Colon cancer The non-profit organization Stop Bowel Cancer has Mister de Owl from the children’s program De Fabeltjeskrant calling on people in their fifties to be tested against bowel cancer. Children who watched the program in the 1970s are today at an age that puts them in the risk group. It is no coincidence that … Read more
%20DNT%20Randalls%20Island%20Shelter%20Scuffle_128977442_1037 "New York City Imposes Curfew in Randall’s Island Migrant Shelter, Largest in City to Have Curfew – Effective March 20")
Occupants of the Randall’s Island migrant shelter will be notified today about the curfew that will go into effect in two weeks. This will become the largest shelter to have a curfew imposed by the city and the most recent to have this measure. Another 186 shelters have a curfew. Currently, about three thousand people … Read more
In order to discuss the new shelter for asylum seekers that the Mayor’s Office has set up in a building located at 130 Third Street in Gowanus Brooklyn, residents of the area held a community meeting this Monday. The industrial building will be converted into a hostel to house up to 400 single men and … Read more
At the State Institute for School Quality and Teacher Training of the State of Saxony-Anhalt (LISA), a total of ten specialist commissions have begun their work to revise the specialist curricula of the primary school type. The current resolutions and publications of the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK) as well as … Read more
Two state lawmakers hope to triple the size of New York City’s free bus pilot program and extend it for an additional year. The “Congestion Pricing Done Right” bill, introduced by Queens Democratic State Senator Michael Gianaris and Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, would expand the scope of the free bus pilot program from one to three … Read more
News of the day This overview will help you quickly catch up on today’s most important events. 1. Young people spend 80 minutes a day on Tiktok The Chinese-controlled app Tiktok is ubiquitous among young people. But anyone over 25 shouldn’t know about it. That is one of the striking trends from the Digimeter. read … Read more
One of the great attractions of our city is the wide variety of parks and other public places, available for the enjoyment of the whole family. One of them is Brooklyn Bridge Park, with 85 acres of land along the East River on the Brooklyn borough side. Brooklyn Bridge Park is relatively new. The first … Read more
“My mother left this morning surrounded by love.” With these words the architect of the famous, Joaquin Torres, announced on their social networks her mother’s death. His death has filled him with pain, so much so that he admits feeling “broken emotionally and physically, the void he has left in me is devastating and drags … Read more
Martina Santos donates her time twice a week to help pack the food that is distributed for free to those most in need in New York City. Martina is one of the dozens of volunteers who fill the bags with different foods. “We are like ants, each one has their job. They put three oranges, … Read more
From the Amazon jungle to the most famous concrete jungle, Adriana Aristizábal’s career is an example of reinvention and improvement. “My life has been a life marked by the closing of cycles and the beginning of cycles, the closing of careers and the beginning of a career. I am a business administrator, graduated from the … Read more