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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.
ATHENS – After vowing to cut political hirings, the ruling Radical Left SYRIZA has continued to pack public payrolls with favorites, adding 424 workers to the railway carriage maintenance firm Rosco as it’s about to be privatized.
Major rival New Democracy Vice-President Costis Hatzidakis said the hirings were made between December 2016 and January of this year, more than doubling the number of people employed by the state agency.
It wasn’t said what their duties were, if any, or why additional workers were needed and would be picked up by private interests or if they were from SYRIZA, which said it would stop the practice it criticized former ruling parties used for decades.
Hatzidakis tabled a parliamentary question to Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and Transport Minister Christos Spirtzis, citing data from the government’s own Diavgia website which is required to show public records of financial matters.
While Rosco is set to be sold to private investors, the state privatization fund TAIPED didn’t reveal the hirings as Hatzidakis said they put on the public payroll.
He claimed the government boosted Rosco’s revenues from railway service operator Trainose for carriage maintenance, and then offset it with the rental fees Trainose is supposed to pay to state railway property company Gaiaose.
If his claims are correct, then Gaiaose will have to account for the deficit in its coffers during an ongoing economic and austerity crisis.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
CLOSTER, NJ – The well-attended Greek Independence Day Celebration in Closter, NJ, took place on March 25, beginning with the Flag Raising Ceremony at Ruckman Park in Closter.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — LeBron James had a triple-double with 23 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists, Rui Hachimura scored 32 points as the Los Angeles Lakers built a big lead in the third quarter and beat the Memphis Grizzlies 136-124 on Wednesday night.
Buckle up, cowpoke: On Wednesday, Beyoncé shared the track list for her forthcoming album, “Act ll: Cowboy Carter.
ASTORIA – Popular Greek singers Giorgos Tsalikis and Christos Menidiatis took a break from their tour of the U.
BROOKVILLE, NY – The Federation of Cypriot American Organizations in collaboration with the International Coordinating Committee Justice for Cyprus – PSEKA, the Consulate General of the Republic of Cyprus in New York, present the cultural event ‘Eroon Doxa kai Timi’ (‘Heroes Glory and Honor’) commemorating the 69th anniversary of the EOKA Liberation Struggle 1955-1959 from British Colonial Rule.