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Several motorists who were affected during the 2015 bad gas saga are currently being contacted and given a date to visit the offices of the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), to begin the process of collecting their share of a $24.5 million compensation
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Lewis Latimer
Lewis Latimer is considered one of the 10 most important Black inventors of all time, not only for the sheer number of inventions created and patents secured but also for the magnitude of importance for his most famous discovery. Latimer was born on September 4, 1848 in Chelsea, Massachusetts. His
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Shortlist of firms to market oil to be ready by June 25 – DoE
The Department of Energy (DoE) yesterday notified  the Applicants who submitted Expressions of Interest on April 26, 2020, for the “Provision of Marketing Services for Guyana’s Oil Entitlement from the Lisa Destiny FPSO Vessel”, that the preparation of the Shortlist of Firms to be invited to submit
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Rwanda: UN Prosecutor Says Telephone, Financial Data Led to Kabuga Arrest
Serge Brammertz, the Chief Prosecutor of the Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (RMICT), has said his team of investigators in collaboration with other organs relied on telephone and financial data, among others, to eventually arrest Félicien Kabuga this past
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Drop-A-Dime/Report-A-Crime, Inc.
This anti-drug program, Drop-A-Dime/Report-A-Crime, Inc., was founded in 1983 by Georgette Watson and Rev. Bruce Wall to combat the rampant drug trade, especially in the African-American communities. As an executive director, Watson used a telephone hot-line approach for anonymous callers to inform
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Rose Hall makeup artist keeps eyes on the prize despite setbacks
‘Seven years ago, Afeena Aliyah Mootoo professionally entered the makeup industry after she was recommended by a friend to her first
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Pratt , Edwin T. (1930-1969)
Edwin Thomas Pratt had been a leader in Seattle, Washington’s civil rights movement for a decade when he was assassinated at the front door of his home on January 26, 1969. At the time, Pratt was Executive Director of the Seattle Urban League. His murder remains
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St. Maarten resident seeking others for flight home
Hopeful of a return to St. Maarten this weekend, a member of the  Guyanese Association is seeking to find other residents of the island in Guyana who may wish to return
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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The Church of St. Mark, Brooklyn, New York (1838- )
The Church of St. Mark in Brooklyn, New York was originally established by a group of black Episcopalians in 1838.  The next year, Dr. Samuel M. Haskins was asked to be rector (pastor), the role he would maintain for 60 years.  By April 1841 the congregation completed a Gothic style edifice in
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Task Force approves conditional return of 300 Guyanese stranded overseas
The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) today approved the return of 300 Guyanese who are stranded overseas once they test negative for
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Jones, John Melvin (1944- )
John Melvin Jones was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Guyana in 2008.  Nominated by President George W. Bush on June 30, 2008, he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and arrived in Georgetown, the capital of Guyana, on October 8 of that year.  Due to health issues, the result of injuries sustained while
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Mbiyu Koinange: Bundle of contrasts of Jomo’s friend
They would later meet in England where Kenyatta had taken the fight for Kenya’s independence, and Koinange, the first Kenyan to get a master’s degree, had gone for further
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Guyana's gov't blasts Bruce Golding's statement on election process | New York Carib News
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The Guyana government has described as “exceptionally partisan” statements made by the former Jamaica prime minister, Bruce Golding, who led an Organisation of American States (OAS) observer team to the March 2 regional and general
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Source: The New York Carib News
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UG says not demanding tuition from students at this time
The Transitional Management Committee (TMC) of the University of Guyana today said that UG is not demanding tuition fees from students at this
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Some cruise-ship workers could go home tomorrow
Some of the 200 crew ship workers who disembarked the Adventure of the Seas cruise ship at the Falmouth Pier in Trelawny could reunite with their families as early as
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm , née Shirley Anita St. Hill (born November 30, 1924, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died January 1, 2005, Ormond Beach, Florida), American politician, the first African American woman to be elected to the
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He who asserts must prove
He who asserts must prove -GECOM Chair says about claims being raised at recount
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Award-Winning Literary and Scholarly Works by African Americans (to 2013)
The following is a list of major awards won by African Americans for literary, journalistic, and scholarly writing compiled by San Diego State University Librarian Robert Fikes, Jr.  The list includes all awards earned by these writers for fiction and non fiction.  Links to specific prizes appear
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Covid-19: Fears for jailed Akashas
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Aide Memoire binds Claudette Singh and GECOM to a declaration based solely on the recount
I refer to a letter of Monday, May 25 by Kit Nascimento (`If David Granger’s character and good name is in question he has only himself to blame’) in the Stabroek
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
EQUAL Guyana marks first anniversary of empowerment mission
Today marks one year since the Empowering Queers using Artistic Learning (EQUAL) Guyana organisation was launched with the intention of utilising art to empower the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Providing care amid the pandemic
A child alone with an alcoholic parent, a ‘little old lady’ who just wanted something to eat and pensioner who wanted assistance in accessing her diabetes medication were among the over 200 calls received by the Child Care and Protection Agency (CC&PA) for the month of
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Rubis in COVID-19 donation to CDC, GPHC
Joining the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, Rubis Guyana Inc is  providing transportation for frontline workers and has also contributed more than $2M as part of its several initiatives aimed at providing relief to persons in need and to ongoing efforts of the Civil Defence Commission
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Pakistan jet with 98 aboard crashes in crowded neighbourhood
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A jetliner carrying 98 people crashed yesterday in a cro wded neighbourhood near the airport in Pakistan's port city of Karachi after an apparent engine failure during
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Nigeria: Report - Nigerians Experience Income Drop After Lockdown
A recent survey carried out by FinMark Trust through the i2i initiative, in partnership with EFInA, reveals that some Nigerian households are beginning to experience reduced income, lower food consumption, and reduced access to financial and health services following the onset of the COVID-19
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Source: allAfrica.com
Tanzania: COVID-19 - Cross Border Spread On Spotlight As Kenya Closes Tanzania, Somali Borders
Dar es Salaam — Efforts by individual countries in the East Africa region to tackle the spread of the novel coronavirus across borders yesterday saw Kenya ban the movement of pedestrians and passenger s in and out of the
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Source: allAfrica.com
'It was the experience of a lifetime'
SEVERAL residents in Falmouth, Trelawny, paused yesterday to welcome home the more than 1,000 Jamaicans aboard Royal Caribbean cruise line's Adventure of the Seas which docked at the port shortly after
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Sudan: Al-Burhan Receives Telephone Call From Egyptian President
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Trelawny Farmers’ Market gets thumbs down from MP
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