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… are moving to the center. African American Mayors like Houston’s Sylvester … in favor of a moderate African American incumbent. In Los Angeles, developer …
\"Our Parliament has been reduced to a fish market with members jostling for five minutes of infamy. Is this the example our representatives want to set for our youth looking on?\"
Our Parliament has been reduced to a fish market with members jostling for 5 mins of infamy. Is this the example our representatives want to set for our youth looking on?
— Mickela (@mickelapanday) October 21, 2021
Leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) David Abdulah said, \"Does the UNC understand what they are doing? Their actions are seeking to dangerously divide the country. It is not about democracy. They are laying the basis for justifying why their motion will not succeed.
\"This is a serious issue but I am reminded of Explainer's Calypso – In Parliament they kicksin. The motion will be defeated
[Nation] Young learners in West Pokot County have benefited from 5,500kg of porridge flour worth Sh10 million from the county government to curb malnutrition and hunger and promote school enrolment.
With more than 543,000 missing person cases in the United States, African American families are finding that they are not receiving the same amount of media coverage and resources as their white counterparts.
The post Help Us Find Us: Families Of Missing African Americans Say More Must Be Done appeared first on The Seattle Medium.
Final of 4 Part Series Well over a year has passed since COVID-19 was declared a global health pandemic, thus thrusting the issue of food insecurity into the spotlight. Across […]
The post The Crusader takes a closer look The Pandemic spawned food insecurity in Cook County appeared first on The Chicago Crusader.
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With polls showing a tight race between him and Republican Glenn Youngkin, Democratic Party nominee Terry McAuliffe invited nationally known voting rights activist Stacey Abrams of Georgia to Virginia to campaign with him. During her swing through Norfolk with McAuliffe on Sunday, they held rallies at two African American Churches: Second Calvary Baptist Church In and Faith Deliverance Christian Center and Norfolk’s City Hall where she fired up attendees to vote on November 2 for the Democratic Party candidates.
Continue reading Stacey Abrams Stumps In Norfolk at The New Journal and Guide.
City residents ages 12 to 17 are eligible to have their tuition covered at San Francisco State if they have been vaccinated against COVID-19
The post Scholarships For San Francisco Youth Who Get COVID-19 Vaccine first appeared on Post News Group.
By Peter Barker A malnourished mountain lion that was roaming around a condominium complex for several days was rescued from a tree in California and taken to a wildlife refuge. Police in Palm Springs posted a statement online about the unusual rescue mission on Oct. 18. “Today, officers from the Palm Springs Police Department and California Department of Fish and […]
The post Mounting Lion: Confused Cougar Trapped Up Tree In Suburban Condo Complex first appeared on The Florida Star | The Georgia Star.
Crusader analysis shows suicide rates among Blacks increased more than any ethnic group EDITOR’S Note: If you are struggling with severedepression, anxiety or suicidal thoughts, please call the hotline for […]
The post Suicide rates among Black teens and young adults in Cook County soared in 2020 appeared first on The Chicago Crusader.
By Lisa Fitch Our Weekly News President Joe Biden’s Senior Advisor, Cedric Richmond, who serves as the director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, attended a live streamed briefing for the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) on Wednesday to address a number of issues of concern in the Black community. “It’s been a […]
The post Cedric Richmond appeared first on North Dallas Gazette.
[Namibian] DAWIT Giorgis (76) in his 650-page autobiography, 'What a Life!', says of all the nations he has served as a political and humanitarian aide over about 50 years, Namibia is a model of stability and democracy.
THE Electoral College – which comprises all members of the House of Representatives and the Senate – on Thursday rejected a motion filed by Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar for the appointment of a tribunal to investigate the removal of President Paula-Mae Weekes from office.
Persad-Bissessar's motion was in relation to events that led to the collapse of the Police Service Commission (PSC) last month and the failure to send a merit list of candidates for a commissioner of police (CoP) to the House for consideration.
Tunapuna MP Esmond Forde and Mayaro MP Rushton Paray were not present for the meeting of the college or the earlier sitting of the House, both having requested leave from Parliament and that leave being granted. No other members were absent
At the end of the college's meeting (during which members either voted yes. no or abstained when their names where called by the chairman, Speaker Bridgid Annisette-George, the Opposition fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to approve the motion.
A two-thirds vote of the members of both Houses of Parliament equates to 48 votes. The Government has 37 members in the House and Senate combined, while the Opposition has 25. The nine independent senators, Annisette-George and Senate President Christine Kangaloo complete the membership of the college.
[caption id=\"attachment_920232\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"] The meeting of the Electoral College on Thursday. Photo courtesy Parliament -[/caption]
Annisette-George announced the motion had been defeated by a vote of 47 against and 24 for. All 24 UNC parliamentarians present voted for the motion. The 36 government parliamentarians present voted against. Also voting against the motion were the nine independent senators, Annisette-George and Kangaloo to complete the 47-vote tally that saw it defeated.
When the independent senators each voted \"no\" on the motion, UNC parliamentarians cried, \"Shame!\" Their protests were particularly heightened when Independent Senator Charrise Seepersad (sister of former PSC chairman Bliss Seepersad) voted against the motion. Before the vote was taken, Opposition MPs continued the complaints they raised in the earlier sitting of the House, where the motion was heard.
Annisette-George reminded them the guidelines for the proceedings were clear. She said while there might be disagreement over the procedure being used, all members of the House and Senate agreed the matter was an important one to be dealt with.UNC MPs, including Persad-Bissessar, continued to complain about democracy being undermined, the lack of debate on the motion and whether the vote would be by secret ballot or not.
Opposition MPs and senators loudly protested the presence of Seepersad in the college's membership.
Earlier in the House, Annisette-George dismissed claims of bias levelled against Seepersad and herself in their participation in the proceedings. UNC MPs Khadijah Ameen and Rudranath Indarsingh demanded Annisette-George make a ruling on Seepersad's participation in the college,
FOR the fourth year running, the Guardian Group has sponsored the National Secondary School Entrepreneurship competition (NSSEC), which was launched on October 7 and runs until November 29.
The competition, which involves 75 schools throughout the country, pushes students to make challenging and complex decisions, encouraging them to adopt critical and strategic-thinking mindsets.
The NSSEC provides practical entrepreneurial training to secondary school students through gamification, simulating real-world situations and giving students the hands-on opportunity to experience being actual entrepreneurs, a Guardian Group press release said.
The competition uses the Innovative Market Solutions' marketplace live simulation software.
Since its inception in 2017, over 2,500 secondary students have participated.
The Guardian Group is sponsoring NSSEC as part of its corporate social commitment and responsibility to societies in which it operates, with the goal of empowering Trinidad and Tobago's future leaders with the early acquisition of the skills they will need to make important professional and entrepreneurial decisions.
The group's head of branding and communications, Ayesha Boucaud-Claxton, said, 'Collective prosperity is accomplished when we equip our young leaders with the tools they need for wealth generation.
\"The NSSEC Programme provides this opportunity not just on an individual level but also a network of young business innovators who will no doubt create economic wealth in the future and inevitably live easy.'
This years' competition will be held virtually, and both the first round and finals of the competition will be broadcast on television on CNC3.
The post Guardian Group sponsors National Secondary Schools Entrepreneurs competition appeared first on Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.
A right-wing parents group has sued a school district in suburban Boston alleging white students there are having their civil rights violated because \"a policy of segregating students by race\" that favors minorities has been adopted.
Funeral services were held on October 18, 2021 at Greater Victory Baptist Church. Final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary. Brent Eric Dubose was brought into our world through the marriage of Tommy and Mary E. Dubose on October 17, 1962. He was the second of four children. Being raised in San Diego, Brent attended […]
The post Brent Eric Dubose appeared first on Voice and Viewpoint.
A 39-year-old woman in Kasungu is in police custody for keeping the dead body of her one-month old baby in her house for several days. According to Kasungu police public relations officer Joseph Kachikho, the suspect has been identified as Grace Nasala Chimbewa who was staying at Kasalika a township in Kasungu municipality. Kachikho said […]
The post Mother nabbed for keeping child’s dead body in her house appeared first on Malawi 24.
The price point of President Biden’s spending package has shrunk as Democrats continue to negotiate. That also means the earmarked funding for historically Black colleges and universities has also diminished.
Kevin Cosby, president of Simmons College of …
The content originally appeared on: Urban Islandz Alicia Keys says she is past the Lil Mama incident where her performance with Jay Z for “New York” was crashed by the young rapper a decade ago. Earlier this year, Lil Mama said Jay-Z and Alicia Keys ignored apologies for the infamous 2009 VMAs incident, which saw her hopping on stage in the middle of their performance of their classic hit “Empire State Of Mind”. Lil Mama noted that she was a […]
Insecure introduced us to Black characters who represented our favorite coworkers, closest sorority sisters, and long-lost soulmates. The story of Issa Dee and Molly Carter stumbling through the professional and […]
The post Hella Glowed Up: See The Cast Of 'Insecure' Then And Now appeared first on Essence.
Nairobi County Assembly is banking on the issuance of title deeds to public open spaces to keep away land grabbers.
Mario Palacois Palacios, the former Colombian military officer said to be a key suspect in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, is believed to have entered Jamaica through an illegal port, law enforcement sources have revealed....
The Committee on Government Operations and Consumer Protection discussed proposed legislation amending the territory’s virtual data system and upon approval sent it to Rules and Judiciary Committee Wednesday.
The University of Cape Town will require all staff and students to be vaccinated against Covid-19 from January, its council said Wednesday.
A huge leak of documents seen by BBC News shows how countries are trying to change a crucial scientific report on how to tackle climate change. The leak reveals Saudi Arabia, Japan and Australia are among countries asking the UN to play down the need to move rapidly away from fossil fuels. It also shows […]
The post WORLD: Document leak reveals nations lobbying to change key climate report appeared first on Barbados Today.
The content originally appeared on: CNN The country's GDP grew at its slowest pace in a year last quarter, expanding just 4.9% from a year earlier. Compared to the prior quarter, the economy grew a mere 0.2% in the July-to-September period - one of the weakest quarters since China started releasing such records in 2011. Disruptions due to the global shipping crisis and a massive energy crunch contributed to the slowdown. Shipping delays and mounting inventories in China have hit […]
The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News The meeting of the Electoral College. Parliament was filled with verbal chaos, confusion and many disruptions on Thursday over the Leader of the Opposition's motion to remove the President over the police commissioner/Police Service Commission crisis, under Section 36 of the Constitution. It began during the extraordinary sitting of the House of Representatives where government MPs sat in silence while Opposition MPs challenged the Speaker, Bridgid Annisette-George, after she rejected […]
