just arrived in Bangkok, going through security. Everybody’s a little bit tired because they partied too much in Hong Kong. And I don’t think it’s going to be any different in Bangkok,” Duffy said in a post on Instagram.  Keith Duffy posted a video message to Irish band Picture This from Bangkok. Image: Instagram Tweet thisShare on FacebookEmail this article read more

Mar 31st 2019, 8:08 AM https://jrnl.ie/4569505 Share7 Tweet Email By AFP Palestinian man killed by Israeli fire ahead of border protests He was hit in the head by shrapnel. A PALESTINIAN MAN was killed by Israeli fire on the Gaza border yesterday morning, the territory’s health ministry said, hours ahead of planned mass protests.The ministry said Mohammed Saad, 20, died after being hit in the head with shrapnel caused by Israeli army fire east of Gaza City.Protesters at the site said he had been taking part in an overnight rally ahead of the main demonstration scheduled for Saturday afternoon.They said he was more than 100 metres from the heavily-fortified border fence when he was hit and had been on crutches due to a previous injury.An Israeli army spokeswoman declined to comment.At least 259 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the protests began, the vast majority along the border.Two Israeli soldiers have also been killed. Sunday 31 Mar 2019, 8:07 AM Tweet thisShare on FacebookEmail this article Image: SIPA USA/PA Images Image: SIPA USA/PA Images 7,246 Views Short URL 93 Comments read more

40,917 Views The Explainer: Why has Ireland had a 208% increase in measles cases? In the next episode of our weekly podcast, we look at why cases of the illness are increasing in Ireland and other countries, despite a vaccination which prevents it. Thursday 25 Apr 2019, 11:15 AM Source: The Explainer/SoundCloudIdeas, thoughts, or feedback? Email podcasts@thejournal.ie This episode was put together by presenter Sinéad O’Carroll, executive producer Christine Bohan, producer Aoife Barry, assistant producer/technical operator Nicky Ryan and contributing reporter Órla Ryan. Thanks to our guests Ciara Kelly and David Robert Grimes. Design by Palash Somani.  Share127 Tweet Email3 By Christine Bohan Mar 17th 2019, 4:00 PM MEASLES IS BACK in the news this week after Italy reintroduced a law banning children from attending creches and nursery schools if they have not been vaccinated. There has been a resurgence in measles in recent years – Ireland is one of 98 countries around the world which saw an increase in cases last year, with 136,000 deaths attributed to the disease. In the second episode of our new weekly podcast The Explainer, we go on a deep dive into why that is with guests Dr Ciara Kelly from Newstalk, cancer researcher Dr David Robert Grimes, and TheJournal.ie reporter Órla Ryan. The episode looks at whether mandatory vaccination works and if it should be introduced in Ireland, the role of social media in measles outbreaks, and why people who get vaccinated can still get measles. “We’re in major trouble because you will see it spread like wildfire and that’s the difficulty,” says Kelly.  https://jrnl.ie/4540412 ‘It spreads like wildfire’: Why Ireland, and the world, is seeing a huge surge in measles casesThe Explainer was the #2 podcast in the Apple podcast charts in Ireland within several hours of the first episode being released last Sunday, and the #1 podcast in the News and Politics category. You can listen wherever you get your podcasts or via SoundCloud below – you can also head straight to iTunes, Spotify, TuneIn, Acast, PodBean, Podcast Republic, and Stitcher. Short URL 112 Comments Tweet thisShare on FacebookEmail this article read more

Stay on target But, what’s Quinn up to these days? According to IMDb, Birds of Prey will highlight Quinn’s post-breakup life. After she ends her relationship with The Joker, Quinn, Black Canary, and Huntress team up to save Cassandra Cain from a criminal master. Until next year, we’ll have to wait to see what’s in store for Quinn and her chic superhero-meets-vigilante squad.More on Geek.com:MovieBob’s 15 Most Anticipated Movies of 2019‘Beetlejuice,’ ‘The Warriors’ Get the Waxwork Records Treatment‘Black Panther’ Best Picture Nod Brings Oscars Into MCU Fashionable DC heroines and Queenpin Harley Quinn will make their debut in the upcoming Birds of Prey film.On Monday, a Birds of Prey teaser was published on YouTube, which revealed the Queenpin’s trendy makeover and introduced key DC female superheroes, including Black Canary and Huntress. The movie, which stars Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Margot Robbie, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, will hit theaters on February 7, 2020.Dubbed “See You Soon,” the teaser features clips of Quinn, Black Canary, Huntress, and other DC characters, including villain Black Mask and Gotham City detective Renee Montoya, all dressed up in fashionable attire. It’s hard not to notice Quinn’s style transformation: She’s seen sporting a sparkly jacket, compared to the shorts and ripped tights she wore in Suicide Squad.Today, Robbie also surprised fans on Instagram with Quinn’s trendy makeover. Her post, which has generated more than 2,000,000 likes already, is captioned, “Miss me? HQ.” Top Movie and TV Trailers You Might Have Missed This WeekWatch These Movies Before ‘Hustlers’ read more

Flow counting down to Rio Games, launches Gold Tour campaign Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsAppProvidenciales, 29 Oct 2015 – Oseta Jolly Primary school will have a bodacious day thanks to LIME Turks and Caicos which reports that it is celebrating Mission Day 2015 by spending the day at the company’s adopted school. Twenty eight staffers of LIME will lay down telecommunications work to assist with lessons and lunchtime at the Blue Hills government school. LIME says lunch for the over 500 students and staff at Oseta Jolly is on them too in this community service effort. Related Items:lime, mission day 2015, osetta jolly primary school Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsApp The Indian Premier League Has a New Home in the Caribbean Flow Sports now offers an unrivalled Cricket line-up Recommended for you Perdina wins Movado Watch set from LIME & Jai’s read more

WILMINGTON, MA — The three finalists for the Woburn Street School Principal Search were announced on Thursday — Laurie Fahey, Charlotte King, and Suzanne Sullivan.Ms. Laurie Fahey has served as Principle of George H. Englesby Elementary School in Dracut since 2017.  Previously, Ms. Fahey served as Assistant Principal of the Justin C. Richardson Middle School in Dracut for three years. From 2004 to 2014, she served as a classroom teacher for the Dracut Public Schools. Fahey holds a Masters of Education from Lesley College and a Bachelor of Science from UMass Lowell.Ms. Charlotte King has served as the Director of the Wildwood Early Chilhood Center in Wilmington since 2014. She previously was an integrated preschool teacher for the Groton-Dunstable Regional School District for five years, as well as Lead Teacher/Team Chair for the Groton-Dunstable Regional School District. Prior to Ms. King’s years in the Groton-Dunstable Regional School District, she served as an Early Childhood Coordinator for the Ayer Public Schools. King holds a Master of Early Childhood Education from Fitchburg State University and a Bachelor of Science from Wheelock College.Ms. Suzanne Sullivan has served as the Principal at the Parker Elementary School in Billerica since 2016. Prior to assuming her role in Billerica, Sullivan also served as Principal of the Discovery School in Greenfield and Principal of the Warren Community Elementary School in Warren. Ms. Sullivan began her educational career teaching second grade in Brimfield. Sullivan holds a Master of Education from Worcester State College and a Bachelor of Science from Fitchburg State University.Parents/guardians and community members can meet these finalists on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at the Woburn Street School.Ms. Laurie Fahey from 4:15pm to 4:45pmMs. Charlotte King from 4:45pm to 5:15pmMs. Suzanne Sullivan from 5:15pm to 5:45pmLike Wilmington Apple on Facebook. Follow Wilmington Apple on Twitter. Follow Wilmington Apple on Instagram. Subscribe to Wilmington Apple’s daily email newsletter HERE. Got a comment, question, photo, press release, or news tip? Email wilmingtonapple@gmail.com.Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:Like Loading… RelatedVIDEOS: Meet The Woburn Street School Principal Search FinalistsIn “Education”SCHOOL COMMITTEE NEWS: New Woburn St. School Principal Announced; Asst. Principal Frank Ferrerio To Retire This JuneIn “Education”NEW ROLES FOR 3 FAMILIAR EDUCATORS: Shelia Burke, Leanne Ebert & Kevin Welch Named To Leadership PositionsIn “Education” read more

A Prothom Alo IllustrationTwo gang-rape suspects were injured in what the law enforcers called a gunfight with police in Cumilla’s Daudkandi upazila on Sunday.Police arrested the bullet-hit suspects — Golam Rabbi and Rabbi Ahmed — after the gun battle and took them to Comilla Medical College Hospital under their custody, said officer-in-charge of Daudkandi police station M Rafiqul Islam.He said Golam Rabbi had developed love affairs with the victim, 20, worker of a garment factory in Chattogram city following their acquaintance through Facebook.The rape suspect asked the girl, from Kalapara upazila in Patuakhali, to come to his house saying his parents gave their consent to their marriage and they wanted to directly see her, according to the police version.The RMG worker reached Daudkandi on Friday midnight by a bus from Chattogram, the OC said.Golam Rabbi along with his friends Al Amin, Rabbi Ahmed and Rafique took her to a fish enclosure at Malikhil in the upazila and raped her in turn throughout the night, he added.Following a complaint filed by the victim, police arrested Al Amin on Saturday when he confessed to his involvement in the incident, Rafiqul said.Based on information gleaned from Al Amin, a police team conducted a drive in Baldakhal Sluice Gate area around 3:00pm on Sunday to arrest the rest of the accused, according to police.However, the accused opened fire on law enforcers that forced them to retaliate which triggered a gunfight, the OC said, adding that Golam Rabbi and Rabbi Ahmed were caught in the line of fire and sustained bullet wounds.Four policemen were also injured in the gun fight, he claimed, adding that they recovered a pipe gun, three bullets and some sharp weapons from the spot. read more

By MARK F. GRAY, Special to the AFRODespite the upset in the 2017 Turkey Bowl respect around the District has been hard to come by for the Ballou Knights. They still hold the coveted championship trophy that H.D. Woodson held for a quadrennial, yet most experts feel that order will be restored once toe meets leather on Thanksgiving Day in the rematch with the Warriors to crown this year’s DCIAA football champion.The absence of respect and the indifference towards them has fueled Ballou’s march back to the Turkey Bowl in defense of their crown.  Playing throne of underdog suits them perfectly heading into the game because with the stakes on the line, the Knights have already proven they can beat Woodson after losing during the regular season.The Ballou Knights are headed to the 2018 Turkey Bowl on Thanksgiving Day. (Courtesy Photo)“There haven’t been too many accolades that have come with being the reigning champs,” Ballou coach Minoso Rogers told the AFRO.  “Some people around the city have tried to downplay our championship from last year and we lost to them already this year. We’re only the number three seed so we are accustomed to be the underdogs and we’re fine with that.”Ballou played Woodson tougher than anyone in the DCIAA this year.  The Knights pushed the Warriors before ultimately falling 21-18 at home on October 19.  They relinquished three big plays that were the difference and dramatically affected the game’s outcome.Dual threat star Lavonte’ Gater, who remains verbally committed to the University of Maryland, has been Ballou’s playmaker all season.  A quiet leader by example according to Rogers, Gater set the tone in last month’s contest against Woodson.  His 80-yard touchdown reception was a wake up call for the Warriors that cleared their cobwebs after the intermission.Woodson’s passing game literally went the length of the field for long scores that were momentum killers. Marquise Tucker opened the scoring with a 20-yard pick six interception return for Ballou in the first quarter. Jordan Sharpe brought the Warriors back by connecting with Mondre Lang for a 70-yard touchdown to respond.However, the Knights led 18-12 at halftime after they found holes in the Warriors defense and exploited them for scores.  Jamal Speaks ripped off a 28-yard touchdown run.  Later in the second quarter Aaron Penny made a house call from 21 yards on a run that temporarily gave Ballou hope for what would’ve been a seismic upset in the city.  The Knights missed both two point conversions and they proved to be big.Woodson woke from their early season hibernation to make one game winning play in the second half and they were a totally different team for their stretch run at the end of the season.  Sharpe’s 30-yard TD pass to Jahmari Harris was the only touchdown over the final two periods.  Since then both teams have been on a path to their Thanksgiving rematch.“We’re going to keep things simple this time,” Rogers said.  “The mistakes that we made were because guys were out of position since they were forced to think too much.  We just want the kids to know their jobs and go out and execute.”Publicly Woodson has the swagger of a team that has put last year’s loss behind them.  Their early season lethargy has been replaced by a seven-game winning streak, while Ballou has won three straight since the loss.  Both teams arrive to the showdown with confidence and the Knights relish the place as the underdog again.“We don’t mind being the underdogs,” said Rogers. “I think that we’ll be well coached and will be prepared for them and there won’t be any surprises. It’s exciting to have another chance like this.” read more

Popular on Variety In the first half of 2018, music subscribers grew by 16% and Apple Music gained two points of market share while Spotify maintained its formidable global lead, according to mid-year data published Thursday by analysts Midia Research.According to the report, global subscribers climbed to 229.5 million from 198.6 million between the beginning of January and the end of June — and year-over-year growth was even bigger, increasing 38% and adding 62.8 million subscribers. “MIDiA maintains its viewpoint that this growth phase will last through the remainder of 2018 and likely until mid-2019,” the report reads. “This will be the stage at which the early-follower segments will be tapped out in developed markets. Thereafter, growth will be driven by mid-tier streaming markets such as Japan, Germany, Brazil, Mexico, and Russia.” Spotify maintained its global market share of 36%, the same as in Q4 2017, with 83 million subscribers, the report says, noting that the streamer added more subscribers than any other service in the first half of 2018: 11.9 million.Meanwhile, Apple added two points of market share to reach 19%, reaching 43.5 million subscribers. It added the second-highest number of subscribers: 9.2 million, with the U.S. being the key growth market. In the U.S., Apple Music is expected this month to overtake Spotify in terms of paid subscribers, and by some accounts it has already done so.Amazon’s services added just under half a point of market share to hold at 12%. Amazon experienced the most growth within its Unlimited tier, adding 3.3 million to reach 9.5 million in H2 2018. In total Amazon had 27.9 million subscribers at the end of the period. Tencent Music, which is expected to hit the U.S. stock exchange in the coming months, reached 8% with 17.6 million subscribers, while Pandora added 500,000 subscribers.Read the full report here. ×Actors Reveal Their Favorite Disney PrincessesSeveral actors, like Daisy Ridley, Awkwafina, Jeff Goldblum and Gina Rodriguez, reveal their favorite Disney princesses. Rapunzel, Mulan, Ariel,Tiana, Sleeping Beauty and Jasmine all got some love from the Disney stars.More VideosVolume 0%Press shift question mark to access a list of keyboard shortcutsKeyboard Shortcutsplay/pauseincrease volumedecrease volumeseek forwardsseek backwardstoggle captionstoggle fullscreenmute/unmuteseek to %SPACE↑↓→←cfm0-9Next UpJennifer Lopez Shares How She Became a Mogul04:350.5x1x1.25×1.5x2xLive00:0002:1502:15 read more