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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.
NICOSIA – With its only source of water on the island being rainfall, Cyprus doesn’t have enough to meet its needs for drinking and other uses and is the worst off in the European Union in lacking that resource.
The Secretary of the Agriculture Ministry Andreas Gregoriou warned that Cyprus is in a permanent state of water scarcity as the semi-arid region suffers from frequent and extensive droughts, said The Cyprus Mail.
“Climate change has already affected our region with rainfall significantly reduced, with over 40 percent reduction in surface water runoff,” he said, no other way to get water to the island.
https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/03/28/water-poverty-at-its-eu-highest-in-cyprus/
He told reporters at a news conference about energy savings that there must be adherence to measures not to waste the product and follow directives about flooding and municipal wastewater treatment.
Other plans include reusing water and greater desalination of sea water to be used for means other than drinking, Cyprus also under pressure from tourism – its biggest revenue engine – but which sees demands on water use.
Gregoriou warned that climate change is making water sources scarcer, requiring greater reusing to protect against the effects of drought if there is a sustained period without much rain.
The water department said that dam capacity this year is almost 20 percent less than the same month a year earlier, adding to the concern about what would happen if it gets too low, after an annual drop of 59 million cubic meters.
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.
NICOSIA - Cyprus’ government has announced measures to deal with price hikes that have cut into household budgets, including for fuel, electricity, and for food as buyers are shifting more toward generic and store brands.
ALBANY – New York State Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris, Senator Andrew Gounardes, and Senator James Skoufis honored Greek Independence at the State Capitol on March 26, welcoming His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, who offered an invocation before the Senate.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S.
LOS ANGELES – The UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture presents a captivating evening with acclaimed singer-songwriter Alkinoos Ioannidis, who will perform at UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall on Saturday, April 27, 7:30 PM, in a solo concert.