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Kenyans Hit With Double-Digit Fuel Price Hike
[Nairobi News] Motorists will have to dig deeper into their pockets after the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) announced higher prices for the next 30 days.
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Zimbabwe heading back to US dollar transactions
Zimbabwe then began currency reforms meant to set the local dollar on a firm footing, but economists say the experiment has failed and a return to the US dollar is now
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Source: The East African
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PRETESTING U-TURN - New hurdle for visitors from high-risk COVID US states
Visitors from the high-risk American states of Florida, New York, Arizona, and Texas are now required to pretest for the new coronavirus before travelling to Jamaica, says Prime Minister Andrew
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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200, 000 tablets for students
The Government, through the Ministry of Education, has entered into contractual arrangements for the delivery of 200,000 tablet computers for schools. This was disclosed in Parliament yesterday by Education Minister Karl Samuda, who said that it is...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Tanzania closes opposition leader’s newspaper
The Tanzania government revoked the publication and circulation licence for Tanzania Daima, a daily newspaper that is associated with opposition leader Freeman
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Source: The East African
Moody's downgrades The Bahamas
In a statement, Moody's said the key drivers behind the rating action were the large shock caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis will weigh significantly on economic and fiscal strength over the medium term as well as the funding conditions will become more constrained for the Government
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Uganda: Why We Don't Have Government Masks
Daily Monitor understands that all the bidders that have applied for procurement of 33 million masks in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic, have quoted prices above the government
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Source: allAfrica.com
Mississippi set to remove Confederate emblem from its flag
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi is on the verge of changing its state flag to erase a Confederate battle emblem that's broadly condemned as
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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COVID-19 spend reaping desired results, say Tufton
Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has defended the Government’s approximately $3.8 billion spend on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Some $6 billion has been budgeted to tackle the deadly coronavirus, of which close to 600 cases...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Gas tax set to push households back to wood fuel
Gas tax set to push households back to wood fuel
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Source: Business Daily
Crack task force to go after gangs
A Special Purpose Task Force comprising military and police assets has been formed to combat criminal gangs and organisations. The elite group is an amalgamation of Specialised Operations of the Jamaica Constabulary Force and the Combat Support...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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'A hot mess'
LOS ANGELES, United States (AP) For two weeks, Rachael Jones has stayed home, going without a pay cheque while waiting and waiting for the results of a COVID-19 test from a pharmacy near Philadelphia. I'm just so disappointed. I just don't know how with the resources and the people we have and
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Clarke points to poverty rate decline in defence of Gov't
FINANCE Minister Dr Nigel Clarke has again defended the Government's stewardship o f the economy since 2016, pointing to a 40 per cent drop in the poverty rate between 2015 and 2018 — the lowest in 10
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Top lawyer leads ‘Moyo must go’ campaign
PROMINENT human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has joined thousands of disgruntled health workers and ordinary citizens in calling for Health minister Obadiah Moyo to be fired from government over alleged incompetence and mishandling of the US$60 million tender for procurement of COVID-19 test
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
As COVID-19 cases surge in US, rural areas seeing jump too
While much of the focus of concerns that the United States is experiencing a dangerous second wave has been on big Sunbelt states that are reporting thousands of new cases a day — like Texas and Florida — the worrying trend is also happening in places like Kansas, where livestock outnumber
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Rwanda: Renewed Push to Make Sanitary Pads More Affordable
For Health Development Initiative that educate and empower the community on health, raising awareness on the need for women to easily access pads among responsible
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Source: allAfrica.com
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COVID-19 hits Zimra revenue collection
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says the 2020 revenue performance will relatively decline to the initial projections in view of the anticipated economic slowdown and turbulences in the operating environment exacerbated by the negative impact of the COVID-19
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Income tax, corporate tax and VAT unlikely to rise, despite crisis
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Majority of PEP students placed at preferred high schools
Eighty per cent of the 39,689 grade-six students exiting the primary-school system have been placed in one of their preferred high schools. 
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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$150 million road rehabilitation project for Treadlight, Clarendon
The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is set to roll out a major road rehabilitation project in the community of Treadlight in
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Uhuru unveils cash boost for economy - VIDEO
President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced plans to help businesses and Kenyans survive the economic storm caused by the coronavirus
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Rwanda COVID-19 Recoveries Close in On 300-Mark
[New Times] The number of people who have recovered from the novel coronavirus in Rwanda is about to hit 300, according to figures from the Ministry of Health.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Janet Manyowa offers hope
AWARD-WINNING gospel musician Janet Manyowa yesterday said her forthcoming single, Tariro, was meant to offer hope to people going through
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
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Uganda: Will Budget Theme Meet Citizens' Expectations?
IMF indicates that the immediate fiscal policy response to the Covid-19 pandemic should account for the particular nature of the health crisis that the global economy faces, one that affects supply, demand, and confidence while being timely, temporary, and targeted across all levels of
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Source: allAfrica.com
South Africa's recession deepened in first quarter
South Africa’s recession deepened in the first quarter of 2020, with official data on Tuesday showing that GDP contracted 2% from the previous three months, led by declines in mining and
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Source: TechCentral
Why tax changes may power down green energy investments
Investors in the energy sector enjoy various incentives including a zero rate of import duty and value-added tax (VAT) exemption on renewable energy equipment; exemption from tax on interest paid on loans from foreign sources; exemption from payment of stamp duty in respect of certain
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Source: Business Daily
Corona dims Kenya Power’s Sh5bn in four-month sales
The electricity distributor attributed the loss to the Covid-19 restrictions that have seen businesses cut down their activities in response to the pandemic.
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Source: Business Daily
MWANYASI: The market is singing a sad song, put on dancing shoes
The market is singing a sad song, put on dancing shoes
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Source: Business Daily
‘Minister, we can’t breathe’
Opposition Spokesman on Agriculture and Rural Affairs Victor Wright’s analogy of the police killing of American George Floyd with the Government’s “disgraceful removal” of small farmers from the former Bernard Lodge Sugar Estate failed to ignite a response from State Minister Floyd Green on
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Uganda: Government Increases Import Duty On Agricultural Products to 60 Percent
Finance minister, Matia Kasaija has said the government has introduced some taxes to raise revenue and announced that the import duty on agricultural products have been increased to 60 per cent and other products to 35 per
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Source: allAfrica.com
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