Bill would put unemployed to work as volunteers

Bill would put unemployed to work as volunteers
North Carolina Sen. Warren Daniel, R-Burke, Caldwell, and at least 12 other state senators want to put people drawing unemployment benefits back to work by requiring them to complete volunteer hours.
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Big break for graduate sweeper

Big break for graduate sweeper
EASTERN Cape’s most highly qualified street sweeper – a man with an honours degree in criminology – has finally landed his dream job.
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Give 30 days’ notice before you die in Karoo town

Give 30 days’ notice before you die in Karoo town
IN WOLWEFONTEIN – a languishing Eastern Cape Karoo railway village – it’s advisable to give a month’s notice before dying in order to secure a grave. That’s because it takes about a month to bore through a hard stone layer barely half a metre into the [...]

Johnson Controls breaks ground on $75 million distribution center in Middletown

Johnson Controls breaks ground on $75 million distribution center in Middletown
Johnson Controls, Inc broke ground Friday on a 400,000 square-foot distribution center in Middletown, Del. The company is spending more than $75 million on the facility, which will perform the charging, packaging and distribution of automotive batteries for the Northeast region of the United States.
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Court ends dad’s desperate battle

Court ends dad’s desperate battle
A FATHER’S desperate fight to save his daughter from her alleged drug addiction has failed.
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Former employees accuse Ebenal of charging personal costs to city museum job

Former employees accuse Ebenal of charging personal costs to city museum job
BELLINGHAM – The former project manager on the Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher building has accus
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Mozambique Coal Mine Brings Jobs, Concerns

Mozambique Coal Mine Brings Jobs, Concerns
In order to keep up with its growing demand for raw materials, Brazil has set up a coal mine in Mozambique. And while the mine is providing jobs to locals and coal to global economies, it also required that 5,000 people relocate. read more
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Neepawa enjoys the Hylife

Neepawa enjoys the Hylife
NEEPAWA — Stores opening, developers descending, immigrants flocking, merchants smiling, schools bursting, church pews refilling — Neepawa is living the HyLife, thanks to Winnipeg.
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Prasarana denies blocking Bumi firms in MRT project

Prasarana denies blocking Bumi firms in MRT project
KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 — The owner of the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project has rejected claims that Bumiputera contractors are being denied opportunities in the construction of Malaysia’s largest infrastructure project. Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB) group managing director Shahril Mokhtar responded to Perkasa’s claims [...]

Prasarana denies blocking Bumi firms in MRT project

Prasarana denies blocking Bumi firms in MRT project
KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 — The owner of the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project has rejected claims that Bumiputera contractors are being denied opportunities in the construction of Malaysia’s largest infrastructure project. Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB) group managing director Shahril Mokhtar responded to Perkasa’s claims [...]

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