There were emotional reunions and long embraces at the airport in Chile’s capital on Sunday 18 February as families met face-to-face with some of the adults who were illegally put up for adoption as children. Romina Cortés hugged her sister, Maria Hastings, whose existence she learned of just a month ago. Maria is one of tens of thousands of Chilean children who were trafficked or illegally put up for adoption during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. She now lives in Tampa, Florida. The illegal adoptions – 20,000 of which are being investigated, according to Chile’s justice system and other social groups – extend back to the 1960s.
The first cruise ship of the year to arrive in the Sultanate docked at Muara Port yesterday. The Oceania Riviera, carrying some 1,200 passengers, began its cruise from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. On disembarkation, the passengers were greeted with a lively hadrah performance, and took photos with performers dressed in traditional attire. Local tourism […]
A Massachusetts educator has just become the first Black male teacher to win the state’s Teacher of the Year award. De’Shawn Washington, who teaches fourth grade at Maria Hastings Elementary School in Lexington, Massachusetts, received the honor at a rally in front of his students and colleagues. “You’ve made the work joyous for me over the… Continue reading De’Shawn Washington Becomes The First Black Man To Receive Massachusetts’ State ‘Teacher Of The Year’ Award