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Senior lecturer, researcher, and coordinator of early childhood programmes at The University of the West Indies, Mona, Dr Zoyah Kinkead Clark is expressing concern for the welfare of young children, many of whom she says might be displaced come September, given the upheaval in a number of private
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Indiana Works to expand access to small business recovery resources | The Crusader Newspaper Group
New partnership aims to provide direct outreach, support to minority employers; small businesses encouraged to leverage available grants, loans to aid recovery
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JARAMILLO: After managing coronavirus, Kenya should trim debts
Carlos F Jaramillo, World Bank country director for Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia and Uganda, leaves for new role in Latin
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Legislature must prioritize resources to expand access to parks for underserved communities
Three years ago, the Legislature and key park-equity stakeholders came together to craft and pass a $4 billion parks, water, and natural resources bond – Proposition 68 – that, along with other conservation investments, included $725 million for the Statewide Parks Program, intended to ensure the
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#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM FRI. 6.26.20 10:30AM ET — DERRICK JOHNSON, NAACP PRESIDENT AND CEO
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Africa: Coronavirus May Trigger Debt Emergency Across Africa, New Study Finds
Although the continent's economy had been projected to grow by more than 130%, Africa is now falling further behind according to the study, with projected average economic growth at just 4.3% from 2020 to
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#RelationshipGoals: It’s Over For Real This Time
I had a hard time trusting Andrew, but I had an even harder time staying away from
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Beyonce Honored With BET’s 2020 Humanitarian Award
Singer Beyoncé was honored Sunday with the Humanitarian Award during the 20th annual BET Awards
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Virtual court touted as potential backlog clearer, time saver
Touting the benefits of a greater use of technology in the courts, Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck said on Friday that with the donation of audiovisual equipment worth over $80 million from the European Union, Jamaicans can look forward to saving time and money in their pursuit of
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Exclusive: Sugar Ray Leonard Talks Boxing, Personal Demons, and Greatest Triumphs
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Cops bring relief to destitute senior citizen
Eight-six-year-old Lucius Nathaniel Binns was a picture of happiness after receiving a mattress, courtesy of the St Catherine North
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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McLean: Options on table to re-energise students
Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education, Dr Grace McLean, says several options are being explored to help students who might have regressed because of the disruption to the teaching learning process since the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to close early in March, come the September
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Gauteng could see 'intermittent lockdown' as Covid-19 peak looms - Masuku
The Gauteng provincial government says it may possibly look at "intermittent lockdowns" as the province prepares for a peak in Covid-19
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Racism is a public health issue
It harkens my soul as I see finally that society is coming to grips with the well-known fact that racism is a factor in the health of people of
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Jamaicans urged to protect pimento plants, bitterwood trees
THE National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is calling on individuals to desist from the unsustainable harvesting of pimento plants and the bitterwood
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8 transgender men and women killed in 7 days
NEW YORK — Brayla Stone, a 17-year-old Black trans girl, was murdered in Sherwood, Arkansas near Little Rock on June
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Full Text | Chuck says sorry for ‘insensitive behaviour’ during debate on sexual harassment
Facing strong public backlash, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has issued an apology and is asking for forgiveness over his actions at a parliamentary committee meeting discussing proposed sexual harassment
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Humanitarian Disaster Institute Joins Healthcare Ready and World Impact to Create Free Resource for Church Leaders Advocating COVID-19
A new guide from the Humanitarian Disaster Institute (HDI) at Wheaton College, created in partnership with Healthcare Ready and World Impact, provides a practical and Biblical resource to support the ministry of Black churches speaking and acting against racism while also protecting
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White Driver Screaming ‘I Hang Ni**ers’ At Black Woman In Viral Video Is Under Investigation
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Goat Islands Wildlife Sanctuary gets support
The Urban Development Corporation’s (UDC) Goat Islands Wildlife Sanctuary project has received technical services from The Nature Conservancy (TNC) valued at approximately
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Images of Brutality Against Black People Spur Racial Trauma
(AP) – Since Wanda Johnson’s son was shot and killed by a police officer in Oakland, California, 11 years ago, she has watched video after video of similar encounters between Black people and
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Intra-EAC trade thins as Covid-19 lockdowns restrict movement
East African Community intra trade volumes have reduced to about 40 per cent due to Covid-19 measures as the World Trade Organisation warns of a worldwide drop in merchandise
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Pulpit to presidency: Malawi's new president takes office
June 28: Chakwera, Chilima sworn in
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Youth need help to navigate the Covid crisis
Away from economic lockdowns, the pandemic is having a big impact on young people and the youth sector in a manner that urgent support services and emergency response and recovery funding are required now and in the
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Africa: Build Back Better: Women at the Centre of Decision-Making
At the same time, women are on the front lines of response, as heads of state and government, legislators, healthcare workers, carers at home and community leaders and mobilisers, amongst other
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Open letter to Prime Minister Mia Mottley & the citizens of CARICOM | New York Carib News
Without seizing herself of the full set of facts, Prime Minister Mottley, in her capacity as CARICOM Chairman, jumped into Guyana’s elections politics, like a bull in a China shop, to support her friend Bharrat Jagdeo, leader of the opposition People’s Progressive Party
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World leaders, stars unite at event aimed at fighting virus
LONDON (AP) — A summit that included a star-studded virtual concert hosted by Dwayne Johnson has raised nearly $7 billion in cash and loan guarantees to assist the poor around the globe whose lives have been upended by the coronavirus
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LIAT to be liquidated, says Antigua prime minister
“COVID would have actually, let's say increased the losses exponentially, so whereas in all of 2019 LIAT made a loss of about EC$12 million, that was within the means of the shareholder governments to subsidise,” said the prime minister who was speaking on local radio
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