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NBS lines up women's mortgage scheme - NewsDay Zimbabwe
Over the past 40 years, most properties were owned by men and in the event of unpleasant developments, women were adversely affected. The world over, March is celebrated as the women’s month. The post NBS lines up women’s mortgage scheme appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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HHW Tech Review: The Galaxy Note Lives On In Samsung’s New S22 Ultra Smartphone
Samsung casually "killed off" its relatively popular Galaxy Note model, making the exceptional Note20 Ultra the device's swan song. At the same time, Samsung also decided to keep what made the Note line great and just introduce it into the S22 Ultra model. It turns out that was a very wise decision
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Kanye West Booted from Instagram | Atlanta Daily World
Kanye West is facing a small repercussion for his latest antics.  West was locked out of his Instagram account and will be unable to use the platform or connect with his 15 million followers for 24 hours.  West has repeatedly attacked, harassed, and openly threatened people on the platform
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GLAACC Partners With Corporations to Advance Black Businesses - Los Angeles Sentinel
For over 15 years, the Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce‘s (GLAACC) Business Evolution Program (BEP) has partnered with major corporations to provide entrepreneurs with the tools and resources they need to increase scale and achieve economic
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Florida High School Shamed Into Changing Its Policy After Trying To Make A Black Honors Student Cut His Locs For Graduation
Jacob Rush, a straight-A student at Abeka Academy in Pensacola, Florida, was being forced by school administrators to cut his locs in order to participate in his graduation ceremony until his mother,  Latrenda Rush, started a Change.org petition in protest, gaining over 53,000 signatures.
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Dallas Comedian Attempts To Advocate For Ukraine During 3-Minute Rap - Blavity
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Arrest of WNBA Star Brittney Griner Extended
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Boston Couple Linked To BLM Hit With Federal Charges For Using Donations On Rent & Personal Vacations
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Black women at the forefront of COVID fight
By Micha Green, AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor, mgreen@afro.com While the President’s Chief Medical Advisor, Dr. Anthony Fauci, may have become the face of the United States’ fight against COVID-19, Black women, such as Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett and Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, have been a
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Everton 1-0 Newcastle: Iwobi comes to Lampard’s rescue with a late goal
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Haitian writer Lahens receives Knight of the Legion of Honor award - Texas Metro News
By The Haitian Times PORT-AU-PRINCE — The writerYanick Lahenshas received the insignia of Knight of the Legion of Honor, the highest honor awarded by France,Le Nouvellistereported. French Ambassador to Haiti, Fabrice Mauriès, awarded the honor to Lahens Feb. 25 during a gathering at his private
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Brittney Griner Detained Until May, Enters A Not Guilty Plea In Russian Court - Blavity
According to the Russian state news agency TASS, WNBA player Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia is being extended until May.
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Unilever set to end local production in July - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Food and house care manufacturers Unilever Caribbean Ltd (UCL) announced that, come July, production and manufacturing of spread products such as Blue Band Butter and Flora could come to an end. In a release on Tuesday, Unilever explained that, following the sale of its spreads business intern
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Report: Black National Police Officer Alleges White Supervisor Said He Hoped Black Lives Matter Protesters Would Die
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TOBAGO businessman Laurence Hislop says he is looking forward to serving his country as a Government Senator. “I am looking forward to working for my country in this capacity,” he said in a brief interview with Newsday on Wednesday. Hislop's appointment came earlier on Wednesday after a majo
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Legislative Brief HB1021
By J.J. McQueen, Special to the AFRO All around the country General Assemblies everywhere are discussing the importance of gun laws. With states like Alabama lowering standards for permits for gun owners addressed by their bill (HB272), the idea of what gun legislation within the
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Nursing Home Worker Poll: Half Say They Are Likely to Leave Their Jobs in the Next 12 Months. - Los Angeles Sentinel
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Women in Agriculture: How we're empowering women farmers in Nigeria -- Alluvial Agriculture
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Take action to counter ‘racist’ EU - Barbados Today
by Marlon Madden Economist Marla Dukharan is suggesting that countries in the region take diplomatic action against the European Union (EU) when it unjustly blacklists Caribbean jurisdictions for being “non- compliant” with its financial guidelines. Dukharan revisited the issue recently as she
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Commentary: Critical times facing Morgan State Athletics, resignations leave program without A.D., football coach
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO In a conference that is teetering on the brink of extinction, Morgan State University’s athletic program faces a crisis. With the resignations of former athletic director Ed Scott and Tyrone Wheatley as football coach, the Bears program finds i
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High praise for DPP Gaspard, deputy from Court of Appeal - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
THE Director of Public Prosecutions and one of his deputies came in for high praise from the Court of Appeal on Thursday for their position on an appeal filed by a Maraval man. Dexter Williamson successfully challenged his conviction for the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl in October 1997.
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Rambharat: Work consumed my family life - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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