Today is a parody,of yesterday’s memories.Sentimental melodies,mimicking life’s symphony. Deep thoughts are like remedies,altering extremities.molding great disparities,to form similarities. Sunrise provides charity,with fair regularity,bringing the world clarity,views carry serenity. Moonlight beams polarities,twinkling solidarity,uniting dualities,bearing singularity. Everyday brings mysteries,deriving from history,guides with possibilities,forming for eternity. – Grace Y. Estevez – Reddy
Passing By
- Bangsamoro Just Held an Election Forty Years in the Making and It Wasn’t a Clean One.
Voting opened Monday across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao for the first parliamentary election in the region’s history. It was a milestone that took longer to arrive than most elections take to matter. The vote had been postponed four times since it was first scheduled for May 2022, pushed back to 2025, then October 2025, then March 2026, before finally landing on September … - The Philippines Wants To Criminalize Disinformation and Zimbabwe Should Pay Attention.
The Philippines is debating a question Zimbabweans should recognise immediately: what happens when a government gives itself the power to decide what counts as false information? On June 3, the Philippine House of Representatives passed the Digital Media Anti-False Information Act bill by an overwhelming 286-3 vote, with seven abstentions. The bill would criminalise knowingly publishing or spreading false information with the intent to cause … - New Zealand Is Welcoming the Tourists Whilst Its Workers Can’t Afford to Stay.
New Zealand’s tourism officials had reason to celebrate last month. Visitor arrivals in July surpassed pre-pandemic levels for the first time since the border closures of 2020, reaching a milestone that the government’s Tourism Growth Roadmap had targeted for the end of this year. Infometrics data showed arrivals to Queenstown up 20 percent from the previous year, while national visitor numbers have returned close to … - Australia’s Bird Flu Problem Is About to Stop Being a Bird Problem
A dead pelican on a beach is ordinarily a wildlife story. The pelican found at Edithburgh on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula this week was different. It tested positive for H5 bird flu, the first confirmed case in an Australian pelican since the virus arrived on the continent. It was one of five new positive events reported that day, alongside a silver gull, two crested terns … - Zimbabwe Has Become So Expensive to Govern That Government Is Now Cutting Its Own Taxes
Zimbabwe is cutting 291 licences, permits, levies and fees to reduce the cost of doing business. Good. But who made it expensive in the first place? These charges were created, approved and collected by the same system now removing them and presenting the change as reform. Zimbabwe has a habit of creating problems, living with them for years, then fixing part of them and asking … - You Can’t Medal Your Way Out of Corruption
From Sept. 17 to 19, more than 800 anti-corruption officials from eight SADC countries will gather in Victoria Falls for an event featuring exhibitions, cultural activities, netball and volleyball. The theme is “Scaling Up Integrity Actions Across SADC.” Vice President Kembo Mohadi will open it. The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission is presenting the event as a regional demonstration of commitment to fighting corruption. It is also … - Thirty-Five Thousand Reasons Not to Ask What “Electrified” Means
“Solar is the mainstay because we have not been able to reach access.” Energy Minister July Moyo said this in Victoria Falls during the International Solar Alliance’s Africa meeting. He was explaining the government’s plan to equip 35,000 rural villages with solar-powered business units. He was also saying something more important. Zimbabwe has struggled to extend its electricity grid to much of the country, particularly …
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