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German police seize 1.5 tons of cocaine hidden in Guyana rice - Stabroek News
Authorities in the German port city of Hamburg have found over €300 million worth of cocaine in a cargo ship container from Guyana containing rice. The article German police seize 1.5 tons of cocaine hidden in Guyana rice appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Fire killing five Senegalese in Denver was deliberately started by suspect who fled – Police - Face2Face Africa
The Denver Police Department say a fire incident that killed a family of five Senegalese immigrants in their two-storey home on August 5 was deliberately started by a suspect who later fled the scene, CNN reports. The victims include Djibril Diol, his wife Adja, their 3-year-old
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Brenda L. Lawrence is a well-known and high-profile Democratic Party politician from Michigan who currently serves as the U.S. Representative for the state’s Fourteenth Congressional District. Before her election to Congress, Lawrence served as the mayor of Southfield, Michigan, from 2001 to
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GTU urges ministry to boost virtual learning across country - Stabroek News
The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) has proposed that the Ministry of Education implements a system to strengthen virtual learning and expand educational outreach across the country while schools are
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Big Ten, Pac-12 cancel fall football season - DefenderNetwork.com
The first shoe dropped on major college football Tuesday when the Big Ten became the first of the Power 5 conferences to postpone all fall sports due to safety concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. It didn’t take long for the second shoe to drop when the Pac-12 joined the Big Ten a couple
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Quarterbacking positive change through sports - TSDMemphis.com
(Neilsen) - When history is set, former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s decision to kneel during the Star-Spangled Banner back in 2016 to protest reported police brutality and oppression against people of color, it will be viewed as a key moment in the long fight for racial equality in the
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US Upgrades Jamaica Travel Advisory to Level 3 | New York Carib News
According to a Level 3 travel advisory issued by the Centers for Disease Control, U.S. citizens should “reconsider” traveling to Jamaica due to health and safety measures and COVID-19 conditions on the island.
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Memphis powers past Oklahoma City for first win in Orlando - TSDMemphis.com
This was the Memphis Grizzlies that fans had been waiting to see – a team that did a lot of things right en route to whopping the Oklahoma Thunder 121-92 in the NBA bubble in Orlando. “We translated stops into fast breaks. We were making the right plays. We were sharing the basketball,” said
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Mafu takes Chiefs to Fifa
BY FORTUNE MBELE FORMER Warriors assistant coach Bongani Mafu (pictured)has taken Botswana team Mochudi Centre Chiefs to Fifa in a bid to force the team to pay him outstanding salaries and bonuses. Mafu was part of the Warriors technical bench when the team won the 2017 Cosafa Cup under Sunday
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School Committee votes to transfer McCormack land to Boys and Girls Club - The Bay State Banner
In one of its most divided votes in recent years, the Boston School Committee narrowly approved a controversial plan to transfer a sports field, playground and basketball courts at the McCormack Middle School to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester (BGCD) for the construction of a new sports
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Linebacker Vic Beasley finally reports to Titans for camp | The Atlanta Voice
Linebacker Vic Beasley reported to the Tennessee Titans on Friday, and he has been activated off the Reserve/DidNot Report list. The Titans also put defensive lineman Jack Crawford on the Reserve/COVID-19 list, meaning he had either tested positive for COVID-19 or has been quarnatined after coming
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TUC calls on Labour Minister to act in best interest of workers - Stabroek News
The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) expects the re-instituted Ministry of Labour to adopt the declarations and conventions of the United Nations (UN) and International Labour Organisations (ILO), and uphold the Constitution and Laws of Guyana in the best interests of the Guyanese
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Big Ten Postpones Football, Other Fall Sports; Hope To Play In Spring | Digital Daily | The Michigan Chronicle
By Dan McCaleb (The Center Square) – Big Ten conference presidents on Tuesday voted to postpone all fall sports, including lucrative football, and instead consider playing them in the spring. … Continued
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Nicomedes Santa Cruz: A Black Public Intellectual in Twentieth-Century Peru
In the following article University of Oregon historian Carlos Aguirre describes the self-taught poet, writer, and folklorist Nicomedes Santa Cruz, one of the understudied black intellectual leaders in Peru and Latin
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Gold has regained its special traction - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, The price of gold recently passed the US$2,000 mark per oz and is expected to continue rising even reaching US$3,000 in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis and the global recession. The article Gold has regained its special traction appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Posta yet to pay salaries for the last five months
The State-owned Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK) has not paid salaries for its employees since March, highlighting the firm’s cash flow challenges.
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`....this is not Guyana’ – Trinidad elections candidate says - Stabroek News
(Trinidad Express) The Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) came under criticism from United National Congress (UNC) candidate for Princes Town Barry Padarath after he cast his vote in Couva
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‘N- Lab Beanie’ – H&M apologizes after hat uploaded for review was labeled with the N-word - Face2Face Africa
Clothing retail giant, H&M Group, has rendered an apology to its employees and the public after an internal photo of a hat that was labeled “N***a Lab Beanie” was uploaded onto the internal systems of its subsidiary clothing company, & Other Stories. The image, which was subsequently removed from
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Novel approach to constitutional governance needed - WPA - Stabroek News
Pointing to what it described as the glaringly obvious ethnic insecurities which pervade elections, the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) has said that an entirely novel approach to national constitutional governance is, perhaps, Guyana’s biggest
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NBA fines Warriors’ Green $50K for comments on Booker - Stabroek News
The NBA fined Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green $50,000 yesterday for violating the league’s anti-tampering rule. The article NBA fines Warriors’ Green $50K for comments on Booker appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Greg O’Dell: D.C.’s Unconventional Convention Man – Free Press of Jacksonville
Greg O’Dell was a successful businessman and consultant who never thought he would work for the government. He didn’t want to deal with red tape and bureaucracy. But about a dozen years ago, Washington, D.C., [...]
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