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Measures being implemented to address high electricity bills concerns
The Ministry of Energy and the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) have agreed that more will be done to address customers’ concerns about high electricity bills. This position was reached following presentations to the...
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Liberia: Civil Society Organizations At Odds Over Changing Mid-Term Elections Date to December
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Zimbabwe: Forex Auction System Ill-Advised - Analysts
Government re-introduction of the forex auction system -- as Zimbabwe effectively re-dollarises - could have disastrous consequences because the country does not have adequate sources of foreign currency, economic commentators have
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PM, deputy, and a minister in voluntary quarantine
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) - Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis, Deputy Prime Minister K Peter Turnquest and Education Minister Jeff Lloyd have entered voluntary self-quarantine after their offices were exposed to COVID-19.
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Uhuru order raises online listing of public tenders five-fold
Uhuru order raises online listing of public tenders five-fold
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HOPE interns to assist Technology Ministry’s digitisation programme
The Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology’s digitisation programme has been strengthened with the addition of 40 young people, who will assist in the digital transformation exercise. Recruited through the Government’s Housing,...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Cosatu slams Mboweni's budget while opposition parties are left uninspired
While opposition parties were generally uninspired by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's supplementary budget he delivered on Wednesday, his most strident criticism came from within the tripartite alliance as Cosatu expressed its disillusionment with the
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Met police chief acknowledges black community’s concerns over policing - Voice Online
MET POLICE Commissioner Cressida Dick has acknowledged some of the criticisms of the force by... The post Met police chief acknowledges black community’s concerns over policing appeared first on Voice Online.
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(2000) Harold Ford, “Keynote Address at the Democratic National Convention"
In 2000 at the National Democratic Convention in Los Angeles where Vice President Al Gore, Jr., won the Democratic Nomination for President,  fellow Tennessean,  Congressman Harold Ford of Memphis, gave the Keynote Address.  That address appears
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The lower levels of public servants - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, If one reads and interprets correctly, there appears to be an inordinate rush to terminate ‘contracts’ of those senior public servants identified (however hastily) as ‘Political appointees’. The article The lower levels of public servants appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Nigeria: Exclusive - Buhari Restrains Ministers From Disciplining, Removing Heads of Agencies
The circular, dated May 19 and endorsed by the SGF, Boss Mustapha, conveyed the "concern" of the government about the tendency by some ministers to arbitrarily remove chief executive officers of agencies and its impact on stability and service
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Zim move to pay civil servants USD allowances is 'crazy' - MPC member
The Zimbabwean government's move to pay its workers US dollar-denominated allowances as the southern African country struggles to stabilise its local currency has been described as "crazy" by an economist and member of the central bank's monetary policy
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East Africa: Regional Court Ruling Upholds Media Freedom
When the Tanzanian newspaper, Mseto, was controversially banned for three years in 2016, the move sparked years of litigation at the East African Court of Justice, litigation that now seems to have been brought to an end by an appeal decision from that court delivered last
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David Monroe Bids Farewell To City of San Diego Parks & Rec – Voice and Viewpoint
David Myron Monroe began his career with the City of San Diego on November 18, 1977 before embarking on a 42 year career in Public
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Zindzi Mandela, Daughter Of Winnie and Nelson Mandela, Dies at 59
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What do we tell our children, our students?
For the past few days, I, like many others have been viewing through the lens of the media, the reaction of our country to the deplorable and senseless death of yet another defenseless black person at the hands of a white police officer, a tragic mockery to the truth that Black Lives
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No funds available for sugar bailout
Following discussions with President David Granger yesterday about the state of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), the Ministry of Finance (MoF) last evening said that it could not assist the Corporation with a financial bailout as it did not have the funds to do
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Pensioners employed on contract by APNU+AFC should be replaced - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, During the APNU+AFC administration numerous pensioners were employed or retained in the Public Service on lucrative contracts. The article Pensioners employed on contract by APNU+AFC should be replaced appeared first on Stabroek News.
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J. Steven Rhodes, U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 29, 1951.  After graduating from high school he attended Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in Los Angeles, California where he was a member of the LMU 1969 Hall of Fame football
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GuySuCo mulling layoffs as financial crisis deepens
With no sign of financial assistance from the Government despite pro-mises by caretaker President David Granger, the management of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is currently engaged in discussions to begin layoffs, a source close to the corporation told Stabroek News
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TV reporter’s vehicle torched in arson - Stabroek News
A newly purchased vehicle belonging to television reporter Travis Chase was destroyed in a fire that was deliberately set in the early hours of yesterday morning. The article TV reporter’s vehicle torched in arson appeared first on Stabroek News.
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NRA celebrating two years of enhanced tax system in Sierra Leone
The National Revenue Authority (NRA) has consistently registered an increase in tax collection by 1.1 trillion Leones in 2018 and 2019
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Rwanda: How Rwanda Will Raise Resources for 2020/21 Budget
The government expenditure is expected to rise in the coming fiscal year [2020/2021] by about Rwf 228
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Rwanda Rolls Out Rwf100 Billion COVID-19 Recovery Fund
Local businesses have been invited to apply for funding under the Economic Recovery Fund (ERF), a two-year facility established by the Government to accelerate the recovery of Covid-19 hit
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Meet The Man Behind The Man In My Brothers Keeper
Michael D. Smith is rallying the faithful and following in the footsteps of his mentor: President Barack Obama. As Executive Director of the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, Smith moves from meeting to meeting with an easy smile, a tight handshake and a purpose. He is the engine that drives
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NDERITU: How civil service has been ‘colonised’
In 2011 when I worked for the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC), we published Kenya’s first ethnic audit of the civil service, which is the largest employer in the
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Supreme Moore Omokunde announces run for state Assembly
Milwaukee County Board Supervisor Supreme Moore Omokunde has announced his candidacy for the 17th District of the Wisconsin State
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Trump on firing of Geoffrey Berman: 'I'm not involved' | The Atlanta Voice
President Donald Trump on Saturday denied involvement in firing Geoffrey Berman, the powerful prosecutor atop the Manhattan US Attorney’s office, shortly after Trump’s attorney general sent Berman a letter saying the President had done
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