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8% pay rise: ‘We are not being paid realistic salaries’— PSWU
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8% pay rise: ‘We are not being paid realistic salaries’— PSWU

The eight per cent increase in base pay for public sector workers in 2027 will not address what the Public Services Workers’ Union (PSWU) describes as the fundamental problem of unrealistic salaries in the public service. Mr Adjei was speaking on Joy News’ PM Express on Monday, November 2, during a discussion on the eight per cent base pay increase agreed for public sector workers for 2027.

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Country diary: The sound of thousands of cranes is truly oceanic
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Country diary: The sound of thousands of cranes is truly oceanic

The sound of thousands of cranes is truly oceanic. Hortobágy, Hungary: Their sheer size is striking enough, but the noise is something else, especially when they gather in huge migratory flocks With a standing height of 1.4 metres, common cranes are Europe’s tallest birds and at this famous national park they collect in astonishing numbers as they migrate.

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Caleb Williams and new arrival Jeffery Simmons power Bears past sputtering Seahawks
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Caleb Williams and new arrival Jeffery Simmons power Bears past sputtering Seahawks

Star defensive lineman has one sack, six tackles D’Andre Swift rushes for three touchdowns Seattle have lost three of their last four games Caleb Williams threw a touchdown pass on the opening drive and Jeffery Simmons delivered just what Chicago needed on defense as the Bears beat the host Seattle Seahawks 34-17 on Monday night. Williams was extremely efficient for the Bears (6-2) against one of the NFL’s stingiest defenses, committing no turnovers, taking just one sack and throwing for 247 yards while completing 71% of his passes.

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‘Men know they won’t face consequences’: rise of street sex work in Tokyo is fuelling calls for change
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‘Men know they won’t face consequences’: rise of street sex work in Tokyo is fuelling calls for change

The boom in international tourism has fuelled a new phenomenon of women soliciting on the streets of Tokyo’s Kabukicho night-time district Kabukicho is not known as “sleepless town” for nothing. Tokyo has an established fuzoku commercial sex industry that revolves around regulated establishments catering to an array of peccadilloes, from “soapland” bathhouses to “pink salons”.

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