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Larry Watson, chief executive officer of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC), states that any company that has a significant percentage of its business as credit customers could find its uncollected debt to be crippling. “It has a negative...
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Marijuana: 4 things to watch for in California in 2021 | L.A. Focus News
Making predictions about California’s marijuana industry was a challenge even before a global pandemic changed everything. It’s not just that the legal cannabis market, which launched three years ago in California, is so new. It’s also the singularity of an industry in which licensed, legal
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Increasing number of airlines now require COVID-19 PCR tests
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Why You May Want To Have New Year’s Resolutions Even If You Are Skeptical
Completely happy New Yr 2021. Girl’s hand writing 2020 Objectives in pocket book adorned with Christmas … [+] decorations on the tricolor background. High view, flat lay getty New Yr’s…
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South Africa: SA Moves to Level 3 of Lockdown
[SAnews.gov.za] In a move to curb the spread of COVID-19, South Africa has moved to adjusted level 3 from level 1 with immediate effect, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday.
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AirZim slapped with $100m wage bill
BY SHAME MAKOSHORI AT least 300 workers fired by Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) five years ago, who have won a long-drawn legal battle to return to work, say they are owed $100 million in outstanding salaries by the struggling airline. In High Court papers filed on December 24, in which they demand that
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D.C. parents' opinions on how virtual learning has gone during the coronavirus pandemic and whether to continue it next school year vary wildly, a recent D.C. Public Schools survey found.
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Stacey Abrams: Republicans 'do not know how to win without voter suppression' - TheGrio
Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, the founder of Fair Fight, blasted Republicans this week for their pattern of voter... View Article The post Stacey Abrams: Republicans 'do not know how to win without voter suppression' appeared first on TheGrio.
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Govt starts security and health provisions in evacuation centres
BY KENNETH NYANGANI/THOMAS CHIDAMBA/TINASHE KAIRIZA THE government has started to provide security and healthcare in evacuation centres in the seven districts of Manicaland, where scores of people are set to be relocated in the event that Cyclone Chalane hits the country on New Year’s eve as
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Breonna Taylor Bust In Oakland Damaged, Artist Calls It Racist Aggression
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Somalia: Hirshabelle Parliament Extends Presidential Term to Five Years
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Marco Rubio dragged for Fauci dig after being one of the firsts to get vaccine - TheGrio
Just one week after being one of the first Americans to receive a dose of coronavirus vaccine, Florida Sen. Marco... View Article The post Marco Rubio dragged for Fauci dig after being one of the firsts to get vaccine appeared first on TheGrio.
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Zimbabwe: U.S. Lawmaker Roasts 'Worse-Than-Mugabe' Mnangagwa
[New Zimbabwe] THE US, through its US Agency for International Development (USAID), is spending US$10 million in efforts to improve Zimbabwe's political process and these include supporting non-governmental organisations acting as election monitors for the 2023 poll.
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NY Senate passes, Cuomo signs eviction moratorium, drawing landlords' concern - TheGrio
The New York State Senate passed a bill to extend the state’s eviction moratorium beyond New Year's Day, and Governor... View Article The post NY Senate passes, Cuomo signs eviction moratorium, drawing landlords' concern appeared first on TheGrio.
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Asm. Shirley Weber’s Daughter Is Running for her Mom’s San Diego District Seat - Voice and Viewpoint
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Dr. Akilah Weber, who is the daughter of Dr. Shirley Weber (D-San Diego), has announced this past weekend that she is running for the 79th Assembly District seat that her mom will soon vacate. If she wins, the younger Dr. Weber would have the opportunity
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Pandemic Relief and the Georgia Elections | New Pittsburgh Courier
Pandemic Relief and the Georgia Elections By Ben Jealous Fair warning: this isn’t a traditional Christmas-week column. If we think of clarity as a kind of gift, though, we can be grateful that the effort to pass a much-needed COVID-19 relief bill in the waning days of this Congress makes one thing
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Pandemic Relief and the Georgia Elections | Digital Daily | The Michigan Chronicle
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Trump's presidential legacy, by the numbers - DefenderNetwork.com
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Nigeria: Three Killed, Schools, Others Destroyed As Boko Haram Attacks Borno Communities - Official
[Premium Times] Governor Zulum cuts short Abuja trip to visit the affected Borno communities.
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Dr. Susan Moore — death of Black doctor of COVID-19 sets off alarms - DefenderNetwork.com
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Correspondent “He made me feel like a drug addict,” Dr. Susan Moore, 52, said on a video days before her death on December 22 due to coronavirus. The Black Indiana doctor states on a Facebook video that she had received poor treatment from White caregivers
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Kaiser Permanente Support Access to Healthy Food During COVID-19 Pandemic
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A look at the 29 people Trump pardoned or gave commutations - Voice and Viewpoint
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Alex Caruso becomes first Laker to miss a regular-season game due to COVID-19 protocols | L.A. Focus News
LOS ANGELES — Lakers guard Alex Caruso missed Monday’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers, becoming the first player on the team to sit out a game due to the NBA’s health and safety protocols. Coach Frank Vogel announced Caruso’s absence hours before tip-off. It is unclear exactly which
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NNPA Hosts Series of Interviews on Closing Education Achievement Gap | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — This month, NNPA President and CEO, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., conducted videotaped interviews with education experts, community activists, and college students to help determine whether students in underserved communities are having their needs met during the pandemic. Dr. Chavis
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Attorneys question continued detention of boat crew in US
Attorney-at-law Bert Samuels is seeking immediate answers into whether four Jamaicans arrested at sea by the United States Coast Guard were “kidnapped” under the veil of the Shiprider Agreement two months ago. His query has to do with the recent...
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