Fiji cyclone: School bags an urgent need in devastated province
8 Jan, 2021 01:26 AM
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Hamilton woman Sianiti Sia Bulisala with some of the donated school bags. She will be running a sausage sizzle at The Base shopping centre on Saturday morning. Photo / Supplied
More than 93,000 Fijians were affected and two killed by Cyclone Yasa that swept through Fiji s Bua Province and the rest of the northern island of Vanua Levu the week before Christmas.
The category 4 storm with winds up to 350km/h near the eye, flattened houses, destroyed crops, ripped out trees and caused wide spread flooding.
A variety of agencies - including the Red Cross - were quick to respond with help for immediate needs such as food, clothes and temporary shelter.
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Guernsey is a leading jurisdiction for longevity swaps. Here,
Carey Olsen corporate partner Christopher Anderson explains how the
island has capitalised on its expertise in captive insurance to
provide a solution for pension funds exposed to longevity risk.
In the last five years, a number of well-known pension funds
have completed transactions worth in excess of £30 billion
through captive insurers based in Guernsey – as set
out below:
BT (2014) - Value of £16 billion
Merchant Navy Officers (2015) - Value of £1.5
billion
British Airways (2017) - Value of £1.6 billion
In
Christian Labour Association of Canada v. Caressant Care
Nursing & Retirement Homes (D. Randall), a union filed a
group grievance on behalf of a number of its members working at an
Ontario retirement home to challenge the reasonableness of a policy
imposing bi-weekly COVID testing on all staff. In a December 9,
2020 decision, the arbitrator dismissed the
grievance on the basis that the policy is reasonable when the
privacy intrusion is weighed against the objective of preventing
the spread of COVID in the retirement home.
Background
Residents of the retirement home live independently with minimal
to moderate support. There were no positive cases of COVID
Rotorua has activities aplenty on offer for summer season
8 Jan, 2021 02:04 AM
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Waitangi Day at Ōhinemutu last year. Photo / File
Rotorua Daily Post
Christmas and New Year may now be over for another year, but there is still plenty happening in Rotorua which can easily keep you busy over the rest of the summer season.
The Rotorua Library s Youth and Early Learning team are offering another busy programme from January 5 to January 26, hosting activities in the library every weekday.
Just some of the activities include Lego, mystery art bags, poi making, kite making and making movie magic – stop-motion animation and coding.
Evergy CFO Tony Somma To Leave And Retire
WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Evergy, Inc. (EVRG) announced Friday that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Tony Somma has informed the Board of Directors that he will leave the Company and retire.
Somma served at the current positions since Evergy s formation in 2018 and leaves after 27 years of service to the Company and its predecessor, Westar Energy.
Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Westar Energy since 2011 and held various financial roles at Westar Energy after joining the company in 1994 in corporate development.
To support a smooth transition, Somma has agreed to continue in his current roles until his successor is appointed. The Company will conduct a search to identify its next Chief Financial Officer.