General News
Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
ATHENS – A strong firefighting force are battling the blaze in Marathonas wildfire that broke out earlier on Saturday.
According to the Fire Brigade the blaze is above the town of Marathonas but the strong winds blowing in the area are making the firefighting work difficult.
Greenhouses, farmhouses and a small church are near the fire however, no damages have been reported so far.
47 fire engines with a 146-member crew, six groups of firemen on foot, seven firefighting aircraft and three water dropping helicopter are currently operating in the area.
Wildfire on Elafonissos
The condition of the fire on the island of Elafonissos is better, vice governor of Lakonia Adamantia Tzanetea said to Athens Macedonian News Agency adding “that many tourists decided to leave the island due to the fire” adding that unfortunately, the fire may have a negative effect on the island’s economy.
She said that the fire is now under partial control.
The wildfire broke out on Saturday morning at the area of Simos on Elafonissos.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea.
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — It was in the den that Karen Goodwin most strongly felt her son’s presence: On the coffee table were his ashes, inside a clock with its hands forever frozen at 12:35 a.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A bus carrying worshippers on a long-distance trip from Botswana to an Easter weekend church gathering in South Africa plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass Thursday and burst into flames as it hit the rocky ground below, killing at least 45 people, authorities said.