FOR the first time, the annual World Press Photo Exhibition will be in Cyprus next month.
The World Press Photo 2008 exhibition will be hosted at the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) headquarters from September 25 to October 15. The event is co-organised by the EAC and the Dutch embassy in Nicosia and is part of efforts to promote relations between Cyprus and The Netherlands.
World Press Photo is an independent, non-profit organisation based in Amsterdam. Founded in 1955, the organisation is known for holding the world’s largest and most prestigious annual press photography contest.
Back to school
PRIMARY school students will start back at school on September 4, while their teachers will assume their duties on September 1, the ministry of education has announced.
Teachers will use the first three days to prepare, separating the children into departments, drafting the timetable, preparing the classrooms, distributing books, checking material and assuming duties and responsibilities.
As of this school year, students of all classes will be entitled to free bus passes, with the aim of facilitating children and their parents and relieving traffic congestion during peak hours, as well as to cultivate a sense of public transport.
During the first stage, 50 schools with about 26,000 students will be facilitated.
Holiday funeral
THE funeral of a young woman who died while holidaying on the island took place on Friday in the UK.
More than 700 people attended the service at St Barnabas Parish Church, in Gloucester.
Kalisha Gordon, 21, passed away in a Paralimni clinic on July 30 after suffering complications from an ectopic pregnancy.
State Pathologist Eleni Antoniou explained that that she had suffered, “a rupture of the salpinx, or fallopian tube” and that such events “are extremely rare, affecting one in 15,000 pregnant women.”
Her father Lloyd spoke of her academic achievements and love of fashion and said she was at her happiest just before she left for Cyprus, as she was doing what she wanted to do.
Gordon’s uncle, the Rev Winston Taylor, led the service.
