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Convening of Parliament, filing of elections petition, and prosecution for alleged electoral malpractices - Stabroek News
After 15 months, the National Assembly met last Tuesday for the first time under the new Administration. The article Convening of Parliament, filing of elections petition, and prosecution for alleged electoral malpractices appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Tunisia Takes Delivery of Medical Aid From Turkey
AllAfrica publishes around 800 reports a day from more than 140 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every
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Common Reactions to COVID-19 in Children
With all of the changes COVID-19 has brought to our daily lives, children in particular have a difficult time talking about their fears and may show behavioral signs that they are experiencing an increase in
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Shamfa Cudjoe: No special treatment for CPL players - Stabroek News
(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Shamfa Cudjoe says members of the Caribbean Premier League contingent will not be treated any differently if anyone tests positive for COVID-19 during their stay in Trinidad and
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We urge Ministry of Education to ensure release of official CSEC, CAPE results - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, For months now students have been anxiously awaiting the publication of the full results of the CSEC and CAPE examinations. The article We urge Ministry of Education to ensure release of official CSEC, CAPE results appeared first on Stabroek News.
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We CARE payments to outstanding groups expected by next week
The Ministry of Finance is reporting that outstanding payments to persons under the government’s COVID-19 We CARE programme is expected to be made by next week. The Ministry says the process has been delayed due to the verification exercise....
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Uhuru Kenyatta transfers Kenya Meat Commission to Ministry of Defence
The cash-strapped State firm will now be run by the military in a move aimed at boosting its operations and ensuring survival.
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Malawi: Govt Refuses to Close Schools Amid Covid-19 Cases Spike
[Nyasa Times] Government has refused to bow down to pressure to close all schools as the country continues to face unprecedented rising cases of coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19).
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The Wife Of Derek Chauvin, Accused Killer Of George Floyd, Has Filed For Divorce
The wife of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis officer who has been charged with George Floyd’s death, has filed for
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African American owned Newspapers and Media Companies Are Small Businesses Too! | Muslim Journal
Financial Support is Essential for Delivery of These Essential Services, a Minority Media Representation
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A Second Black Man Found Hanging From A Tree in California
A black man’s body was found hanging from a tree last Wednesday in Poncitlán Square in Palmdale, California, which is located about an hour north of Los
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Proposed Cyber Security Bill goes through pre-legislative stage in parliament
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 August 2020: Sierra Leone’s controversial proposed Cyber Security laws which have been tabled in parliament by the ministry of information and communication on behalf of the government for enactment, saw its passage through pre-legislative committee stage yesterday, where
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Somalia: Puntland President Unveils New Cabinet
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#JamaicaTogether Promo | Xesus Johnston
It has been a difficult time for us all, but it has been a time of introspection, not just in business but our personal lives, and I think we will come out of this a better and stronger nation. Do what you must, stay healthy, and stay conscious.
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Egypt: Health Min. Orders Linking Public Health Initiatives to Secured, Smart Documents Complex
[Egypt Online] Health Minister Hala Zayed has directed officials concerned to swiftly link the database of all the public health initiatives to the secured and smart documents complex.
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Philip Emeagwali
The early life of Philip Emeagwali seemed destined for poverty in his native land of Nigeria. He was the oldest of nine children and his father, who worked as a nurse’s aide, earned only a modest income. As a result, at age 14, Philip was forced to drop out of school in Onitsha. Because he had
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Sudan: New Criminal Suits Filed Against Ousted President
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Ben Carson
Ben Carson is a famous surgeon, who is well known for the surgeries he has performed to separate conjoined twins. He was born in Detroit, Michigan on September 18, 1951 to Sonya and Robert Carson. Sonya came from a poor Baptist family, and had married Robert at the age of 13. When she found out her
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New Fortress Foundation provides PATH students with care packages
THE New Fortress Energy (NFE) Foundation says it immediately responded by delivering close to 200 care packages when the principal of Old Harbour High School in St Catherine called for help to provide meals for students on
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Gov’t gets donation of handwashing stations to assist homeless, indigent
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has received 100 handwashing stations valued at $3.5 million from Digicel Jamaica to be installed at infirmaries, municipal buildings, and town centres across Jamaica. The items, in support of...
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A GOLDEN SURPRISE!
A move to make the Golden Age Home in St Andrew an arm of the Local Government Ministry, based on an International Monetary Fund (IMF) recommendation five years ago, has hit a major
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(1968) Robert F. Kennedy, “On the Death of Martin Luther King, Jr.”
On April 4, 1968, during an Indianapolis, Indiana rally for his presidential campaign, attended by a large number of African Americans, Robert F. Kennedy, despite suggestions he shouldnt appear at all, decided to proceed and announce the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., to a group unaware
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More British travellers stranded in Jamaica to fly out next week
ABOUT 310 more British travellers will be able to return home from Jamaica on a second charter flight organised by the Government of the United
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Gov't says no plot to pressure Labour Ministry permanent secretary
State Minister for Education, Youth and Information Robert Morgan has dismissed suggestions that government lawmakers were part of a “plot” to pressure Permanent Secretary Colette Roberts-Risden to part company with the Ministry of...
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Surviving COVID-19’s Cultural Clash | Afro
Marie Brown is a member of one of those families whose members spend more time at mom’s than they do at
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South Africa: Data Lockdown - Tension Simmers As Questions Are Raised About Access to COVID-19 Information
News24 understands that questions have arisen over the apparent stranglehold by the Department of Health on access to spatial data (geo-located confirmed coronavirus cases), data around testing, screening, contact tracing and hospitalisation data - which includes availability levels of medical
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Cry, the beloved Africa – a tale of two experiences
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Algeria: President Tebboune's Return in Announced Deadlines Shows Strong Ties With Citizens
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The minister of the Communication, spokesman of the Government, Ammar Belhimer, welcomed Wednesday President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's safe return to the country, adding that his return, "within the announced deadlines," was an "opportunity to confirm the
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Nigeria: Gunmen Attack Ebonyi Police Station, Kill Three Officers, Steal Two Rifles
[Premium Times] The police ask the public to assist with information to arrest the gunmen.
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Major mangrove restoration project coming for Clarendon
As countries look towards a post-COVID-19 future and consider options for supporting economic, environmental and social sustainability, plans are under way for the ‘Blue Carbon Restoration in southern Clarendon, Jamaica’ project, which will seek to restore over 1,000 hectares of degraded mangrove
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