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Naveen Patnaik Sounds Wake-Up Call for Odisha Government on Cholera Outbreak
Pragativadi
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June 15, 2025
A severe cholera outbreak has gripped Odisha, claiming 14 lives and hospitalising hundreds of people, prompting a sharp rebuke from former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik. In a poignant post on ‘X’ Sunday, Patnaik...
Trump administration weighs adding 36 countries to US travel ban: Memo
The Hindu Business Line
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June 15, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump stands with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Nations at risk of full or partial bans include Nigeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Uganda, Syria, and Bhutan. Affected governments have been given 60 days to address U.S. concerns...
Without self-government liberty perishes
Renew America
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By Rev. Mark H. Creech June 29, 2013 When most people think of government, they think of civil government with its various laws and controls. But in the most basic of terms, there are essentially two kinds of government – internal and external....
Govt employees to resume protests over service ordinance on Monday
The Financial Express Bangladesh
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After the Eid holidays, government employees in Bangladesh are set to resume their protests demanding the repeal of the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025. On Monday, June 16, officials and staff will gather at the Secretariat for a mass...
TRUE COLORS: Beginning of the end of "representative" government? (Wisconsin update)
Renew America
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TRUE COLORS: Beginning of the end of "representative" government? (Wisconsin update) By Curtis Dahlgren March 10, 2011 "I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and...
June 12: Your greatest honour to Nigerians should be good governance, Ojudu tells Tinubu
Tribune Online
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June 15, 2025
A renowned journalist and former presidential spokesman, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, has said the greatest honour President Bola Tinubu can give the nation in memory of the June 12, 1993, struggle is for citizens to experience good governance in...
Public-private sector consensus as catalyst for Nigeria’s economic prosperity, By O’tega Ogra & Fredrick Nwabufo
Premium Times
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June 15, 2025
Today, as economic power is shifting across the world and new alliances are being formed, Nigeria’s reforms are not just local corrections. They are increasingly seen as continental signals. With political courage at the helm and private capital...
Captain Jack Hefestay reflects on decades of Naval service
The Journal - West Virginia
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June 15, 2025
Editor’s note: The Journal’s Unsung Heroes series spotlights a local veteran each Monday from Memorial Day to Veterans Day. If you would like to nominate an Unsung Hero, email tmilbourne@journal-news.net. CHARLES TOWN — Captain Jack Hefestay first...
Egypt to launch first airport management, operation tenders before year-end: Madbouly
Daily News Egypt
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June 15, 2025
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced on Sunday that Egypt will offer its first airports for private management and operation before the end of the year, marking a major step in the country’s privatization drive. The announcement came during a...
COMMENTARY: Public confidence in UCP at stake
Mountain View Albertan
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June 15, 2025
Former AHS CEO alleges UCP engaged in conflicts of interest over multi-million-dollar deals for health products and surgical procedures and filed a $1.7 million wrongful dismissal lawsuit The Smith UCP has announced a four-month delay in releasing...
Honoring “Chief” Justice Thomas’s thirty years of service on the U.S. Supreme Court
Renew America
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Honoring “Chief” Justice Thomas’s thirty years of service on the U.S. Supreme Court By Stone Washington December 4, 2021 “Right is still right, even if you stand by yourself” “So long as there are people of character who have the will to lead and...
Current administration not listening: majority of Americans want secure borders, not amnesty
Renew America
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Current administration not listening: majority of Americans want secure borders, not amnesty By James Lambert May 11, 2010 It's not even close. Amnesty legislation proposed by Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez and New York Senator Chuck Schumer...
Nikki Otero Lockwood: Critical decisions ahead for public schools — Add your voice
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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By Nikki Otero Lockwood A thriving democratic society relies on adequately and equitably resourced public schools that welcome every student who walks through the door, regardless of income, ability or background. If a student’s family can’t...
Aliling says return to public service is way to give back
Manila Standard
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June 15, 2025
Housing czar Jose Ramon Aliling believes his return to government service is his and his family’s way of “giving back.” During Wednesday’s hearing before the Commission on Appointments, Aliling turned a bit emotional when asked why he returned to...
What Orwell's "Big Brother" teaches us about America's Shadow Government
Renew America
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By Stone Washington July 15, 2017 "Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a Revolution; one makes the Revolution in order to safeguard the dictatorship." ~ George Orwell, 1984 "Every time we...
THE COST OF PUBLIC WORKS
Bahamas Uncensored
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June 15, 2025
Clay Sweeting, Minister of Works, has announced that the Glass Window Bridge on Eleuthera is to be fixed. Total expected cost 86 million dollar and change. The FNMs started to howl. How is it that a short bridge costs so much money? The bridge’s...
Congress cracks down on the weaponization of government
Renew America
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By Stone Washington April 1, 2023 “Ordinary Americans are not just being reported to Twitter for de-amplification or de-platforming, but to firms like PayPal, digital advertisers like Xander, and crowdfunding sites like GoFundMe. These companies...
Mishandled classified documents are a cover for Biden’s corruption and government complicity
Renew America
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Mishandled classified documents are a cover for Biden’s corruption and government complicity By Pete Riehm January 31, 2023 For the past half year or so, the public has been treated to a three-ring circus of mishandled classified documents. In...
Terrestrial mobile services to stay as Satcom services will be expensive for India: ISpA
The Hindu Business Line
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June 15, 2025
The company will be granted spectrum for trials in the next few days. | Photo Credit: Dado Ruvic The terrestrial system of communication or the mobile services will remain for at least next 10 years even though satellite communications (Satcom)...
A little leaven at the National Prayer Service
Renew America
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By Pete Riehm January 29, 2025 A tradition dating back to 1933, the National Prayer Service, is held the morning after each presidential inauguration to pray for the nation, the people, and their leaders. It’s an ecumenical service to foster unity...