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The president of the Sierra Leone Medical and Dental Association (SLMDA) has criticised the government’s decision to spend much needed cash on luxurious Toyota SUVs, estimated at almost $2 million, instead of buying medicines and PPEs for
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Africa: Abuses in Aluminum Supply Chains a Blind Spot for Car Industry
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(2014) Rita Bender, "Thoughts for the People of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church"
On June 15, 2014, as part of the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Mississippi Freedom Summer, Rita Bender returned to Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in Longdale, Mississippi to give an address commemorating the church’s role in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement.  In January
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Nigeria: Police Arrest Alleged 'Serial Killers'
[Premium Times] Police say the suspect confessed that their targeted victims are always Uber and POS Operators.
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Coronation Market gets Labour Day cleaning
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2016 Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America Announced by Savoy Magazine
Savoy Magazine, a leading African-American lifestyle publication, showcases its 2016 “Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America.” The issue also features an exclusive interview with John W. Thompson, Microsoft Chairman and CEO of Virtual
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Job market remains grim even as U.S. reopens | Dallas Weekly
Yet with millions more Americans seeking unemployment aid last week, the U.S. job market remains as bleak as it’s been in
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Huge effort to keep shelters for battered women open - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
A SHELTER for battered women and a telephone hotline for the despondent have both faced financial challenges to keep running to help those in need, Newsday learnt on Monday. Even as The Shelter – a refuge for abused women and children – on Monday celebrated its reopening after three years of r
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Gov’t hails teen summer school hero
Spurred by the altruism of 16-year-old Jaheim Brown in spearheading a makeshift summer school in Yallahs, donors have lined up to support his charges. Jaheim and four other teens conducted summer classes, mainly for primary- and secondary-age...
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Digicel Foundation pumps $42m in humanitarian project
DIGICEL FOUNDATION has announced a significant investment in Jamaica’s response to the COVID-19 crisis with the launch of its $42-million islandwide humanitarian project, Operation SAFE, (Sanitising, Advocating, Feeding, and Enabling) in the fight against
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(BPRW) Toyota/Lexus Minority Owners Dealership Association to Sponsor National ‘COVID-19 Day of Service’ on May 22 – The Black Chronicle
(Black PR Wire) Bowie, MD – The Toyota/Lexus Minority Owners Dealership Association (TLMODA) is working with The Salvation Army to fill the pantries of families in need during the coronavirus pandemic. On May 22, 2020, TLMODA Dealers and The Salvati Source link
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Eight-year-old girl now Jamaica's youngest millionaire after accidentally winning $1m
An eight-year-old girl in Jamaica has become the country's youngest millionaire after being among the latest winners of a promotion by mobile operator Digicel. The mobile phone network announced this year a promotion dubbed, ‘Mek Wi Rich Togeddah’, which will give every Digicel prepaid or postpaid
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Rocksprings Farm blooms against the odds
A small urban farm is springing some pleasant surprises – Rocksprings Farm off Windward Road, Kingston, in the vicinity of the Jamaica Flour Mills, is operated by a farm group comprised of young people. They said they are engaged around common...
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Western Cape police confiscate drugs worth R1.4m in two Laingsburg busts | News24
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US Autoworkers Return, While Possible Vaccine Shows Promise
WARREN, Mich. (AP) — More than 130,000 autoworkers returned to factories across the U.S. for the first time in nearly two months Monday in one of the biggest steps yet to restart American industry, while an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus yielded encouraging results in a small and
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Kenya: Tokyo 2020 Olympics Notebook - Day 25
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Panthers vs. Colts - Game Summary - August 15, 2021 news -The Black Chronicle
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Tesla shares surge past $1 000 as Musk revs up the Semi
Tesla’s stock jumped above US$1 000/share on Wednesday after CEO Elon Musk told his staff it was time to bring the Tesla Semi commercial truck to “volume
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COVID-19 layoffs in US nearly 39 million
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MoBay mayor targets dangling utility cables
Montego Bay Mayor Homer Davis has made a bold move to put an end to the many instances of dislodged cable wires hanging from Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo) poles across St James, which have been exposing members of the public to danger and distracting from the aesthetics of the
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Dallas suffers third preseason loss at the hands of the Texans - North Dallas Gazette
By Dwain Price NDG Sports No, quarterback Dak Prescott didn’t play in the Dallas Cowboys’ 20-14 preseason loss to the Houston Texans this past Saturday at AT&T Stadium. And he certainly won’t play in Sunday’s 12 noon home preseason finale against the Jacksonville Jaguars. However, Prescott was able
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Scotiabank offers zero-rated data access for its mobile banking app
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Man fined K400,000 over charcoal in Dowa - Malawi 24 - Malawi news
The Dowa First Grade Magistrate's Court sitting at Msongandeu Court on Tuesday ordered a 38-year-old man to pay a fine of K400,000 after he was found transporting 275 bags of charcoal. The court through state prosecutor Sub Inspector Benedict Mathambo heard that the convict Peter Walusa Banda, was
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Black Woman CEO to Teach Webinar on How to Cash Out in the Medical Cannabis Industry
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