Global recruiter PageGroup Plc lifted its full-year profit forecast for the third time in six months on Wednesday, buoyed by a surge in demand for long-term hiring and staff shortages. Since the pandemic, most global recruiters are rushing to fill up vacancies as workspaces are adopting hybrid working models and adapt to the pandemic. PageGroup’s…
Recruiter PageGroup Lifts Annual Profit View on Hiring Demand, Staff Crunch
Army Offers Largest Ever Bonus at $50,000 to Entice New Recruits
The U.S. Army is offering its largest enlisting bonus ever to entice recruits to join for six years, as the service struggles to hire skilled recruits amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Army Recruiting Command announced in a press release on Wednesday that a bonus of up to $50,000 will be given to qualified individuals…
Exclusive Interview: Dr. George Calhoun on China’s Mysteriously Low COVID Deaths
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is well known now for its coverups of the situation in Wuhan, during the 2020 outbreak. One of the ongoing mysteries of the day is how many people actually died in Wuhan. Today, China officially reports only 4,636 deaths. In fact, that number has remained quite similar all throughout April…
15,000 California Restaurants and Bars Face An Unexpected Tax on Pandemic Era Grants
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—An unexpected state income tax from a pandemic-era federal grant could financially impact over 15,000 food and beverage establishments. “This could be the largest cost any business has in the entire year,” Craig Winchester, partner at Perceptive Tax Advisory Group established, told The Epoch Times. “It’s akin to almost the entire payroll cost—about a…
Quebec Public Health Director Resigns, Cities Erosion of Public Opinion Over Measures
MONTREAL—Quebec’s director of public health, Dr. Horacio Arruda, tendered his resignation on Monday, citing an erosion in public trust as the province grapples with record hospitalizations during a fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Premier Francois Legault accepted the offer, with Arruda’s departure confirmed to The Canadian Press by the premier’s office. His resignation comes…
MPs Call for Commons Committee to Launch Emergency Probe of Use of Mobile Data
OTTAWA—Opposition MPs want the House of Commons ethics committee to investigate the Public Health Agency of Canada’s decision to collect data from millions of mobile phones to understand travel patterns during the COVID-pandemic. Conservative and Bloc Quebecois MPs want the committee to hold emergency meetings this month while the House of Commons is still on…
Inquest Into Quebec Long Term Care Deaths During Pandemic’s First Wave to Resume
MONTREAL—A Quebec coroner’s inquest into deaths in long-term care homes during the pandemic’s first wave enters its final stage today, resuming after a month-long pause. Almost 4,000 people died in the homes, known in Quebec as CHSLDs, between February and June 2020, accounting for nearly 70 percent of the deaths reported in the province during…
Live Q&A: Judge Refuses FDA Request, Gives 8 Months for Pfizer Data; Trump Social Network Nears
The Food and Drug Administration’s request for 75 years before it fully releases information on how it approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has been shot down by a federal judge. The FDA now has just over 8 months to provide these documents for public review. U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman ordered the FDA to produce…
It’s Time to Drop the Hysteria and Learn to Live With COVID
Commentary For most people, Omicron is a highly contagious cold. Lots will catch it, and most will get sniffles and a sore throat. Yes, even with Omicron, as with the flu, some people will get seriously ill, and a few will die. Masking, social distancing, capacity limits, lockdowns, curfews, and “vaccines” are not stopping the…
Chinese City Yuzhou Follows Xi’an in Stringent Lockdown, Residents Panic Buying Food, Necessities
China’s central Henan Province ordered Yuzhou City into lockdown on Jan. 3, 2022, after two asymptomatic COVID-19 cases were detected on Jan. 2 and a third on Jan. 3. Yuzhou is the second city, after Xi’an, now under the most stringent closure measures in China, as residents are banned from leaving home except for COVID-19…
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