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Sports seem to be high on Minister’s agenda - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, The youthful minister has hit the ground running literally as he has had several interactions with sport organizations and administrators over the past several days. The article Sports seem to be high on Minister’s agenda appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Sandals Diamond Team Member thankful for reopening of hospitality industry
THE advent of the COVID-19 pandemic was particularly tough for Georgette Evans, front desk receptionist at Sandals Royal Caribbean, as having been crowned the Diamond Team Member of the Year for 2018 a few months prior, she was looking forward to a banner year and a shot at being chosen Ultimate
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At least 126 candidates expected to be nominated today
JAMAICA'S political parties will take the first step towards staging of the 2020 General Election today with at least 126 candidates set to be nominated for a political campaign seriously hampered by protocols related to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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How the 19th Amendment shaped women's rights
… by states to heavily oppress African-American voters also affected some poor … for president in November 1920.African-American women are now among the …
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Cigarette packets flew off the shelves of Wesley's Tobacconist in Johannesburg, as a strict anti-coronavirus lockdown imposed in March was scaled down.
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A bright beginning - Stabroek News
It has been a promising beginning for the new Minister of Sport, Charles Ramson Jnr. Though only days on the job, the minister has begun his term like the
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Trump warns of 'rigged election' as he uses conspiracy and fear to counter Biden - L.A. Focus Newspaper
The dire warnings -- reliant on false information and racist tropes -- foreshadowed a bitter fall campaign as Trump seeks to reverse a slide in the polls. And they presaged a drawn out post-election battle as Trump preempted a potential loss with warnings of fraud. "The only way we're going to
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Mia Mottley for nominated for World Bank post - Voice Online
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State of America: Storm in a US teacup: Just how (African) American is Kamala Harris? - African American News Today - EIN News
The celebrations were hardly over when the ‘legitimacy’ of Kamala Harris being American enough to run for the land’s highest office was called into question. Another hot topic was whether she could be called African American.
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Tommy Lee Sparta among SOE detainees released
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Democratic Convention: Uniting America, Day One
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Ethiopia defence minister ousted after criticising country's prime minister | News24
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