Ang Umaakyat na Presyo ng mga Pagkain nitong Pandemya

TORONTO – Isang kaibigan ko ang pumuna ng presyo ng Big Mac, na pag kumakain ka nito parati, di mo mapupuna ang presyo pero kung ikaw ay yung taong tulad ko na paminsan minsan lang kumain ng Big Mac, malamang magulat ka sa babayaran mo. Nitong nakaraang mahigit na isang taon, hindi ako kumain ng Big Mac hanggang ilang araw na nakalipas nang bumili ako ng dalawang Big Mac meals at nagulat ako sa binayaran ko – mahigit $23! Sabi ng kaibigan ko, mas makakatipid ka kung may coupon ka, konti sa kalahati ang babayaran mo. Ang sa akin naman ay gaano kadalas nagbibigay ng coupon para sa Big Mac.  Continue reading→

The Rising Food Prices during this Pandemic

TORONTO – A friend once commented on the price of a Big Mac, that if you eat it regularly, like once a week, you don’t notice the price increase because it’s in the cents. But, if you order it, say, once every six months, or in my case, in a gap of almost two years because of the pandemic, you feel the crunch, as I did when I ordered two Big Mac meals three weeks ago. I paid $23 and some cents! My friend then added, it’s good if you have the coupon because you pay just a little over half of the regular price. The question that begs answering is, how often does Big Mac come up with coupons. Continue reading→

কানাডার নির্বাচনে সর্বাধিক ৮ বাংলাদেশি লড়ছেন

২০ সেপ্টেম্বর অনুষ্ঠেয় কানাডার ৪৪তম সাধারণ নির্বাচনে প্রথমবারের মতো সর্বাধিক ৮ জন বাংলাদেশি বংশোদ্ভূত প্রার্থী মূলধারার তথা লিবারেল, কনজারভেটিভ, এনডিপি ও গ্রীন পার্টি থেকে মনোনয়ন পেয়ে প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতা করছেন।  Continue reading→

Nissoli: “Basta con il Travel Ban, vogliamo tornare a vivere”

ROMA – “Il Travel Ban continua ancora a creare disagi agli italiani che si devono spostare tra l’Italia e gli USA. Una questione rimasta irrisolta nonostante gli appelli che i diretti interessati hanno rivolto alle Istituzioni”: a parlere è l’onorevole Fucsia Fitzgerald Nissoli, deputata di Forza Italia eletta in Nord e Centro America, che torna a lanciare un appello al Governo italiano.  Continue reading→

Due nuovi consoli onorari italiani nella circoscrizione di New York

NEW YORK – Due nuovi consoli onorari italiani nella circoscrizione consolare di New York: si tratta di Barbara Battaglino Zichichi, Console Onorario d’Italia ad Hartford, e di Vincenzo Scollo, Console Onorario d’Italia a Rochester (nelle foto, tratte dalla pagina Facebook “Consulate General of Italy in New York”. Ad annunciarlo, congratulandosi con loro, è l’onorevole . Fucsia Fitzgerald Nissoli, deputata di Forza Italia eletta in Nord e Centro America.  Continue reading→

Status update of Covid-19 cases worldwide

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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of September 18, 2021, at 4:15 pm EST.

On Saturday, health officials in the UK logged 30,144 new infections. Of the cumulative 7.4 million confirmed positive cases, 80.5% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, Covid-related deaths increased by 164, bringing the total number of fatalities to 444,869.

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লিবারেল পরিত্যাগ করেছে স্পাদাইনা-ফোর্ট ইয়র্কের প্রার্থী

কেন্দ্রীয় লিবারেল তাদের টরন্টোর স্পাদাইনা-ফোর্ট ইয়র্ক রাইডিংয়ে মনোনীত প্রার্থী কেভিন ভং-কে পরিত্যাগের ঘোষণা দিয়েছে, এমনকী সে সোমবার নির্বাচিত হলেও তাকে লিবারেল ককাসে স্থান দেবে না বলে আজ সকালে জানিয়েছে। কারণ, টরন্টো স্টার তাদের এক অনুসন্ধানী প্রতিবেদনে কেভিনের বিরুদ্ধে ২০১৯ সালে এক নারীকে যৌন হয়রানির মামলাটি জনসমক্ষে তুলে ধরে, যা পরে অবশ্য সেই নারী ‘আগ্রহ হারিয়ে ফেলায়’ সরকার পক্ষ থেকে তা বাদ দেয়া হয়, যদিও সেই নারী এখনও তার ঘটনার সত্যতার বিষয়ে অবিচল রয়েছেন।  Continue reading→

Liberal dropped its candidate in Spadina-Fort York riding

TORONTO – The federal Liberals have dropped their nominated candidate, Kevin Vuong in the downtown Toronto riding of Spadina-Fort York, and he will not be a member of their party’s caucus if he is elected Monday, after the Toronto Star revealed that he was charged with sexual assault of a woman in 2019, who actually told the Crown prosecutor in the case that she “didn’t have the energy” to proceed with a trial process but maintained her allegations are true. Continue reading→