People in Ontario complaining of bonkers online waitlists for booking a COVID vaccine
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Residents of Ontario are celebrating today after signups for COVID vaccines through the province s online booking portal were finally expanded to anyone 18 and older in a hot spot locale.
Unfortunately, though the welcome news is another awesome advancement toward getting more of the population vaxxed after months of a snail s-pace immunization rollout, it appears that the online waiting lists to nab an appointment in some regions are even longer than the exasperating in-person lineups for pop-up clinics.
PM hails FBR’s record Rs3,780b tax collection
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May 2, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday commended the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) efforts on achieving growth of 57 percent in April 2021 with collections recorded at Rs382 billion, compared to Rs240 billion in April last year.
In a tweet, prime minister said: “I commend FBR efforts on achieving growth of 57 percent in April 2021 with collections recorded at Rs384 billion compared to Rs240 billion in April 2020. During July-April, collections reached Rs3,780 billion 14 percent higher than the same period last year. This shows our policies have led to broad-based economic revival.”
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. Of all the inequalities between rich and poor public schools, one of the more glaring divides is PTA fund-raising, which in schools with well-heeled parents can generate hundreds of thousands of dollars a year or more.
Several years ago, the Santa Monica-Malibu school board came up with a solution: Pool most donations from across the district and distribute them equally to all the schools.
This has paid big benefits to the needier schools in this wealthy district, like the Edison Language Academy in Santa Monica, where half the children qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The campus is decorated with psychedelic paintings of civil rights icons such as Cesar Chavez and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the work of the school’s art teacher, Martha Ramirez Oropeza, whose salary is paid by the pooled contributions. That money has also funded the school’s choral program, teacher aides, a science lab and a telescope.
The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation has fully computerised the records of all markets and shops under its Estate Department to make all matters transparent and to ensure that no alteration can be.