Asia Government

China and the Philippines to sign a bilateral agreement on education

The governments of China and the Philippines have agreed on signing bilateral agreements concerning education, technological and economic development, and social policies.  Rodrigo Duterte, President of the Philippines, has a meeting with his Chinese counterpart coming up next week, and one of the primary goals for this meeting is to boost the cooperation between the […]

California universities eyeing blockchain educational approaches Blockchain United States

California universities hail blockchain

MouseBelt, a venture capital-backed blockchain accelerator firm, will sponsor blockchain programs of study at three California universities. This follows its successful curation of blockchain courses at Cambridge, Oxford, and Harvard.  The three institutions are UC Santa Barabara, UC Los Angeles, and UC Davis. The firm is expected to propel blockchain educational expertise at these institutions.  […]

Student on the rampage in Hong Kong protests Asia Students

Students mourn chaos in Hong Kong

Protests have been soaring as students voiced concerns that the freedoms of people in Hong Kong are being eroded by the “two systems, one country” structure. Hong Kong, officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China. In 1997, the “two systems, one country” formula was incorporated upon Hong Kong’s return to […]

Job market misappropriated by half a million Opportunities United States

Job market misappropriated by half a million

The misappropriation of job gains by half a million was realized after preliminary revisions were conducted as necessitated in survey-based projections. This procedure is usually done so that more alignment can be made with definitive data on the foundation of state unemployment insurance data. According to the Labor Department, employers had incorporated half a million […]

Asia Teachers

Nevada picks 57 Filipino Special Education teachers

Fifty-seven (57) Filipino Special Education (SPEd) teachers were recently hired by southern Nevada in the Clark County School District (CCSD) to fill the open positions. The shortage of SPEd teachers appears to be nothing new around the area. Starting in 2017, eighty-four (84) Filipinos were sent to southern Nevada to fill in the spots for […]

UK government holds £28m student loan overcharges Europe Government

UK holds £28m student loan overcharges

United Kingdom (UK) graduates’ student loan overcharges are being held by the UK government to the tune of at least twenty-eight million pounds (£28M). This is despite the said amounts being identified.  According to the Students Loans Company (SLC) statistics, in England, at least five hundred thousand (500,000) former students had overpaid the stipulated student […]

LGBTQ history syllabus ascertained in Illinois Law and Courts United States

LGBTQ curriculum launched in Illinois

House Bill 246 promoting an inclusive curriculum on the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning) community was signed by Governor J.B. Pritzker on August 16, 2019. The bill was passed by the United States Senate and House earlier this year and the curriculum will be implemented in Illinois public schools on July 2020. Following […]

Native attendees criticize Sen. Warren’s education approach Students United States

Native attendee nixes Warren’s education reforms

Brooke Johnson, a member of the Mohicans, asserted that Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren’s approach on education reforms was flawed as it did not considerably address educational issues affecting the natives. This was during a Native American Presidential Forum 2019 held in Sioux, Iowa, where Senator Warren asserted offered educational reforms for universal childcare and pre-k […]

US interest rates skewed towards zero Government United States

$15T worldwide debt trade rates decline

Across the globe, central banks have been implementing stimulative approaches, whereby nearly fifteen trillion dollars ($15T) of worldwide debt trades are experiencing a declining rate. In fact, Kyle Bass, Hayman Capital Management (HCM)’s chief investment officer and founder, predicts that interest rates in the US will continue diminishing until they get to zero. For instance, […]

Titans of the largest e-games fair Europe Technology

E-games, VR and AI hit US$174B income by 2021

Technological innovations such as e-games, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence are expected to hit total sales of one hundred and seventy-four billion dollars ($174B) by 2021. According to Newzoo, a worldwide leader in e-sports and e-games, e-gamers alone have reached a little over two and a half billion (2.6B) globally. They are expected to spend […]