Srinagar, September 05 (Scoop News) –J&K Minister for Education and Public Enterprises, Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed while extending warm greeting to entire teaching community of J&K on Teachers Day said it is a fact that teaching is a noble profession and teachers play pivotal role in shaping lives of generations. The Minister was addressing […]
Grandparenting — Generations of Love
When I was growing up, my grandparents lived across country. And even though I only saw them every few years, the time I spent with them is a still a treasured memory. I am luckier than they were because three of my four grandchildren live close by, and I am able to spend time lots and […]
Will Rudd Deliver Compensation to Stolen Generations?
Kevin Rudd delivered his Formal Apology to the Stolen Generations on 13 February this year. Unlike previous Prime Minister John Howard, Rudd assumed responsibility for the actions of past governments. It was a move that was symbolic to so many Indigenous peoples of Australia, because of the word ‘sorry’. To many it was much more […]
RP’s Educated Elite Mismanaged the Country for Generations
Today’s political leaders and government officials of the Philippines are part of the generational structure of the elite families who controlled almost all the resources of the nation in which their power and clout encompasses the business sector, agricultural and commercial lands, the mining sector, utilities, media and other services that connects the […]
Australia says “sorry” to Stolen Generations
Today the Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said “sorry”. The long-awaited apology was given in recognition of the hurt and harm caused by earlier government policies and actions which saw many aboriginal and half-caste children taken forcibly separated from the families, culture and homelands. It was a symbolic act, unaccompanied by compensation or any promise of such, […]
Genuine land reform program remains a contested issue for generations
It’s now 2008 and the Philippine government has yet to implement genuine land reform program that was promised to the poor peasants long years ago. The problem of land reform dates back to the last days of the Spanish era where only a few landlords and the Catholic Church control almost all the lands […]