Zimbabwe state employees to be paid in US dollars

The Zimbabwean government has decided civil servants will receive their salaries in US dollars in future. Hyperinflation has rendered the Zimbabwean dollar worthless. The government believes it is important for police officers, teachers and civil servants to receive a decent...

Protesters flood Bangkok streets

"Thousands of protesters have descended onto the streets of Bangkok to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and his cabinet. They occupied the offices of the state broadcaster NBT and surrounded the main government offices, forcing most civil servants...

Public Service, Public Servants, and Mass Death

"  Public Service, Public Servants, and Mass Death  "

NY millionaire gets 11 years for Slave Labor

Wife Sentenced to 11 years for Slave Labor and Abuse of Immigrants.   The Husband,  Mahender Sabhnani, in this case will be Sentenced on Friday a similar sentence is expected.  "Working...

No toilet paper leads to sticky Government situation in Fiji

Might lead to a new use for Government memos...maybe not so many will come to work for their morning bog at taxpayers expense"Indian curry is off the menu for many Fijian civil servants in the city of Suva after all the toilets ran out of paper.  The situation has been...

Pakistani Supreme Court dismisses challenges to Musharraf's rule

Wow, no independent panels or judiciary's and a number of challenges dismissed because the lawyers didn't show up, possibly because they're sitting in a jail cell somewhere?"Pakistan's new government-selected Supreme Court judges dismissed legal challenges to President Gen....

Civil Servants Caught On Camera Having Sex, Breakdance Competitions at Work

Boy, and here I thought NowPublic was the best place to work. These employees (civil servants, no less) were caught on camera having sex in the bathrooms, jumping naked off filing cabinets, etc."Civil servants on...

Bid to bring jobs from London to Coventry.

"AN ambitious plan to bring 2,000 top jobs to Coventry has been unveiled. Government departments are being moved out of London - and Warwick University has spotted the chance to encourage them to set up bases in this region. The uni wants to build an office complex for civil...

South Africa Strike Ends: Differing Accounts Emerge

The Congress for South African Trade Unions claim that 600,000 public workers took part in a nationwide strike over a pay increase, whilst government spokespeople put the number at 70,000. One thing that both sides agree on is that the situation that led to the strike remains...

The Root of the Problem

This post is based on an article from Time Magazine, Thursday, Apr. 26, 2007, written by Orlando Patterson. The article gives interesting detail of the earliest European settlers in America, at Jamestown. I...

Iraqi Marxist Insurgent Group Declared- Shades of Che Guevera

"Iraqi Marxist Insurgent Group Declared By ZEYAD KASIM 05/15/2007 03:22 AM ET An unknown left-wing group calling itself the Iraqi Armed Revolutionary Resistance distributed leaflets in the Mid-Euphrates area around Najaf, Hilla and Karbala calling for “resistance against...

Nigeria Elections: 18 political parties sue INEC

"The National Democratic Party (NDP) has sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Attorney General of the Federation, Bayo Ojo. Suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/166/2007 filed on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at Abuja Federal High Court also joined 17 other political...

Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007

"#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media Sources: Buzzflash.com, July 18, 2005 Title: “Web of Deceit: How Internet Freedom Got the Federal Ax, and Why Corporate News Censored the Story” Author: Elliot D....

Judge Orders Deportation of Saudi Princess for Mistreating Domestic Workers

"BOSTON — A Saudi Arabian princess accused of breaking U.S. immigration laws by locking up her domestics' passports and forcing them to work for low pay was ordered to be deported, prosecutors said Thursday. Hana F. Al Jader of Winchester was sentenced to two years of...

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