Thailand passes landmark bill to legalise same-sex marriage
Thailand’s Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to approve a marriage equality bill, clearing the last legislative hurdle for the country to become the first in Southeast Asia to enact such a law. The bill passed its final reading with the approval of…
Biden to Grant Legal Status to 500,000 Undocumented Immigrates
President Joe Biden is set to announce a new policy that would protect hundreds of thousands of undocumented spouses of US citizens from deportation, according to administration officials. The issue of immigration has proven an election-year headache for…
Uganda Encouraged to Increase Domestic Funding for SDGs in Response to Global Aid Reductions
Media practitioners, civil society organizations, and government officials convened at a prelude event to Uganda’s 3rd SDGs conference, organized by the United Nations Association of Uganda (UNAUganda) at Forest Cottages Naguru. The gathering…
High Death Rate of Young Ugandans Enslaved in UAE
Disturbing Trend of Tragedy In recent years, a disturbing trend has emerged: a high death rate among young Ugandans who travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) seeking employment opportunities. What begins as a hopeful journey towards a better future…
Vision Group Journalist Assaulted on Duty, Hospitalized in Critical Condition
Godfrey Katongole, a journalist working with the Vision Group’ Bukedde television is admitted at Old Kampala Moslem Hospital in critical condition. He was admitted Tuesday 15th July, following an assault by a group of journalists and other people at Salt…
Stanbic Bank Under Scrutiny for Allegedly Defrauding Client of 68 Million Shillings
Nakku Joweria a resident of Kyebando has sued Stanbic Bank Uganda limited for failing in its duty of protecting her saving account leading to defrauding her or illegal withdrawal of shillings 68 million from her account in a period of 24 hours through…
Transgender Sex Worker Faces Stigma in Uganda’s Healthcare Amid Anti-Homosexuality Law
When Ramzay, a transgender woman and sex worker who prefers to be identified by only one name for fear of persecution, felt a bruise on her private parts, she rushed to the nearest health center for treatment. Seeking an ointment cream, she faced a…
Top Legislators Allegedly Shared $5m Vitol Oil Deal Bribe
During the State of Nation Address, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni revealed that he is very careful when dealing with corrupt government officials. Museveni however explained that if he fires or imprisons all of them, who will he work with in his…
Rampant Corruption on Uganda’s Highways
On May 24th, 2024, while traveling from Kasambya in the Mubende district to Kampala, I witnessed unsettling behavior by traffic officers of the Uganda Police Force. The taxi I was in was stopped eight times by eight different traffic officers at eight…
Anthony B, Konshenz Added , As Reggae on the River Announces Exciting Additions to an Already Packed Lineup
The iconic Reggae on the River Festival in Southern Humboldt County, CA, is set to return on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, August 2-4, 2024, and it just got even better. The festival has announced that J-Boog, Iba Mahr, and Yaadcore have been added to an…
