PARIS, France (AFP) – Germany has a shortage of plumbers. The United States needs more postal workers. Australia is lacking engineers. In Canada, hospitals are looking for more nurses. “The Great Resignation” that countries have experienced since Covid pandemic restrictions were eased is not over yet. Michael Blume, chief executive of a software company in eastern Germany, said he had “a lot of difficulties finding workers”. “Wherever we look, we are lacking qualified workers,” Blume, […]
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Engineer warned of cracking in US bridge before deadly collapse
by Leila Macor Agence France-Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) — The chief engineer of a Florida bridge project warned authorities of cracking in the structure days before it collapsed, killing at least six people, the southern US state’s department of transportation said Friday. Chief engineer Denney Pate left a voicemail on a Florida Department of Transportation employee’s landline on March 13, two days before the pedestrian walkway came crashing down on the major road beneath, […]
Suspected Abu Sayyaf members abduct gov’t engineer in Sulu
(Eagle News) — Suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf abducted a government engineer in Sulu on Wednesday. The police said Enrico Nee, a Department of Public Works and Highways drill supervisor, was leaving his house in Barangay Upper San Raymundo in Jolo when the abduction took place around 8 a.m. The suspects fled toward Barangay Anuling in Patikul on board a vehicle. Authorities are now conducting an investigation.





