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Tidal Basin Announces Strategic New Hires to Further Enhance Support to Clients and Business .
Tidal Basin GroupMarch 8, 2021 GMT
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Tidal Basin Group, a Rising Phoenix Holdings Corporation (RPHC) company and leading emergency management and disaster recovery firm, announces two key strategic hires to grow its mitigation and response practices – providing increased support to clients and furthering business growth initiatives.
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Luis Avila joins Tidal Basin as an Assistant Vice President (AVP) leading its Mitigation practice. He brings more than 20 years of experience in leading pre- and post-disaster mitigation and recovery programs. Avila will oversee all mitigation operations and growth strategies. His extensive experience consists of over two decades in emergency and consequence management, preparedness, response, and re
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Pope Francis has met with the father of a Alan Kurdi, a 3-year old Syrian boy who drowned crossing the Mediterranean Sea and whose image drew global attention to the plight of refugees fleeing to Europe.
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Following a Mass on Sunday in the Iraqi city of Irbil, Francis met with Abdullah Kurdi and spent a long time with him, the Vatican said.
Through an interpreter, the pope listened to Kurdiâs story and expressed sympathy for the loss of his family. Abdullah thanked the pope for his words.
The Kurdi family, who fail from Kobane in Syria, took the route of many Syrian and other migrants in 2015 by sea in a small boat from Turkey heading for Greece. When their boat capsized, Alan Kurdi, one of his brothers and his mother perished. The image of Alan s body, washed up on Turkish shores, came to symbolize the perilous journey to Europe and drew international condemnation. The father now runs a charity in Irbil.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An army helicopter crashed in eastern Turkey on Thursday, killing 11 military personnel on board and injuring two others, the Defense Ministry said. News reports said
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Thursday offered her opinion that the Legislature could easily convene to consider impeaching the state’s attorney general for his role
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Fewer than 5,000 customers without water in Jackson
Fewer than 5,000 water customers were still without service Friday afternoon in Mississippiâs capital city of Jackson
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America
March 6, 2021, 2:30 AM
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The Associated Press
Mississippi Army National Guard Sgt. Chase Toussaint, right, and Staff Sgt. Matthew Riley, both with the Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site of Camp Shelby, place bottled water into a vehicle, Monday, March 1, 2021, at a Jackson, Miss., water distribution site on the New Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church parking lot. In addition, the guardsmen maintained a tanker with non-potable water for flushing toilets. Similar sites are maintained through the capital city, more than 10 days after winter storms wreaked havoc on the city s water system because the system is still struggling to maintain consistent wa