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Injured Holder takes comfort from batting practice - Voice Online
JASON HOLDER, the West Indies captain, who suffered an ankle injury in this weeks intra-squad... The post Injured Holder takes comfort from batting practice appeared first on Voice Online.
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PATH students plus 100,000 others to get devices
THE Ministry of Education, Youth and Information last Thursday officially launched its 'One Laptop or Tablet Per Child' initiative, which is designed to promote inclusivity in the education sector.It aims to provide needy students with the requisite tools to function in the online teaching and
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Sierra Leone to reopen schools for exams
Sierra Leone will temporarily reopen schools next month to allow registered students to sit for the public examinations, the government announced on
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Should police be in Pittsburgh schools? Advocates call for removal reignited in wake of Floyd’s death
When news came that the Minneapolis Public Schools proposed to cut ties with their local police force, local lawyer Tiffany Sizemore saw an opportunity for kids across the Pittsburgh Public Schools
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President Trump Tweets Out White Power Message, Black Republican Senator Tim Scott Expresses Dismay | The Orlando Advocate
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor In yet another social media moment invoking race in America, President Donald Trump retweeted a video of a supporter heard yelling, “White power!” The tweet displayed a video of a parade of supporters of the President riding golf carts through
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Rwanda: Govt to Recruit 580 Nursery Teachers
[New Times] The number of teachers in pre-primary schools is set to be increased from the current 33 to 613 in this fiscal year, according to the ministry of education.
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"Burn'Em and The OG in the Morning" Bring a New Perspective and Citywide Sound to 102. 5 FM
By Dylan Deprey Sometimes, all it takes is fate to put that one specific person in life’s path to completely alter the future. As Billboard Burn’Em hopped off an eight-year prison sentence, he had a chance to revitalize his rap career and discredit the infamous America’s Most Wanted montage, which
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MP awards Hanover tertiary students with education grants
WESTERN BUREAU: Eight needy tertiary-level students from rural districts in the western section of Hanover were presented with education grants totalling J$1 million by Member of Parliament (MP) Tamika Davis to continue with their educational...
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COVID-19 claims woman’s life as in-person schooling hits bump - Barbados Today
The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic rose by one Tuesday while health authorities closed yet another school after a student tested positive for the virus. The woman, a 66-year-old Barbadian, died Monday night, Health and Wellness Minister Lt Col Jeffrey Bostic announced Tuesday night. Lt
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FAMU Among HBCUs To Receive $50,000 In Emergency Funding from Vanguard - Black News Channel
Special from Florida AM University Florida AM University (FAMU) is one of five historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) impacted by the global pandemic to receive $50,000 in direct emergency funding support from Vanguard, the firm announced Friday. Delaware State University, Hampton
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NASA Names Headquarters After first Black Female Engineer at NASA
This story was originally published on blackengineer.com NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Wednesday the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first Black female engineer at NASA. Jackson started her career in the segregated West
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NFL picks its first Black female game official | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Homero De la Fuente and Jason Hanna, CNN Maia Chaka will make history when the new National Football League season starts this year. The NFL said Friday it has added Chaka to its roster of game officials for 2021, making her the league's first Black woman named to the position. Chaka, a Virginia
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Algeria to keep borders closed till COVID-19 ends [Morning Call] | Africanews
Algeria will keep its land, air and sea borders closed until the end of the COVID-19 crisis. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday announced this saying also that firmer measures will be taken against citizens who do not respect preventive
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New water harvesting systems for seven schools
Ahead of the start of the 2020/2021 academic year, work is far advanced to improve drought management and sanitation systems at seven infant and primary schools in St Ann, Hanover, St James and Westmoreland.
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Kenya: Report On Teen Pregnancies Alarms Kenyans
A survey by the Kenya Health Information System shows that about 4,000 girls aged 19 years and below were reported pregnant in Machakos County between January and May, which means 27 girls conceived every
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Windies eager to put absence of key players behind them - Stabroek News
On the eve of their second and final warm up match ahead of their three-Test series against England, some West Indies players are keen to show that they can fill the void left by Darren Bravo, Keemo Paul and Shimron
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The Cuban teachers who put their all into educating Jamaica's young
THEY would rather engage their pupils and students face to face, but two Cuban teachers of Spanish believe that their messages are still resonating with their young constituents through the 'in thing' model of online learning.
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President Trump Tweets Out White Power Message, Black Republican Senator Tim Scott Expresses Dismay
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The social media incident was yet another example of the President retweeting dubious messages from his twitter account. The tweet regarding “The Villages” was later deleted after Black Republican Senator Tim Scott expressed dismay. The Republican from South Carolina also called the
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Low turnout as France votes in local polls
PARIS, France (AFP) � French voters abstained in their millions Sunday from a final round of municipal elections predicted to deal a blow to the party of President Emmanuel Macron.Amid persistent fears of the novel coronavirus contagion, just over a third of voters had turned out by 5:00
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NASCAR’s Bubba Wallace Talks Noose, Confederate Flag and More
By Dorothy J. GentrySports Editor Bubba Wallace is tired—specifically “wore the hell out”—he said during an online Zoom call with the media on June 26. The only full-time Black driver
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Nigeria: UNICEF Enrols 500,000 Girls in Primary Schools in Katsina
[This Day] The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has announced the enrolment of over 500,000 girls in primary schools in Katsina State through its Girl's Education Project (GEP 3) as part of efforts to reduce the spate of out-of-school children in the state.
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Covid-19: Zambian minister tests positive
Zambia’s Information Minister Dora Siliya has tested positive for coronavirus, state TV reported
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Is It Safe to Fly Right Now? Heres What Experts Have to Say Free Press of Jacksonville
By Katherine Alex Beaven We spoke with medical, aviation, and travel experts to answer the question of whether or not it’s safe to fly right now. The answer is complicated and comes with caveats. [...]
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Free education in Sierra Leone – a lot done, yet much more to do
53.4% of pre-primary, 78.7% of primary, 76.7% of junior secondary and 80.4% of senior secondary schools are now
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Eyes on CBC task force as term nears end
Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha launched the committee in June last year, mandating it to resolve questions on transition from one level to the next, staffing, teacher training, examinations and
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Rwanda: Schools Need Over 18,000 Teachers to Plug Shortfall
[New Times] Rwanda needs a total of 18,005 professional teachers to be able to improve the student ratio as well as cater for the new classrooms being constructed to decongest existing ones.
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Campbell, Lee relish looming election battle in St Ann NW
There is no doubt in the mind of People’s National Party (PNP) standard-bearer Dr Dayton Campbell that pulling out the voters in the upcoming general election will be difficult, but he believes he has the organisational machinery in place to...
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Georgia Man Worked 23 Years As a School Janitor; Now He's Earned a Degree to Become a Teacher
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Kenya: Scandal of Thousands of Ghost Learners Revealed
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