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Jefferson County Declares State of Emergency, Imposes Curfew
By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times Joining some of its largest municipalities, Jefferson County on Tuesday declared a state of emergency and implemented a 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew through June 9. The County Commission’s emergency meeting was held after Birmingham, Hoover and Bessemer all placed
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Quarantined Teens Participate In A First Ever Virtual NAACP ACTSO Competition - The New Journal and Guide
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Sweetheart deal? - Questions surround land arrangement involving partner of Cabinet minister
There are conflicting accounts about how a company, with a director and shareholder who is the partner of a Cabinet minister, was selected in 2019 to operate more than 1,400 acres of old sugar lands in St Elizabeth. The entity, Holland Producers...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
I Was Just Thinking: Change “Gonna” or Has Come?
By Norma Adams-WadeFounding Member of the National Association of Black Journalist Songster Sam Cooke promised us in his hopeful lyrics and haunting vocal rendition that “a change is gonna come.” “It’s been a long, a long time coming,” Cooke crooned, “But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it
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Pay Like You Weigh: The Cost of Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic
By LaKeshia Myers “Picture it, Wisconsin, 2020…teachers and students across the state are forced to return to classrooms. Local school boards attempted to put social distancing mechanisms in place; in anticipation they ramped up industrial cleaning of buildings, purchased masks for all students and
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Eskom COO breached policy on contract, sought job for relative, according to report | Fin24
Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer negotiated a contract with a construction firm in which he held shares and asked a subordinate to find a job for his brother-in-law.
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Nepotism, cronyism run Jamaica - Stakeholders say the practice is deeply entrenched in politics, business
Jamaica’s political apparatus has operated and functioned on nepotism and cronyism since independence, but until lawmakers enact legislation to make the practice illegal, no amount of inflammatory language from state commissions will make a...
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Caribbean unveils initiatives to support tourism sector | New York Carib News
Caribbean hotel, tourism and health officials have unveiled a new initiative they say will help safeguard the health of travelers and employers within the tourism sector.
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Children’s agencies urge vigilance against child abuse
Three agencies representing the interest of children islandwide are urging extra vigilance on the part of parents and guardians during the summer, especially because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a joint release on Friday, the Child Protection and...
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Police Murder of George Floyd Sparks Uprisings Across America | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — National Newspaper Publishers Association Chair Karen Carter Richards and NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., and numerous other Black Press of America newspaper publishers have expressed outrage over Floyd's murder and concern about the rampant killings of African
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New Documentary Takes In-Depth Look At the Impact of COVID-19 in Milwaukee’s African American Community
By Karen Stokes Milwaukee’s African American community is the subject of a new documentary that is putting the spotlight on how health disparities and poverty has negatively impacted the African American community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Filmmaker Theo Rogers’ premiere documentary “Milwaukee
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LIVESTREAM REPLAY — ONE-ON-ONE WITH REPRESENTATIVE KAREN BASS (D-CA) | BlackPressUSA
VIDEO — The NNPA's Stacy Brown interviews Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-CA). Rep. Bass is a member of the Democratic Party and has represented California’s 37th Congressional District since 2010.
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Former England defender and Ireland manager Jack Charlton passes way - Stabroek News
MANCHESTER, England,  (Reuters) - Few players or managers have enjoyed World Cup glory with two countries but Jack Charlton, who has died aged 85, was held in rare affection by English and Irish football
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Painter Gary L. Lemons’ MYAFRICA-ART work inspires Studio@620’s REFLECTIONS on July 14
Gary L. Lemons and Fanni Green By J.A. Jones, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG - On July 14, The Studio@620 relaunches their Social Justice Round-table series with a video presentation of REFLECTIONS, inspired by the paintings of Dr. Gary L. Lemons. Combing song, written word, and African drumming, the
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Listen & Learn from Black Americans - African American News Today - EIN News
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Botswana: Disco Lights Deployed As New Defence Against Botswana's Crop-Raiding Elephants
[RFI] Researchers in northern Botswana have come up with a novel way to protect farmers' crops from elephants: disco lights have proven to be effective in redirecting the great beasts from their path as they trample their way through to floodplains in the Chobe National Park.
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Lisaveta Ramotar Discusses the Benefits of Ongoing Strategic Development
Companies of All Sizes Need to Keep Competitive, Explains Lisaveta Ramotar NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, June 27, 2020 ⁨EINPresswire.com⁩ -- Regardless of industry, companies face competition. The only way to maintain a competitive edge is with
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New Prosecutor in Ahmaud Arbery Case Refutes Conflict of Interest Complaint | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The first two DAs assigned the Arbery case recused because of connections to Gregory McMichaels, 64, a retired investigator for the Brunswick police and district attorney’s office, who was arrested and charged with murder and aggravated assault, along with his son Travis, 34, on May
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Jamaican among four charged with murder of businessman | New York Carib News
Police have charged four people, including a 34-year-old Jamaican with murder after the body of a 64-year-old businessman was found buried behind an unfinished concrete structure in Lowlands, Tobago last month.
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MEC disgusted by racist graffiti at Limpopo school, matrics refuse to go to class | News24
Limpopo Education MEC Polly Boshielo has "reacted with disgust to reports of a racist incident" at Hoërskool Ben Viljoen in Groblersdal.
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White Motorist Charged with Murder of Black St Paul Man | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In his statement to police, Watertown resident Anthony Trifiletti claimed that after driving away, he “unintentionally” followed Lewis. Lewis pulled over and Trifiletti pulled over behind him and when Lewis got out of his car, presumably to ask why the 25-year old was following
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Today's Horoscope - July 12, 2020
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Sunday, July 12, 2020: Powerful and persuasive, you get many projects off the ground, which, without you, would never have materialised. Stymied as you have been this quarantine period, this year is still successful for you. If single, you pursue and win over someone just to lose
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Five dead in hostage situation at South Africa church; police, defence force among arrested
(AP): Five people are dead and more than 40 have been arrested after an early-morning hostage situation at a long-troubled church near Johannesburg, police in South Africa said today. A statement said police and military who responded to reports of...
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Africa: The G20's COVID-19 Debt Relief Plan Needs to Go Further
Analysis - The G20 is taking a lot of flak lately. It's a global club of the world's richest and most significant economies, but its reputation has diminished since its heyday when it successfully managed the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis.
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COMMENTARY: The Black Church Faces an Atypical Crisis | BlackPressUSA
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President Bio unveils ten million Euro EU support for decentralisation and improved local service delivery
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 July 2020: President Dr Julius Maada Bio yesterday launched a 10 Million Euro programme in Makeni – northern Sierra Leone, aimed at supporting development projects across the district councils of Bombali, Kenema, Pujehun and Kambia. Supported by European Union
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