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GPOC to begin June pension payouts on Thursday
The Guyana Post Office Corpo-ration (GPOC) has announced that old age pension payments for June, 2020, will begin on Thursday, May 28, 2020, at all post offices countrywide, the Department of Public Infor-mation (DPI) said on
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Nigeria
Nigeria nījĭr´ēə [key], officially Federal Republic of Nigeria, republic (2006 provisional pop. 140,003,542), 356,667 sq mi (923,768 sq km), W Africa. It borders on the Gulf of Guinea (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean) in the south, on Benin in the west, on Niger in the northwest and north, on Chad in
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Shawn Wooden: Corporate America, it’s time to stand up against racism •
Neither is the failure of Georgia’s criminal justice system to respond until after a video emerged
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Harriet Tubman | Abolitionist | Underground Railroad
Born Harriet Ross, c. 1819-1820, Dorchester County, Maryland. Tubman was born into
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Nigeria: Three Refineries Gulped N1.6trillion in Cumulative Losses in 5 Years, Says NNPC Audit Report
Three of Nigeria's four refineries gulped N1.64 trillion in cumulative losses recorded in their operations since 2014, details from the first-ever audited accounts and financial statements of the companies published by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Friday has
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Derek Chauvin Could Still Get More Than $1 Million Pension Even If Convicted In George Floyd's Death
Hennepin County Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was recorded with his knee in George Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes as Floyd pleaded for help, could still receive more than $1 million in pension benefits...even if he is convicted in
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Abd el-Krim
Abd el-Krim was born in the small settlement of Ajdir, across Alhucemas Bay from the Spanish army’s island presidio of Peñón de Alhucemas. Ajdir belonged to the Aït Youssef Ou Ali faction of the Beni Urriaguel family, the largest and most-populous Berber group in the Rif. Abd el-Krim’s father was
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Nigeria: Lagos Slashes 2020 Budget By 21% to N920.5 Billion
Following the economic damage caused by the COVID-19, Lagos State Executive Council yesterday disclosed plan to revise the state's 2020 budget by 21 per cent, from the N1.168 billion hitherto approved by the State House Assembly to
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Smith, Charles Z. (1927-2016)
On July 18, 1988, Charles Z. Smith became the first African American to serve on the Washington Supreme Court.  He was appointed to the court by Washington’s then Governor Booth Gardner and was subsequently elected to his position on the court for a two-year term in 1988.  Justice Smith was elected
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Bio rallies support for his state of nation address – has he done enough in two years?
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Naspers CEO bags R276-million in annual remuneration
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Mauritius: Finance Minister States That Npf Beneficiaries Will Still Receive Their Due
Government is taking the lead to reform the current pension system by abolishing the contribution to the National Pension Fund (NPF), while continuing to pay benefits to each and every one who has previously contributed to this
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RAICHURA: Pension inclusion would have reduced Covid livelihood
Why is it that each time we have a crisis in Kenya, the majority of our informal workers are unable to sustain themselves for even a few days without an
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LOTTO Results edit post Daily Lotto results for Sunday, 28 February 2021 2021-02-28 edit post Lotto and Lotto Plus results for Saturday, 27 February 2021
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Lagos coronavirus: 2,278 cases; patient delivers at treatment center
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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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Uganda: Court Petitioned to Compel NSSF to Pay 20 Percent to Members
A human rights activist yesterday petitioned the Constitutional Court in Kampala, seeking its orders to, among others, compel the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to pay out each of its members atleast 20 per cent of their savings to mitigate the pressures brought about by Covid-19
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New Yorkers Said ‘F**k The Police,’ So The Police Rioted
NEW YORK — Thousands of New Yorkers over the last few days have taken to the streets in all five boroughs, setting cop cars aflame, braving beatings by batons and suffering pepper spray to the eyes, all so they can scream an urgent message for all the world to hear: Fuck the
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Providing care amid the pandemic
A child alone with an alcoholic parent, a ‘little old lady’ who just wanted something to eat and pensioner who wanted assistance in accessing her diabetes medication were among the over 200 calls received by the Child Care and Protection Agency (CC&PA) for the month of
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Kenya: Pension Schemes Back New Home Buying Plan
Pension schemes have backed a new proposal that will allow members access up to 40 per cent of their savings to buy
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Cops-Cops, Do Your Duty-Intervene.
The problem is most big city police departments do not have any written, or enforced, policy requiring officers to intervene and report other officers who commit
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Georgia woman shoots two drivers, claims act was divinely inspired by the solar eclipse: police - Face2Face Africa
The Florida Highway Patrol has said that a 22-year-old woman from Georgia embarked on a shooting spree and claimed it was divinely inspired by the solar eclipse. Traveling west on Interstate 10 after checking out of a Florida hotel, Taylon Nichelle Celestine fired shots at two vehicles, injuring
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Will Effective K-12 Education Survive Gov. Newsom’s May Revise Budget?
According to the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), the actions taken by Newsom achieved overall school funding that is “roughly flat Newsom’s efforts, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond said,” I want to thank Governor Newsom for working hard to prioritize and preserve
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Brazil
In Jan. 2003, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a former trade union leader and factory worker widely known by the name Lula, became Brazils first working-class president. As leader of Brazils only Socialist party, the Workers Party, Lula pledged to increase social services and improve the lot of the
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Travis, Joe (1815- ?)
Joseph, an enslaved person, was one of a handful of survivors at the Battle of the Alamo in 1836.  He was born around 1815. Known simply as Joe, he was sold four times in his life, most notably to his third master, Colonel William Barret Travis. His mother, Elizabeth, four
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Mali
In March 2012, President Touré was overthrown in a coup by mutineering soldiers who said they were acting in response to the governments response to the rebellion by the Tuaregs, nomadic insurgents of Berber and Arab descent who live in the north. The troops said they did not received adequate
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West Africa: ECOWAS Court Rejects Niger Junta's Plea to Lift Regional Sanctions
[Premium Times] The ECOWAS court ruled that the Nigerien junta failed to meet the additional requirement for the case to be admissible.
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Keith, Kenton Wesley (1939- ) - Birthday
Kenton Wesley Keith was born on November 12, 1939 in Kansas City, Missouri, to Jimmy and Gertrude Keith, a jazz musician and singer/civil servant, respectively.
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Proman methanol tankers named in China - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Proman Stena Bulk, the joint venture between methanol producer Proman and tanker company Stena Bulk, has formally christened the Stena Provident and the Stena Progressive in a ceremony in Guangzhou, China. Proman in a media release on Thursday said the vessels were the final two in a six-stron
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(2004) Al Sharpton, “Speech Before the 2004 Democratic National Convention"
In  2004 Rev. Al Sharpton of New York City, campaigned for the Democratic nomination for President.  Sharpton saw himself as the successor to Rev. Jesse Jackson who campaigned for the Presidency on behalf of the impoverished and oppressed.  Although he did not garner as much support as Jackson did
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