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Global inflation has hiked prices for Hajj dramatically, with costs mounting for airlines, transportation, food and accommodation in and around
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An HDC official at the site, who did not what to be named, told Newsday the HDC could not give an exact date for the finishing the repairs.
However, the spokesman said the corporation is working to do so as quickly as possible once the weather does not affect the work.
The post Residents: Complete Oasis Greens roadworks before Xmas appeared first on Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.
By Tom Hays | The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A British woman testified Monday that Ghislaine Maxwell pressured her into giving Jeffrey Epstein sexual massages when she was […]
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Allyship, an old noun made new again, is Dictionary.com's word of the year.
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Police found Clarence Avant cradling the head of Jackie, his wife of 54 years, who later died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Aariel Maynor, the man accused of killing Jacqueline Avant last week in her home during a botched home invasion, has officially been charged with her murder. […]
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A federal jury in North Carolina has awarded Darryl Howard, 58, who was imprisoned 23 years for a wrongful murder conviction, $6 million in damages.
'While we were busy banning travel from South Africa, the variant is already here, because we are seeing community transmission in the U.S.'
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Virginia native and U.S. Coast Guard Academy graduate Andre Douglas is the only Black person among the 10 members of NASAs' 2021 Astronaut Candidate Class.
Kyle Rittenhouse is clapping back at LeBron James now that he's been acquitted of murdering two people and injuring a third.
“We believe that maintaining the integrity of Black community boundaries is integral to electoral representation of Black residents in California and urge the Commission to consider the long-term implications of weakening historically Black-led coalition legislative districts,” wrote Rick Callendar, president of the California-Hawaii NAACP. “The iteration of the latest maps erases the culture of diversity that is ingrained in the fabric of California.”
The post NAACP Warns Redistricting Commission Ready to Take Legal Action Over Mapping first appeared on Post News Group.
The Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) will support the digitalisation process of the online tax payment system being implemented by the government.
In a press release on Tuesday, CAF said the agreement was formalised with the signing of the technical co-operation.
CAF said it is \"intended to increase and improve the ease of payment of tax obligations for individuals and companies by supporting legal, regulatory and change management initiatives that are key to the digitisation of the online tax payment in the country.\"
The agreement was signed virtually at the end of the meeting of CAF's board of directors by Finance Minister Colm Imbert and CAF executive president Sergio Díaz-Granados.
The release said this technical co-operation will evaluate the functional needs of an online payment method for customs duties and other fees administered by the Customs and Special Taxes Division; support the standardisation of legal agreements between the TT authorities and the commercial banking system; and ensure a secure and resilient digital system to support the online tax payment system in the Internal Revenue Division, among other things.
In the last four years (2016-2020), CAF approved operations for TT for a total of US$1,151 million, which represents an average of US$288 million per year, accompanied by agreements on technical assistance such as the one signed on Tuesday and creating knowledge.
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The U.S. Senate tonight passed U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff’s bipartisan bill to prevent opioid addiction, overdoses, and deaths in rural communities. This is Sen. Ossoff’s second bipartisan bill to pass the U.S. Senate this year. TheRural Opioid Abuse Prevention Act,which Sen. Ossoffintroducedwith Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) in September,will help ensure that rural communities with a […]
The post Senator Jon Ossoff's bi-partisan bill tackling opioid crisis passes U.S. Senate appeared first on The Atlanta Voice.
Greg Tate, a music writing and journalism titan who many consider the Godfather of Hip-Hop writing has passed away. He was 64.
Most TV shows, commercials and articles featuring pet lovers rarely include Black people. But many of us own pets too, and love them just as much as anyone else. This point was proven by the individuals the Defender recently interviewed about the strong bond they possess with their pets who are considered indispensable members of […]
As the world commemorates the UN’s Anti-Corruption Day, the office of the Attorney General and the Anti-Corruption Investigation Bureau have teamed up for a social media campaign to address corrupt practices.
Anti-Corruption Day is marked on December 9.
The partnership aims to raise awareness and sensitise the public as part of a national Anti-Corruption Risk Assessment Programme. The social media campaign can be found by searching the hashtag #thatiscorruption and the slogan “Get to Zero… For a Corruption Free T&T.”
In a media release on Wednesday, the partnership, which also includes the UN Development Programme (UNDP), said the campaign includes promoting Crime Stoppers’ call-in number 800 TIPS to report corrupt actions locally.
“Locally, for the year ending October 2021, over 840 reports of corruption were received by the ACIB. None of the reports on record was made using the 800-TIPS system. The anonymous hotline has traditionally been associated with reporting violent crimes, not white-collar crimes or corruption.”
Snr Supt Deryck Walker of the ACIB is quoted as saying the unit was never promoted as an anti-corruption tool.
“Corruption is not treated as a crime that devastates lives. However, the hotline has played a significant part in combatting violent crime, and it holds the same potential for bribery, fraud, extortion, embezzlement and nepotism.”
The release said with public-sector officers as the main target, the programme seeks to identify threats corruption poses to covid19 recovery efforts with the aim of developing measures to prevent and negate such offences.
In June the Auditor General noted over $8 million was lost after citizens accessed both the salary relief grant and the income support grant. The report said over 2,000 people took advantage of the system put in place to address loss of earning as a result of the pandemic.
Last week Lystra Irving, a senior public servant at the Inland Revenue Division, was charged with stealing $1.49 million and multiple other offices after allegedly falsifying government records.
The release said the theme of this year’s Anti-Corruption Day is to highlight the rights and responsibilities of everyone
in tackling corruption.
“This year’s commemoration also promotes the need to unite and face this global problem with shared responsibility. Every person - young and old – plays a role in anti-corruption corruption for societies to achieve greater resilience and integrity at all levels.”
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Open to the public, the free fashion show will feature 30 teens and young adults from the Heroes Center; winter clothing and monetary donations accepted through Dec. 10 at Planet Lincoln Dallas Love Field Donning glitzy cocktail holiday attire and chic leisurewear by local designers, 30 teens and young adults will strut their stuff for […]
The post COAT DONATIONS REQUESTED - HAUTE PURSUIT RUNWAY SHOW BENEFITING CHILDREN of MARK CUBAN HEROES BASKETBALL CENTER appeared first on Texas Metro News.
The owner of the popular Snapchap app is stepping up to help with a new content accelerator for those creators.
Greg Tate, in 2016. Nisha Sondhe/Duke University Press hide caption toggle caption Nisha Sondhe/Duke University Press Greg Tate, in 2016. Nisha Sondhe/Duke University Press Greg Tate, the essential music writer,…
The post Critic, author and musician Greg Tate has died : NPR appeared first on The Black Chronicle.
Three days after Thanksgiving, Gov. Gavin Newsom went online to address the new COVID-19 Omicron variant, a version of the virus with at least 50 mutations, according to the World Health Organization.
The post California Goes on Offensive as Omicron Variant Threat Grows appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
While accepting the Innovator of The Year Award at Variety’s Hitmakers Brunch in Los Angeles on Saturday, Lil Nas X admitted that he had \"a lot of fun pissing people off this year,\" Out reports . The confession, of course, doesn't come as a surprise for Lil Nas X fans, who have followed the rapper closely throughout the year. In October, the artist pissed off one of his biggest critics, Boosie , as Blavity previously reported . \"So, I been working on this song with Lil Boosie, bro,\" the 22-year-old singer said, clearly trolling his fellow rapper, on Instagram Live. \"I got this song with Lil Boosie finna come out. Fire, I ain't even gon' lie, for real. Song with Boosie finna come out.\" Boosie responded with homophobic rhetoric. \"STOP TROLLING ME F****T LOL,\" he wrote. \"U A WHOLE B***H PLAYING WITH A GANGSTA SMH U CAN KEEP SUCKING D**K N GETTIN F**KED N YOUR ASS N PEACE N #uhateyourself I WOULD TOO IF I WAS YOU LOL NASx IF YOU #commitsuicide YOU WOULD DO THIS WORLD A HUGE FAVOR....
THE funeral of Anthony Harford will be held on Monday.
It will take place from 9 am at the Church of the Assumption in Maraval.
The funeral can be seen on www.youtube.com at https://youtu.be/y9SAMPVNbQw
Harford, a sport enthusiast who held positions in the media including on radio and TV, died on Friday. He was 68.
He was passionate about all sports, especially cricket, football and horse racing. He arranged sporting events locally and organised cricket tours for players from TT and the Caribbean to earn experience overseas.
When the Soca Warriors qualified for the 2006 World Cup, Harford helped to make it affordable for supporters to travel to Germany.
Tributes have been pouring in for Harford since his death. Former media colleagues, former national athletes and co-workers have all reflected on Harford's contribution to sport.
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Acknowledging the disruption of organizing and information distribution, the Disinfo Defense League's policy platform consists of nine key points. Calls to action in the newly released platform included banning discriminatory algorithms, enhancing data transparency, protecting whistleblowers, and expanding Federal Trade Commission oversight.
A Black couple in California is suing a real estate appraiser and her company after she lowballed the value of the couple's home by $500,000.
Two Los Angeles County supervisors pressed unsuccessfully today for a delay in implementing new boundaries for the five supervisorial districts, expected to be set Dec. 15 by the Citizens Redistricting Commission.
The post LA County Board Prepares to Quickly Pivot to Adopt New Districts appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
Oropouche East MP Dr Roodal Moonilal has accused the National Security Minister of compromising two independent institutions by making \"a politically partisan address\" at a recent function.
The Opposition MP charged that Fitzgerald Hinds delivered a \"flamingly biased and opinionated\" speech at a state event in which he sat between Prisons Commissioner Dennis Pulchan and DCP McDonald Jacob.
Moonilal called on Hinds to apologise to both leaders, adding if he failed to do so, it would confirm his intent to weaken the country’s law-enforcement organisations.
On Tuesday, at a press conference at the Police Administration Building in San Fernando, Hinds once again said his ministry fully supports the prison service in dealing with criminality in and out of the prisons.
He referred to the recent murders of prison officers Trevor Serrette, 48, and Nigel Jones, 38, both of whom worked at the Wayne Jackson Building at the Maximum Security Prison in Arouca.
Hinds said he considered the murders attacks on the State and warned that all arms of the protective services are on high alert.
Moonilal referred to Hinds's remarks as a gross example of impropriety and misconduct.
\"The Prisons and Police Services are critical institutions of law and order and must be respected as fiercely independent and politically impartial,\" he said in a release on Wednesday.
Moonilal considered Hinds’s remarks a \"political bleating\" saying they were the latest coarse example of the PNM Government undermining and destabilising crucial non-partisan agencies.
The Opposition MP threw jabs at the Government, saying it intends to undermine all such agencies.
Moonilal condemned Hinds for his \"pure politicking\" and \"blatant attempt to damage and demoralise the prison and police services\" on behalf, he said, of all patriotic citizens.
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“CA’s large-scale testing and early detection systems have found the Omicron COVID-19 variant in California,” Gov. Gavin Newsom tweeted Dec. 1. “We should assume that it’s in other states as well. There’s no reason to panic — but we should remain vigilant. That means get vaccinated. Get boosted. Wear a mask indoors.”
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A former Rwandan prison director accused of stealing money from a British inmate was on Friday sentenced to five years in prison after he was found guilty of the crime. According to BBC, Innocent Kayumba was once the director of Kigali’s main prison. The accused was sentenced together with his former deputy, Eric Ntakirutimana. An...
