Tag: Parliament

From the Heartlands to Parliament: Indian Voices to Take Centre Stage in Singapore’s Election

Commonwealth Diaspora Sarojini P - April 22, 2025

Singapore (Commonwealth Union)_ Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has confirmed that the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) will field...

UK’s Last Steel Plant on the Brink—Is This the End of British Industry?

Europe Hafsah Zuhar - April 15, 2025

UK authorities are moving with urgency to safeguard the future of the country's last primary steel manufacturing site as...

Dead Fish in Parliament: Senator’s Bold Protest Sparks Fierce Salmon Farming Debate

Pacific Piumi Fernando - March 27, 2025

In a dramatic display of dissent, Australian Senator Sarah Hanson-Young revealed a deceased salmon encased in a plastic bag...

Is Fiji’s New Speaker Set to Transform Parliamentary Fairness?

Pacific Piumi Fernando - November 13, 2024

Fiji’s Parliament has entered a new era of leadership with the recent appointment of retired judge, Justice Filimoni Jitoko,...

Rising Indian-origin UK MP takes oath

Commonwealth Diaspora Sarojini P - July 17, 2024

UK (Commonwealth Union)_ In a historic turn of events during the 2024 UK general election, Leicester East, a stronghold...

Sojan Joseph’s Journey to UK Parliament

Commonwealth Diaspora Warsha De Silva - July 8, 2024

Diaspora (Commonwealth Union) _ In a remarkable political shift, Sojan Joseph, a mental health nurse in the National Health...

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Pro-Palestine activists scale Parliament

Pacific Piumi Fernando - July 4, 2024

Pro-Palestinian activists have ascended the roof of Australia's Parliament House in Canberra, unveiling multiple banners, one of which stated,...

Indian-origin MPs serving in the UK Parliament

Commonwealth Diaspora Sarojini P - June 28, 2024

UK (Commonwealth Union)_ Rishi Sunak's decision to call snap elections on May 23 caught political observers off guard, setting...

Kenya’s parliament building was set ablaze

Africa Warsha De Silva - June 26, 2024

Africa (Commonwealth Union) _ In a dramatic escalation of unrest, part of Kenya's parliament building caught fire on Tuesday...

Sri Lanka heads towards Presidential polls

Asia Sarojini P - May 30, 2024

Sri Lanka (Commonwealth Union)_ According to the latest statements made by President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena,...

Suppression of Sikhs in the UK Parliament

Commonwealth Diaspora Warsha De Silva - February 29, 2024

Diaspora (Commonwealth Union) _ During a session in the House of Commons, British Sikh MP Preet Kaur Gill raised...

Understanding LGBTQ+ ban ramifications

Africa Warsha De Silva - February 29, 2024

Africa (Commonwealth Union) _ Ghana's parliament has recently passed a highly contentious Anti-LGBTQ+ bill following nearly three years of...

Ghana legalizes cannabis production

Africa Warsha De Silva - December 23, 2023

Africa (Commonwealth Union) _ Ghana's Parliament achieved a historic milestone on December 14, 2023, by legalizing cannabis cultivation for...

Ghanaian Cardinal’s controversial view on homosexuality

Africa Warsha De Silva - November 28, 2023

Africa (Commonwealth Union) _ Cardinal Peter Turkson, a prominent Ghanaian priest in the Roman Catholic Church, has taken a...

S.A.: Five MPS and EFF leader Julius Malema face sanctions for interfering with…

Africa Warsha De Silva - November 27, 2023

Africa(Commonwealth Union)_Nine months after disrupting the state of the nation address in South Africa, six Members of Parliament, including...

Rajesh Agrawal, a London Deputy Mayor born in Indore, is targeting a Parliament seat from Leicester East

Commonwealth Diaspora Warsha De Silva - November 21, 2023

Diaspora (Commonwealth Union) _ Rajesh Agrawal's selection as the Labour Party's parliamentary candidate for Leicester East in the upcoming...