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LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers reacts against the Boston Celtics during Game Three of the 2017 NBA Eastern Conference Finals at Quicken Loans Arena on May 21, 2017 in Cleveland, Ohio. Jason Miller/Getty Images/AFPLeBron James is set to return to Manila.James, who is arguably the best basketball player in the world today, is making his third visit to the Philippines.ADVERTISEMENT Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to give up royal titles Hotdog’s Dennis Garcia dies Filipinos turn Taal Volcano ash, plastic trash into bricks PLAY LIST 01:40Filipinos turn Taal Volcano ash, plastic trash into bricks01:32Taal Volcano watch: Island fissures steaming, lake water receding02:14Carpio hits red carpet treatment for China Coast Guard02:56NCRPO pledges to donate P3.5 million to victims of Taal eruption00:56Heavy rain brings some relief in Australia02:37Calm moments allow Taal folks some respite What’s in store for your animal sign this year Marcosian mode: Duterte threatens to arrest water execs ‘one night’ Search on for 5 Indonesians snatched anew in Lahad Datu Bishop Baylon encourages faithful in Albay to help Taal evacuees LATEST STORIES Cleveland also picked up 2011 NBA MVP Derrick Rose and Jeff Green in the offseason.Sports Related Videospowered by AdSparcRead Next
Don’t miss out on the latest news and information. MOST READ National Historical team rescues Amorsolos, artifacts from Taal Police seize P68-M worth of ‘shabu’ in Pasay Sharapova determined to prove point on Slam return The 32-year-old James, who just led the Cleveland Cavaliers to their third straight NBA Finals two months ago, will be in the country on Sept. 2 for his “Strive for Greatness Show” which will be held at Mall of Asia Arena.James was supposed to visit Manila in September 2016 but cancelled the stop due to logistical reasons.FEATURED STORIESSPORTSEnd of his agony? SC rules in favor of Espinosa, orders promoter heirs to pay boxing legendSPORTSRedemption is sweet for Ginebra, Scottie ThompsonSPORTSMayweather beats Pacquiao, Canelo for ‘Fighter of the Decade’The two-time Olympic gold medalist is looking to bring another title in Cleveland in the coming season, but with a different-looking squad.The Cavaliers, who yielded the championship to the Golden State Warriors in five games, just swapped its All-Star guard Kyrie Irving to the Boston Celtics for another stud in Isaiah Thomas, quality role player in Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic and an unprotected 2018 first round pick from the Brooklyn Nets. OSG plea to revoke ABS-CBN franchise ‘a duplicitous move’ – Lacson View comments
Zorzor City in Lofa county about 227 Km from Monrovia was crammed (filled) with excitement over the weekend when 64 students graduated from the Esther Bacon School of Nursing and Midwifery (EBSNM).The EBSNM operates on the motto, “Stand for Excellence.”Of the 64 graduates, 33 (one male) are registered midwives (RM), while 31 (18 males) are registered nurses (RN). The well attended ceremony was held in the edifice of the St. John’s Lutheran Church on Saturday, May 17, 2014 amidst drumming and dancing—led by relatives of the graduates and well-wishers.The occasion was dubbed “historical,” because in the mind of Ms. Harriette N.S. Dolo, the director of the school, this marks the 5th post-war, 3rd registered midwifery (RM), and 1st registered nursing (RN) Commencement Convocations.The EBSNM, according to Ms. Dolo, believes nursing and midwifery are a practice discipline that are both an art and science in which theories and knowledge from nursing, midwifery, and other disciplines are used to assist clients toward maximum health and wellness.“The major concepts are client’s system, environment to health and nursing,” she said.According to her, through this framework, faculty express their commitment to teach student theory, and advanced humanistic and evidenced-based practices, which are focused on health, wellness, and illness of clients system of varying complexity within a rapidly changing healthcare delivery system.The faculty, she confirmed, is made of qualified and highly experienced instructors from accredited nursing schools and universities—who recognized two interrelated aspects of professional practice. These include the art and the science of nursing and midwifery on evidence-based practice.The art of nursing and midwifery involves creativity, intuition, caring and application of nursing and midwifery therapeutic (healing, curative) communication skills and supportive interpersonal processes.“Together, the art and science of nursing and midwifery, EBSNM provides insights for the profession in meeting its mission of providing quality education to students who are expected to provide quality patient care and save the lives of citizens.”Fulfillment of this mission, she said, involves the use of effective teaching skills, evidence-based medicine, which will empower graduates to promote and maintain health and wellness, prevent illness, diagnose and manage actual and potential health problems, facilitate adaptation to health impairments, assist rehabilitation, and maximize the opportunity for dignity in living and dying.Director Dolo: “The faculty supports the need for continuing education in nursing and midwifery as a means of improving the delivery of health care, and knowledge of policies related to health care and as a means of meeting informational needs in rural and underserved areas.”Mission/VisionThe mission of the EBSNM is to among other things; promote the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ by educating students for diverse and changing roles as clinicians and teachers; generating new knowledge for nursing and midwifery practice, and using their expertise in service to humanity.EBSNM aims at providing excellent educational program that empowers midwives and nurses to serve the underserved population and to continue fostering Life-Long learning in their chosen careers. Earlier in his keynote address, Lofa County Senior Senator, Sumo G. Kupee on the theme, “Education: Share Responsibility in Developing Character Education,” challenged the graduates to put to use their acquired knowledge in line with their respective professional duty.According to Senator Kupee, acquired education, such like in the nursing profession, takes one to a job, “but it is your character education that, to a large extent, occasions your promotions and have you excelled (outshined) in a merit-based environment, which is gradually taking root in our country.”However, Senator Kupee observed that in Liberia, the discipline of nursing and midwifery are faced with immense challenges. Amidst these challenges, he believes that efforts are being concerted by all stakeholders in an attempt to mitigate these challenges.As of the character education, the Lofa Lawmaker informed the graduates that, “one can acquire all the needed education, but with faulty character, it amounts to nothing.”According to him, recorded history from long before the present era emphasizes that education must also develop character, which entails instilling in students and school program participants’ important core, ethical, and civic values such as respect, responsibility, integrity, perseverance, courage, justice and self-discipline.“Character education is a learning process that enables students and adults in a school community to understand, care about and acts on core ethical values such as respect, justice, civic virtue and citizenship, and responsibility for oneself and others.”Upon such values, the Senator said, people formed the attitudes and actions that are hallmark of safe, healthy and informed communities that serve as the foundation of society.“Character education teaches the habits of thought and deed that help people live and work together as families, friends, neighbors, communities and nations.”Senator Kupee said, it is time for post-war Liberia to begin vigorously promoting strong character and citizenship among the youths as well as the adults; provide vital leadership support to implement character education.“With the blend of your nursing and midwifery course education as well as character and education, you are bound to be recorded in your field and discipline as one of the greatest your neighborhood, community, county, nation and by extension the world can, and will benefit from,” he told the graduates to a round of applause.He then implored the graduates to watch their character, behavior, intelligence and level of virtues in their quest to delivering services to all irrespective of societal status.He urged them to be aware that the most of knowledge acquired by them with a default in character and behavior in the discharge of professional duties is nothing less than no or needless knowledge, adding, “Let your knowledge acquired be needed and needful at all times in professionally delivering your services to mankind.”During the occasion, several of the graduates were certificated for various academic and extra-curriculum achievements. The honorees included the one who dux the school, Duowoi Tarnue, and several other female graduates. The ceremony brought together, high profile individuals resenting various sectors of the health delivery system. Among them were two representatives from a USAID-funded Rebuilding Basics Health Service (RBHS) as well as those from USAID, World Learning, United Nations Population Fund as well as local officials, parents and well wishers of the graduates.Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) have signed a landmark agreement to strengthen partnership at the country level.Both parties have agreed to put together the sum of US $2 billion over the next three years to finance projects in agriculture and food security, renewable energy, small and medium enterprises, and human development (health and education).To realize the shared objective of the agreement, the IsDB and the AfDB agreed to each contribute US$1 billion over three years for joint activities focusing on these priority areas.Speaking at the agreement signing ceremony at the AfDB headquarters in Abidjan, the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina reaffirmed the Bank’s commitment and interest to build a stronger partnership with the Islamic Development Bank.The IsDB will also engage with the bank to implement the High 5s- the five areas in which the AfDB is focusing on to help accelerate Africa’s economic transformation.“Today’s meeting is about collaboration and partnership. AfDB and IsDB share common traits and the agreement we are signing is the highest with any development bank. We are very excited about the range of things we can do together and we are ready to work with you to move this movement,” Adesina said.“We are going to work on a pipeline of projects in Africa stretching from agriculture to SMES, energy and human development. We need to create jobs for our women and youth.”IsDB is among the largest contributors of co-financing to the Bank. The Bank and IsDB have co-financed projects valued at over US$ 2.5 billion for the period 2002—2016.The AfDB has a country presence in 21 out of the 27 common member countries with IsDB. As part of the new agreement, AfDB and IsDB are to complement and make use of each other’s staff expertise at country-level.The President of the Islamic Development Bank, Bandar Hajjar, described the areas of partnership as crucial.“We look forward to working with the AfDB in moving SMEs towards industrialization, renewable energy and agriculture and food security. These areas will create jobs and lead to economic transformation and improve the lives of the people of Africa. SMEs can transform African economies from primary to industrial hubs,” Hajjar said.The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) is a multilateral development financing institution located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. IsDB was founded in 1973 during the first organization of the Islamic Conference (now called the Organization of Islamic Cooperation).Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
… after going missing on MondayBy Kizzy ColemanThe body of a 14-year-old girl was on Tuesday afternoon discovered floating in a canal at Hope, East CoastMalika HamiltonDemerara (ECD), one day after she went missing.Malika Hamilton of Lot 11 Two Friends Village, ECD, a student of the Hope Secondary School, went missing on Monday.Reports are the young woman was last seen in the company of two boys late Monday afternoon. However, she failed to return home and her family members launched a search.The teen’s mother, Latisha Cambridge, told this publication that she last saw her daughter around 06:00h on Monday before she left for work.Cambridge explained that when she returned home, her daughter was not there, which was not strange as she would usually visit her grandmother, who lived in Hope, a neighbouring community.The bereaved mother explained that she received a call later that evening from her niece, who told her that the teen did not show up to get her hair done as was scheduled. Then, around 22:00h, her mother called and disclosed that Hamilton could not be found.Guyana Times was told that relatives of the young woman gathered and a search was launched in the neighbouring communities, but they came up empty handed.“I was really worried, because Malika don’t sleep out,” the distraught mother said.She further explained that on Tuesday morning, she went to the Police Station and reported the matter.The grieving mother told this newspaper that she was met by persons who told her that Hamilton was seen in the vicinity of the canal.“So we then went over to Hope where the canal is located and we searched but we did not find no body or anything like that, but when I came over back here, that is when somebody call me and told me that they found a body.”Cambridge said that after the ghastly discovery, she has received different versions as to what her daughter did before her death.She said she was told that Hamilton reportedly left with friends to go swimming, but she noted that the young woman could not swim.She also received reports from the boys in whose company Hamilton was seen that they took the young woman by the canal after she said that she was going to visit her grandmother.According to the man who discovered the girl’s body, identified only as “Buck”, he was heading up to the Savannah area where the canal ended when he made the discovery.He noted that earlier in the day, he traversed the very area, but Hamilton’s body was not there.Wails and screams were heard as family members gathered and Hamilton’s bloated body was pulled from the canal by public-spirited persons. The circumstances surrounding the young woman’s demise are yet to be determined.However, her family is adamant that her death was as a result of foul play.Hamilton, one of five siblings, is described as a vibrant young girl who was rebellious at times. She was Queen of the 2015 Ann’s Grove Calabash and second runner-up at this year’s pageant.An investigation has been launched into her death by the Police.
GECOM chairmanship… AG unprepared, requests more time for interpretation of Constitution – NandlallThe much anticipated meeting between Government and Opposition representatives to iron out the interpretation of the Constitution with regards to the appointment of a Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) got underway on Wednesday and was proven to be unfruitful.Attorney-at-Law Anil NandlallThe Opposition appointed Attorneys – Priya Manickchand and former Attorney General Anil Nandlall – met with currently Attorney General Basil Williams following a proposal made by President David Granger to Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, for legal minds from the two sides to meet and discuss the appointment of a GECOM Chairman.Attorney General Basil WilliamsWhen contacted on Wednesday, Attorney General Williams told Guyana Times that during the meeting, he heard submissions by Nandlall and asked for some time to review the submissions in order to arrive at a proper conclusion.“I spoke with Mr Nandlall respectfully, he made his contention and he cited authorities; and I said I’ll take what you say safely by reading the authorities and then we’ll respond to his submissions,” Williams stated.Meanwhile, in a statement to the media, Nandlall disclosed that during the meeting, the Opposition lawyers proffered their interpretation of Article 161 of the Constitution, in writing, and supported their position with a number of case law authorities from Guyana, the Caribbean and the Commonwealth.However, Nandall pointed out that the Attorney General was “unprepared” to put forward his or the Government’s interpretation of Article 161 of the Constitution, despite several requests for him to do so.“Instead, he indicated that he will need time to interpret our contentions and prepare his response. All of the interpretations offered by us (Wednesday) were fully and publicly ventilated in the media… I am disappointed by the lack of preparedness of the Attorney General, which resulted in nothing tangible emerging from the engagement,” the former AG asserted.Nandlall went on to say in his statement that “Quite frankly, I was hoping that the Attorney General would have been ready with his position on the matter today (Wednesday); that may have resulted in this matter being concluded with dispatch and decisively. In the meanwhile, Guyana’s democracy continues to hang in the balance.”Moreover, Nandlall stated that the Attorney General could not identify a date for a second engagement on the issue, which the Opposition considers a matter of great national importance.“The meeting ended with the Attorney General being unable to identify another date available in his diary for us to meet again,” he noted.Last week, President David Granger said he is anxiously awaited the outcome of dialogue between the two sides.“I’m anxious to move ahead, it’s a constitutional office… I have asked them to meet and see in what ways we can have a common interpretation of the Constitution. In the final analysis, it’s a constitutional matter and I felt that the Constitution was quite clear so if there was any opaqueness or obscurity, I hope that the meeting between the two Attorneys would clarify that,” the President asserted.The Head of State further maintained that he was correct in his interpretation of the Constitution that the nominees for GECOM chairmanship must be a judge or have qualifications equivalent to that of a judge.“…as I said, my interpretation of the Constitution was quite clear. I’m not saying that the person has to be a judge, but if you read the whole article of that Constitution, it intends that the person must possess certain qualities and we are looking for those qualities,” he posited.The controversy on the matter revolves around the different interpretations of the Opposition Leader and the Government on Article 161 (2) on the appointment of a new GECOM Chairman.The Opposition’s understanding conforms to the updated Constitution which incorporates the Carter formula to have a democratic process for the appointment of a chairman.Granger’s interpretation, on the other hand, seems to reflect the old 1980 Constitution which limits the pool of persons to be appointed to GECOM’s helm to only judges or those eligible to be a judge.
160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You’re all set! John Doolittle is also under investigation in connection with Jack Abramoff, whose lobbying firm, Washington restaurant and personal charity group paid Julie Doolittle as an event planner. Abramoff is in prison on a bribery conviction. Finally, John Doolittle is under scrutiny for his ties to Brent Wilkes, a San Diego military contractor who was recently indicted on bribery charges. Wilkes arranged tens of thousands in campaign contributions for Doolittle while he was shepherding through Congress $37 million in spending items for a company Wilkes controlled. (Wilkes also raised money for Lewis.) Federal prosecutors are investigating the possibilities that Doolittle may have traded earmarks or other official acts for illegal payments from Abramoff or Wilkes. Both the Abramoff and Cunningham investigations have recently shown signs of quickening. In February, prosecutors indicted both Wilkes and a former CIA executive director, Kyle Foggo, who was charged with playing a role in Wilkes’ schemes. Last Friday, federal investigators searched the Doolittles’ Virginia home for records of Julie Doolittle’s fundraising and event-planning business. House Republican leaders pressed Doolittle to step aside. “I commend him for having the courage to do the right thing,” said Rep. John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, the minority leader. WASHINGTON – Rep. John T. Doolittle relinquished his seat on the powerful Appropriations Committee on Thursday amid signs that federal investigators were stepping up several linked investigations into corruption on the panel. Doolittle, R-Calif., is linked to three inquiries on accusations that Appropriations Committee members accepted bribes or campaign contributions in exchange for earmarking federal money to certain projects. Former Rep. Randy Cunningham, R-Calif., who had been on the committee, is in prison for inserting earmarks in exchange for money. Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Calif., who headed the panel until this session, is under investigation as well. Lewis has said he did nothing wrong. The first issue involving Doolittle centers on the role of his wife, Julie, as a commissioned fundraiser for him. The arrangement meant that the Doolittles kept a part of the contributions given to John Doolittle’s campaign committees, blurring the distinction between personal payments and campaign contributions. 
With files from The Globe and Mail It says the First Nation claims the site on the west side of Douglas Channel is better suited to the Haisla LNG plans than it is to the Enbridge marine terminal, where diluted Alberta oil sands bitumen carried by the pipeline would be loaded onto overseas tankers.The First Nation, which has its traditional home on the east end of the channel claims rights and title, as well as political and corporate interests attached to the land for the proposed terminal.However, the Globe says the company claims to have the appropriate “map reserve designation” from the B.C. government to develop the current location.- Advertisement -It also says that in 2012, Enbridge worked with the province to reduce the site from about 467 hectares to just 390 and provide room for additional proposed LNG facilities.Meantime, the First Nation has methodically assembled coastal properties on the rugged western shores of Douglas Channel, and maintains in the event of a dispute over the neutral map reserve, it will be able to access those other properties first.Click here to read the entire Globe and Mail article.Advertisement
“This decision has been taken following preliminary investigations conducted into the circumstances that led to the arrest of some sixty (60) Ghanaians, who had allegedly attempted to enter Australia by false pretences,” said Arhin, adding that three other officials have been called back from Australia to participate in the investigation.The suspension comes after news broke that Australian authorities had deported dozens of Ghanaians pretending to be journalists.In reaction to the suspension, Australia’s high commissioner to Ghana Andrew Barnes said “Australian border enforcement is quite strict and we don’t let people come to our country illegitimately.”Akufo-Addo has vowed to crack down on corruption in Ghana, the world’s second-largest cocoa producer behind Ivory Coast.0Shares0000(Visited 1 times, 1 visits today) 0Shares0000Ghana’s flagbearer Abdul Wahid Omar leads the delegation during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games © AFP/File / Adrian DENNISACCRA, Ghana, Apr 12 – Ghana president Nana Akufo-Addo suspended two sports officials on Thursday following the arrest of 60 Ghanaians posing as journalists who tried to illegally enter Australia for the Commonwealth Games.Pius Enam Hadzide, the deputy minister for youth and sports, and Robert Sarfo Mensah, the director general of the national sports authority, have been “suspended from office, with immediate effect”, said Ghana presidency spokesman Eugene Arhin in a statement.
The Donegal Ladies U14 Championship and League Squads pictured together after their victoriesDONEGAL Ladies gaelic teams impressed with all three teams in action on Sunday securing good victories.The Senior Ladies won their big Ulster derby clash against Cavan in Donegal Town by 2-07 to 1-02.Donegal got off to a superb start and were 2-01 to 0-00 clear within the opening six minutes, Amber Barrett and Geraldine McLaughlin scoring the goals. They led by 2-03 to a single point at the break, adding four more points after half-time.Catriona Smith got the Cavan goal but the visitors could do nothing more to stop seven wins in a row by the Donegal Ladies.The two sides meet again in two weeks in the Lidl Division 2 semi-final.Best wishes to Amber Barrett on her recovery from the injury she received during the game. The Donegal U14 Championship team had a great result on Sunday too, travelling to Killyclogher and defeating Tyrone in round 2 of the Ulster Championship.The Donegal girls trailed 1-03 to 0-01 at the break after playing against a very strong breeze in the first half. They were unlucky not to be ahead against a tough Tyrone side, missing with a number of chances.But the Donegal players made no mistake after the break as both Niamh Walsh and Megan Havlin netted, with points from nine other players in the team. Fourteen clubs were represented across the starting 15.Donegal eventually won the game 2-13 to 1-05 and travel to Armagh in Round 3 in three weeks’ time.The U14 development team faced the long journey to Newry to take on Down, but the journey didn’t seem to affect the girls as they had a comprehensive victory over the hosts, winning 6-14 to 2-03. They host Antrim in Termon next Saturday. LADIES GAELIC: HAT-TRICK OF WEEKEND WINS FOR DONEGAL TEAMS was last modified: April 10th, 2016 by John2Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Tags:donegalLadies Gaelic
LETTERKENNY teen Sean Hume is joining SPL side AberdeenA TEENAGER soccer star from Co Donegal flies to Scotland this weekend to sign for SPL side Aberdeen.Sean Hume (16) is from Letterkenny and a youth player with Bonagee United.He will sign a two year Pro contract with Scottish club. He’s a central defender and was a member of St Eunan’s College u17 team that won the All Ireland in May.He was also a member of Anthony Gorman/s Donegal U16 team and has also represented the Republic of Ireland.He goes to Scotland tomorrow.Under UEFA rules, Bonagee United will benefit financially from the move. DONEGAL TEEN SOCCER STAR SNAPPED UP BY ABERDEEN was last modified: July 6th, 2012 by BrendaShare this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Tags:BONAGEE UNITEDDONEGAL TEEN SOCCER STAR SNAPPED UP BY ABERDEENletterkenny