Login to BlackFacts.com using your favorite Social Media Login. Click the appropriate button below and you will be redirected to your Social Media Website for confirmation and then back to Blackfacts.com once successful.
Enter the email address and password you used to join BlackFacts.com. If you cannot remember your login information, click the “Forgot Password” link to reset your password.
Rev. James Lawson Jr., an icon of the Civil Rights Movement and one of the original Freedom Riders, died on Sunday, June 10, at the age of 95. His family announced his passing on Monday — and immediately an outpouring of admiration and reverence for the hero followed. The National Civil Rights Museum issued a […]
Announcement of the death of former President Rawlings pic.twitter.com/7ext0fp4sd
— Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) November 12, 2020
Watch our report:
Issa Rae's HBO hit series, Insecure will sadly end with Season 5. The final season of the award-winning television dramedy series will return to HBO later this year. Fans are not pleased after hearing this news rushing to social media to express their disdain.
Mutodi Neshehe's family issued a statement on social media on Thursday night confirming the death of the popular Muvhango actor.
Progressive Democratic Patriots' deputy political leader Farley Augustine has described Chief Secretary Ancil Dennis’ explanation about the discrepancies identified in an Auditor General’s report as \"pure rubbish.\"
The Auditor General's report, which covered the period October 2019 to September 2020, expressed concerns about the Tobago House of Assembly's handling of covid19 relief, particularly food card/vouchers and rental assistance programmes.
Dennis responded to the report in a lengthy statement on Monday night.
He said while there are areas for improvement, “I saw nothing in this report which suggests illegal or corrupt activity.
“All we have set out to do is to bring relief to all affected persons in Tobago in a timely manner.”
But Dennis admitted there is need for training of the THA’s management and staff to prevent a repeat of procedural and accounting errors “that have surfaced in this report and previous ones.”
In a statement posted on his Facebook page on Monday, Augustine, who has called for the discrepancies to be thoroughly investigated, said, “That entire press release of response is pure rubbish and excuses for not adhering to the financial regulations and the mandates of the auditor general’s office. It is always an excuse for them.”
He added: “Report after report from the auditor general’s office is damning and all we get are excuses.”
Augustine, who is the representative for Speyside/Parlatuvier/L’Anse Fourmi, complained that the PDP’s assemblymen were never offered emergency social assistance cards to help the vulnerable in their respective electoral districts.
“Were the PDP assemblymen offered any of these social emergency cards? The answer is no.
“Therefore, the act of decentralising the operation is just rubbish. They decentralised it to include party hacks but not all 12 assemblymen.”
Augustine also scoffed at Dennis’ claims that all of the THA’s records regarding the various covid19 relief initiatives were accounted for.
“He claimed that they have all of these records, but why they were not presented for audit?”
He said Dennis must understand that the THA cannot spend money as it wants without process and oversight.
“There are regulations guiding these things. It is not for politicians to decide when and how to obey them.”
The post Augustine slams PNM response to auditor general: 'Pure rubbish' appeared first on Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.
National NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson will be the keynote speaker as the NAACP Memphis Branch holds its annual Freedom Fund fundraiser virtually via ZOOM on Saturday (July 11), beginning at 11:30 a.m. This is the first in a series of Freedom Fund events the NAACP Memphis Branch will host this year under the []
Fans were devastated to learn of the death of the best selling author of ‘Sister, Sister’, and ‘Before We Were Wicked’ New York Timesbest-selling authorEric Jerome Dickeywho penned such classics as “Sister, Sister” “Before We Were Wicked” and “Friends and Lovers” about Black life, revolutionizing […]
The post Celebrated author Eric Jerome Dickey dies at 59 appeared first on The New York Beacon.
AMBASSADOR THOMPSON WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ESTABLISHING THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO SUPPORT THE FORMATION OF THE CCJ.
UK Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson is fighting for her life after she was shot in the head over the weekend. The Taking the Initiative party leader had been…
The post Black Lives Matter Activist Sasha Johnson in Critical Condition After Being Shot in The Head appeared first on The Black Chronicle.
Three matric pupils on their way to an end-of-school celebration have been killed in a car accident on the Garden Route.
The news was announced during the 2020 NFL Draft.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown has released a lengthy statement saying that he was forced to play on
The post Antonio Brown breaks silence on Bucs exit: 'They threw me out like an animal' appeared first on TheGrio.
Sasha Johnson, a 27-year-old advocate and activist with the British Black Lives Matter Movement, is currently in critical condition after being shot in the head in London. According to members of the Taking the Initiative Party (TTIP), Johnson is in intensive care and that the attack happened “following numerous death threats as a result of…
Benjamin L. Hooks , in full Benjamin Lawson Hooks (born Jan. 31, 1925, Memphis, Tenn., U.S.—died April 15, 2010, Memphis), American jurist, minister, and government official who was executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1977 to 1993.
Hooks attended Le Moyne College in Memphis (1941–43) and Howard University, Washington, D.C. (1943–44; B.A., 1944), served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and later studied law at De Paul University in Chicago (J.D., 1948); no law school in Tennessee was admitting blacks at that time. From 1949 until 1965 he practiced law in Memphis. He participated in restaurant sit-ins of the late 1950s and early ’60s and joined the Board of Directors of Martin Luther King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference, among many other civil-rights and public-service organizations. Ordained a Baptist minister in the mid-1950s, he preached regularly at churches in both Memphis and Detroit, and he won a wide following for his eloquence as a public speaker.
Assistant public defender of Shelby County (Memphis) from 1961, he was appointed judge of Shelby County Criminal Court in 1965, the first African American to hold that position. He was elected for a full eight-year term in 1966, but he resigned in 1968. In July 1972 Hooks was appointed to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and became the first black FCC commissioner. He resigned to become executive director of the NAACP on Aug. 1, 1977, succeeding Roy Wilkins. Hooks also served as the chairman of the board of directors of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis and helped to found the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis in 1996. Hooks stressed the need for affirmative action and pressed for increased minority voter registration. He deplored underrepresentation of minorities in media ownership. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007.
Zanzibar’s First Vice President Seif Sharif Hamad, 77, who had been undergoing treatment for COVID-19 in hospital, has died, the government announced Wednesday.
BY FORTUNE MBELE LEGENDARY boxing trainer Philip “Striker” Ndlovu has died aged 66. Ndlovu died yesterday morning at his home in Makokoba,
The post Legendary boxing coach Striker dies appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
World leaders are paying their respects to Tanzania's President John Magufuli, who died from heart complications, the vice-president announced on Wednesday.
Government says Pierre Nkurunziza,55, died of heart attack.
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza, 55, has died as result of a heart attack, government said on Tuesday.
[New Times] APR assistant coach, Nabyl Bekroui, has announced that he will not extend his contract with the club and will be leaving the country after international travel restrictions - due to Covid-19 pandemic - are relaxed.
In 1969, she convinced three of her church-singing siblings to form the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters.
Former president of the Guyana National Dominoes Federation (GNDF) Faye Joseph died suddenly yesterday.
The article Georgetown Domino Association announces sudden passing Faye Joseph appeared first on Stabroek News.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing onto glory of Louis “Ray” Greaux Jr., who died July 21, peacefully, at home.
JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian authorities said Tuesday they 'no longer hope to find survivors' of a landslide that swept away homes in a residential area almost a week ago, killing seven people. Three people are still missing from the Dec. 30 disaster that destroyed at least nine buildings with more than 30 apartments in the village of Ask, located 25 kilometers (16 miles) northeast of Oslo. The landslide was among the worst in modern Norwegian history. 'It is with great sadness that I must say that we no longer have any hope of finding […]
The post Norway: 'No longer hope' of finding landslide survivors appeared first on Black News Channel.
“…we must ask – on what grounds and by what form of executive fiat does the Chief Elections Officer determine that he should invalidate 1 vote, far less over 115 000 votes when the votes were already certified as valid by officers of the Guyana Elections Commission in the presence of the political parties”, she asked.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is concerned at reports that the Chief Elections Officer has submitted a Report to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) which is contrary to the directions given by the Commission and which does not reflect the results of the recount process as certified by the very staff of the Guyana Elections Commission and witnessed by representatives of the political parties.
The CARICOM Observer Team was of the unshakeable belief that the people of Guyana expressed their will at the ballot box on March 2 and that the results of the recount certified as valid by the staff of GECOM led to an orderly conclusion on which the declaration of the results of the Election would be made.
Therefore, we must ask – on what grounds and by what form of executive fiat does the Chief Elections Officer determine that he should invalidate 1 vote, far less over 115 000 votes when the votes were already certified as valid by officers of the Guyana Elections Commission in the presence of the political parties.
I assure you that the Community remains committed to the people of Guyana and remains resolute that the report of its Observer Mission was very clear in its conclusions as to the will of the Guyanese people as reflected in the recount which they monitored.
Abuja — President Muhammadu Buhari last night sent a condolence message to the people and government of Burundi over the death of their president, Mr. Pierre Nkurunziza.
In the condolence message made available by presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, Buhari described Nkurunziza as a patriot who led his country through turbulent times.
\"It is with profound grief and sadness that we received the news of the death of President Pierre Nkurunziza.
President Nkurunziza was a true patriot that steered the country through turbulent times with wisdom and foresight.
\"The Government of the Republic of Burundi announces with great sadness the unexpected death of His Excellency Pierre Nkurunziza, President of the Republic of Burundi following heart failure on June 8, 2020,\" it said in a post on its official Twitter account.
On August 28, Texas anti-mask organizer Caleb Wallace died after being infected with the COVID-19 virus and remaining in the hospital since July 30. He was just 30 years old.
Source
Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail, President of Saint Augustine University in Raleigh, North Carolina has died due to the COVID-19 virus.
[The Herald] She succumbed to Covid-19 last night at the age of 48.
Vanessa Bryant, the widow of the late basketball legend Kobe Bryant, recently called out Nike after the sneakers she designed to honor her late daughter […]
Press Release - Bukavu, DRC/Amsterdam - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has made the difficult decision to end most of our support to healthcare provision in Kimbi and Baraka in Fizi territory, South Kivu province, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The decision comes after the withdrawal of the majority of MSF staff from Fizi territory in July, following several violent incidents against our teams in 2020.
