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Relief and fear - Authorities promise tight ship, but COVID-19 concern high in communities as joyous relatives welcome cruise workers
After weeks of uncertainty on the high seas and sitting in docks around the world as the global tourism industry collapsed from the devastating coronavirus pandemic, 1,044 Jamaican cruise workers breathed a sigh of relief last week as the Adventure of the Seas docked at historic Falmouth in
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Our dad was shot right in front of us – family of Umlazi councillor speaks out
Ward 84 councillor Bhekithemba Phungula, who was also an ANC branch chairperson, died in a hail of bullets as unknown assailants opened fire on him at his home in eNgonyameni, south of Durban, on Tuesday
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SCA dismisses High Court judgment that ruled lockdown regulations were unconstitutional | News24
A High Court judgment which declared almost all of the Level 3 and 4 lockdown regulations as unconstitutional and invalid has been dismissed by the Supreme Court of Appeal.
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Integrity Commission submits four investigation reports to Parliament
The country's single anti-corruption body has sent four investigation reports to Parliament for tabling. At the same time, the Integrity Commission has also submitted to Parliament indicative rulings from the Director of Corruption Prosecutions...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Byhalia Pipeline protests continue; County Commission delays key vote - TSDMemphis.com
A delayed Shelby County Commission vote on the sale of property being sought for the proposed Byhalia Pipeline reflects the ongoing controversy associated with the project. On Monday (Feb. 8), commissioners delayed a scheduled vote on whether to sell two parcels of property that Byhalia Connection
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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com
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Phillips wants legal assurances on 2-in-1 election
President of the People’s National Party (PNP), Dr Peter Phillips, is demanding assurances that the legal and technical issues involved in staging both the local government and general elections on one ballot be ironed out before concluding on what would be a historic
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Two-in-one election? - Renewed calls for local gov’t, national polls to be held together in COVID-19 era
With both the local government and general elections on the horizon, there are mounting calls for the Government and the Opposition to give urgent consensus to holding both polls simultaneously in light of a number of prevailing conditions being faced by the
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Government introduces Special Agriculture Electricity Tariff Malawi 24 | Latest News from Malawi
Minister of Energy Ibrahim Matola has described the newly introduced special agriculture electricity tariff as an initiative anchored at facilitating and promoting agro-industrialisation in the country. Matola said this at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe on Friday during
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
'Usher Loves a Mature Woman': Fans Say Kenya Moore 'Was Ready To Risk It All' After Getting Lost In Usher's Serenading Trap
Kenya Moore left her video girl days back in the early 2000s, but for a moment Usher managed to bring the vixen out of her recently. "The Real Housewives
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Gambia Supreme Court Declares MPs' Personal Loans As Unconstitutional
[East African] The Supreme Court in The Gambia on Tuesday declared as "unconstitutional" a decision by the country's lawmakers to award themselves personal loans from the public purse.
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Hangberg unrest 'stabilised' after residents protest demolition of structures, torch creche
Despite incidents of stone throwing in the Hout Bay area on Saturday morning, unrest in which buildings were set alight on Friday night has stabilised, according to
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KZN councillor killed in 'hail of bullets' outside his home
The murder of Mtubatuba councillor Philip Mkhwanazi was met with shock and sadness by colleagues and comrades on
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Houston, make this a ‘Buy Black’ Friday (and Saturday)
… . “The gift shop at the African American History Research Center (1300 Victor … ) and the Houston Museum of African American History and Culture (4807 Caroline …
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Osunkoya, chairman of Access Holdings, is dead
Mr Osunkoya's demise on 21 November, 2023 followed “a brief illness,” Nigeria's biggest lender by asset, said. The post Osunkoya, chairman of Access Holdings, is dead appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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Belnavis tied to building breach - St Ann structure demolished amid Sunday Gleaner probe
Embattled St Ann’s Bay Mayor Michael Belnavis is a director of a private company that captured government land and constructed a building in a daring disregard of the country’s laws which the corporation he leads is expected to enforce, a Sunday Gleaner probe has
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Texas Board rejects climate change-focused textbooks
The Texas State Board of Education debates over climate-focused textbooks.
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Why Every Parent Should Be A Mental Health First Aider | Essence
Research has found that one in five adolescents (between ages 12-18) will suffer from at least one diagnosable mental health disorder. In addition to that, suicide is the second leading […] The post Why Every Parent Should Be A Mental Health First Aider appeared first on Essence.
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Don’t get the two confused - Dallas Examiner
E. Faye Williams reminds us that God has the whole world in His hands and that we must pledge to treat each other better as we move forward in the Israeli/Hamas War. The post Don’t get the two confused appeared first on Dallas Examiner.
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Family, friends mourn late Milton Brown
LATE JAMAICA Labour Party Councillor Milton Brown has been praised as a committed community activist and a voice of fairness who sought to achieve bipartisanship amid fierce political
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Rise and rise of Kang’ata
Within the first month at the university, Mr Kang’ata had already been elected the vice-chairman of the Kenya Law Students
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Nigeria: Whose President Is Bola Tinubu?
Column - "Governments are best classified by considering who are the 'somebodies' they are, in fact, endeavouring to satisfy" - Alfred North Whitehead, 1861-1947
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COVID-19 delays Hopewell Market renovation
The refurbishing work on the Hopewell Market in Hanover, which should have started in April but was delayed because of the onset of COVID-19, is now likely to be completed on August
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Mozambique: Largest City Market Closes Temporarily
Maputo — Xipamanine market, the largest municipal market in Maputo city, closed its doors on Monday for a three day period of reorganisation and
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Labour Day project in St Catherine shut down by police
Residents of Pear Tree Grove and surrounding areas in the Troja Division in St Catherine are expressing shock and dismay that they were ordered to discontinue their Labour Day project by the Riversdale
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Mitchell Town recreational park in Clarendon gets facelift
Residents of Mitchell Town in Clarendon joined hands on Labour Day to give a facelift to the rural community’s more than five-decades-old recreational
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Fisk University Bulldogs To Make History Again Hosting Gymnastics Meet Featuring All Black Women Coaches - Blavity
This Martin Luther King Jr. day, the Fisk University Bulldogs will compete against five other teams led by Black women coaches. A year ago, the team was formed at an HBCU . Valencia Jordan, the university’s athletic director, told Nashville 5 that the gymnastics team’s trajectory has helped inspire
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Nigeria: I May Leave APC Like Obaseki, Yet to Decide - Edo Speaker
Benin City — The expected defections among political office holders with Edo Governor, Godwin Obaseki suffered a setback as the speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon Francis Okiye said he was yet to decide his next move whether to leave the All Progressives Congress (APC) like Obaseki or
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India, Bangladesh cyclone death toll hits 95
India and Bangladesh began a massive clean-up Thursday after the fiercest cyclone since 1999 killed at least 95 people, leaving a trail of destruction in its
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KZN to 'present a clear plan' in coming weeks on taxi industry and political killings
A plan to stop rampant murders, due to taxi violence and political killings, will be expected in the coming weeks, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala said on
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Council budget committee still unsettled on use of American Rescue Plan Act funds - TSDMemphis.com
by James Coleman -  Prepared for another round of discussion about how to divvy up some $20 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds, the Memphis City Council’s Budget Committee has proposed the creation of a set of “guiding principles” to bring order to the out-of-season budget chaos. Much of the
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