The relevance of bilingualism and its benefits was the topic of a lecture given to members of the Spanish Department and students at Alexander High School by experts on the subject this month.Rosa Maria Ceballos De Llano, Laredo’s Poet Laureate, along with Dr. Patricia Garza-Gonzalez, an independent researcher interested in bilinguism, were the guest speakers. Spanish Department chairperson Sylvia E. Vargas welcomed the lecturers along with assistant principals Elvira Gaona and Isabel Valdez and Spanish teachers Eduardo Bustos, Daniel Hermosillo, Juan Hermosillo, Limbania Martínez, Elizabeth Valdez, Luis Valdez and Claudia Zúñiga. Vargas said that she invited Ceballos De Llano and Garza-Gonzalez to reinforce what…
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By LUKE ANAMI East African Community partner states say the US-Africa Summit last week was occasion to pitch investments in agriculture, health and energy – three of the areas supposedly hurting their economies in concert.While Kenya is exploring value addition for its products that end up in the US and has even entered into a nuclear energy deal, Uganda went to town about the pharmaceutical industry, speaking on the need for vaccine manufacturing in the country.At the same event, the US Chamber of Commerce’s US-Africa Business Centre (USAfBC) hosted a presidential roundtable with President Samia Suluhu to formally launch the…
Christmas in Los Angeles County Sunday will include the customary Masses and church services celebrating the birth of Jesus and annual events providing meals to the homeless and poor.English-language Christmas Masses will be celebrated at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Archbishop José H. Gomez will celebrate the 12:30 p.m. Mass in Spanish with the Spanish-language choir leading in song.The 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Masses will be streamed at facebook.com/olacathedral and youtube.com/olacathedral and broadcast on digital Channel 7.2 and Channels 703 and 1246 on Spectrum cable systems, Channel 467 on Frontier…
Special to the Inquirer Gonzales Mayor Steve Sucher — a “Santa” at heart — made a grand entrance at the Legacy Ranch Kids children’s party hosted and sponsored by Debbie and Steve Marshall, friends and family! Santa arrived with a billowing “Ho! Ho! Ho!” and jingle bells too! The children ran to greet him as they escorted Santa and Mrs. Claus to their seats by the Christmas tree. Santa had a patient ear as he listened to what the children wanted this year. There were hundreds of toys to choose from for all ages. The children and staff enjoyed food…
India replaced South Africa in the second spot after their 2-0 series win over Bangladesh. The second cycle of World Test Championship is in its final leg and India’s 2-0 win in Bangladesh has caused some significant movement in the points table. A look at how the top contenders are placed for the final.Points table after Mirpur Test TeamPoints wonTests playedPoints contestedPercentage pointsTests leftAus1201315676.92%6Ind991416858.93%4SA721113254.55%4SL641012053.33%2Eng1242226446.97%0WI541113240.91%2Pak561214438.89%2NZ28910825.93%4Ban161214411.11%0How has the Bangladesh-India series altered the standings?India’s 2-0 win in Bangladesh means they move up to the second place displacing South Africa, who lost to the table toppers Australia in Brisbane last week. India started the…
Primate of The Church of The Lord Worldwide (TCLW), Most Reverend Rufus Okikiola Ositelu, has advised all Nigerians to embrace the best in all spheres of life and shun any form of ethnic, political and religious sentiments. Ositelu made this known at the special thanksgiving service on his election as president of the World Council of Churches (WCC) for Africa by delegates at the 11th WCC General Assembly on September 5, in Karlsruhe, Germany, at the Victory Night Ground of the church, Ogere Remo, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway last Saturday. Speaking at the event graced by dignitaries from all walks…
By Diana Pang There are two different English names near Chung Ying Street (中英街, China England Street), a historical location on the Hong Kong—mainland China border. Car Park Street, a translation of the Chinese name (車坪街), can be seen on the old T-shaped sign while the newer sign reads Che Ping Street, the transliteration of the Cantonese. So what happened there? From right to left: The traditional way of writing Chinese can be seen on the 1930s signage on the right. Photo: Diana Pang. The street was the terminus of the Kowloon–Canton Railway’s short-lived Sha Tau Kok branch in the early 20th century. Sometime…
LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. — The Walkers live in a modest home in Lehigh Acres but it’s an efficient space, one with the markings of children who have grown up or still with plenty of years to grow. The house is one full of love, from toys to children’s books to clothing. Now on five years of living in Southwest Florida after moving from the West Palm Beach area, Dyecol and Taneasha Walker offer ministry at the Word of Life Open Bible Church, just a few blocks from their home. Those Sundays and Wednesday nights focus on leading others in worship.…
Nigeria has been selected as the hub for grains and other food commodities in West Africa and among member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mustapha Shehuri, disclosed by this at a workshop organised by the ministry in collaboration with the Islamic Organisation for Food Security. He noted that based on this, food commodities, particularly grains, would be distributed from Nigeria to other countries during times of food insecurity in the affected countries. The workshop was put together to address the global issue of food security and agricultural development, particularly…