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New-look garbage collection coming - Barbados Today
The Barbados Government is expected to start rolling out a multi-million-dollar technology-driven waste management project by the beginning of the New Year. The project, a joint undertaking between the state-owned Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) and the waste management arm of Barbadian company
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Source: Barbados Today - News You Can Trust.
Executives with Regions Bank and the PGA TOUR Discuss Equity and Community Engagement at the Regions Tradition
By Evelyn Mitchell Doing More Today The Regions Tradition, a PGA TOUR Champions major sponsored by Regions Bank, brings players, fans, and businesses together for five days of golf benefitting Children’s of Alabama and a variety of other local charities. The tournament also brings together two
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Source: The Birmingham Times
St. John Improvements Update! | News of St. John
If you have been on island recently, you may have noticed a lot of workers on the roads, in the parking lots and at dump sites.  If you come down frequently, you may have taken note over time of the diminishing number of derelict vehicles, trash on the roadsides, potholes in the roads and jumbled
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Source: News of St. John | An Online Blog About the Daily Happenings of St. John, USVI
Meteorologist: Forget Predictions, Just be Prepared for Hurricane Season
It’s that time of year again -- the impending start of hurricane season, when everyone becomes a meteorologist, and the bane of Ernesto Morales’ existence.
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Source: St. Croix Source | online all the time since 1999
COVIDWeekly: Dealing with Death Amid a Pandemic - Barbados Today
Dealing with the death of a loved one is arguably one of the most difficult journeys for us humans and caring for a seriously ill loved one is also right up there. Imagine having to navigate the healthcare system for an ailing elderly parent and having the family member unexpectedly deteriorate
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Source: Barbados Today - News You Can Trust.
Senators Praise Dowe While Raising Concerns About Port Authority
Senator were unanimous Monday in voicing praise for Carlton Dowe, the executive director of the Virgin Islands Port Authority, while at the same time raising concern about a variety of issues.
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Source: St. John Source | independent and trusted since 1999
New York mom accused of killing newborn twins: 'Babies wouldn't let me sleep' - TheGrio
A young mother has been charged with the death of her infant twins. Danezja Kilpatrick, 23, is being charged after... View Article The post New York mom accused of killing newborn twins: 'Babies wouldn't let me sleep' appeared first on TheGrio.
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Meteorologist: Forget Predictions, Just be Prepared for Hurricane Season
It’s that time of year again -- the impending start of hurricane season, when everyone becomes a meteorologist, and the bane of Ernesto Morales’ existence.
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Source: St. Thomas Source | The trusted independent voice of the Virgin Islands community
One Day Left to WIN "Two Tickets to Paradise!" | News of St. John
Good Morning and Happy Fri-Yay!  The Island Green Living Association's 'Two Tickets to Paradise' fundraiser ends tonight at midnight!  Don't miss out on the opportunity to win an all-inclusive St. John vacation for two, valued at over $10,000….Head over to their site and get your tickets
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Source: News of St. John | An Online Blog About the Daily Happenings of St. John, USVI
2020 reverse tax credit available for filing - Barbados Today
Employees are advised that the 2020 Reverse Tax Credit (RTC) return, better known as the ‘$1300’, is available for filing.  The return should be filed online in TAMIS by December 31, 2022. Employees eligible for the RTC are those who, during the 2020 calendar year, earned a total annual income
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YES and Prison Fellowship Barbados team up to keep young offenders out of prison - Barbados Today
A stronger restorative justice system would minimize the numbers of offenders going to jail for petty crimes,  Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment Dwight Sutherland suggested Friday. Speaking at the handing over of equipment to the Prison Fellowship of Barbados at the
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Suspect Arrested In Death Of 7-Year-Old Jaslyn Adams After High-Speed Chase | The Crusader Newspaper Group
'It’s a bittersweet feeling. I don’t know how to feel right now,' Adams' grandmother told reporters. By Charise Frazier, NewsOne The family of Jaslyn Adams breathed a small sigh of relief after their heartbreaking week, following the shooting death of the seven-year-old in
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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group
Students affirm fight to defund campus police, refund students, and honor victims of police violence - Milwaukee Community Journal
Milwaukee, WI – On April 21, Chancellor Mark Mone at UW-Milwaukee, who has refused to take meaningful action towards racial justice by defunding UWM police and refunding programs that support students, sent a campus wide email about the outcome of Derek Chauvin’s trial.   Mone called all three
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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper
New approach for corporate innovators - Barbados Today
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed the Caribbean and the rest of the world squarely at the doorstep of the future of work. In the midst of global chaos many regional organisations found themselves unprepared for the digital world and have had to scramble to adjust operations to meet the new
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Bar: Entire justice system needs a fix - Barbados Today
Many of the issues causing a backlog in the courts are systemic, and the Barbados Bar Association says it is time to stop pointing fingers at lawyers alone and start employing solutions. Responding to an article published over the weekend in another section of the Press, in which Chief Justice
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Lottery fully engaged in COVID-19 battle - Barbados Today
The Barbados Lottery has reaffirmed its commitment to help protect Barbadians from the deadly COVID-19 virus with recent donations of PPEs and sanitisation products to fifteen organizations including service, educational and youth-based institutions across the island. The targeted series of
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Tyler Lockett Makes Six-Figure Gift To Promising Local High School Youth (Twelve (12) Students Were Selected From Tulsa Schools) | The Oklahoma Eagle
The Oklahoma Eagle Newswire On Friday, February 7, 2020 at Booker T. Washington High School, native Tulsan and Seattle Seahawk wide receiver Tyler Lockett launched his National “I KNOW I CAN” Job Shadowing Program.  Twelve (12) students were selected from six local high schools (McLain, Booker
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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle
Elevated Levels of Sulfur Dioxide Found in Air Over STX
Preliminary air quality testing conducted by the Virgin Islands National Guard Civil Support Team Saturday found elevated levels of sulfur dioxide in the air near the Limetree Bay Refinery.
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A breath of fresh air | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Rep. Ford and ACLU want to fumigate air freshener on mirror law By J. Coyden Palmer If it were up to one Illinois lawmaker, motorists would not be pulled over by police for having an air freshener hanging from the rearview mirror of their cars. Representative Lashawn Ford (D-8th) is the first
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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group
Senators Praise Dowe While Raising Concerns About Port Authority
Senators were unanimous Monday in voicing praise for Carlton Dowe, the executive director of the Virgin Islands Port Authority, while at the same time raising concern about a variety of issues.
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Source: St. Thomas Source | The trusted independent voice of the Virgin Islands community
COVID-19 UPDATE: Two new cases, five discharged - Barbados Today
There were two new positive COVID-19 cases - one male and one female - identified on Friday, May 7, from the 678 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Five people also recovered, while 109 persons remain in isolation. Barbados has recorded 3,933 confirmed COVID-19 cases
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Ministry of International Business and Industry working remotely due to COVID-19 case - Barbados Today
The Ministry of International Business and Industry, located on the 8th Floor, Baobab Tower, Warrens, St Michael, has been closed due to a staff member testing positive for COVID-19.  The individual, who was working remotely following the first test, was confirmed positive after the second
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Source: Barbados Today - News You Can Trust.
Projected loss of tourism revenue underscores need for structural change - Milwaukee Community Journal
Statement of Common Council President Cavalier Johnson April 26, 2021     Last week it was reported that Milwaukee could be facing a loss of approximately $600 million from tourism due to the cancellation of events like Summerfest, the Democratic National Convention and others in 2020. This
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PwC joins worthy St Vincent cause - Barbados Today
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in the Caribbean and the PwC Charitable Foundation have collectively raised over US$100,000 for donation to the disaster relief and recovery efforts in St Vincent and the Grenadines. On April 9, the La Soufriere volcano erupted explosively, sending ash and gas plumes
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Detroit, Google.org Link up to Help Detroiters With Affordable Housing | Local News | The Michigan Chronicle
Mayor Mike Duggan and Google announced today that the City of Detroit has been selected for Google.org’s Fellowship Program, in which 13 Google employees will spend six months pro bono supporting the City to develop an affordable housing locator search tool. Google.org Fellows will work alongside
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Cluster-Related Incident Pushes COVID Positivity Rate Over 3 Percent
A cluster-related incident, followed by private functions and parties during the longer Carnival weekend, caused a spike of COVID-19 cases on St. Thomas, helping to bring the territory’s weekly positivity rate to 3.33 percent.
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A SALUTE TO MOTHERS: By Leader of the Opposition Joseph Atherley - Barbados Today
On this day, May ninth, in the year of Our Lord 2021, and in this space, we the sons and daughters of this fair land: infant, adolescent, adult and senior, Express with loud and singular voice sincerest gratitude to God Most High for the institution of Motherhood. We salute with greatest honour
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General Fishing Season Opens May 1 - Milwaukee Community Journal
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds anglers that the 2021-2022 fishing season will open May 1, without any changes to season dates. All regulations and license requirements still apply. “I hope everyone is as excited as I am for the 2021 fishing season,” said
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Christ Church couple granted bail - Barbados Today
A Christ Church couple who was at the centre of the April 26 alleged standoff with public health and law enforcement officials appeared in court this morning. Fabian Antone John, 46,  and his wife Vanessa Maylin John, 48, of Kingsland Heights, Christ Church are accused of refusing to carry out
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The UWI, Shaggy unite for a cause - Barbados Today
Two-time Grammy award winning recording artist Shaggy is collaborating with The University of the West Indies (The UWI) to perform at the Virtual Toronto Benefit Awards 2021, on Saturday, May 22 at 7 p.m. (Eastern Caribbean)/6 p.m. (Jamaica). Shaggy – Orville Richard Burrell – from
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