$308m for drought relief

Moruca coming to terms with COVID lockdown, relief drive stepped up - Stabroek News

The toshao in the Moruca sub-district in Region One yesterday said that residents are adhering to the lockdown and restrictions that are being enforced by the Ministry of Public Health to stem the spread of the Coronavirus

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Plymouth Hospital - 2nd Picture

Pictures: Operating room at Plymouth Hospital Dr. Cornelius Garlandctx_20th_Plymouth_Hosp_2 Nursing graduates of Plymouth Hospitalctx_20th_Plymouth_Hosp_3 Plymouth Hospital and Nurses' Training School, founded and operated by Dr. Cornelius Garland, a Black doctor, from 1908 to 1928, contributed to

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

FIGHTING THE ENEMY WITHIN | The Crusader Newspaper Group

One of these schisms is between two different groups of Black people: the “maskers” and the

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Walker, Darren (1959– )

Philanthropist Darren Walker is the tenth president of the seventy-seven-year-old Ford Foundation, the second largest philanthropy in the world. Walker was born August 28, 1959, at a charity hospital in Lafayette, Louisiana, to a single mother and was raised in East Texas. He received two degrees

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AUTONETWORK ON BLACKPRESSUSA: 2020 Nissan Sentra SR

By Frank S. Washington, NNPA Newswire Contributor

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Helping the Hurting During COVID-19: A Conversation with Byna Elliott

What did my heart good was the data around our first set of 10,000 clients revealed 27 percent of the funding went to businesses in high minority communities and 22 percent were in low to moderate-income communities (LMI) that we know are traditionally

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Source: Michigan Chronicle - Powered by Real Times Media

Gov’t to deliver 100 houses for the indigent

Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie says the Government will be delivering some 100 indigent housing solutions in 12 months for persons in need across the island. He informed that over the last year, 32 houses...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

A man of substance...McKenzie saddened by passing of Dunstan Whittingham

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, says he is saddened by today’s passing of Lionel “Dunstan” Whittingham, President of the Jamaica Higglers, Vendors and Markets Association. McKenzie says...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

UHWI blamed for overhiring docs

Minister of Health...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

AUTONETWORK ON BLACKPRESSUSA: 2020 Nissan Sentra SR | Afro

DETROIT – We did not get as much seat time in the 2020 Nissan Sentra as we would have liked thanks to the lock-down brought about by the

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Plymouth Hospital - 1st Picture

Plymouth Hospital and Nurses' Training School, founded and operated by Dr. Cornelius Garland, a Black doctor, from 1908 to 1928, contributed to the health care needs of Blacks and to Black community development during the first quarter of the 1900s. The hospital building still stands on East

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

What Happened To Tamla Horsford?

Georgia wife and mother Tamla Horsford went to an adult sleepover party in Georgia's notoriously racist Forsyth County on Nov 3, 2018. She never made it home.

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Source: Black America Web

Immigration Corner | Applying for an extended family visa

Dear Mr Bassie, I am thinking of spending some quality time in the United Kingdom (UK), possibly six or seven months, with a family member. Will I need a special visa to be there for this period? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. – M.F...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Kenya: 'A Constitution Is Just a Piece of Paper If It's Not Implemented' - Natasha Kimani On Achieving Gender Equality in Kenya

[Chatham House] The 2010 constitution was intended to transform the lives of Kenya's marginalized groups, but, 10 years on, Kenyan women remain significantly disadvantaged. Natasha Kimani speaks to Lyndsey Jefferson about the obstacles that remain for women in Kenya as part of a series exploring

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Source: allAfrica.com

The Struggle Continues: Trump! A Real OG, Becomes President Then Goes To Prison

Yep, that’s today’s “Magical Thinking” President Donald

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Source: Delivering News You Can Use

Rwanda reintroduces lockdown in parts of Kigali as cases rise

A fresh surge in coronavirus cases prompted Rwanda’s government to place six areas of the capital, Kigali, back under a “total

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Quarantine Q & A with Detroit Lions DE Jonathan Wynn

Wynn’s currently in the process of preparing for the book’s Summer

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Source: Michigan Chronicle - Powered by Real Times Media

New Rule Could Deny Black Developers Access to $4 Billion-Plus in State Housing Funds

African American developers across California are worried about a rule change the state Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) is

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

State unveils Sh1.8bn jobs drive in Western

FILE PHOTO | NMG

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Source: Business Daily

(2017) New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu's Address on the Removal of Confederate Monuments in New Orleans

On May 19, 2017, New Orleans, Louisiana Mayor Mitch Landrieu addressed an audience in his city as a backdrop and explanation of the city’s recent decision to remove statutes of General Robert E. Lee and other Confederate military and political leaders from public squares in New Orleans. His speech

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Federal Lawsuits Allege Systemic Bank Lending Biases In COVID-19 Small Business Relief Program

While this legal process unfolds, the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) estimated that as many as 95 percent Black-owned businesses stood no chance of securing a program

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Source: The New Journal and Guide

North Tulsa Grocery Store Breaks Ground | The Oklahoma Eagle

On Friday, June 26th at 11:30 am, Tulsa Economic Development Corporation (TEDC) will break ground on Oasis Fresh Market, a long-awaited grocery store for North

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

Miss Jamaica Makes History at World Pageant

Sanneta Myrie is first contestant to rock locs.

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

‘It nuh fair !’ - Residents of Golden Grove Meadows bemoan exorbitant light bills from JPS

As if their struggle with a sewage issue in their neighbourhood isn’t enough of a burden, the recently relocated ex-sugar workers and their families at Golden Grove Meadows in St Thomas are bemoaning exorbitant light bills, which they say have resulted in numerous disconnections over the past few

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Nelson, Charles Joseph (1921-2011)

Ambassador Charles Joseph Nelson was born in 1921 and raised in Battle Creek, Michigan. He was a 1942 graduate of Lincoln University, a historically black college in Pennsylvania where his field of study was Public Administration and Political Science. Upon graduation, Nelson was drafted into the

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Uganda: World Vison Launches Plan to Support 5 Million Children in Home Learning

As the country continues to fight tirelessly to control the spread of Covid-19, a total of 5 million children are set to benefit from the three phase program of World Vision aimed at mitigating the after-effects of the pandemic in the vulnerable

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Source: allAfrica.com

Decolonising the mind from the paradox of the edifices of slavery

America and the world are not just waking up to racism and police brutality

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Donald Trump On Slowing Coronavirus Testing.

Trump told the nation’s governors during a recent teleconference that they should ‘seriously consider’ reopening their schools and CONFIRM his suggestion at the evening news conference, noting the virus doesn't impact young people as badly. . . “I think it would be a good thing. Because as you see

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Source: ThyBlackMan

Uganda: Why Virus Cases Remain High Among Truck Drivers

Of the 84 cases confirmed on Saturday by the Health ministry, 52 were truck drivers who arrived in Uganda from South Sudan through Elegu border, two arrived from Kenya via Busia and 32 were those who had been under quarantine after getting contact with the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Mayor Bottoms extends moratorium on residential evictions, filings due to COVID-19 | The Atlanta Voice

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms reissued an executive order calling on the Atlanta Housing Authority, Atlanta Beltline Inc., Fulton County / City of Atlanta Land Bank Authority, Invest Atlanta, Partners for Home and the City of Atlanta’s Department of Grants and Community Development to institute

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

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