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Black Businesses & Access to Capital:  Data also suggest Black businesses were less likely to receive forgivable loans in the first round of the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), and the HEROES Act attempts to address some of these issues by directing additional resources to community
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Fans of Kenyan musician prevent burial under 'swift' COVID-19 rules
Hundreds of Kenyans defied tear gas and riot police last Friday (June 12) to prevent the swift burial of popular musician Abenny Jachiga in the western city of
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'There's no corona!' - Denial a major obstacle in fight against coronavirus in DR Congo
On 20 May, the official committee to fight the coronavirus said three of its workers were threatened at knifepoint, part of what the government last Friday described as "rising cases" of abuse of virus
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Westerners flock beaches
It would appear that the Government’s decision to reopen beaches on Sunday could not have come sooner for hundreds of residents across western Jamaica as they turned out in droves for fun and frolic in Trelawny, St James, Hanover, and
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
South Africa: Citizen 'Desperate' to Come Back Home After Being Quarantined On a Ship Since March
A South African man who has been quarantined on a ship since 14 March says he is desperate to return home in order to spend time with his ailing
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(2004) Al Sharpton, “Speech Before the 2004 Democratic National Convention"
In  2004 Rev. Al Sharpton of New York City, campaigned for the Democratic nomination for President.  Sharpton saw himself as the successor to Rev. Jesse Jackson who campaigned for the Presidency on behalf of the impoverished and oppressed.  Although he did not garner as much support as Jackson did
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Rihanna Calls Out Kentucky’s Attorney General Over The Lack Of Accountability For Breonna Taylor’s Killers
Not one cop has been arrested over her death.
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Uganda: Our Manifesto Plan Now At 77 Percent - NRM
Government has said it has so far implemented 77.9 per cent of its manifesto in the last four years and that the remaining threshold will be completed before the next General
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Rally Held In Garden City In Support of Aundrey Stewart After Being Spit On
According to a Garden City police report, on last Monday, June 22, 2020 Aundrey Stewart was turning his car around in the driveway that belonged to Dmitri
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Posters For Black Lives Matter Fundraiser by Vistaprint Read ‘All Lives Matter’
Two friends organizing a fundraiser for Black Lives Matter in Atlanta were shocked last week when posters ordered from Vistaprint read, “All lives
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Business owners urged to adjust to survive
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce Kenisha Dwyer-Powell and her predecessor Garfield Green have added their voices to those urging entrepreneurs to find new ways of operating in order for businesses to survive the COVID-19
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South Sudan Covid-19 cases rise to 290
South Sudan has registered 54 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 290, the country's Health ministry has
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JTA happy with PEP placement method
MONTEGO BAY, St James Owen Speid, president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association, says the organisation is satisfied with the methodology used by the Government for students' Primary Exit Profile (PEP) placements.We were pretty pleased with what they did, in terms of using those scores to compute
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Cigarette ban: Five possible ways it could come to an end
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UG’s GREEN Institute urges carbon tax on extracted crude oil
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is being urged to implement a carbon tax on the crude oil currently being extracted in the offshore Stabroek Block by ExxonMobil’s subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd (EEPGL) which could earn Guyana billions
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Queen Latifah Previews New Film About Young Black Woman Who Feels ‘More Human’ As A Police Officer
Queen Latifah, in partnership with Procter Gamble and Tribeca Studios, is aiming to promote gender and racial equality among filmmakers through the Queen Collective, a short film development program which is in its second
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Best of Los Angeles Award Winning Author, Adrienne Rubin, Shares Short Piece On Responsibility & Freedom Amidst COVID-19
"In spite of our need for freedom, most of those who responded are choosing responsible behavior"- Adrienne Rubin
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Philadelphia Court Supervisor Fired After Saying that Black Lives Don't Matter to Him
Nationwide — Michael Henkel, a 61-year old man who worked as a Family Court supervisor in Philadelphia, has been fired from his job after being caught on camera causing a disturbance during a peaceful Black Lives Matter
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SLAJ president speaks about the diffculties facing SLAJ amid COVID-19
In his address to members of SLAJ, the erudite President of the Association, Ahmed Sahid Nasralla, congratulated members, more especially the surviving founding members, namely – Hon. Ibrahim Ben Kargbo (MP), Mrs. Bernadette Cole, Mr. Christo Johnson and
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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said that he will elevate charges against the former Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck while adding charges of aiding and abetting murder against the other three officers at the scene, according to CNN and other
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Three arrested in illegal FX operation
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Trelawny gets a taste of the Mobile Justice Unit
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LisaRaye Reveals Why She Turned Down The Chance To Join 'Real Housewives' Franchise
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Uganda: Total-Tullow Oil Sales Deal Awaits Cabinet Approval
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Dr Hinds is attempting to create an elections narrative that has no empirical basis
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Westerners flock beaches
WESTERN BUREAU: It would appear that the Government’s decision to reopen beaches on Sunday could not have come sooner for hundreds of residents across western Jamaica as they turned out in droves for fun and frolic in Trelawny, St James, Hanover,...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Suspected cop killer stabbed his own brother - Troubled man who lay below radar was 'bad from long time', say residents
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