Manzini, Swaziland (IRIN) – Erratic pension payments, a rising cost of living and changing social circumstances are leaving Swaziland’s elderly with no choice but to fend for themselves and adjust to living alone. This is unprecedented in a country where an extended family system traditionally provided a social safety-net and companionship. “I thank my God [...]
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Women ‘key’ to water projects
May 30th, 2011
davidguide Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka (IRIN) – Women could prove key to the success of Sri Lanka’s rural water and sanitation projects, experts and villagers say. As a five-year project to reduce time spent collecting water and to ensure safe drinking water jointly launched by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Sri Lankan government comes to a [...]
Jobless People Can Obtain Easy Funds with Loans While Unemployed
April 19th, 2011
davidguide Money is the primary requirement of a person. As we all know very well that without money no one can spend his/her lives in cozy way. If you want to pass your life, you need to earn money. But unfortunately because of being out of job you get tagged with financial crisis such as electricity [...]
Real Estate Bad Guys: A Day in the Life of a Foreclosure Specialist
March 3rd, 2011
davidguide The view from the other side of the foreclosure door Walking up to a person’s home to evict them is never an easy job. Even though those of us in the foreclosure field are not the ones who have made the bad choices, or caused the bad luck, leading to this terrible moment, we are [...]
U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Association of Water Companies Continue Water is Your Business Series in Cambridge, Massachusetts
November 15th, 2010
davidguide Highlight the Relationship Between Water Infrastructure, Business, and the Economy CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) and the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce today hosted a forum at the Sheila Doyl View full post on All Stories
Gaza hardliners attack leisure park
October 24th, 2010
davidguide Hamas government is accused of turning a blind eye to crackdown on behaviour in the city by Islamic extremists Crazy Water Park had already been closed down for two weeks by the Hamas government, over an “unlicensed water whirl”, when 40 armed arsonists struck in the middle of the night last month. They set fire [...]
Historic shifts are underway on the New Silk Road where East meets West creating alternative investment opportunities
October 15th, 2009
davidguide You probably have heard of NAFTA (North America Free Trade Association), OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countires), the EU (European Union) and the BRIC (Brazil Russia India China) countries … but have you heard about MENA? Ok, you ask … what is it and why should I care? When conventional wisdom is not [...]
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