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(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service Social and Welfare Association has offered a $10,000 reward for any information which may lead to the arrests of those responsible for the murder of Police Constable Allen
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Caribbean social justice NGOs emphasise right to free and fair elections here - Stabroek News
A group of Caribbean NGOs have iterated their support for Guyanese to enjoy a free, fair and democratic system of election that expresses the will of the people and have also posited the need for a more inclusionary process of government going
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Coretta Scott King
Born and raised on a farm in Perry County, Alabama, Coretta Scott (1927-2006) was introduced to the segregated society at an early age and lived a discriminated life for many years. Even though she attended a one-room school for low-income blacks in her neighbourhood, Scott excelled in her
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Lithographer and sculptor Elizabeth Catlett was born in Washington, DC. Catlett was the first woman to teach sculpture at the School of Fine Arts, National Autonomous University of Mexico.
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15
1919
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T&T election August 10 | New York Carib News
Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley yesterday announced August 10 as the date for the general election in Trinidad and Tobago, just under one month shy of the fifth anniversary when voters went to the polls on September 7, 2015, to elect his People's National Movement (PNM) to power.
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On Sept. 12, 1974, Haile Selassie was deposed, the constitution suspended, and Ethiopia proclaimed a Socialist state under a collective military dictatorship called the Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC), also known as the Derg. U.S. aid stopped, and Cuban and Soviet aid
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29
1845
Brooke, Edward, III (1919-2015)
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What will CARICOM do now? - Stabroek News
As the elections saga /drama continues to unfold, its by-product of emotional strain has begun to have significant effects on our personal relationships. The article What will CARICOM do now? appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Sarah Gorham
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5
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Moore, Amzie (1911–1982)
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Trinidad and Tobago's borders to remain closed for now | New York Carib News
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Jamaica top of the Heap - Writer wins Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Caribbean
Emerging as the Caribbean winner of the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize has stunned celebrated Jamaican author and theatre director Brian Heap, who initially planned to use the competition as a spark to complete a work he had been fiddling with for five
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Hello mi neighbour | Activate the spirit of philanthropy
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Harper’s Bazaar Hires 1st Black Editor-in-Chief after 153 Years | Afro
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FIFA to defend itself against TTFA in local court
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – FIFA has signaled it will defend itself against a legal challenge filed by the former executive of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), by filing an entry of appearance in the High Court here on
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CHTA'S Taste of the Caribbean launches virtual Friday lime | New York Carib News
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England series in CWI best interests, says Bishop
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Well-respected television broadcaster, Ian Bishop, believes it would be in the best financial interests of Cricket West Indies and regional players, to take up the England and Wales Cricket Board’s offer of the three-Test series in the United Kingdom this
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Trinidad restaurants to reopen to 50% capacity - Stabroek News
(Trinidad Express) As the government moves to ease Covid-19 coronavirus restrictions and return economic activity to Trinidad and Tobago, Prime Minis-ter Dr Keith Rowley announced yesterday that restaurants will reopen at 50 per cent capacity come
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