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This day markst the 26th anniversary of the Treaty of Chaguramas which was signed in Trinidad, July 4, 1973 to establish the Caribbean Community and Common Market - CARICOM. It was the result of a 15 year effort to fulfil the hope of regional integration which began with the establishment of the
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GECOM still to get word from COVID-19 Task Force on increasing work stations
After 11 days of recounting, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has completed 546 of 2,339 ballot boxes but it is still awaiting word from the National COVID-19 Task Force on increasing the number of work stations to meet its
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CARICOM, the Caribbean Community Organization
Many countries located in the Caribbean Sea are members of the Caribbean Community, or CARICOM, an organization founded in 1973 to make these several small countries more cooperative, economically competitive, and influential in global politics. Headquartered in Georgetown, Guyana, CARICOM has
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‘He Ain’t Rich Like That’: Mom’s Response To Son’s Hawaii Vacation During Quarantine Has Twitter In Tears - Blavity
“He allegedly left his hotel room the day he arrived and traveled many places using public transportation,” a press release from the governor's office stated, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser
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Zimbabwe: COVID-19 - Residents Red Flag Over Truck Drivers, Illegal Cross Border Traders
Mutare residents say truck drivers and illegal cross-border traders posed the biggest risk of transiting coronavirus among city dwellers because of their continued movements across into neighbouring
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Rwanda: Govt to Scale Up Interventions to Accelerate Technology, Innovation
The Government has set out a series of actions and plans that it will implement to accelerate technology and innovation in the country amidst the novel coronavirus pandemic, or
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Chinese Landing still awaiting word from Lawrence on request for halt to mining over coronavirus fears
Despite an appeal to de facto Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence and other authorities to suspend mining in Chinese Landing due to fears over the possible spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Region One community, Toshao Orin Fernandes says there has been no
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South Africa: Quarantine Everyone, Says Limpopo Health MEC After 13 Mineworkers Test Positive for COVID-19
The Limpopo government is at loggerheads with mining houses over quarantining workers as the sector emerges as the main source of the Covid-19 pandemic in the
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Facebook awards Black Press of America publishers $1.3 million in relief grants
Facebook has announced that 15 member publishers of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) will receive $1.288 million in grants through the Facebook Journalism Project’s relief fund for local
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Ne-Yo says quarantine inspired him to work on his marriage with estranged wife
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - NOVEMBER 14: Ne-yo and Crystal Renay attend "GCAPP Empower Party (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for
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Jordan, Mosina H. (1943- )
In 1995, career Foreign Service Officer Mosina H. Jordan was nominated by President Bill Clinton to serve as ambassador to the Central African Republic (CAR). After U.S. Senate confirmation she arrived in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic and presented her credentials on November
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The responsibility to preserve
Jiménez-Frei said anyone in the community is welcome to donate to the archive, just as this handmade cross stitch was donated to the archive by history student Katie
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Fauci Warns: More Death, Econ Damage If US Reopens Too Fast | Afro
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press
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Jim Jones
Jim Jones , byname of James Warren Jones (born May 13, 1931, Crete, near Lynn, Indiana, U.S.—died November 18, 1978, Jonestown, Guyana), American cult leader who promised his followers a utopia in the jungles of South America after proclaiming himself messiah of the Peoples Temple, a San
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'Chile It's Over For That Line': Megan Thee Stallion Gives Out Her Phone Number and Fans Lose it
Megan Thee Stallion wants to hear from you and has shared a number to her Hot Girl Hotline where you can reach her personally, and she’s posting receipts to prove
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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week | The Atlanta Voice
In reality, the House bill would give $100 billion to local organizations, such as community health centers or nonprofits, to help with testing and contact tracing by funding door-to-door outreach, the purchase of testing supplies and the hiring and training of people to run mobile testing
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South Sudan's Machar and His Wife Test Positive for COVID-19
South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar and his wife Angelina Teny have tested positive for
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Patient Zero: Thomas Eric Duncan and the Ebola Crisis in West Africa and the United States
In the following article Dr. Clarence Spigner, Professor of Public Health at the University of Washington, Seattle, describes the life of the first patient to die of Ebola on U.S. soil and the larger crisis of Ebola in West Africa.  He views it as a consequence of a long history of
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Actions of Granger and surrogates clearly demonstrate he “don’t give a damn” about preserving democratic values
In 2007, a much younger former U.S. President Jimmy Carter wrote “Beyond the White House,” about his post-presidency work with The Carter Center, an institution he and his wife help create in
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Privacy rights and protection/safety needs clash over COVID-19
“Both privacy of individuals and protection of first responders are very important, but they are not mutually exclusive,” said State Rep. G.A. Hardaway (D-93), chairman of the Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators
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Lagos coronavirus: 2,278 cases; patient delivers at treatment center
Total confirmed cases = 2278
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9 Virtual Dating Ideas To Win Your Future Bae's Heart - Blavity
Although we’re social distancing, the first date will always be important in the dating game because the outcome determines whether your Bumble match will be open for another
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‘What has been your biggest challenge during the quarantine?’
“I personally do not feel that the quarantine is difficult. “Separation between me and my family. My family lives out of state and if it wasn’t for quarantine, I would have celebrated my granddaughter’s birthday. … I might have spent Mother’s Day with my daughter.” Same thing every day.
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Botswana coronavirus: capital Gaborone declared high-risk area, 'quarantined'
A statement issued by Dr. Kereng Masupu, coordinator of the presidential task force on COVID-19 read: “Following the confirmed COVID-19 case of a truck driver who came into Gaborone through the Tiokweng border on Sunday 09 May
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Burundi sacks WHO officials ahead of May 20 polls
Burundi is kicking out the World Health Organization’s top official in the country just days before the presidential election and after the WHO raised concerns about crowded political
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Georgetown, Guyana (1781- )
Georgetown, with a 2014 population of 239,227, is the capital, major port, and largest city of the nation of Guyana.  Since the entire nation has 769,000 people, about one third of the country’s population resides in the capital city. Georgetown sits on a flat coastal plain prone to flooding. It is
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Eritrea officially virus-free with 100% recoveries, zero deaths
Total confirmed cases = 39
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'Quarantine Thicc': Masika Kalysha Rattles the Internet with Sexy Video of Her ‘New Body’
The “Growing Up Hip Hop: Atlanta” alumna flaunted her curvaceous figure on camera on Wednesday, May 13, and left fans drooling over her
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Burundi: A Perfect Storm Is Brewing in Burundi
While most of the world tries to slow the spread and limit the death toll of Covid-19, Burundi is expelling health
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COVID-19 patients fear poor conditions at Diamond isolation unit delaying recovery
Forced to endure cramped quarters, shortages in hygiene products and the repeated disruption of their water supply, some patients housed at the government-run COVID-19 isolation unit at Diamond fear that the poor conditions are inhibiting their speedy
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