Kingston mayor calls for more support for children amid pandemic

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Kingston mayor calls for more support for children amid pandemic

Mayor of Kingston Delroy Williams is calling for more support and understand for children amid the difficulties being faced as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Williams says this year's Child Month theme 'I Soar' is apt as it offers a...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Harry Kane reveals why Premier League players feel it’s still important to take a knee before matches - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

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Could COVID-19 reshape church attendance forever? - Pastors grapple with prospect that flock, after missing services for months, may never be wooed back

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Report: Campaign Underway to Convince Rep. Karen Bass to Run for L.A. Mayor | BlackPressUSA

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At age 19, Fatima al-Omar is at her wits’ end. In the last year alone, she lost her home to fighting in Syria’s last rebel-held enclave and her mother was diagnosed with cancer. She became the sole breadwinner for her mother, three siblings and grandmother as they moved around between

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Uncle Nearest and Jack Daniel’s Join Forces to Launch the Nearest & Jack Advancement Initiative to Increase Diversity in American Whiskey Industry - Houston Forward Times

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Here Are All The Black Winners At The 12th AAFCA Awards

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Jamaica Customs reports 24% dip in revenues in 2020

REVENUES collected by the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) for 2020 dipped during the last three quarters of the year by 24 per cent.According to figures provided by the Government in the 2021/22 Fiscal Policy Paper (FPP), for the period between April and December 2020, Customs revenues fell by

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V.I. Doctors Detail Pandemic’s Scourge and Urge Vaccination

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Model Lehlogonolo Machaba Is The First Openly Trans Woman To Ever Compete In The Miss South Africa Beauty Pageant - Blavity

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Constant Spring tax office to reopen with limited services Monday

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Health sector could collapse if COVID breaches continue, warns Stair

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In Minneapolis, armed patrol group tries to keep the peace

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Scrap SLB guarantors – Golding

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Keynote Speaker Trey Anthony Penned Self-Help Book, Black Girl In Love (With Herself), For Times When The Ciara Prayer Doesn’t Work

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