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Volda Lawrence can provide the political redemption the opposition clearly needs - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, I must say that daily I am more and more appalled by what we have in this country for a political opposition.  The article Volda Lawrence can provide the political redemption the opposition clearly needs appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Daniel Hale Williams was born on January 18, 1856 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. He was the fifth of seven children born to Daniel and Sarah Williams. Daniel’s father was a barber and moved the family to Annapolis, Maryland but died shortly thereafter of tuberculosis. Daniel’s mother realized she
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SLP Denounces Fake News, Denies Plan To Close Ojo Labs - St. Lucia Times News
Press Release:- The Saint Lucia Labour Party strongly denounces the latest attempt to spread a false narrative regarding its position on OJO Labs. This most recent bit of skulduggery involves the publication of a fake flyer carrying a photo of SLP Political Leader Philip J Pierre with the SLP logo
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Mayor Lightfoot, CDPH, and BACP Reinstate Targeted COVID-19 Restrictions in Response to Rapid Rise in Cases and Hospitalizations | Chicago Defender
Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot today joined Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) Commissioner Allison Arwady, M.D., and Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) Commissioner Rosa Escareno to announce a re-tightening of COVID-19 restrictions in response to a recent, rapid rise in cases and
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Community Benefits Agreements: A tool for economic equity
Deirdre O’Leary, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG - Che Smith of Raise The Bar St. Petersburg was the featured guest speaker at last month’s Interfaith Tampa Bay virtual meeting held Sept. 17. She introduced the group to Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs), which give community groups a seat at the
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Ghana coronavirus: 5,918 cases, update on hot spots, jumbo recoveries awaited
May 19: govt to explain boom recoveries and address hot spot case management
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PAHO official tells region to manage dengue outbreaks - Stabroek News
(Barbados Nation) The Pan American Health Organisation Representative for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries, Dr Yitades Gebre, is urging ministries of health and other sectors to scale up efforts to prevent severe outbreaks of dengue fever in the
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Inspired Design That's On Time
Not even a pandemic could press pause on Design Week JA 2020! The launch of the week-long event took place online yesterday at 10:00 am. For two-and-a-half hours, viewers were engaged by a panel of industry experts who did a smashing job at providing 'edutainment' that was particularly on time to
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Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone, on the Atlantic Ocean in West Africa, is half the size of Illinois. Guinea, in the north and east, and Liberia, in the south, are its neighbors. Mangrove swamps lie along the coast, with wooded hills and a plateau in the interior. The eastern region is
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Things To Watch For In The Final Trump-Biden Presidential Debate | The Oklahoma Eagle
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In Tanzania, eyes turn to succession after president's death | News24
Tanzania's leadership faced calls for a smooth succession after President John Magufuli, Africa's most vehement coronavirus sceptic, died following an 18-day absence from public life that drew speculation about his health.
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Konaté kept his word in the June 2010 race. The first round of the election was inconclusive, and former prime minister Cellou Dalein Diallo faced opposition leader Alpha Condé in the run-off vote. Condé, a professor and opposition leader who has spent much of his life in exile in France, prevailed
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Finding opportunities in the pandemic - CEO and founder of Totally Male encourages SMEs to embrace change
Sandra Samuels is encouraging small business owners to embrace change. The CEO and founder of Totally Male shared her experience of being a beauty therapist and running an all-female business for the past 25 years. Since Sandra opened its doors in...
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Further clashes loom at SABC over 600 jobs on the line | Fin24
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Both parties continue to rely on foreign resolutions - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, A scan of SN’s May 19th front page turned up two gems.  The article Both parties continue to rely on foreign resolutions appeared first on Stabroek News.
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African Union Launches the Second Edition of the Labour Migration Statistics Report in Africa in Collaboration With IOM, ILO, Eca, and Sida
[African Union] September 28-29 2020 The African Union Commission in partnership with International Labour Organization (ILO), International Organization for Migration (IOM), and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) launched virtually the second edition of the report on
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Russian referendum allows Putin to stay in power till 2036 | Africanews
Nearly 78% of Russian voters officially approved the amendments to the country’s constitution that will allow Vladimir Putin to remain in power until
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Golding sworn in as Jamaican opposition leader - Voice Online
MARK GOLDING was sworn in as the new opposition leader in the parliament, less than... The post Golding sworn in as Jamaican opposition leader appeared first on Voice Online.
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The legacy of the NHS’s first black nurse - Voice Online
THE STORY of Kofoworola Abeni Pratt, the NHS's first black nurse, is not widely known,... The post The legacy of the NHS’s first black nurse appeared first on Voice Online.
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PNP says time’s up for DPP - Opposition leader says Llewellyn has ‘poor track record’ on prosecuting corruption
Alleging a “poor track record” on corruption prosecution, Opposition leader, Dr Peter Phillips, has written to Governor General (GG) Sir Patrick Allen, objecting to the proposal to extend the tenure of Paula Llewellyn as director of public...
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Manchester stakeholders: Stricter measures needed for COVID protocol delinquents
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