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Like so many young entrepreneurs with fledgling businesses and growth plans dependent on market stability, Shauna Parkinson got the wind knocked out of her in March 2020. At the onset of the pandemic, plans to open a party supplies rental store...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Royal Visit 2022 | Not your show! LA Lewis denied greeting

Controversial Internet sensation L A Lewis says he will not be daunted after being barred from addressing Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge during their visit to Trench Town, Kingston on Tuesday. The visit of the Royals is to...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Documentary About Pepsi’s Pioneering All-Black Sales Team In The Works

A new documentary—directed by Stanley Nelson and Jacqueline Olive—will capture the story of Pepsi’s pioneering all-Black sales team.

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PR competition to create ‘her-story’ - Barbados Today

Female entrepreneurs who need help on their business journey are encouraged to enter ‘PRescription for Success’, a competition with a purpose. Launched on International Women’s Day by Michelle Doyle PR in association with Fund Access, the competition offers prizes worth $10, 500. As a result of

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Russia-Ukraine war is hurting Zimbabwe’s struggling economy | News24

The war’s ripple effects are hitting developing nations like Zimbabwe hard as supplies of fuel, food are disrupted.

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Beto O’Rourke officially responds to oil pipeline billionaire Kelcy Warren’s defamation lawsuit - Texas Metro News

This story, originally published in The Dallas Morning News, is reprinted as part of a collaborative partnership between The Dallas Morning News and Texas Metro News. The partnership seeks to boost coverage of Dallas’ communities of color, particularly in southern

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Turks and Caicos to Host 2022 CDB Board of Governors Meeting in June

The 52nd annual meeting of the board of governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is scheduled for June 14 – 16 in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), bringing together the Bank’s highest decision-making body to discuss key development challenges facing the Region and inno

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Commentary: Keep the faith during difficult times. Better days are ahead. - WS Chronicle

Commentary: Keep the faith during difficult times. Better days are ahead. The post Commentary: Keep the faith during difficult times. Better days are ahead. appeared first on WS Chronicle.

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Competitive Entries for Round the Rocks & STIR 2022

On Thursday, March 24 at 11 a.m., the one-day warm-up Round the Rocks (RTR) Race will take place. Close to 20 yachts have been registered to race for prizes. The race will occur on a scenic course in the waters off St. Thomas, St. John, and some of the territory's offshore rocks and cays.

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Egypt hikes Suez Canal transit fees for vessels | Africanews

The Suez Canal Authority said on its website it will add 15% to the normal transit fees for oil-laden and petroleum products-laden tankers, up from current 5%.

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AP FACT CHECK: Republicans skew Jackson’s record on crime

Republican senators characterized Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s judicial views as extremist and soft on crime, using her confirmation hearings to The post AP FACT CHECK: Republicans skew Jackson’s record on crime appeared first on TheGrio.

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Asian Doll Continues Manifesting A Nicki Minaj Collab, Says She's Being Skipped - Blavity

Asian Doll is taking aim at everyone who’s recently gotten a Nicki Minaj feature and continues to manifest one of her own.

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Trinidad and Tobago track and field team named for 2022 Carifta Games - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

A 43-MEMBER Trinidad and Tobago team has been named for the 2022 Carifta Track and Field Championships, which will take place at the National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica during the Easter weekend (April 16-18). Among the athletes selected were Shakeem McKay, Aaron Antoine and Natasha Fox. McK

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Africa: Ukraine War Heightens French, European Concerns Over Russia's Africa Presence

[VOA] Paris -- Less than a decade ago, former French president Francois Hollande received a triumphant welcome -- and a fretful camel -- during a visit to Mali, where cheering crowds hailed France's advances against a fierce Islamist insurgency.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Covid19 in Trinidad and Tobago: A timeline - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

The covid19 pandemic has irreparably reshaped the world. Some countries are now in fourth and fifth waves, battling the omicron variant. Newsday takes a look back and maps the timeline of the covid19 virus in Trinidad and Tobago. For more information on each, click the date which leads to full

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Kenya: Coffee Farmers Worried That Rainfall Delay to Affect Production

[Capital FM] Kiambu -- Coffee value chain players fear that high fertilizer prices and delayed rainfall is likely to affect coffee production.

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Africa Holds the Answers to Europe's Wartime Energy Crisis

Analysis - Europe needs to swap its dependence on fossil energy from Russia with renewables from Africa.

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Louise Stokes: Black Olympian Who Never Got a Fair Shot

Louise Stokes was one of the first African American women to qualify for an olympic team in track and field. Stokes was born in Malden, Massachusetts in 1913, and was the oldest of six children to William, a gardener, and Mary Wesley Stokes, a domestic. Stokes began running while she was a student

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Tunisia: Partnership Agreement On Recovery of Marine Plastic Litter in Kerkennah

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A partnership agreement on the recovery and export of plastic waste found in the marine environment on the island of Kerkennah (Governorate of Sfax), was signed Wednesday between "Seaqual Initiative," a collaborative community fighting plastic pollution, and

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Denbigh, other agri shows back this year

The Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show will be back this year after a two-year break because of the COVID pandemic. The show has been slated for the Emancipation Weekend (July 31 to August 1) at the Denbigh Show Ground in May Pen,...

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Stanberry bares all in treatise on liberalisation of sugar industry

The treatise by Dr Donovan Stanberry, registrar of The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus, How Trade Liberalization Affects a Sugar-Dependent Community in Jamaica: Global Action; Local Impact is a damning indictment on the failure of...

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Africa: Food Insecurity An Evolving Concern in Covid-19-Hit Sub-Saharan Africa

[allAfrica] Harare -- As the world marks the second anniversary of the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the health, economic, and social disruptions caused by this global crisis continue to evolve.

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Protests continued to follow Britain’s Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge on the couple's tour of the Caribbean as scores of anticolonialism protesters converged metres away from the British High...

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The creators of 'Bel-Air' know you have thoughts about the new Carlton

"Bel-Air" is the reimagined, darker version of the 1990 hit sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air." The creators walked us through the major differences, including Carlton.

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Sittings to resume at Sutton Street court following security threat

Activities are to resume at the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court (Civil Division) at 2 p.m following a security threat this morning. The police were called in after a threatening phone call was made to the court office about 10:20 a.m....

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Lenny Kravitz Says Jason Momoa Is His Brother 'For Life' In Sweet Post

Fans celebrated their continued brotherhood after the "Aquaman" actor and Lisa Bonet announced their split in January.

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Meet the CEO of the Largest Black-Owned Food Bank in the Southeast

Elisabeth Omilami is the CEO of largest Black-owned food bank in the southeast part of the U.S. Hosea Helps, based in Atlanta, started in 1971.

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Housing Hurdles Remain Despite Federal and Local Pledges

Homeownership remains troublingly out of reach for many Virgin Islanders, while the twin disasters of COVID and the 2017 hurricanes have others in the territory altogether homeless, said experts testifying before the Legislature.

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Panelists on WTJX’s “Caneel for the People” Question Extent of Public Awareness of Resort’s Future

Within a month, the National Park Service will be sharing a summary of the more than 700 comments that were submitted to the National Park Service concerning the future of the Caneel Bay Resort, according to Nigel Fields, superintendent of the Virgin Islands National Park.

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Nigeria: We Don't Want Stories but Power, Reps Tell Minister

[Vanguard] The House of Representatives Committee on Power yesterday chided the Minister of Power, Abubarkar Aliyu, for coming to read speeches to them when they needed answers and solutions to the current blackout in the country

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Tunisia: Para-Athletics - Fazza Grand Prix - New Gold Medal for Walid Ktila (100m Wheelchair)

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisian Paralympic champion Walid Ktila (t34) stood out again at the Fazza Para-Athletics Grand Prix, after winning a gold medal in 100m wheelchair Tuesday in Dubai.

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