Jubilation and gunfire as Syrians celebrate the end of the Assad family’s half-century ruleJayden Daniels and the offense stalling have the Commanders on a three-game losing streakIf the throne speech that kicked off the 30th Saskatchewan Legislature is anything to go by, Premier Scott Moe heard loud and clear that while some residents are happy with the government’s recent performance, a large number are not and want change. Titled ‘A New Beginning’, the 2024 speech started by acknowledging that over 50 per cent of MLAs are new to their jobs. “In every election, voters deliver a message. In this recent election, Saskatchewan voters delivered two messages,” said the speech, which was read by Lieutenant Governor Russ Mirasty on Monday, Nov. 25. “Many Saskatchewan people voted to re-elect my government to ensure a strong economy and a bright future for our province. At the same time, many other Saskatchewan people voted for change.” In the October election, the government changed from the Sask. Party holding 42 seats, to having a slimmer majority at 34. All of those seats went to the NDP and virtually shut the government out of representation in Regina and Saskatoon. The party holds one seat in Saskatoon. The Sask. Party managed to hold on to their two seats in Prince Albert but Northcote was won by only 133 votes. As laid out, the plan addressed a growing population and an economic plan for 2030. Targets are to increase the population to 1.4 million, get $16 billion/year in private capital investment, increase value-added revenue to $10 billion and double forestry sales to $2.2 billion While part of that forestry plan includes the planned construction of an OSB mill north of Prince Albert, the company that owns the pulp mill is not planning to re-open anytime soon. Paper Excellence (now DOMTAR) said this fall it will sell the facility . READ MORE: One Sky said that increased access to wood fibre makes the OSB mill more viable. “My government must also do more to address the challenges of growth – challenges like crowded classrooms and access to health care services,” said Moe. In the area of health, Moe promised to expand access to urgent care. A first-in-Saskatchewan facility is operational now in Regina and has seen 14,000 visitors since July. Another is planned in Saskatoon as a partnership with Ahtahkakoop First Nation. More are now being announced, including Prince Albert, North Battleford, Moose Jaw and Regina. In rural areas, the province will keep recruiting staff through the Health Human Resources Action Plan, something that has resulted in 84 per cent of residents having access to a primary health care practitioner. Moe has committed to ensuring that every resident will have access to healthcare by the end of 2028. “My government will reach this goal through partnership and collaboration with our healthcare providers to deliver team-based primary care to Saskatchewan people,” the speech said. More practical plans including providing at-home HPV tests, developing a Breast Health Centre of Excellence in Regina and introducing a fertility treatment tax credit. No cost coverage for glucose monitoring and supplies will expand to include seniors and those under 25. In the area of education, the government promised two key things: increased support for complex classrooms and funding targeted at getting an increased number of students reading at their age level by Grade 3. Earlier this year, eight schools were selected to pilot a ‘specialized support classroom model’. Two of the schools were in Prince Albert and another two in North Battleford. That program will expand by an additional 200 schools now. Teachers and support staff will be added to boost student’s ability to read at grade level by Grade 3. That grade is a crucial age as children switch from learning to read to reading to learn. Day care spaces will more than double from the 5,100 spaces currently available to an additional 12,000 by the end of the next fiscal year. On the affordability front, the government plans several measures, with the main one being the “largest personal income tax reduction in Saskatchewan since 2008”. The personal, spousal and child exemptions and the senior’s benefit will be supplemented by $500 a year over the next four years. The low-income tax benefit will also increase by 20 per cent over the next four years. The government plans to increase the amount recipients of Saskatchewan Assured Income for Disability (SAID) can earn by $1,000 annually without deductions. That applies to single people, couples or families and right now is maxed at $8,500 for families, making the change an increase of just over 11 per cent. In an effort to keep young people living in Saskatchewan, the Graduate Retention Program will jump by 20 per cent, capping now at $24,000 for a four-year undergraduate degree. A $5,000 Class 1 Driver Training rebate will also be introduced. Wrapping up, Moe promised a more respectful assembly, something that was a contentious issue in the last sitting. House speaker Randy Weekes (Biggar) ended his political career by accusing the sitting government of harassing him by text if they did not like his rulings. He also accused Meadow Lake MLA and now Minister of Crown Investments and Crown Corporations Jeremy Harrison of harassment and bringing a gun into the Legislature . Weekes lost a contested nomination for the newly created Kindersley – Biggar riding. “This Assembly should always be a place of vigorous debate and even strong disagreement. But that debate and disagreement should always be driven by what is best for those we serve – the people of Saskatchewan. It should never be driven by malice toward those on the other side or any individual who may serve here or anywhere in the province,” the speech said. — susan.mcneil@pattisonmedia.com
has sent a cease-and-desist letter regarding the recent documentary The Honorable Shyne, which chronicles the life and controversies of his former protege, , now known as . However, sources close to told Page Six that the letter was not meant to halt the release of the film, which premiered on Hulu on November 18, but rather to ensure factual accuracy about the infamous 1999 Manhattan nightclub shooting that involved both men. The documentary highlights 's claim that he was made the "fall guy" for the events at the nightclub, where a shooting left three people injured. was convicted on charges including assault and reckless endangerment and was sentenced to 10 years in prison, serving almost nine before his release in 2009. , on the other hand, was acquitted of weapons and bribery charges connected to the case. Witnesses had alleged that he fired a weapon, but the claims were not substantiated in court. In the film, Shyne alleges that Diddy orchestrated witness testimony against him, claiming this betrayal has only recently gained public recognition. "Because when I said it [at the time], everyone was partying and having a great time with Diddy while I was left to rot in prison," Shyne states in the documentary. Shyne, now a politician serving as the Leader of the Opposition in Belize, has opened up about his decision not to implicate , citing "integrity about character" as the reason he kept silent. "I thought I was protecting him," Shyne said, but now feels differently about Diddy's role in the trial. Diddy's denial and legal team response 's legal team has strongly denied Shyne's allegations. "Mr. Combs categorically denies Mr. Barrow's allegations... These claims are unequivocally false," a representative told Page Six. He also expressed his appreciation for Shyne's political career but lamented his revisiting of these accusations.How To Watch Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern Munich, Bundesliga 2024–25 Free Live Streaming Online & Match Time in India? Get Der Klassiker Live Telecast on TV & Football Score Updates in IST?Montana State Bobcats to host UT Martin in second round of FCS playoffs
Rep. Mikie Sherrill Has Double-Digit Lead In New Jersey Gov Primary, Per Internal PollWayne Rooney has encouraged I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! viewers to vote for his wife to do a Bushtucker Trial as he feels she would want to “put herself to the test”. The former England footballer, 39, said he was “proud” of how Coleen was doing in the Australian jungle in a post on social media on Saturday. The couple, who first met at school and began dating aged 16, share four sons – Kai Wayne, Klay Anthony, Kit Joseph and Cass Mac. Proud of @ColeenRoo on @imacelebrity she’s doing great ❤️ Me and the boys would love to see her doing a trial and we know she’d want to put herself to the test. If you can download the #ImACeleb app and let’s get voting! 🗳️🕷️🐍 pic.twitter.com/f1VEihHVzy — Wayne Rooney (@WayneRooney) November 23, 2024 “Proud of @ColeenRoo on @imacelebrity she’s doing great”, he wrote on X, formerly Twitter, alongside a collage of photos of her on the show. “Me and the boys would love to see her doing a trial and we know she’d want to put herself to the test. “If you can download the #ImACeleb and let’s get voting!” At the end of Saturday’s episode, it was revealed Rooney would be taking on the next Bushtucker Trial alongside BBC Radio 1 presenter Dean McCullough. Your votes mean Coleen and Dean are about to have a trucking terrifying time when they face Absolute Carnage ⚠️ #ImACeleb pic.twitter.com/Q9PcJ3SwF1 — I'm A Celebrity... (@imacelebrity) November 23, 2024 During the first task of the series, McCullough chose to partner up with TV personality Coleen as he hailed her as “Wagatha Christie”. Rooney, 38, was given the nickname when she accused Rebekah Vardy, who is married to Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, of leaking her private information to The Sun in a viral post on social media. In July 2022, a judge at the High Court found the post was “substantially true”. During Vardy’s stint on I’m A Celebrity, she became the third celebrity to leave, saying the series helped her become more tolerant. Earlier this week, Liverpool-born Coleen told her fellow campmate that going to court over her feud with Vardy was her “worst nightmare” as she felt she was “putting on a show for the whole world”. However, she said she was not scared about making the viral post which kicked off the dispute, saying: “I just didn’t think it would have the impact it did, because I was just that sick and tired of it, it was draining.” Later in the episode, Rooney became emotional over the loss of her sister Rosie, after boxing star Barry McGuigan spoke about the death of his daughter. I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! continues on ITV1 and ITVX.
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Iranian Workers’ Wages Do Not Even Cover Half of Their ExpensesWASHINGTON (AP) — As a former and potentially future president, Donald Trump hailed what would become Project 2025 as a road map for “exactly what our movement will do” with another crack at the White House. As the blueprint for a hard-right turn in America became a liability during the 2024 campaign, Trump pulled an about-face . He denied knowing anything about the “ridiculous and abysmal” plans written in part by his first-term aides and allies. Now, after being elected the 47th president on Nov. 5, Trump is stocking his second administration with key players in the detailed effort he temporarily shunned. Most notably, Trump has tapped Russell Vought for an encore as director of the Office of Management and Budget; Tom Homan, his former immigration chief, as “border czar;” and immigration hardliner Stephen Miller as deputy chief of policy . Those moves have accelerated criticisms from Democrats who warn that Trump's election hands government reins to movement conservatives who spent years envisioning how to concentrate power in the West Wing and impose a starkly rightward shift across the U.S. government and society. Trump and his aides maintain that he won a mandate to overhaul Washington. But they maintain the specifics are his alone. “President Trump never had anything to do with Project 2025,” said Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt in a statement. “All of President Trumps' Cabinet nominees and appointments are whole-heartedly committed to President Trump's agenda, not the agenda of outside groups.” Here is a look at what some of Trump's choices portend for his second presidency. The Office of Management and Budget director, a role Vought held under Trump previously and requires Senate confirmation, prepares a president's proposed budget and is generally responsible for implementing the administration's agenda across agencies. The job is influential but Vought made clear as author of a Project 2025 chapter on presidential authority that he wants the post to wield more direct power. “The Director must view his job as the best, most comprehensive approximation of the President’s mind,” Vought wrote. The OMB, he wrote, “is a President’s air-traffic control system” and should be “involved in all aspects of the White House policy process,” becoming “powerful enough to override implementing agencies’ bureaucracies.” Trump did not go into such details when naming Vought but implicitly endorsed aggressive action. Vought, the president-elect said, “knows exactly how to dismantle the Deep State” — Trump’s catch-all for federal bureaucracy — and would help “restore fiscal sanity.” In June, speaking on former Trump aide Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast, Vought relished the potential tension: “We’re not going to save our country without a little confrontation.” The strategy of further concentrating federal authority in the presidency permeates Project 2025's and Trump's campaign proposals. Vought's vision is especially striking when paired with Trump's proposals to dramatically expand the president's control over federal workers and government purse strings — ideas intertwined with the president-elect tapping mega-billionaire Elon Musk and venture capitalist Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a “Department of Government Efficiency.” Trump in his first term sought to remake the federal civil service by reclassifying tens of thousands of federal civil service workers — who have job protection through changes in administration — as political appointees, making them easier to fire and replace with loyalists. Currently, only about 4,000 of the federal government's roughly 2 million workers are political appointees. President Joe Biden rescinded Trump's changes. Trump can now reinstate them. Meanwhile, Musk's and Ramaswamy's sweeping “efficiency” mandates from Trump could turn on an old, defunct constitutional theory that the president — not Congress — is the real gatekeeper of federal spending. In his “Agenda 47,” Trump endorsed so-called “impoundment,” which holds that when lawmakers pass appropriations bills, they simply set a spending ceiling, but not a floor. The president, the theory holds, can simply decide not to spend money on anything he deems unnecessary. Vought did not venture into impoundment in his Project 2025 chapter. But, he wrote, “The President should use every possible tool to propose and impose fiscal discipline on the federal government. Anything short of that would constitute abject failure.” Trump's choice immediately sparked backlash. “Russ Vought is a far-right ideologue who has tried to break the law to give President Trump unilateral authority he does not possess to override the spending decisions of Congress (and) who has and will again fight to give Trump the ability to summarily fire tens of thousands of civil servants,” said Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, a Democrat and outgoing Senate Appropriations chairwoman. Reps. Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico, leading Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, said Vought wants to “dismantle the expert federal workforce” to the detriment of Americans who depend on everything from veterans' health care to Social Security benefits. “Pain itself is the agenda,” they said. Trump’s protests about Project 2025 always glossed over overlaps in the two agendas . Both want to reimpose Trump-era immigration limits. Project 2025 includes a litany of detailed proposals for various U.S. immigration statutes, executive branch rules and agreements with other countries — reducing the number of refugees, work visa recipients and asylum seekers, for example. Miller is one of Trump's longest-serving advisers and architect of his immigration ideas, including his promise of the largest deportation force in U.S. history. As deputy policy chief, which is not subject to Senate confirmation, Miller would remain in Trump's West Wing inner circle. “America is for Americans and Americans only,” Miller said at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Oct. 27. “America First Legal,” Miller’s organization founded as an ideological counter to the American Civil Liberties Union, was listed as an advisory group to Project 2025 until Miller asked that the name be removed because of negative attention. Homan, a Project 2025 named contributor, was an acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director during Trump’s first presidency, playing a key role in what became known as Trump's “family separation policy.” Previewing Trump 2.0 earlier this year, Homan said: “No one’s off the table. If you’re here illegally, you better be looking over your shoulder.” John Ratcliffe, Trump's pick to lead the CIA , was previously one of Trump's directors of national intelligence. He is a Project 2025 contributor. The document's chapter on U.S. intelligence was written by Dustin Carmack, Ratcliffe's chief of staff in the first Trump administration. Reflecting Ratcliffe's and Trump's approach, Carmack declared the intelligence establishment too cautious. Ratcliffe, like the chapter attributed to Carmack, is hawkish toward China. Throughout the Project 2025 document, Beijing is framed as a U.S. adversary that cannot be trusted. Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, wrote Project 2025's FCC chapter and is now Trump's pick to chair the panel. Carr wrote that the FCC chairman “is empowered with significant authority that is not shared” with other FCC members. He called for the FCC to address “threats to individual liberty posed by corporations that are abusing dominant positions in the market,” specifically “Big Tech and its attempts to drive diverse political viewpoints from the digital town square.” He called for more stringent transparency rules for social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube and “empower consumers to choose their own content filters and fact checkers, if any.” Carr and Ratcliffe would require Senate confirmation for their posts.Nigeria’s unemployment rate declined to 4.3% in the second quarter of 2024 Compared to the 5.0% in Q3 2023 and the 5.3% in Q1 2024, this was a gradual recovery The unemployment rate by residential location was 2.8% in rural areas and 5.2% in urban areas PAY ATTENTION: Got a Minute? Complete Our Quick Survey About Legit.ng Today! Legit.ng journalist Zainab Iwayemi has 5-year-experience covering the Economy, Technology, and Capital Market . In the second quarter of 2024, Nigeria's unemployment rate decreased to 4.3%, indicating better labor market circumstances. This was a slow rebound from the 5.0% in Q3 2023 and a decline from the 5.3% in Q1 2024, according to the National Bureau of Statistics ' most recent report, which was made public on Monday. Improved worker engagement was demonstrated by the Labour Force Participation Rate, which improved to 79.5% from 77.3% in the prior quarter. PAY ATTENTION : Standing out in social media world? Easy! "Mastering Storytelling for Social Media" workshop by Legit.ng. Join Us Live! Additionally, the Employment-to-Population Ratio improved significantly, rising from 73.2% in Q1 2024 to 76.1% in Q2 2024. Read also Nigeria's GDP grows by 3.46% in 3rd quarter, 10 sectors lead This suggests that during that time, a larger percentage of people of working age had gainful employment. Additionally, self-employment continued to dominate, making for 85.6% of all employment, up from 84% in the previous quarter. The economy's reliance on informal jobs is highlighted by the minor increase in informal employment to 93.0%. The report read, “ Unemployment is one of the components of labour underutilisation. The unemployment rate for Q2 2024 was 4.3 per cent, showing an increase of 0.1 percentage point compared to the same period last year. “The unemployment rate among males was 3.4 per cent and 5.1 per cent among females. “By place of residence, the unemployment rate was 5.2 per cent in urban areas and 2.8 per cent in rural areas. Youth unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in Q2 2024, showing a decrease from 8.4 per cent in Q1 2024.” States with highest number of unemployed people Read also Report lists places to get petrol at cheapest price in Nigeria, Delta, Lagos top chart Legit.ng reported that the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said that Nigeria’s unemployment rate rose to 5.3% in the first quarter of 2024, reflecting an increase from 5.0 recorded in the third quarter of 2023. According to the NBS report, Abia, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and Rivers states recorded the highest unemployment rates in Nigeria in 2023. The report also stated that Abia State leads the chart with an unemployment rate of 18.7%, followed by the FCT with 14.1%, and Rivers with 13.4%. PAY ATTENTION: Сheck out news that is picked exactly for YOU ➡️ find the “Recommended for you” block on the home page and enjoy! Source: Legit.ng
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