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Rubis in COVID-19 donation to CDC, GPHC
Joining the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, Rubis Guyana Inc is  providing transportation for frontline workers and has also contributed more than $2M as part of its several initiatives aimed at providing relief to persons in need and to ongoing efforts of the Civil Defence Commission
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ESPN Says Michael Jordan’s ‘The Last Dance’ Docuseries is Network’s Most-Watched Film Ever
The final viewership numbers for ESPN’s 10-part docuseries The Last Dance are finally in and the sports broadcasting giant has announced that its latest film project has cemented itself in a league of its own at the
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Kenya: ICJ-Kenya Urges Labour Ministry to Include All Elderly Persons in Inua Jamii Program
Nairobi — The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Kenya has urged the Ministry of Labour, Social Security, and Services to ensure the inclusion of all elderly persons who qualify for the Inua Jamii program, which is aimed at cushioning Kenyans from effects of
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Chester Himes
Chester Himes , in full Chester Bomar Himes (born July 29, 1909, Jefferson City, Mo., U.S.—died Nov. 12, 1984, Moraira, Spain), African-American writer whose novels reflect his encounters with racism. As an expatriate in Paris, he published a series of black detective
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Thomas, Piri (1928-2011) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed
Author and activist Piri Thomas became one of the first Americans of Puerto Rican descent to win literary acclaim when he published his 1967
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Discovering The Civil War with Ken Burns
Ken Burns, the documentary filmmaker extraordinaire who brought the Civil War to life for so many of us, joined the National Archives in opening a press preview of our latest exhibit: Discovering the Civil
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Allegheny County reports 28 new COVID-19 cases, no new deaths
Allegheny County reported 28 new COVID-19 cases and one new hospitalization Monday but no new deaths second day in
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Lakeview Resident Takes Command Of Syracuse National Guard Battalion Sun, Oct 18, 2009 Capital Region Army National Guard Unit Gets New Commander Wed, Oct 07, 2009 New York National Guard Honors African-american Civil War Soldier - African American News T
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$28-billion decrease in capital spending hurts some ministries
Among the projects hit by huge reductions are: the much-anticipated south coast highway; the purchase of new Coast Guard surveillance vessels; Western Children Adolescent Hospital; the farm roads programme; access to financing for medium, small and micro enterprises (MSMEs); construction of new tax
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Arrest Made In Connection To Murder Investigation Of Two Georgia Sisters Found Under Bridge
Georgia law enforcement authorities made an arrest on Monday which may be linked to the tragic deaths of Truvenia Campbell, 31, and Vanita
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Old, Sick and Incarcerated
Yet the federal correctional institution that housed Manafort had no coronavirus cases, and Manafort had served fewer than two years of his more than seven-year
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Treasury taken to task over Danida funds
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Walter Rayford Tucker III is best known for his brief periodas a Southern California Congressman. Tucker was born in Compton,California on May 28, 1957 to awell established political family.  Hisfather, Walter Tucker II, worked as a dentist and then entered politics in Compton in 1967 when hewas
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Gayle King Says It Feels Like “Open Season” On Black Men After Back-To-Back Reports Of Racial Violence
CBS This Morning host Gayle King had an visceral emotional reaction after viewing two incidents pertaining to state violence and Black men, made the rounds on social media after Memorial Day
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Grammy Award-Winning Singer / Songwriter NE-YO Releases New Single "She Knows" Featuring Juicy J
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Jay-Z And Meek Mill’s Nonprofit To Donate Masks To All U.S. Correctional Facilities
After donating 130,000 surgical masks to prisons and jails throughout the country through their nonprofit REFORM Alliance, they are now expanding the initiative to equip all correctional facilities in the United States with masks, the organization
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South Africa: Gauteng Records Highest COVID-19 TERS Beneficiaries
According to the department, almost half of the more than R14-billion paid out so far, has been paid to 1 186 833 workers in the province via 79 271
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Breonna Taylor's mother calls for peace amidst protest shooting
Louisville, Ky. (BNC)– Seven people were shot, with two critically injured, in Louisville during protests over the shooting death of EMT Breonna Taylor has raised a call for peace from her
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Andre Harrell To Be Honored With Special Broadcast
NEW YORK (AP) — A tribute to Andre Harrell, the influential music executive who discovered Sean “Diddy” Combs and died earlier this month, will air
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Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime, was born on this day in 1868 in Texarkana, Te
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22-Year-Old Black Iowa Man Allegedly Beaten By 3 White Men: ‘We’re Going To Get All Of You Out Of Here’ - Blavity
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Relief for flooded Masekenari village
A team from the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), yesterday  travelled to Gunns/Masekenari Village in the Konashen District, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo (Region Nine) to conduct a disaster risk assessment and it handed over 60 food hampers to the Toshao,  Paul
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(Trinidad Guardian) As medical personnel at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital (POSGH) prepared to resume elective surgeries on Friday, they were delayed for a few hours more after a wild monkey was found in the operating
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