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FirstCaribbean reports big loss due to COVID
(Jamaica Gleaner) CIBC First Caribbean Interna-tional Bank, which operates in Jamaica and throughout the region, recorded a net loss of US$110 million for the April second quarter, due to the impact of COVID-19 on its
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Chelsea Edghill is an inspiration and my target – Thuraia Thomas
National junior table tennis champ Thuraia Thomas has made a bold pronouncement, making it known that she is aiming to tussle with Guyana’s number-one female player Chelsea Edghill down the
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Bank of England says sorry for slave links as UK faces past
LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has apologized for the slave links some of its past governors had with slavery, as a global anti-racism movement sparked by the death of George Floyd forces many British institutions to confront uncomfortable truths about their
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#JamaicaTogether | Former principal launches storytelling YouTube channel for children
A retired educator has launched a YouTube channel dedicated to storytelling, aiming to ignite a passion for reading in young
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Grave says CWI ‘optimistic’ ahead of second ECB meeting
According to CWI chief executive, Johnny Grave, the two boards had a productive first meeting two weeks ago which included all the key stakeholders from captains to chief medical
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Barr, Epsy Campbell (1963- )
Epsy Campbell Barr is a black Costa Rican politician and trained economist.  In 2000 she became one of the founders of the Citizen’s Action Party (CAP), a group of leftist politicians who challenged the then ruling political party.  She later ran for President of Costa Rica in 2010 and 2014 under
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Source: Black Past
Jul
4
1963
NBA Players Discuss How Best to Impact Racism and the Systematic Oppression of Black People
Whether it’s the health concerns swirling around the Corona Virus, continuous attacks on the Black community across the country, or a combination of both, NBA Players are questioning how to properly assert their influence of power as well as ensure their voices impact change on our
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GECOM Chair not making submissions in CCJ case
Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh will not be actively participating in the appeal case currently before the Caribbean Court of Justice
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Change in gov’t could leave owner of COVID-19 hospital site, contractors in limbo
With the election recount results showing a loss for the incumbent APNU+AFC, the owner of the Liliendaal property where a billion-dollar infectious diseases hospital has been erected and the contractors involved could face a long wait for payment and searing questions as the winner of the
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Gittens, Charles LeRoy (1928–2011)
Charles L. Gittens was an American Secret Service agent.  He joined the Secret Service in 1956, becoming the agencys first African American agent.  An Army veteran, Gittens began his career at the agencys office in Charlotte, North Carolina.  However, he was soon posted to its New York field
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Source: Black Past
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10
2011
Stewarts aren’t racists, says JHTA’s Robinson
Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association President Omar Robinson has lambasted critics who have launched a social-media campaign targeting Sandals hotel moguls Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart and his son
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Ambassador’s statement on George Floyd killing opens way for reset for American diplomatic engagement here
A public response by US resident Ambassador to Guyana, her Excellency Sarah-Ann Lynch on the US Embassy’s Facebook page decrying the murder of Mr George Floyd by a Minnesota police officer was drawn to my
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Amistad Digital Resource: Marcus Garvey
Born in 1887, in St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica, Garvey had been employed as a journalist, printer and labor organizer in the Caribbean and England before returning to Jamaica to establish the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), an organization rooted in the notion that black people throughout the
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Dowrich could earn the respect of his peers if he conquers England
Dowrich could earn the respect of his peers if he conquers England
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Government looking at low cost insurance for tourists
Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, says discussions are in the final stages with insurance and global logistics providers to enable travellers who test positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) to be quickly isolated and
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Stocks Round Up | 42 stocks advance, 29 decline and 10 trade firm
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index advanced on Wednesday with an advance/decline ratio of
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Pearl Primus: Dancer is born
Blending African and Caribbean sources with American traditions of blues, jazz, and jitterbug, Pearl Primus created new and vibrant forms of dance.
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Nov
29
1919
African Americans and Cuba's First Experiment in Tourism: The Joe Louis Commission in Post Revolutionary Havana, 1959-1960
In the article below University of California, Riverside historian Ralph Crowder describes this fascinating but little known attempt by Joe Louis and Fidel Castro to encourage middle class African American tourism to Cuba  in the first year of the new
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Source: Black Past
Jun
6
1960
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27
1923
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Bermuda's City Of Hamilton To Host The 40th Annual Conference Of Black Mayors
Bermuda’s Corporation of Hamilton has announced it will host the 40th annual Conference of Black Mayors Convention later this
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Jamaica
Jamaica jəmā´kə [key], independent state within the Commonwealth (2005 est. pop. 2,732,000), 4,232 sq mi (10,962 sq km), coextensive with the island of Jamaica, West Indies, S of Cuba and W of Haiti. Jamaica is the largest island in the Caribbean after Cuba and Hispaniola. The capital and largest
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UK moving to boost Caribbean trade, help businesses recover from COVID fallout
The United Kingdom (UK) has launched a plan of action to support trade in several Caribbean states to help them maximise the benefits of their Economic Partnership Agreement
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Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte is an eminent African-American figure in the American entertainment industry. He is a notable singer, lyricist, actor and social activist. Belafonte came to international stardom as “King of Calypso” for his popular Caribbean musical style. He is famous for his
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Mar
1
1927
No more nightmares for Jamaican DREAMers - 3,000 with roots to island no longer in limbo
Approximately 3,000 Jamaicans who are beneficiaries of the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA) breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday after the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Donald Trump administration cannot end the programme that was instituted by executive order by then
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Ossietzky, Carl von
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Davis, Paulina Wright
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