Chamber of Commerce ‘backs UN alliance of sustainable firms’

LETTERS: How to best address the water challenge

The report further predicts that the situation could get worse as climate change will affect availability, quality and quantity of water negatively impacting the water and sanitation sector for billions of people all over the

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Source: Business Daily

School leaders to receive training to manage institutions remotely

(JIS): School leaders across Jamaica are to participate in a Virtual Instructional Leadership (VIL) online course to equip them with the skills and competencies to effectively manage institutions

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Thousands of West Demerara customers hit by suspected sabotage of GTT cable - Stabroek News

Suspected sabotage to a fibre-optic cable belonging to the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) impacted over 25,000 customers on the West Demerara – but within a 24-hour period, mobile and internet services were

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Couple crafts coffee house to ‘chill, catch up and recharge’

In an effort to move away from supporting problematic businesses while circulating the Black dollar, Ken and Mary Olds, a husband and wife duo, are set to open Muggin Coffee House in the Whitehaven area July

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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com

European investors threaten Brazil divestment over deforestation

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Seven major European investment firms told Reuters they will divest from beef producers, grains traders and even government bonds in Brazil if they do not see progress in resolving the surging destruction of the Amazon

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Africa: Deep Dive - Lockdown Gives Dive Operators Time to Rethink Sustainability

The classes cover a range of topics, from marine life to coral reef conservation, and many are free

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Source: allAfrica.com

Surgical or home-made, masks

Before the coronavirus outbreak abruptly disrupted the livelihoods of millions of people, the sight of masks worn in public spaces in the Western world conjured up images of malevolent clowns and terrifying fictional

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Egypt: Int'l Cooperation Min. Launches Platform to Enhance Sustainable Value Chains

[Egypt Online] International Cooperation Minister Rania el Mashat launched on Tuesday a coordination platform to enhance sustainable value chains and achieve food security.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Group of matrics call on Bishops school to condemn racism and oppression

Some matric pupils at Cape Town's Bishops Diocesan College have compiled a list of demands they want met that deals mainly with the oppression of minorities, in a memorandum handed over over to the

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Namibia: Retailer to Cut 500 Jobs

Retailer Pick n Pay said it was cutting about 25% of its workforce or roughly 500 jobs in light of plans to restructure the company "aimed at reversing losses and setting the business on the path of

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Source: allAfrica.com

Major mangrove restoration project coming for Clarendon

As countries look towards a post-COVID-19 future and consider options for supporting economic, environmental and social sustainability, plans are under way for the ‘Blue Carbon Restoration in southern Clarendon, Jamaica’ project, which will seek to restore over 1,000 hectares of degraded mangrove

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

United Airlines Holdings Appoints First African American President

Effective May 20, Brett J. Hart was appointed to serve as President of United Airlines Holdings, Inc. as current CEO Oscar Munoz transitioned to Executive

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

KABAARA: It is time to learn about living with coronavirus

Relentless testing, tracing and monitoring, proactive official quarantine and isolation responses, tight border management and constant citizen reminders on hygiene and social distancing are part of this “new

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Source: Business Daily

Our Push for Equity Should Focus on Grassroots Organizations

The largest non-profit organizations in Houston tend to enjoy tremendous support from Houston’s philanthropic

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

CEO of Export Barbados (BIDC) To Present at the Vienna Energy Forum 2021 | The Bajan Reporter

Recently appointed CEO of Export Barbados, the government agency formerly known as the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation (BIDC), Mark Hill will be a keynote presenter at the Vienna Energy Forum (VEF) slated for July 5-7. The VEF's motto is 'Where Action Meets Ambition' and it will be

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Source: The Bajan Reporter | Web’s Eye View of Barbados in the Caribbean

Rwanda: Mobile Money Transactions Grow By 450% in 3 Months

The value of funds transferred via Mobile Money grew by 450 per cent between January and April this year to reach Rwf 40 billion (over $ $42 million), data from Rwanda Utilities Regulation Authority

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Source: allAfrica.com

Rwanda: Activists Urge Collective Effort to Ease Access to Sanitary Pads

In an effort to make sanitary pads more affordable and accessible, the Government removed Value Added Tax on the products in December

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Source: allAfrica.com

Mauritius: MV Wakashio

[Government of Mauritius] A United Nations Recovery Fund (UNRF) to the tune of USD 2.5 million was launched, on Monday 24 August 2020, during a ceremony held at the State House, in Réduit. It will support the Government of Mauritius and local communities to minimise the socio-economic and

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Source: allAfrica.com

West Africa: How West Africa Can Expand Power Supply and Meet Climate Goals

Our research shows that combining sustainably managed hydropower plants with new solar and wind power projects is a promising option for the West African

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: Two Kenyan Tech-Driven Firms Rank Top Globally

Two Kenyan start-ups are among 100 technology firms that have made it to the 2020 Technology Pioneers list by the World Economic Forum

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Source: allAfrica.com

Zimbabwe: Transport Operators Fret Over Zupco Scheme

Transport operators that are part of the Zupco franchise scheme are up in arms against the government-owned company, which they say is underpaying them for the use of their

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Source: allAfrica.com

Rwanda: Inside Rwanda's Rwf186bn Economic Recovery Fund

The fund will support businesses through loan restructuring for the tourism sector specifically hotels, providing working capital for businesses most affected by COVID-19 to keep them operational and avoid lay-offs as well as loan guarantee for SMEs and

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: President Kenyatta Calls for Solidarity as World Leaders Discuss Post COVID-19 Recovery

President Kenyatta spoke Thursday evening during a virtual high level meeting on development financing in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic convened by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his Jamaican counterpart Andrew Holness and the United Nations Secretary General Antonio

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Source: allAfrica.com

IMF urges caution

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) — The director of the Western Hemisphere Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Alejandro Werner said yesterday Latin America and the Caribbean have become the new coronavirus (COVID-19) global

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

NAACP Black Media Forum Excludes Black Newspapers: NNPA President and Black Publishers Call for Clarification and Inclusion – Voice and Viewpoint

A recent NAACP “Black Media Speaks” forum plummeted into a conversation in which the future of hard-copy Black-owned newspapers was all but pronounced

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

Trinidad: Taxes removed from laptops, tablets - Stabroek News

(Trinidad Express) PARENTS who could not afford a computer device for their children to participate in virtual learning may now be in a better position to do so, as all taxes on laptops, notebook computers and tablets have been

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Ways to lift Kenya from global environmental ranking bottom list

It is, therefore, no surprise that Kenya ranks among bottom 50 countries in the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) – a biennial scorecard of countries on a range of sustainability

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Source: Business Daily

Africa: Covid-19 Private Sector Global Facility Announced At SDG Business Forum

[UNDP] UNDP, UN Global Compact and ICC join forces with DHL, Microsoft and PwC to help communities recover better from the pandemic

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Source: allAfrica.com

Rwanda: Central Bank Reinstates Mobile Money Charges

After three months of free mobile money transactions, charges will be reinstated on Monday 22nd June according to an announcement by the Central

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Source: allAfrica.com

Jamaicans encouraged to protect country's biodiversity

MINISTER without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation Daryl Vaz is calling on Jamaicans to protect the country's biodiversity in order to build long-term environmental

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

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