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Kenya: More Than 100 Kenyan Trucks Held By Tanzania
More than 100 Kenyan lorries have been impounded by Tanzanian authorities at the Isebania border since Tuesday, renewing tension between the two countries over the truck drivers' Covid-19
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#BudgetDebate2021: Opposition wants more Gov't spending to boost economy
The Opposition is pushing for the Government to spend $21.5 billion more to accelerate economic growth.  In his contribution to the Budget Debate, Julian Robinson, the Opposition spokesman on finance said the additional expenditure would...
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Central Africa: RwandAir Opens Flights to Central Africa Republic
[New Times] National carrier RwandAir is set to commence flights to Central Africa Republic's capital Bangui as part of its recovery strategy from the impact of Covid-19 pandemic.
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NCB loses again to its Staff Association
The National Commercial Ba nk (NCB) Staff Association on Friday won another major victory after the bank lost its appeal against the 2017 judgements of then presiding judge, Justice Bryan Sykes.The now chief justice had ruled in favour of the association after the bank failed to pay staff a share
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Bowser Releases Budget Amid COVID Crisis | Afro
Despite the economic concerns surrounding the Mayor’s emergency shutdown in response to COVID-19, which has affected the finances of D.C. businesses and residents, the FY 2021 budget offers investment in education, transportation, environment, healthcare, housing, jobs and public safety by
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Rwanda: Government to Inject Rwf145.1 Billion in RwandAir
The Government has said that it will increase funding for the national carrier RwandAir to Rwf145.1 billion in the 2020-21 fiscal year, from the current
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School board weighs proposals for campus police
LOS ANGELES — Despite vocal public calls for defunding, the Los Angeles Unified School District school board rejected a proposal that would have slashed 90% of the School Police Department’s budget by
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KDF Somalia war refunds fall 33pc as Covid-19 gobbles cash
This comes amid the ongoing fight against global Covid-19 pandemic and Nairobi’s gradual withdrawal of the forces.
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Atlanta City Council approves fiscal year 2021 budget
ATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council on Saturday approved the budget for Fiscal Year 2021, which begins July 1 (Legislative Reference
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Development spend hit Sh463bn in March on mega projects rise
Development spending in nine months to March increased 17 percent compared to the same period a year earlier.
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Family suspects foul play in death of Bartica youth with spine fracture - Stabroek News
The mother of Rickford Newton, the youth who succumbed last after allegedly suffering an injury during a football game, believes that he was a victim of foul play due to the severity of his
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Moody's downgrades The Bahamas
In a statement, Moody's said the key drivers behind the rating action were the large shock caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis will weigh significantly on economic and fiscal strength over the medium term as well as the funding conditions will become more constrained for the Government
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Rwanda: Over Rwf120 Billion Needed to Repair Infrastructure Damaged By Recent Rain
[New Times] Heavy rains that have poured in the country for the past two years caused damages worth over Rwf120 billion to bridges, roads among other public infrastructures, the Minister of Infrastructure, Claver Gatete has said.
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Board taking heat during hunt for EMA chief
As the hunt for a new EMA director continues, Burke County commissioners have found themselves under scrutiny by the public. At last Tuesday’s regularly scheduled commission meeting, several citizens spoke out against the board’s decision to change the job description for the position, asking
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Ohio Business Owner Criticized for Posting Sign That Claims White Lives Matter Because 'Who Else Will Pay for Welfare'
A white Ohio business owner is facing criticism for posting a controversial sign about race and welfare outside of his shop. Mike, whose last name is not
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Inslee Announces Cancellation Of Some State Employee Raises And Need For Furloughs
With the state facing a severe downturn in revenue collections, Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee has directed state agencies under his authority to cancel a scheduled 3% general wage increase for many of the state’s highest-paid general government employees and to begin furloughs for most state
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Rwanda: EU Offers Rwf55 Billion Grant to Rwanda for COVID-19 Relief
The Government and the European Union (EU) Monday signed a Rwf55 billion grant agreement to support social protection in response to the Covid-19 crisis, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning said in
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Houston passes budget that increases police funding, amid calls to ‘Defund’
After six hours of discussion and consideration of several proposed amendments, the Houston City Council today approved Mayor Sylvester Turner’s proposed $5.1 billion operating budget for the fiscal year beginning July
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L.A. Pays Tribute On Anniversary Of Kobe Bryant’s Death | Florida Sentinel Bulletin
One year ago last Tuesday(January 26),  Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others boarded a helicopter at John Wayne Airport in Orange County to travel to a youth basketball tournament at the Sports Academy (then named the Mamba Sports Academy, after Bryant) in Thousand
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C'bean reached 'important milestones' in 2020 says US Customs report | New York Carib News
The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says its Caribbean operations reached “important milestones” to secure and facilitate travel and trade.
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Witter: I’ve done enough to secure re-election
Franklin Witter is certain the electorate in St Elizabeth South Eastern will return him to the House as their representative on the night of September 3. In fact, the Jamaica Labour Party’s man believes he has done enough work to extend his 205-...
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Nigeria: Your Alarm On Nation's Debt Profile False - Govt Replies Atiku
The Federal Government says the "alarm and doom" predictions by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on the country's debt profile is anchored on a false
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Kenya: Ministries Explain Sh8.1 Billion Suspect Allocations
The government has come out to explain suspect allocations of Sh8.1 billion in small amounts to infrastructure projects in the new budget that were flagged by the Parliamentary Budget Office
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JUTC racks up billions in losses; deficit at UDC
A number of key public bodies are projecting significant deficits for both the current financial cycle as well as the upcoming 2021-2022 fiscal year. Many of these public bodies have been hit hard by COVID-19 containment measures that have...
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Africa: China-Africa Blanket Debt Forgiveness Not in the Cards
As China tightens its belt economically in response to the coronavirus, African leaders are anxious about the future of infrastructure projects, trade and, in some cases, are requesting debt
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Atlanta City Council approves $88.4 million in Coronavirus relief funding
• An ordinance to amend the levy provisions of the Code of Ordinances for the purpose of changing the ad valorem tax rates for personal property, bond indebtedness, parks, school operations/debt and special tax districts, and provide that those rates remain fixed for one year in compliance with the
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'Baseless'
WITH calls growing louder for his resignation as Member of Parliament for St Catherine South Central, embattled former energy minister Dr Andrew Wheatley has gone on the offensive describing as damaging, spurious and belligerent, the claims against him in the Petrojam Report released by the
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Development spend hit Sh463bn in March on mega projects rise
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Integrity Commission accuses Wheatley of being dishonest
“It is the conclusion of the director of investigations that Dr Wheatley was dishonest in his aforementioned representations and, in this regard, sought to mislead and did mislead the director of investigation contrary to Section 48 (3) of the Integrity Commission Act, Section 11E of the Commission
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