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Call for financial safety net for vulnerable workers
WITH thousands left reeling from sudden layoffs and redundancies in Jamaica and across the Caribbean as businesses try to weather the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, a call is being made for an unemployment insurance scheme, a living wage policy and legislation to protect contract
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Cameroon
Cameroon is a Central African nation on the Gulf of Guinea, bordered by Nigeria, Chad, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. It is nearly twice the size of Oregon. Mount Cameroon (13,350 ft; 4,069 m), near the coast, is the highest elevation in the
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LIVESTREAM — REPLAY — FIYAH!: Russell Simmons — Fireside Chats with the Black Press
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Tanzania: Why Tanzania Won't Close Borders
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LIVESTREAM REPLAY: Accessing COVID-19 Testing & Availability
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Nigeria: World Bank Urges Nigeria to Develop Mining Sector
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Treasure Beach hotels to make push for J’can tourists
With the vast majority of the south coast haven’s business generated from overseas arrivals, small hotels and guest houses in that section of St Elizabeth are now reeling from the fallout in
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Long-term effects of pandemic look dire, experts warn
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‘Our resources have dried up’ - Jamaicans in US finding it harder to send remittances home as pandemic grips country
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LIVESTREAM REPLAY — NNPA Partners with #Donate1Post to Help Black-Owned Businesses During COVID-19
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Somalia Received $1.9 Billion of Development Assistance in 2019
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Africa: COVID-19 Strategies Africa Can Learn From
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Africa: Any Future COVID-19 Vaccines Must Be Sold at Cost and Accessible to All
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Wray & Nephew pumps $35m into community bar revival
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Nigeria: Local Content Bill Vital to Preserving Nigeria's Socioeconomic Independence - Hon Idagbo
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Angola: Government Warns of Rational Use of Natural Resources
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Congresswoman Karen Bass Says CBC Wants Federal Dollars to Aid the Black Press
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LIVESTREAM REPLAY — NNPA'S Stacy Brown Interviews Cosby Spokesman, Andrew Wyatt on the Plea for Cosby's Release
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L.A. County Starts to Move Rapidly into Economic Recovery; COVID-19 Related Death Rate Remains the Same
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Tighten screws on Zim US$7m COVID-19 grant: US
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