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Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Jeremy Taylor, urged kids to get a quality education to avoid class and color prejudices that he says are still pervasive.
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Filmmaker Crystal Emery Offers A Harrowing Look At the American Healthcare System With Her New Documentary ‘The Deadliest Disease in America’
Crystal R. Emery's new documentary exposes the inequities of the American healthcare system and re-establishes the humanity of Black, Brown, and indigenous Americans.
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Ten Black Newspapers Unite to Create Platform that Amplifies the Black Experience | The Michigan Chronicle
By Evelyn Mateos Ten Black newspapers have joined forces to create Word In Black, a platform to “amplify the Black experience by reporting, collecting and sharing stories about real people in communities across our country,” according to its website. Word In Black consists of a newsletter and
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Democrats call for filibuster change to protect abortion rights
Democratic lawmaker Amy Klobuchar called for immediate action from her party to act and abolish the filibuster in the wake The post Democrats call for filibuster change to protect abortion rights appeared first on TheGrio.
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DEADLY DANGER
In the wake of the tragic deaths of three men who are believed to have died from noxious fumes, a public-health expert has warned of the occupational hazards and grave dangers involved in the cleaning of septic tanks. President of the Jamaica...
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Two Black fathers look to ‘break curse’ of familial abuse through clothing line | New Pittsburgh Courier
Xavier Elder-Henson and Roy Williams Jr. have a bond born of their chaotic childhoods and an altruistic, therapeutic desire to end familial cycles of abuse. Together, Williams and Elder-Henson are traveling a cathartic path and have transformed their childhood trauma and personal substance-abuse
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East Africa: IGAD Asks President Salva Kiir to Mediate Ethiopia War With TPLF
[East African] Juba -- The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad) has asked South Sudan's President, Salva Kiir, to mediate the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia.
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Online learning was very hard, says UWI student
With the pandemic forcing educators and students into an unfamiliar corner known as online learning, the past school year proved difficult to most persons in the education sector. Further proof of this came from 19-year-old University of the West...
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Four women murdered in Matatiele the week Nosicelo Mtebeni was found slain | News24
Four other women were killed in Matatiele in the week University of Fort Hare student Nosicelo Mtebeni was found murdered in East London.
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New chief outlines fresh school plans - Barbados Today
A review of the current curriculum in schools across the island is underway. This was made clear by the island’s new Chief Education Officer, Dr Ramona Archer-Bradshaw, who said details of that amended curriculum could be made available by the end of the week. In her first public appearance since
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USA Farm Labour Programme offers new opportunities - Barbados Today
At least 20 Barbadians will have the opportunity to work in the United States of America (USA) from early next year. This comes as the Ministry of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, through the Barbados Employment and Career Counselling Service (BECCS), facilitated interviews of Barbadians
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Massy eyes investment in Jamaica oxygen plant
Gas manufacturer Massy Gas Products (Jamaica) is eyeing the build-out of its operations for the storage and distribution of medical-grade oxygen in the island. That revelation came less than 24 hours after the Ministry of Health and Wellness said...
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PRESS ROOM: New Podcast, St. Jude Mission of A Lifetime, Launches to Document World’s First All-Civilian Mission to Orbit
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We are writing the narrative of human spaceflight right now, as we go to the moon, and we go on to Mars,” said Dr. Sian Proctor. “What do we want that to look like? How do we make space really for everyone? Bring all of humanity along? Inspiration 4 is the perfect
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How the U.S. Came to Dominate Haiti: Seizing the Gold | Haiti Liberte
The second of three installments (First part) Chapter Three: Financial Occupations The Banque Nationale d’Haiti (BNH) was housed in a whitewashed, two-story colonial building at the corner of rues Ferou and Américaine in the downtown business district of Port-au-Prince. On weekday mornings, before
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Tuskegee’s ‘Cleve’ Abbott dominated like no other coach in Alabama
By Bob Blalock Alabama NewsCenter University of Alabama coach Nick Saban completed a decade of dominance in college football this past January when his Crimson Tide team demolished Ohio State 52-24 for the College Football Playoff National Championship. The victory brought Saban and Alabama a fifth
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Immigration Corner | Moving from settled status to applying for British citizenship
Dear Mr Bassie, A relative of mine received ‘settled status’ while in the United Kingdom. I am wondering whether she will be eligible for British citizenship by virtue of this status. I look forward to your response. – MS Dear MS, Persons who...
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PRESS ROOM: Zillow, United Negro College Fund and Black Tech Ventures to Host Hackathon for Students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities | BlackPressUSA
Zillow, in collaboration with United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and Black Tech Ventures (BTV), will host the HBCU Housing Hackathon to help HBCU students further develop their skills through workshops, hands-on enrichment, mentorship and
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Bodies Of Two Men Removed From Septic Tank In Jamaica
Jamaica Observer: -  MONEAGUE, St ANN —The bodies of two men have been removed from a septic tank here at Moneague College, hours after an intense wait that began in the early afternoon today. The deceased are said to be from the Spanish Town area of St Catherine. A third man has been
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NNPA NEWSWIRE — Erica Ford has received honors for implementing concepts for increasing safety that New York City officials said have resulted in a 10 percent reduction in violence throughout the five boroughs. When she and Russell Simmons began collaborating years ago, the mogul became one of the
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Former foster child starts skin-care business out of past trauma
WESTERN BUREAU: Buoyed by the desire to rise above her experience growing up in Jamaica’s foster-care system and enduring bullying because of a skin condition, Julian Clarke has used her past as the inspiration behind creating her own skin-care...
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Former Bestie To Jay-Z, DeHaven Irby, Opens Up About Almost Taking Out The Billionaire Rapper news -The Black Chronicle
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Tourism stoic amid COVID travel blacklist
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s tourism stake­holders are confident of an early ­reassessment by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and a relaxation of its travel advisory urging United States citizens not to visit Jamaica amid...
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President Joe Biden declared climate change has become “everybody’s crisis” on Tuesday as he toured neighborhoods flooded by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, warning it’s time for America to get serious about the “code red” danger or face ever worse loss of life and property. Biden spoke after
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Taylor to miss ODIs as well - Barbados Today
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – West Indies Women’s captain Stafanie Taylor will take no part in the five-match One-Day International series against South Africa Women which bowled off today, after returning home to Jamaica. Cricket West Indies belatedly announced Tuesday that the talismanic all-rounder
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Ten Black newspapers unite to create platform that amplifies the Black experience | New Pittsburgh Courier
by Evelyn Mateos Ten Black newspapers have joined forces to create Word In Black, a platform to “amplify the Black experience by reporting, collecting and sharing stories about real people in communities across our country,” according to its website. Word In Black consists of a newsletter and
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On any given day, Deatric Edie is at one of her three jobs managing fast-food establishments. A 42-year-old mother of four, she has been working in the service industry since […] The post The Cost of Essential Work for Black Women appeared first on Essence.
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