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Jordan, Mosina H. (1943- )
In 1995, career Foreign Service Officer Mosina H. Jordan was nominated by President Bill Clinton to serve as ambassador to the Central African Republic (CAR). After U.S. Senate confirmation she arrived in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic and presented her credentials on November
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african heritage in the caribbean
The game Warri is a board game belonging to an ancient family of pit and pebble games which originated in Africa.The game originated in the Sudan and spread to western Africa from which it travelled to the Caribbean in the 17th century. It is one of the most interesting examples of African heritage
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0
1999
This Man Is Bringing World's First African And Caribbean Rum To The United States
This Man Is Bringing World’s First African And Caribbean Rum To The United via Purple PR
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Carrington, Walter Charles (1930 - )
Walter Charles Carrington served as the United States Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Senegal from 1980 to 1981, and to Nigeria from 1993 to 1997. He married Arese Ukpoma, a Nigerian physician, and has lived in three Nigerian cities since the late
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24
1930
Support for police lacking says relative of slain policeman - Barbados Today
The uncle of slain police officer Acting Station Sergeant Newton Lewis is disappointed with the way police officers in Barbados are treated. Philip Lewis, a retired Inspector from the Bermuda Police Service claims that one of the biggest failings he has seen since returning to Barbados is the lack
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Caribbean countries renew disaster risk insurance policies
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC) —The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF SPC) says its member governments in the Caribbean have all renewed their parametric insurance coverage for tropical cyclone, excess rainfall, earthquake and fisheries in light of the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane
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Sir Grantley H. Adams
Sir Grantley H. Adams, political leader, president of Barbados, born on this day.
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Earth Today | UNEP partners to reduce freshwater stress
IN A move to reduce the stress on freshwater resources in the Caribbean, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and its partners are to implement a new multimillion-US-dollar project with a focus on wastewater management in the
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Regular updates on Tropical Storm Elsa- Home Affairs Minister - Barbados Today
Residents across Barbados have been assured that they will receive updates on Tropical Storm Elsa and its implications for the island at regular intervals throughout today. Minister of Home Affairs, Information and Public Affairs, Wilfred Abrahams, gave that assurance early this morning as he
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Police officer shot and killed - Barbados Today
Police are investigating the fatal shooting of an officer at Rose Hill, St  Peter Barbados TODAY understands the officer was the driver of the Commissioner of Police. ( more details as they come to hand)   Read our ePaper. Fast. Factual. Free. Sign up and stay up to date with Barbados' FREE latest
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I favour inclusive governance rather than a shared PPP/C and PNCR Cabinet
I am aware that as I write, the biggest hurdle still stands before us – getting to and getting past the eventual Declaration that the PPP/C won our March 02, 2020 elections; that for the next five years the PPP/C will be sitting in the seat of our Government, still-young Irfaan Ali our President
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NUPW staff upset about late pay - Barbados Today
Staff at the National Union Public Workers (NUPW) walked off the job this morning to protest the late payment of salaries. General Secretary of the NUPW Wayne Walrond told reporters the cheques had not been signed by President Akanni McDowell. “This is an issue that has really incensed staff.” “If
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Global leadership and the search for a vaccine
It said that the voluntary pooling of patents in response to the pandemic needed to be ‘be narrowly tailored in scope and duration to the medical needs of the current crisis’, raising uncertainty about how the US intends to respond if it is the first nation with a viable
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#BTColumn – Observing Eid-ul-Fitr despite COVID-19 - Barbados Today
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by this author are their own and do not represent the official position of the Barbados Today Inc. by Suleiman Bulbulia Muslims this week end their month of fasting and observe the day of Eid-ul-Fitr. A day of celebration, rejoicing and gratitude for
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UPDATE: Lawmen probe fatal shooting of police officer - Barbados Today
Police are investigating the fatal shooting of an officer at Rose Hill, St Peter. Police Public Relations Officer Inspector acting Rodney Inniss updated reporters at the scene. The post UPDATE: Lawmen probe fatal shooting of police officer appeared first on Barbados Today.
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Tracking Elsa: LIVE News Updates - Barbados Today
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US group disappointed in Mottley's position on Guyana elections
(CMC): A group based in the United States has expressed disappointment with what it says is Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s “misguided” position on Guyana’s March 2 elections
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UWI Caribbean students feel trapped, abandoned in Ja
Caribbean students still stuck at The University of the West Indies, Mona, are anxious to get home as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the
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Eventide memories still raw
THE NO. 43 Jamaica Omnibus Service (JOS) bus that plied the route from Red Hills Road to downtown Kingston was filled with schoolchildren and civil servants on Tuesday, May
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Some small-island economies could collapse under the weight of COVID-19 - Mottley
One of the Caribbean’s most experienced politicians, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, has raised the grim spectre that some small-island developing states – numbered among which are several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member countries – could simply collapse under what might become the
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UWI Caribbean students feel trapped, abandoned in Jamaica
(Jamaica Gleaner) Caribbean students still stuck at The University of the West Indies, Mona, are anxious to get home as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the
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Eric Holder
Eric Himpton Holder, Jr. was the first African American Attorney General of the United States. He was born on January 2, 1951, to Eric and Miriam Holder in New York City. Eric and Miriam had both migrated from Barbados. Eric worked as a real estate agent and Miriam worked as a telephone
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2
1951
Barbados PM to hand over chairmanship of CARICOM on July 3 | New York Carib News
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Happy Father’s Day: Martell X Ghetto Gastro Present Dishes For Dad’s Big Day
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The publisher of the Barbados Advocate newspaper and owner of Barbados Broadcasting Service Ltd, Sir Anthony Bryan, died on Friday at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in the eastern Caribbean
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CXC must seriously reconsider its rigid July proposal
CXC’s proposal to use only Paper 1 (multiple choice) together with the students’ SBAs or IAs to assess them is seriously
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Barbados making a case for keeping corporate tax rate amid global move - Barbados Today
Barbados is mounting a case against the introduction of a global minimum corporate tax rate that would see the island having to almost triple its current rate and lose its status as a low-tax jurisdiction. However, Minister of International Business Ronald Toppin, who suggested the move is another
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Tourist pretesting back on agenda - Tufton admits island’s COVID-19 response buckling under pressure
The Jamaican Government is reconsidering the imposition of COVID-19 pretesting of arriving tourists as the coronavirus response architecture at the island’s airports has been overwhelmed by passenger traffic, Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton admitted on
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Police investigate fatal shooting at Waterford, St Michael - Barbados Today
Police are on the scene of a fatal shooting at Waterford, St Michael. Barbados TODAY understands that one man is dead and two other persons are injured. (more details as they come to hand.) The post Police investigate fatal shooting at Waterford, St Michael appeared first on Barbados Today.
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