
Community Development and Social Services Minister Ms. Doreen Mwamba during the launch of the Urban Price Shock Emergency Cash Transfer in Kabwe District
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Community Development and Social Services Minister Ms. Doreen Mwamba during the launch of the Urban Price Shock Emergency Cash Transfer in Kabwe District

A vital social work service for Edinburgh’s most vulnerable children has been saved – though it’s not yet in the clear. Councillors also voted for an investigation to be carried out into the original decision to withdraw 11 social workers from the new Sick Kids.

Deputy Welfare Minister Marilena Evangelou

John Alle (right) set up a hotline offering free tickets home for people living on the streets of Santa Monica. Above: Alle and Adam Gibson distributing fliers about their program.

The provost’s message to faculty and staff neither says Jon Singletary (above) voluntarily resigned nor was fired. It says the dean “informed me of his decision to step down.” Inside sources at Baylor told BNG this should not be construed as a voluntary resignation and appears to be part of a larger effort to position the university in a nonaffirming stance. Earlier, deans of the university’s various schools were instructed to scrub their websites of names of “controversial” people who serve on their various advisory boards and boards of visitors.