Editors Note: To scroll through pages, hover mouse or pointer over the lower left hand corner of the front page. Two arrows will appear, as will the page count. Click on either arrow to advance forward or back through the document From Tirana Hassan: Acting Executive Director-Human Rights Watch The litany of human rights crises that unfolded in[Read More…]
Transcript Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, DC NASA Headquarters MS MCGUINNESS: Good afternoon, and welcome to NASA Headquarters. I’m NASA Press Secretary Jackie McGuinness, and we’re honored to be joined today by leaders from the United States and Japan to sign a framework agreement that recognizes our nations’ mutual interest in peaceful exploration. The Framework Agreement Between the Government of Japan and[Read More…]
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken co-host the 2023 U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee meeting. Representing Japan are Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa and Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada. TRANSCRIPT Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Benjamin Franklin Room SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. Very good to see you all. And let me[Read More…]
“The CS Leaders Prize was awarded by Code.org to 102 schools across the country to help establish computer science education programs. E-Cubed was one of just three Rhode Island Schools to earn the prize and was the only Providence School to do so.” Included: The Speechifying! The Award! Plus, a conversation with E-Cubed Principal Matthew Juda Students Watched This[Read More…]
Each year, about 15,000 children in the United States are diagnosed with cancer. It can be a life-altering experience for children and families. Hasbro Children’s Hospital treats between 60 and 70 children annually who are newly diagnosed with cancer. And thanks to doctors, hospital staff, and researchers, there have been significant improvements in cancer treatment and pediatric cancer[Read More…]
Statement From US Secretary of State Antony Blinken In this first week of 2023, the United States continues to stand strongly behind Ukraine and our European allies and partners by announcing more than $3.75 billion in new military assistance. This assistance includes a $2.85 billion drawdown from stocks of the Department of Defense to be provided immediately to Ukraine and $225 million in Foreign Military Financing to build the long-term[Read More…]
Communication From The Pawtucket School District Administration & The Pawtucket School Committee to Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien Seeking to Move Shea High School Renovations Forward Formal communications issued by both the Pawtucket School District and the Pawtucket School Committee were released this week. Requested? A sign off from Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien necessary for authorization from the Rhode[Read More…]
Press Conference Transcript Ned Price, State Department Spokesperson held forth, on January 3, on a wide range of videos. Supplementing the video above is a transcript, published by The State Department. 2:03 p.m. EST MR PRICE: Happy Wednesday, everyone. QUESTION: Happy Wednesday. MR PRICE: We have two elements at the top before we turn to your questions. First, this morning, Secretary Blinken, Assistant[Read More…]
A raucous, but determined group of medical professionals, harm reductionists, activists & a Rhode Island State Legislator gathered in Providence’s Kennedy Plaza to protest the behavior of a Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) Supervisor, as yet unidentified, who apparently takes the distribution of NARCAN (Generic Name: Naloxone) as a personal affront. Multiple reports have been filed with elected[Read More…]
The letter seems straight forward enough … The standard “get the stakeholders involved” “let’s document the process” … although involving the general public thing? Given the track record of the Grebien Administration, and his quislings in the Pawtucket City Council? Transparency is a pretty foreign concept in Pawtucket. See: APRA Budget, Tidewater Landing Funding, the City Hall Tower, and on[Read More…]
Cranston Mayor Schedules Presser to Challenge City Council Chair … Retribution? or Good Governance? He’s baaaack! Although, truth be told, did he ever really go away? Now Former Woonsocket City Council Chair John Ward made good on his promise to stay involved in Woonsocket affairs … albeit as a private citizen, today, with the release of his formal objection to the “reclassification” of Woonsocket’s RISE Academy from Mayoral Academy to Charter School status. Citing,[Read More…]
In a scheduling move that has even the most cynical Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) observer shaking their head, the Agenda for the influential Council on Elementary & Secondary Education was posted on 5:20 this evening (Friday) to include a review of the controversial application to transition Woonsocket based RISE Mayoral Academy to Charter School status. The Hearing will[Read More…]
Sudan: One Year of Atrocities Requires New Global Approach Investigations into Deliberate Aid Obstruction, War Crimes Needed As global and regional leaders meet in Paris to spotlight Sudan and mark the one-year anniversary of the country’s brutal conflict between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF), they should make clear that those responsible for ongoing atrocities and other[Read More…]
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