The Supreme Court’s decision has significant implications for millions of student borrowers who were hoping for debt relief from the Biden administration. The decision effectively ends any possibility of widespread student loan forgiveness through executive action unless Congress passes new legislation or amends the HEROES Act. The decision also has political ramifications for Biden and his party, who had campaigned […]
If failure keeps you in God’s will, how is that not a good thing? The question presumes success would have wrestled you out of God’s will. It’s an interesting way to flip the script and give failure a standing ovation instead of a kick, for, after all, it has saved you from a fate worse than death. Except, failure, not […]
The Jamaican consulates in New York and Miami are providing scholarships for Jamaican students to study at colleges and universities in the United States. Jamaica’s Consul General to New York, Alsion Roach Wilson, informed that 30 scholarships are available for students to register at Monroe College in New York. The scholarships cover tuition and housing for undergraduate students seeking to […]
India’s Foreign Ministry has confirmed that medical student Naveen Shekharappa Gyanagoudar, who had dreams to return to India to become a surgeon, was killed in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday while stepping out to buy groceries. The Ministry said the 21-year-old student died from shelling after a missile struck the regional administration building in Ukraine’s second-largest city. He was in his fourth […]
According to press reports, the Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to quash a legal battle brought by a group of Asian-American students who argue Harvard College’s admissions process violates federal civil rights law and discriminates against Asian-American applicants. The high court has asked the Justice Department in June to weigh in on the request by the students, members of the […]
China’s Ambassador to Jamaica Tian Qi has touted the role Chinese businesses have been playing in Jamaica’s economy and predicted a future increase in investment. The Ambassador’s statement comes against the sponsorship by Asian telecom giant Huawei of 10 Jamaican students to learn improved technological procedures. He noted that China was the largest investor in Jamaica, with Chinese companies pumping […]
Jamaica’s Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. Nigel Clarke, while speaking in the 2019/20 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives recently, announced that the government will increase allocation to the Program of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH). The Minister noted that the new move will expand support for students at various levels of the education system. […]
A federal court judge has found North Korea guilty for the death of Otto Warmbier and ordered the country to pay more than 500 million dollars in damage for the death of the young University of Virginia student. Warmbier was held in North Korea’s prison for over a year on what’s reported as a trump up charge of stealing a […]
Since President Trump has assumed office, China has come under greater scrutiny not only in trade but also in espionage activities. In a recent television interview, Christopher Wray FBI Director was posed with the question on the country that worries him most. “China, from a counterintelligence perspective, in many ways represents the broadest, most challenging, most significant threat we face […]
Fox News show host Laura Ingraham announced on her show that she is taking a week off, after almost a dozen advertisers decided to withdraw advertisements from her show. This comes after the conservative pundit mocked a teenage survivor of the Florida school massacre on Twitter. “David Hogg Rejected by Four Colleges To Which He Applied and whines about it. […]
