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MINISTER of Public Administration Allyson West said on Friday a new bill to expose the real owners of properties in line with European Union (EU) requirements can benefit TT such as by helping the Board of Inland Revenue (BIR) to unearth taxable earnings hidden overseas. She spoke in the Senat
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Castel Malawi offers employees post devaluation bail-out package - Malawi News Network
Giant alcoholic beverages producer Castel Malawi has responded to the recent 44% devaluation of the kwacha by offering its employees the 15% on the Cost-of-Living Adjustment (Cola) and a once-off shopping voucher worth K150,000 for its 620 strong workforce effective 1 December 2023. In an internal
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Louis Vuitton's Virgil Abloh accused of stealing design for Pop Smoke cover
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The Color Purple (musical)
The Color Purple is a musical with a book by Marsha Norman and music and lyrics by Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell, and Allee Willis. Based on the 1982 novel by Alice Walker, the show follows the journey of Celie, an African-American woman in the American South from the early to mid-20th
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Congo-Kinshasa: How 'Ebola Business' Threatens Aid Operations in Congo
In its investigation, TNH obtained information drawn from leaked WHO documents that suggests how some health workers and civil servants profited from response funds; and how, in the rush to scale up a response in an active conflict zone, the WHO paid millions of dollars in inflated per diems to
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FAITHFUL UTTERANCES: What are we Getting? - Texas Metro News
“Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.” -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I was recently asked to speak at the Erma Johnson Hadley Scholarship Banquet. Hadley’s […] The post FAITHFUL UTTERANCES: What are we Getting? appeared first on Texas Metro News.
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FCB sponsors K5m towards ICAM’s annual conference on September 19-21 - Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi
The theme of this year’s Institute of Chartered Accountants in Malawi (ICAM) conference, ‘Navigating Economic Uncertainties: Strategies for Growth and Resilience’, resonates well with the ideals of First Capital Bank (FCB) towards the country’s economic development. This was said by the bank’s Head
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Rwanda: Which Gospel Stars Will Perform At Rwanda Shima Imana?
[New Times] The highly anticipated 2024 'Rwanda Shima Imana' festival, slated for September 29, at Amahoro Stadium, is returning to the stage with a big lineup of top gospel musicians in the country.
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Africa : Palestinian diplomats strive to drum up African support
The foreign minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Riyad al-Maliki, is lobbying African countries for action on the situation in Gaza. Though the PA's advocacy efforts are focused primarily on the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States,
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Nigeria: Senate Passes U.S.$2.8 Billion Supplementary Budget
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Milei vs Imbert - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
WAYNE KUBLALSINGH A NEW Argentinian president will be sworn in on December 10. His name is Javier Milei. During his spectacular election campaign, he appeared on stage with a chainsaw, scribbled his signature on a banner-sized US dollar bill, tore off the name-tabs of government ministrie
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Six charged over APNU+AFC Berbice protest
Six charged over APNU+AFC Berbice protest -three fined after pleading guilty to breaching COVID-19 restrictions
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(1923) James Weldon Johnson, “Our Democracy and the Ballot”
Poet, novelist and U.S. diplomat, James Weldon Johnson is probably best known to millions as the author of the lyrics to “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the black national anthem. Johnson was also a civil rights activist and was Executive Secretary of the National Association of Colored
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Liberia
Liberia /l aɪ ˈ b ɪər i ə/  (  listen), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its west, Guinea to its north and Ivory Coast to its east. It covers an area of 111,369 square kilometers (43,000 sq mi) and has a population of
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(1968) Martin Luther King, Jr., “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”
The following speech, a sermon Dr. Martin Luther King gave at Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 3, 1968, was the last public appearance before his assassination the next day.  King, in Memphis to support a strike by garbage workers, gives a poignant vision of the victorious future of the
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Kenya: Panic as Guests, Staff Attacked at Pinewood Beach Resort and Spa
[Capital FM] Diani -- Fear has gripped staff at Pinewood Beach Resort and Spa in Diani, Kwale County, after several of their colleagues sustained injuries after an attack by armed goons.
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South Africa: High Court Orders UPL to Prevent Another Toxic Chemical Water Spill in Durban
[Daily Maverick] More than two years after at least 5,000 tonnes of farm poisons and other 'agricultural remedies' went up in flames or flowed into a river north of the city, legal disputes about the aftermath of the chemical pollution disaster came to a head in the KwaZulu-Natal Division of the
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No reason why SA should stop selling arms to Turkey - Mapisa-Nqakula
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said nothing prevents South Africa from exporting arms to Turkey, despite reports that it might be used in conflicts in countries like
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44-Unit Group Dwelling in Smith Bay Applies for Permit Approval
A virtual public hearing was held for the construction of 44 two three-bedroom units in Smith Bay on St. Thomas. The Department of Planning and Natural Resources' Division of Comprehensive and Coastal Zone Planning presented the dwelling permit application to the public for parcel numbers
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U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller to Retire After 13 Years Serving V.I. District Court
United States Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller, who has served the District Court of the Virgin Islands since 2010, will be retiring in July, Chief District Court Judge Robert A. Molloy announced Wednesday.
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Las Vegas Raiders boast a truly historic all-Black leadership group
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Venture capital is in the middle of a reset, but no one is changing | TechCabal
If anything happens to the macro-economics of the foreign investors investing in African startups, it will have an effect in Africa. So what needs to change?
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Standard Bank customer wins K10m in Switch Your Salary and Win promo - Malawi News Network
After making four customers millionaires and transformed lives with fabulous cash prizes, Standard Bank Plc has made a Mchezi-based customer, Elemiya Mariko K10 million richer in the Switch Your Salary and Win promotion. He emerged a grand winner during the final draw of the promotion that was
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Libianca, Victony And Other Afrobeats Artists To Watch In 2024 - Blavity
Afrobeats is seemingly everywhere these days. The genre’s infectious rhythms representing the African Diaspora and its associated cultures have emerged as one of the most popular categories in the music industry. Afrobeats is not a monolithic genre; it encompasses many sounds and styles where
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(1861) Alexander H. Stephens, “Cornerstone Speech”
On March 21, 1861, after seven states had seceded from the United States, two weeks after the inauguration of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, but three weeks before the firing on Fort Sumter, Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens delivered what would be called the Cornerstone Speech in
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