US senators call for Granger to concede

History maker: Sha Sha wins BET award

SOUTH AFRICA-based Zimbabwean amapiano star, Charmaine Shamiso Mapambiro, popularly known as Sha Sha in the showbiz industry has written her own piece of history, by becoming the first local artiste to win a BET

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Canadian govt’ official ‘very concerned’ at delayed result

A senior Canadian government official last evening expressed grave concern at the length of time being taken to declare a final election result in

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Attorney Tova Hamilton takes her seat in the Senate

Attorney at law Tova Hamilton on Friday morning took her seat on the Government benches in the Senate after taking her oath of Allegiance in the

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

AMHVoices: ED mustn’t defend abusive Chinese employers

I WAS left shell-shocked after watching the ZTV 8pm news bulletin on June 26 when President Emmerson Mnangagwa literally gave the Chinese the right to shoot us because Zimbabweans are also committing similar crimes in other countries such as South Africa, the United States and the United

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Hamilton takes seat in Senate

ATTORNEY-AT-law Tova Hamilton yesterday took her seat on the Government benches in the Senate after taking the oath of allegiance. Hamilton, who will be contesting the Trelawny North seat for the Jamaica Labour Party in the upcoming general...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Ilhan Omar Wants To Build Progressive Power. She’s Starting With This Muslim Candidate. - The New York Beacon

In the final months of the 2020 election cycle, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is exercising her influence as a national progressive leader, endorsing Ihssane Leckey, a former Wall Street regulator and an immigrant Muslim woman. Leckey — running on a platform backing the Green

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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

Trump administration says Huawei, Hikvision backed by Chinese military

Image: Toby Melville, Reuters

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Source: TechCentral

A Must, Police Reform, Etc.

One of the first things I heard from Senator Tim Scott, the only Black Republican Senator, was a plan for a study of 18

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Source: ThyBlackMan

With House in Tow, D.C. Statehood Backers Mull Senate Strategy

With the historic passage of a bill granting the District state-level sovereignty despite Republican opposition, statehood advocates are planning a Senate strategy for the remaining months of this congressional session and the next, regardless of the results of the November general election.

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Source: The Washington Informer

President Trump Tweets Out White Power Message, Black Republican Senator Tim Scott Expresses Dismay

In yet another social media moment invoking race in America, President Donald Trump retweeted a video of a supporter heard yelling, “White

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

PAHO chief urges Caribbean to prepare to manage COVID-19 for next two years

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) — Director of the Pan American Health Organisation, Dr Carissa F Etienne is urging Caribbean countries as well as those in the Americas to prepare to manage the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic closely for the next two

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

We Can’t Let This Moment Pass

The last few months have made the truths of being Black in America clear to all. We have watched as a pandemic killed Black people at the rate of almost two and half times that of other Americans. Not from a mutation of the virus but from an underfunded system that too often deprives Black

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Senate acquits Waiguru, rejects calls for her removal

Senate acquits Kirinyaga Governor Waiguru, rejects calls for her removal

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Source: Business Daily

Louisiana House debate erupts after Republican claims police die at higher rates than African-Americans - African American News Today - EIN News

On Thursday, 4WWL reported that an argument erupted in the Louisiana House of Representatives during a debate on police reform. The argument erupted after Democratic Rep. Ted James agreed to a Republican amendment striking language from a police reform bill that mentioned George Floyd’s death and

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Source: Raw Story - Celebrating 16 Years of Independent Journalism

Nigeria coronavirus: 26,484 cases; local flights start July 8, recoveries hit 10,000

As Africa’s biggest economy, the federal government has continued to enforce regulations across the board even though most state governments have moved to relax

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

‘The truth hurts,’ Mottley stands by position on Guyana’s elections

The outgoing chair of CARICOM, Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley yesterday firmly stood by her position in relation to Guyana’s protracted elections, saying to her detractors here that “The truth

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

This Day In History- June 30

1921: President Warren G Harding nominates former President William Howard Taft to be chief justice of the US Supreme Court, succeeding the late Edward Douglass

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

Mississippi seeing big virus outbreak in state legislature - Black News Channel

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Packed elevators and crowded committee rooms. Legislators sitting shoulder-to-shoulder on the House and Senate floor. People standing close to each other and talking, sometimes leaning in to whisper, without a mask in sight. Those were

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Untruthful imputations of corruption were made against the ERC Chair

The Ethnic Relations Commission, (ERC), undeniably supports an articulate and free press which contributes to the good tenets of a democratic

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

This is a victory for all Guyanese

Now that the March 2 elections are finally over, it is time for all Guyanese to put whatever political differences they may have behind them and begin in earnest the task of nation

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Donald Trump a Voice of Reason on Police Reform.

Then Trump signed the order in the Rose Garden flanked by law enforcement leaders who support the administration's reforms. When former President Bill Clinton worked with both sides on an issue, they called it

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Source: ThyBlackMan

If David Granger’s character and good name is in question he has only himself to blame

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Ohio Senator Breaks Down During Session Due to Racism

Source: Ohio Senate / Ohio Senate

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Source: Black America Web

Gaskin says APNU+AFC fooling supporters

Saying that the APNU+AFC coalition has been deliberately fooling its supporters with grossly exaggerated claims of electoral fraud, former minister Dominic Gaskin yesterday urged the incumbent to be honest and accepts its defeat and work towards regaining the swing voters it will need to win any

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

VIDEO: Fauci warns a coronavirus vaccine is not guaranteed

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, testified for three hours before the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

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Source: South Florida Times

US wants strict conditions on coronavirus aid for 'countries like Zimbabwe'

The United States has expressed its misgivings about a US$7 million grant the World Bank extended to Zimbabwe to help fight the coronavirus

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Source: https://www.news24.com

A Viral Black-owned Business Success And The Shortcomings Of Federal Pandemic Response

That it took a crowd-sourced campaign to save their livelihood — as trillions of dollars were coursing through the economy through federal relief efforts — underscored a reality faced by many Black-owned small businesses through the current

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Source: https://seattlemedium.com

Kentucky’s Attorney General Under Fire After Photos of His Engagement Party Appear Online

David Cameron (pictured left) is the state of Kentucky’s first black Attorney General but thus far, he has not shown himself to be an ally of black

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Source: Your Black World

Dr Alexis must withdraw his remarks about this case before the CCJ

Yesterday’s Sunday Edition of the Guyana Chronicle’s, lead headline loudly screams, `Dr. Francis Alexis, QC says PPP/C appeal to the CCJ has no real prospect of

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

CJIA’s COVID-19 measures undergo inspection as flights set to resume

A team from the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Thursday inspected the COVID-19 measures in place at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) ahead of next week’s proposed reopening for international

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

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