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COVID-19 UPDATE: 101 cases, 506 in isolation - Barbados Today
One hundred and one people, 39 males and 62 females, have been identified as COVID-19 positive by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory.  The facility conducted 2,827 tests on Saturday, September, 4. The new cases comprise 72 persons who are 18 years old and over, 26 under the age of
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BAT records 27% jump in sales volumes - NewsDay Zimbabwe
The increase in revenue was driven by an uptick in sales volumes, higher prices and the export of cut rag tobacco. The post BAT records 27% jump in sales volumes appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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Fire at Indonesia prison kills 41 inmates - NewsDay Zimbabwe
The blaze tore through the overcrowded cells early today while most inmates were asleep, injuring dozens and burning many of the dead so badly they could not be identified. The post Fire at Indonesia prison kills 41 inmates appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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Dirco to 'significantly increase' lobbying for removal of SA from UK red list, says Naledi Pandor | News24
South Africa remains on the UK's so-called red list, which bars its citizens from travelling to the country.
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Black people have labored hard since we were dragged here in chains. Here's the music that proves it
… that grossly stereotyped African Americans as giving propaganda … and therefore give African American actors less work. … NAACP, because some African American actors publicly complained … Unit. Worksongs helped African American prisoners survive the grueling …
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A Red Flag on the West Coast
By Ben Jealous In just a few days, California will wrap up its recall election targeting Governor Gavin Newsom, a scheme orchestrated by a Far Right still seething over the Big Lie. At first glance that may seem like a problem that only affects California. But it’s not, and the red flag being
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Haiti racing to rebuild schools destroyed in earthquake - Barbados Today
SOURCE: AFP – Haiti is struggling to send children back to class amid the devastation of the earthquake last month that killed more than 2,200 people and destroyed tens of thousands of buildings, including many schools. It is a logistical and humanitarian challenge in the disaster-prone country
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GoodHeart | Ibrahim Konteh helps send children to school with Diaspora For Children Foundation
Ibrahim Konteh is no stranger to helping others in need. But the author and businessman made the initiative mainstream by spearheading the Diaspora For Children Foundation. First on his agenda is to send a child in Jamaica to school. “If we can...
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Cameroonian asylum-seeker sues U.S. govt, claims ICE officers knelt on his neck
An asylum seeker from Cameroon has filed a lawsuit against the US government alleging he was assaulted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers while they were trying to force him to formally consent to his deportation. According to The Guardian, the plaintiff, identified as Acheleke
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RGD testing online appointment system
The Registrar General's Department (RGD) is testing an online appointment system for its registry wedding service. The RGD offers private weddings at its locations. Chief Executive Officer at the RGD, Charlton McFarlane, speaking in an...
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USVI's August Death Toll Was Highest Since the Start of the Pandemic
The V.I. Department of Health’s Medical Director Dr. Tai Hunte-Caesar said Tuesday’s that it took 159 days of pandemic for the territory to record its first 19 deaths, 324 days for the second 19 and only 31 days for the most recent wave.
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Severe shortage of high-priced drugs to treat COVID-19
As Jamaica’s coronavirus crisis worsens, with surging infection numbers and deaths, the fight to save lives has got harder with the global shortage of the medication tocilizumab, an anti-inflammatory drug widely used in the treatment of COVID-19...
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COVID Hospitalizations Cut Two-Thirds By Vaccines | BlackDoctor.org
If you're vaccinated against COVID-19, you may still get infected - but the odds you'll need hospitalization are reduced by about two-thirds compared to unvaccinated people, a new study reveals. Vaccination also greatly increases the chances that COVID-19 infection will be asymptomatic and halves
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Richmond to Remove Robert E. Lee Statue Wednesday
Richmond, Virginia, once considered the capital of the Confederacy, will put to rest one of the city's most infamous symbols of that chapter of history when a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is removed
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Antonio M. Rosado Dies
Antonio M. Rosado, also known as “Ras Pasha,” died on Aug. 24.
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In NYC after Ida, Biden calls climate 'everybody's crisis' | The Atlanta Voice
President Joe Biden declared climate change has become “everybody’s crisis” on Tuesday as he toured neighborhoods flooded by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, warning it’s time for America to get serious about the “code red” danger or face ever worse loss of life and property. Biden spoke after
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Hosea Sanders shows no Signs of Slowing Down | Chicago Defender
Humble Beginnings Hosea Sanders grew up in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, one of five children of the late Deacon Hosea and Garrett Ann Sanders. He shared that his father did “hard, backbreaking work” to lay track for the Missouri-Pacific Railroad and used the discarded cross ties to build fence posts and
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Smithsonian To Display Emmett Till Historical Marker
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will open "Reckoning with Remembrance: History, Injustice and the Murder of Emmett Till" as a monthlong display of the bullet-ridden sign that was placed by the Tallahatchie River in Mississippi in remembrance of
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Pollution au pétrole dans le golfe du Mexique après le passage de l’ouragan Ida - Haiti24
Une image satellite montre une nappe de pétrole après le passage de l’ouragan Ida près de Port Fourchon, en Louisiane, aux Etats-Unis, le 31 août 2021. NOAA / VIA REUTERS Des systèmes d’écumage et de contention ont été mis en place dans le golfe du Mexique, près des côtes de Louisiane, pour
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CalHOPE Project Meets Critical Needs of Families During COVID-19 Crisis | Post News Group
Through this effort to meet the critical needs of this often under-resourced but high-risk population, 16 part-time African American crisis counselors and three administrators with diverse living experiences and a deep commitment to their community are readily available to respond to calls and
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Woman From LA Party Where Comedian Fuquan Johnson Died From Apparent Overdose Speaks Out
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Compton Councilwoman Michelle Chambers relayed a simple message in response to her brother Michael K. Williams's passing.
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The Arc of Support for People with Disabilities in Stockton | Post News Group
The importance of support for those with intellectual, developmental, and other disabilities to lead independent lives is something that a Stockton non-profit organization called The Arc San Joaquin works every day to make a reality
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Whicker: The inevitable keeps getting delayed for the Dodgers - L.A. Focus News
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New Opportunities at Partners for Health Services and Research Foundation (PHSRF) - The Tanzania News
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Texas workers dying in summer heat yet companies elude accountability - DefenderNetwork.com
Just before dawn on July 7, 2018, Karl Simmons stood outside a motel in Fort Worth, Texas, waiting for his supervisor to arrive. It was his second day of work with Austin-based Hellas Construction Inc. His wife remembers Simmons called her. 'It feel good for now,but I know the
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New climate change resilience project launched
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After A Houston Woman Died From COVID-19 In New Mexico, An Anonymous Donor Paid To Bring Her Body Back Home - Blavity
An anonymous donor brought relief to a Houston family needing to bring the body of their loved one back home after she died of
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Matjhabeng municipality: Rampant looting, illegal mining and theft could wipe out ailing entity | News24
Unemployment and closure of businesses in the Free State’s mining towns has left one municipality with a burden of problems resting on its shoulders.
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Suspected Drug Overdose After Michael K. Williams Is Found Dead With ‘Heroin On The Kitchen Table’
The drug fentanyl became a top trending topic after Michael K. Williams was found dead in his apartment in a suspected heroin overdose as people worked to determine the actor's cause of death, which was not immediately confirmed.
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