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Gov’t to deliver 100 houses for the indigent
Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie says the Government will be delivering some 100 indigent housing solutions in 12 months for persons in need across the island. He informed that over the last year, 32 houses...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Warning: WhatsApp stokvel makes a comeback in 2020
Just when we thought we'd seen the back of the notorious WhatsApp stokvels at the end of 2019, they make a return at the most opportune time.
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Top high school basketball star commits to Howard University | New Pittsburgh Courier
by Amanda Scurlock, Los Angeles Sentinel Sports Writer Five-star high school basketball player Makur Maker has committed to play for Howard University. He chose Howard to encourage other top basketball prospects to commit to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). He turned down the
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Bank of America Connects Savannah Youth To Work Success Through Paid Virtual Summer Leadership Experience | The Savannah Tribune
Bank of America today announced that the two Savannah high school juniors and seniors selected as Student Leaders (#BofAStudentLeaders) have started their paid summer internship experience of leadership, civic engagement, and workforce skills-building. In light of the health concerns that remain in
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Kanye West Gets Approval To Build A Massive Mansion On His Wyoming Ranch
The presidential hopeful has a dream to live in Wyoming!
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West announces presidential bid, immediate backing from Elon Musk
American rapper Kanye West, who has in the past been blasted by the left over his vocal support for US President Donald Trump, has announced he's launching his own presidential bid.
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Honda and HBCUs Join Together to Combat the Pandemic | Dallas Weekly
At the end of March, nearly 250 students and coaches from 48 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were set to travel to California to compete for the national championship title in the 31st annual Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC), Americas premier academic competition for
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Uganda: Torture - Police Okays DPP to Sue Officers
We are more than ready to have offenders arraigned before courts of
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Calls for reparations for African Americans gain steam as US reckons with racial injustice - Ghanamma.com
to study reparations for African Americans, she was worried crimes. Called the US African American Redress Network, it details reparations being paid to African Americans which advocates say the roughly 40 million Black Americans descended from slaves up
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Mississippis Confederacy-inspired flag retired after 126 years - Face2Face Africa
In a historic move of national consequence, the state of Mississippi will no longer fly the United States last-standing flag inspired by the battle emblem of the Confederate states. On Tuesday, state governor Tate Reeves signed a bill which meant Mississippi would have to have a new flag after 126
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Trump administration says Huawei, Hikvision backed by Chinese military - TechCentral
The Trump administration has determined that top Chinese firms, including Huawei and Hikvision, are owned or controlled by the Chinese military, laying the groundwork for new financial sanctions.
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St. Louis Cops Seize Gun That Couple Pointed At Black Lives Matter Protesters
"They took my AR," Mark McCloskey told a radio program.
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Brandon King ecstatic about GAW retention, CPL 2020 - Stabroek News
Hard-hitting opener, Brandon King, is “ecstatic” about returning to the Guyana Amazon Warriors for the 2020 edition of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). The article Brandon King ecstatic about GAW retention, CPL 2020 appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Don’t rush the timing of your life
On Tuesday this week, I turned 29 years old (happy birthday to me!). A lot of my friends and family added a friendly warning in their birthday wishes to enjoy this last year of my twenties. “It’s all…
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NFL’s DeAngelo Williams Gifts 53 Mammograms for Breast Cancer Awareness
Williams lost his mother and four aunts to breast cancer.
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Janelle Monae Recalls Impact of Filming Horror Movie on a Plantation: ‘I Felt Everything’
Singer and actress Janelle Monae spoke candidly about her experience filming on a plantation during the making of her upcoming horror movieAntebellum. The 34-year-old described []
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Zoë Kravitz and Karl Glusman Profess Their Love On Their One Year Anniversary
Its been a year since Zoë Kravitz and Karl Glusman said I do during their elegant wedding ceremony in Paris last year. The love between them has only blossomed since [] The post Zoë Kravitz and Karl Glusman Celebrate Their One-Year Wedding Anniversary appeared first on Essence.
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Comedian Chelsea Handler On White Privilege : NPR
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Gov. Dad: Family leave job protections expanded in bill backed by Newsom - Black Voice News
In summary California’s Democratic governor credits his wife and chief of staff for making paid family leave a priority in recent budget negotiations. California led the nation when, in 2004, it became the first state to give private-sector workers six weeks off with partial pay to care for a new
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penn state and its relationship with the state college police department - African American News Today - EIN News
extraordinary acts of violence against African-Americans by the police. Over the accounts of police brutality towards African-Americans. The most recent examples include police killed Osaze Osagie, an African-American man with autism and schizophrenia
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Somalia: Army Remains 'Incapable' of Dislodging Al-Shabaab, U.S. Says
[East African] Somalia's army remains "incapable" of ousting Al-Shabaab from its strongholds, enabling the insurgents to exercise continued control over large parts of the country, the US State Department said on Wednesday.
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Former Jamaican Olympian auditions on Americas Got Talent | New York Carib News
Two-time Olympian Shevon Stoddart is enjoying a new path making it to America’s Got Talent, following in the footsteps of Tessanne Chin who won The Voice in 2013 and Dalton Harris who topped X Factor UK in 2018. The former Olympic 400-meter hurdler was nothing short of inspiration as the
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Facebook apps rule Kenyas social media scene- survey
There is a shift in usage trends with most people using platforms for entertainment.
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Chasi pays school fees for 1 200 pupils
Energy minister and Mazowe South legislator Fortune Chasi (Zanu PF) has paid tuition fees for 1 200 pupils from underprivileged families in his constituency as the community bears the brunt of the closure of Jumbo Mine. BY SIMBARASHE SITHOLE Chasi deposited $146 000 into Mazowe Primary School’s CBZ
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Nothing illegal… Mayor defends charging station for his Porsche being used for government work
Embattled St Ann’s Bay Mayor Michael Belnavis has said there was nothing illegal in using taxpayers' money to pay for a charging port for his Porsche motorcar he claims is being used for government work.
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OP-ED: TVA is committed to serving the real needs of the people of Memphis - TSDMemphis.com
by Jeff Lyash - There are many issues that are important to the people of Memphis — both right now and for the city’s long-term future. Since I joined TVA a little more than a year ago, you’ve clearly expressed them to me…TVA contributing to local communities and having more presence in
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NCBA buys yard for seized cars as loan defaults rise
Sluggish economic activity has created a growing pool of distressed borrowers who are increasingly seeing their assets being seized by aggressive lenders.
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Backlash as Ugandan TV parades people in All Lives Matter shirts in support of #BLM - Face2Face Africa
A Ugandan TV network, NBS TV, on Saturday night decided to show support for Black Lives Matter protests in the United States except that the people who were paraded to dance in support of the protests were in All Lives Matter shirts. On NBS Saturday Night Live no connection with what is recorded
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The untold story of Thomas Sankara and Fela Kutis friendship - Face2Face Africa
A friendship between Fela Kuti and Thomas Sankara should come as a very little surprise for anyone who has spent the shortest period of time familiarizing themselves with the two. But this relationship between the two men, although very public, is still strangely one of the most under-discussed
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