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Help for Caribbean tech start-ups
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad - Tech start-ups across the Caribbean are now one step closer to accessing the world-class instructors, seasoned mentors, and potential investors needed to scale up their businesses and improve their chances of long-term success, say organisers of an accelerator programme
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Trokosi: The West African custom where girls are forced to serve at shrines for sins of their fathers
Before Insecure star Jay Ellis would secure a leading role opposite Issa Rae in the hit HBO dramedy, he featured in a Ghanaian film about a traditional Ewe custom known as
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Security threat
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - Law enforcement was on high alert yesterday around the US Capitol after intelligence uncovered a 'possible plot' by a militia group to storm the iconic building again, two months after a mob of Donald Trump supporters smashed through windows and doors to try to
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L.A. City Council Approves Motions To Expand Project Roomkey - Los Angeles Sentinel
The Los Angeles City Council today approved a motion that would expand Project Roomkey and explore commandeering non- cooperating hotels and motels to house homeless people through the
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Africa: We Live in Our Smartphones, Anthropologists Say
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Researchers at University College London argue that smartphones have become so fundamental that they are like places people live, rather than mere tools of communication
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Nigeria: Intelligence Remains Effective Instrument in Fighting Insurgency, Banditry - NSA
[Vanguard] The National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President, Retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, says intelligence remains the most effective instrument in fighting insurgency and banditry.
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Undertakers' unease
Some undertakers say they have been making concessions for families since the start of the novel coronavirus pandemic, but are now unable to give a commitment to absorb the full cost of extended storage should the Government stick to its decision to ban funerals and burials for two weeks. The
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Vaccination roll-out delayed; shipment from India to now arrive Monday
THE roll-out of the country's COVID-19 vaccination programme has been set back by at least a week, as the shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines that were to arrive from India today has now been rescheduled.
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VIDEO: Falmouth field hospital to start admitting COVID patients tomorrow
FALMOUTH, Trelawny - Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has disclosed that seven patients will be admitted to the newly constructed $36-million COVID-19 field hospital in this town tomorrow. 'I am told that by this weekend... Sunday, we should see patients being placed in this
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North Birmingham to get its first COVID-19 vaccination site  
By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times  Alabama Regional Medical Services (ARMS) will host a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Saturday March 13 at its North Birmingham Clinic, said Christopher Mosley, Director of Marketing, Outreach and Public Affairs for ARMS. It will be appointment only.  “We have
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Ambassador Irwin LaRocque ends Cariom duty this year
THE Caribbean Community (Caricom) will this year be seeking a secretary general to replace the retiring Ambassador Irwin LaRocque.In his opening remarks at the recent 32nd Intersessional Meeting of Caricom Heads of Government, the chair, Prime Minister Keith Rowley of Trinidad and Tobago, mentioned
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Parents, Boston Latin School grads seek say in alumni association - The Bay State Banner
Graduates of Boston Latin Academy say a group of Girls Latin grads have shut them out of the school’s alumni association. The post Parents, Boston Latin School grads seek say in alumni association appeared first on The Bay State Banner.
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Security guard shot dead; call for JamaicaEye in Santa Cruz
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Councillor for the Santa Cruz Division Christopher Williams is urging the Government to step up its pace and investment in the national closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance system, JamaicaEye, in this south-central town, following yesterday's attempted robbery
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Today's Horoscope — March 4, 2021
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, March 4, 2021:Privat e, intimate and autonomous, you need a cozy place in which to exist. You produce your best work this year, and it is very successful. If single, you so crave creative isolation that you don't even search for a mate this year. You wait some years
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California shuts bars, indoor dining and most gyms, churches | The Atlanta Voice
Bars and inside restaurant dining are banned throughout California, while indoor religious services, gyms and hair and nail salons are again off-limits in most of the state, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday in issuing a sweeping set of closures to head off surging coronavirus cases and
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Medical student launches foundation to tackle period poverty
SHANTAY Bailey says that from her childhood days she has always had the dream of starting a charity for young women as she was inspired by the kind nature of her mother and grandmother who assist the needy in their Ocho Rios community.
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The Importance of Healing the Healers
This culturally specific retreat was designed as a restorative experience for African American women who are mental health
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Top 3 easiest veggies to grow in central Florida
By Darion Newkirk, 18, Youth Farm Participant As I was researching vegetables that are easy to grow in Florida, three stood out to me. Broccoli, cabbage, and collards can grow with very little effort. Broccoli is an easy-to-grow plant that takes around 80 to 100 days. It doesn’t need much attention
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US under pressure for terminating Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) - A coalition of United States attorneys general is urging the Joe Biden Administration to withdraw its decision to terminate the Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program.
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With its latest study showing that children in the Caribbean and Latin America have been out of the classroom longer than their peers across the world, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has warned that the loss will 'be more disastrous and far-ranging than in any
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Louisiana Creole people
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This Day in History — March 3
Today is the 62nd day of 2021. There are 303 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1999: An estimated 74 million US viewers watch former White House intern Monica Lewinsky confess the details of her affair with US President Bill Clinton.�OTHER EVENTS1707: Mogul Emperor Aurangjeb dies in India
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Standing Finance Committee meeting to adhere to COVID-19 guidelines
PARLIAMENT has outlined changes to the meeting of the Standing Finance Committee scheduled to examine the 2021-2022 Estimates of Expenditure and related documents today and tomorrow.
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JTA welcomes plan for 1st round vaccination of educators
PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) Jasford Gabriel has welcomed the inclusion of educators in the first batch of persons targeted for the COVID-19 jab even as the entity is engaging in another round of canvassing to see how many of its membership will ultimately take the vaccine.
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Africa: Communique of AU Bureau of Assembly of Heads of State and Government On Renaissance Dam
Addis Ababa — The Extraordinary African Union (AU) Bureau of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government Vide-Teleconference Meeting, held on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, (GERD) issued on June 26, 2020 the following
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2021 Indiana VEX Robotics State Championship to air virtually on March 6 | The Crusader Newspaper Group
The Indiana VEX Robotics State Championship will be hosted virtually, March 6 where the top 245 Indiana teams from elementary, middle, and high schools will compete to advance to the VEX Robotics World Championship 2021. Indiana has more elementary and middle schools participating in VEX IQ
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'He Wants His Undivided Attention': Nicki Minaj Tweets About Her Son and Missing Her Fans
Nicki Minaj is enjoying motherhood and giving fans some insight into how it's going for her. In a series of Nov. 6 tweets, Minaj spent time answering her
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Illinois city becomes first in nation to offer reparations to Black Americans | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Funds to be distributed from 3% tax on newly legal recreational marijuana sales By ArLuther Lee, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Evanston, Illinois, has become the first city in the country to fund reparations in an effort to compensate Black Americans for the loss of generational wealth due to
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The word is out...The sky’s the limit for Chantal Braziel
Braziel, a classical music major at Carnegie Mellon University and a preacher’s daughter from Penn Hills, decided to present a “Quarantine Concert” in her neighborhood driveway, much to the delight of her family, neighbors and friends. Braziel was recently featured in Pittsburgh as a lead voc
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