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The COVID-19 mobile testing unit yesterday completed a three-day operation at a Diamond, East Bank Demerara location, where four persons were tested after a total of 14 were
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Cyclist dies after collision with car at Stewartville - Stabroek News
A cyclist is now dead after he collided with a car along Stewartville Public Road on Monday night. The article Cyclist dies after collision with car at Stewartville appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Carmelo Anthony
Carmelo Anthony is an American basketball player who currently plays for the New York Knicks NBA team. He was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 29, 1984 to Carmelo and Mary Iriarte. His father was Puerto Rican whereas his mother was African American. He had a difficult childhood growing up in
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Little Richard, Founding Father of Rock Who Broke Musical Barriers, Dead at 87
Little Richard, a founding father of rock and roll whose fervent shrieks, flamboyant garb, and joyful, gender-bending persona embodied the spirit and sound of that new art form, died
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Fruitvale Station
Fruitvale Station is a 2013 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ryan Coogler. It is Cooglers first feature-length film and is based on the events leading to the death of Oscar Grant, a young man who was killed in 2009 by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle at the Fruitvale
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Re-orient youth from crime by giving them land
About five years ago, some of us started a group called ‘Christians Affected by Crime’ (CABC) where our focus was on providing support for families of perpetrators of
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Joe Biden Tells Unsure Black Voters ‘You Ain’t Black’ If They Don’t Support Him
The interview also covered what Biden referred to as “institutional racism” that America has witnessed “more clearly now” because of the coronavirus, pointing to the disproportionate effect COVID-19 has had on Black people, who he recognized as making up the bulk of the nation’s essential
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Snoop Dogg Thought His Criminal Record Kept Him from Voting But Learned He Was Wrong
“I ain’t never voted a day in my life, but this year I think I’ma get out and vote because I can’t stand to see this punk in office one more year,” said Snoop about Trump around the 11:50 mark of the June
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GTT opens new stores at Parika and Grove - Stabroek News
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has opened two new stores – at Parika, East Bank Essequibo and Grove, East Bank Demerara – and Minister of Industry and Commerce Oneidge Walrond has hailed the move as an indicator of confidence in the
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Cannabis Entrepreneur Sabrina Peterson is Turning A Drug Indictment Into Drug Profits
Placing her focus on introducing marginalized women across the country to the burgeoning hemp industry, she is redefining cannabis culture through female-centric products and
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Man found at Meten-Meer-Zorg was murdered - autopsy
Andy Williams, the construction worker whose partially decomposed body was discovered floating in a trench at Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara last Monday, was murdered, an autopsy yesterday
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Driver charged with murdering Atlantic Gardens businesswoman
A 35-year-old driver was today remanded to prison after he was charged with the murder of businesswoman Sattie Beekharry, who was killed in her Atlantic Gardens, East Coast Demerara home earlier this
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2009: The World Health Organization says swine flu is now formally a pandemic, a declaration that speeds vaccine production and spurs government spending to combat the first global flu epidemic in 41
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Ross, Michael K. (1941-2007)
Michael K. Ross was a Washington State legislator, civil rights activist, and contractor who, although he worked from within established political channels, was not afraid to go against the grain to affect social
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Zimbabwe: Govt Offers Mbanje Growers 100 Percent Farm Ownership
The Health Ministry has announced that all local and foreign investors venturing into the production of cannabis (mbanje) will be offered 100% ownership of their farms and licences to improve
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Dead children in the oil democracy... - Stabroek News
By Vidyaratha Kissoon (Vidyaratha Kissoon lives in Guyana. This is an edited version of a blog posted on https://churchroadman.blogspot.com/ The article Dead children in the oil democracy… appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Hill Foot taxi driver perishes after crashing into parked truck - Stabroek News
A forty-seven-year-old taxi driver died yesterday morning when he drove into a parked lorry along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway. The article Hill Foot taxi driver perishes after crashing into parked truck appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Family of Black EMT Worker Who was Killed at Home by Louisville Cops Hires Ahmaud Arbery Attorney
Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump is the latest addition to the legal team representing the family of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old black EMT worker who was shot eight times by Louisville Metro Police officers in her own apartment, according to USA
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10 Famous Jazz Saxophonists
Whod have thought when Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone back in 1846 that it would become one of the most widely played and fervently loved instruments in the world of jazz. Over the past 160-some years, the saxophone has been both an ensemble instrument - as was the case with the big bands of
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Atlanta Mayor: 2 Officers Fired In ‘Excessive Force’ Arrests
ATLANTA (AP) — Two police officers have been fired and three others placed on desk duty over excessive use of force during a protest arrest incident involving two college students, Atlanta’s mayor said
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Beyoncé Pens Letter To Kentucky Attorney General Urging Action In Breonna Taylor Case
Beyoncé sent an open letter on Sunday (June 14) to Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron that calls on the prosecutor to charge the Louisville cops involved in the shooting death of Breonna
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Meet Michele Roberts; first woman and person of color to join board of Marijuana firm Cresco Labs
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Christmas celebrations under COVID-19's shadow [photos]
"Sad, very sad. Seeing everyone in masks, even the priest and altar servers", said Kyen Quimpo Mallonga about Christmas celebration in Manila.
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African-American doctor details racial treatment disparities in viral video before dying of COVID - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
An African-American doctor who died of coronavirus left a message about racial disparity not just when it comes to how COVID-19 itself affects people of color but also about medical establishment's attitudes toward Black patients' assessment of their own pain.
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Oakland Police Department (OPD) officers detained and handcuffed two volunteers last Saturday who were maintaining a freshwater supply for a large community of unhoused residents that live near Wood Street in West Oakland for possession of a stolen vehicle, but let them go after approximately five
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Sisters youth dies after brother slits throat
A Sister’s Village, West Bank Demerara youth is now dead after an argument with his brother in the wee hours of yesterday morning ended with his throat being
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Mohabir a shoo-in for Demerara U19 - Stabroek News
When the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) hosts the Under-19 tournament next year, Alvin Mohabir is expected to be a shoo-in for Demerara. The article Mohabir a shoo-in for Demerara U19 appeared first on Stabroek News.
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'Yes, I Should Have Called The Cops': Woman Who Was One of Last to See Black Louisiana Teen Quawan Charles Alive Admits She Knew He Was Missing
A new audio recording sheds more light on the death of Quawan Charles, a 15-year-old Black teen who was found dead in a shallow Louisiana marsh with his
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Woman dies after struck down at De Kinderen
Two women died over the weekend after being involved in vehicular accidents on the West Coast of Demerara and East Coast of
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