Scholarships Grants

Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent
Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – President Barack Obama on Monday addressed an audience of more than 300 in Washington, DC, on the virtues of fatherhood and the limits of government promoting it. Obama spoke at THEARC, the Town Hall Education Arts & Recreation Campus, declaring the time ripe for “a new conversation around fatherhood in this country.” Obama most of the time uses his own life and this time was no different as the president borrowed heavily from his own experiences with his father and his children. Obama shared on the meaning of having a child, saying that “to have [...] Continue Reading…

Two women in Modesto, California, were arrested for using a fake baby funeral to scam people out of money.

Article © AHN – All Rights Reserved

View full post on All Stories

Almost state schools in England and Wales would like close on June 30 following the decision by majority of members of the National Union of Teachers and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers to strike.

The ballot results released on Tuesday said 92 percent of NUT members and 83 percent of ATL members favored a job walk-off.

The two unions are the largest teachers’ unions in the country. The tutors’ industrial action is expected to affect up to 23,000 state schools and other fee-paying schools with NUT and ATL members.

The teachers, however, are not the only ones participating in a massive nationwide strike over changes in Britain’s pension system. Other public [...] Continue Reading…

Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent
Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The United States would lead the world in college graduates by the end of this decade according to the pledges made by the top executive of the country on Wednesday at a manufacturing plant in Alexandria, Virginia. Addressing an audience at Alexandria campus of the “Northern Virginia Community College,” during an event promoting the program, “Skills for America’s Future Manufacturing,” President Barack Obama touched upon ways aimed at enhancing skills through training workers and investing in research and technology to give the U.S. an edge in competing with other countries. Citing a student named David, President [...] Continue Reading…

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor
Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – According to a report released Wednesday, minority children spend an average of 13 hours a day using mobile devices, computers, TVs and other media. The figures cataloging how long they are plugged in mark about 4½ hours more than white kids. The findings compiled by Northwestern University researchers and based on an analysis of two separate Kaiser Family Foundation surveys were presented to childhood and telecommunications experts in Washington, D.C. Researchers analyzed that data to find out how black, Hispanic, Asian American and white youth use media for homework and for fun, and how long [...] Continue Reading…

Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer
Manila, Philippines (AHN) – Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has signed a law ending excessive, unreasonable and unnecessary salaries and bonuses for officials and employees of government-owned corporations and banks. The Government-Owned and Controlled Corporation (GOCC) Governance Act of 2011 signed Monday also limits the terms of GOCC officials to one year and creates a governance commission for GOCCs that will change the compensation and remuneration system for such institutions. The law further provides that GOCCs maintain a website indicating its audited financial statements, budget and compensation package. The law covers 140 state-run corporations. Excluded from coverage are the central [...] Continue Reading…

Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer
Manila, Philippines (AHN) – A migrants group urged the Philippine government to prepare the evacuation of Filipino workers in Kuwait in case a political turmoil erupts in the emirate similar to what is happening in Libya, Syria and Yemen. Migrante-Middle East spokesman John Leonard Monterona said the evacuation plan must be set early because it takes time to process the repatriation of thousands of Filipino workers in Kuwait. There are about 50,000 Filipinos working in Kuwait half of whom are household helpers, according to Monterona. From the experience of the Philippine embassies in Syria and Yemen, the permission of employers to [...] Continue Reading…

In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. [...] Continue Reading…

Linda Young – AHN News Writer
Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The latest US employment report revealed a major slowdown in the number of jobs created in May with the economy only adding 54,000 jobs to payrolls, not even enough to keep up with growth in the workforce. It was a sharp contrast to April when the economy added 232,000 jobs added to payrolls, according to the US Department of Labor report released Friday. However, even the April figures were not much help in bringing down the high unemployment rates created by the recession that officially ended in June 2009. That is because economists say the nation needs to create around [...] Continue Reading…

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor
New Haven, CT, United States (AHN) – The man who admitted to killing a gradaute student in 2009 while working as a Yale University lab technician was set to be sentenced on Friday. Raymond Clark, 26, was facing 44 years in prison under a plea agreement he accepted last March. He was convicted of murdering Annie Le, a pharmacology doctoral student at the university. Under the plea deal, Clark also admitted to sexual assault under the Alford Doctrine, which meant he agreed that there was sufficient evidence for him to be convicted of the charge. He admitted guilt as prosecutors released evidence indicating Le [...] Continue Reading…