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Capra, Frank The Negro Soldier 1943
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Nigeria: Alarm Bells As COVID-19 Cripples Poultry, Fish Farming Biz
Farmers lament losses, experts warn of food shortage
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Death of Trinidad Prime Minister
Death of Eric Williams (79), Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, in Port of Spain. Dr. Williams was also a historian and the author of the classic work, Capitalism and Slavery.
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Mar
29
1981
Planting as therapy
The satisfaction of this sister reminded me of my then 11-year-old (he is now 12) who had purchased a gooseberry plant on a field trip and planted it in the
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Suspect in mechanic’s murder held after four years on the run
Suspect in mechanic’s murder held after four years on the run
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St vincent and grenadines
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MoTP defends Granger’s security detail
The Ministry of the Presidency (MoTP) has defended the security escort availed to President David Granger saying that it is determined by the Special Protective Service
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CARICOM mourns passing of Miles Stoby
The Caribbean region is mourning the death of one of its most highly respected international public servants, Mr Miles Stoby, who retired from the United Nations Secretariat after decades of service, most of it in the area of economic and social
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University of the West Indies
Each of these countries is either a member of the Commonwealth of Nations or a British Overseas Territory. The aim of the university is to help unlock the potential for economic and cultural growth in the West Indies, thus allowing for improved regional autonomy.[1] The University was originally
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Jun
24
1986
A Brief History of the African Country of Liberia
Date of Independence: July 26,1847
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Elmina - Medieval Trading Center on West African Coast
In the 15th century AD, Elmina (also known as Mina, Amina, Aminra, or Aminer) was one of several port communities on the Ghana coast (a.k.a. Gold Coast) of western Africa, associated with the West African ethnic group called Akan (Asante or Atweafo). Between the late 16th and early 19th
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Antigua and barbuda
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Chef Kwame Onwuachi's Ultimate Quarantine Food & Drink Pairing
James Beard award-winning chef Kwame Onwuachi is spending his time in quarantine cooking up some of his go-to comfort foods and helping us all create a perfect food and cocktail pairing while we’re
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Mathieu, Gail Dennise (1951?- )
Gail Dennise Mathieu, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, was appointed United States Ambassador to Niger by President George W. Bush in 2002. She remained in Niamey, the capital until 2005.  In 2007 President Bush appointed her United States Ambassador to Namibia. Between these
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Aug
19
2013
Fox, Richard K. (1925- )
Ambassador Richard Kenneth Fox served as U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago during the Jimmy Carter Administration.  Fox was born on October 22, 1925 in Cincinnati, Ohio. After a stint in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946, he enrolled at Indiana University and received his Bachelor of Arts degree
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Oct
22
1925
Steelpan
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Barbados
An island in the Atlantic about 300 mi (483 km) north of Venezuela, Barbados is only 21 mi long (34 km) and 14 mi across (23 km) at its widest point. It is circled by fine beaches and narrow coastal plains. The highest point is Mount Hillaby (1,105 ft; 337 m) in the north-central
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Black Women Who Have Run for U.S. President
Black women are among the Democratic Party’s most loyal supporters. As such, they have buoyed everyone from white men to a black man and, now, a white woman to the top of the ticket. Unlike Hillary Clinton, a black woman has yet to win the Democratic Party’s nomination for president. But that
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Caribbean islands will need to be treated differently after COVID-19
Limited resources and economic diversification in Eastern Caribbean countries, compounded by their small size and remoteness, constrain
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UWI Caribbean students feel trapped, abandoned in Ja
Caribbean students still stuck at The University of the West Indies, Mona, are anxious to get home as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the
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St lucia
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GECOM may add two stations today
Day 21 of the national recount concluded yesterday with a total of 82 ballot boxes being recounted and as the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) falls farther behind its 25-day schedule two more work stations could be added
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Africa's Youth Scholars Harvest Ideas On the Business of Agriculture
Like: Adewale, Alleluyanatha and Gilberthe are just three of the 80 young African scholars that are tackling the business of agriculture through the innovativeness and freshness that comes with youth -- while obtaining their masters or doctoral degrees in the process. He has long championed the
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The Baptist War (1831-1832)
The Baptist War, also known as the Christmas Rebellion, was an eleven-day rebellion that mobilized as many as sixty thousand of Jamaica’s three hundred thousand slaves in 1831–1832. It was considered the largest slave rebellion in the British Caribbean. The name Christmas Rebellion came from the
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Marlene Nourbese Philip
Marlene Nourbese Philip is the winner of the 1988 Casa de las Americas prize for poetry. She is a writer, poet, university lecturer and lawyer who lives in Canada but who hails from Tobago. Her published works include the novel Harriets Daughter and three collections of poetry including
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Feb
3
1947
Iranian oil tanker reaches Venezuela
The first of five tankers carrying much-needed Iranian fuel and oil products entered Venezuelan waters on Saturday, a Venezuelan government official
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Moment of truth approaches for GECOM Chair
As the recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections crawls along it must not be forgotten that what should have been an orderly process with a result within two or three days was obscenely overturned by the Returning Officer for District Four, Clairmont Mingo when he introduced numbers
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Task force may have acted hastily in denying request for Region Nine lockdown
She referred to Prof. Owen Gross’ book, Laws in Times of Crisis, 2006, in which he suggested that “crises (pandemics, national security threats, citizen insecurity, natural disasters etc.); produce an expansion of governmental powers and the concentration of powers in the hands of the
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Dire CWI finances stalls TTCB head coach search
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board has put on pause its interview process for a head coach, amidst fears Cricket West Indies’ funding for the Professional Cricket League could fall
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Plans being made to address requests for stranded Guyanese to return home
Amidst continued calls by Guyanese stranded abroad for the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) to grant permission for them to return home, head of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Lt. Col. (ret’d) Egbert Field  has said that planning is ongoing to address the
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