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South Africa: SA Surpasses 21 Million Administered Covid-19 Vaccine Doses
[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa has now passed the 21 million mark for total COVID-19 jabs administered since the start of the country's vaccination rollout programme.
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Daymond John Brings Celebrity Flair to Second Annual Black Entrepreneurs Day, Hosted Live From the Apollo
Serial entrepreneur and Shark Tank judge Daymond John hosted a star-studded Black Entrepreneurs Day, live from the iconic Apollo Theater in Harlem.
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The ‘Ready Freddie’ phenomenon
In 2003, Ocho Rios woodcarver, Ralph Cameron stirred controversy when he displayed a piece of artwork in Fern Gully named Ready Freddie, which was that of a man with an unusually large and erect penis. The carving drew some amount of criticism and...
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St. Lucian named as IICA Goodwill Ambassador | New York Carib News
The Inter American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) has named St. Lucian Keithlin Caroo as its Goodwill Ambassador for Sustainable Development Issues
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(BPRW) American Campus Communities Marks 25-year Partnership with Prairie View A&M University through $225,000 Grant news -The Black Chronicle 25year, AampampM, African American, American, Black, blackchronicle news, BPRW, Campus, Caribbean, Communiti
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Tobago now has 5 cases of covid19 delta variant - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
There are now five confirmed cases of the delta variant of covid19 recorded in Tobago. The THA Division of Health, Wellness and Family Development said in a statement on Thursday the latest patient had no travel history, but was a contact of a person with a recent travel history. 'This incre
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Takano, Bass, Lieu, & Brownley Applaud Secretary McDonough’s Move to House Homeless Veterans in West LA - Los Angeles Sentinel
Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mark Takano (D-Calif.), Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), and Subcommittee on Health Chairwoman Julia Brownley (D-Calif.) applauded Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough’s announcement that the West LA
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Ambassador Isola recommends key sectors of Nigeria’s economy to UK investors - African Voice Newspaper
By Milton Tella - His Excellency, Ambassador Sarafa Tunji Isola, the Nigeria High Commissioner to the UK highlights key sectors that UK investors can support and how UK companies can better leverage the opportunities. Speaking during the lunch hosted by the British Expertise International, at
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Women Warriors' Rhea Belgrave, Victoria Swift happy for a return to football - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
WOMEN Warriors Victoria Swift and Rhea Belgrave were pleased with the team's opening performance against Panama at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, on Thursday, in their first international friendly match in over two years. TT drew 0-0 but both players were happy the team did not return to the
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Give AstraZeneca as second shot for 100,000 awaiting Pfizer – doctor
Rallying a call to action in the face of Jamaica’s “vaccine crisis of gargantuan proportions”, public-health specialist Dr Alverston Bailey has urged the Ministry of Health and Wellness to offer AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses to the estimated...
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Illinois Lottery teams up with the Boys & Girls Clubs - The Chicago Crusader
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BAMP ‘now digesting’ new entry policy for fully vaccinated travellers - Barbados Today
In a surprise move that appeared to confer benefits on those who are inoculated against the coronavirus and timed two months before the start of the Winter travel season, Government changed its entry policy on Thursday. Fully vaccinated travellers who can also show proof of a negative PCR test
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Ellis: Late sickness forms presenting challenge - Barbados Today
The isolation of employees who test positive for COVID-19 is causing several challenges for the patient and the employer which need to be hastily addressed. That is the view of COVID-19 Public Advisor, David Ellis who said while workers have complained of not being able to get sick certificates in
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61-Year-Old Florida Man Branded a Predator After He Married His 18-Year-Old Goddaughter
By Victor Omondi A 61-year-old Florida man is facing backlash after rumors of his wedding went viral for all the wrong reasons. Michael Haugabook has been dubbed a predator over accusations that he married Deja Haugabook Evans when she was only 18 years old. Deja is Michael's goddaughter, and the
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South Africa: Mental Health Awareness Month - Psychosocial Skills Injection for Teachers
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Fresh push for banks to pay interest - The Zimbabwe Independent
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Police Commissioner Nomination Moves to Full Senate
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If you have psoriatic arthritis (PsA), a condition that can be hard to diagnose in Black patients, you are probably used to checking in with your doctor on a regular basis. Regular doctor's appointments will be even more important throughout your pregnancy so that you are aware of how to keep you
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Cantu Beauty And UNCF Partner to Provide Nontraditional HBCU Students With $150,000 in Funding
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Senate Panel Advances Legislation to Bar Corporal Punishment from Schools
The Senate Committee on Education and Workforce Development advanced legislation of Friday, sponsored by Sen. Janelle Sarauw, to repeal the current law allowing the use of corporal punishment within U.S. Virgin Islands’ public schools.
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Africa: Water Is Not a Commodity and Financial Asset to Be Exploited, Says UN Human Rights Expert
[OHCHR] Geneva -- Pedro Arrojo Agudo, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, said in a report that trading of water use rights in markets has eroded the notion of water as a common good and the State as a guarantor of the general interest.
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