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Mayor of Port Maria Richard Creary has accepted the apology from the Integrity Commission for an error in the damning Petrojam report that cited him. However, Creary says the damage to his reputation has already been done. In two reports...
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Jasmin Hall is First Black Woman to Chair a Major California Water Board | L.A. Focus News
Tanu Henry | California Black Media Two elections held in the last three months have placed San Bernardino County resident Jasmin Hall in a position where she wields the most influence among a handful of African Americans serving in California water industry leadership roles. Late last
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Shagoury: I did not know
William Shagoury, under whose board chairmanship the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ) and a subsidiary bought US$3m (J$409) worth of shares in First Rock Capital Holdings, said he did not know that his deputy Fay Hutchinson was also a director...
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Uganda: Top Clubs Ask Fufa to Defer League Reforms
The 14 StarTimes Uganda Premier League (SUPL) clubs are calling on Fufa to first pause their proposed reforms and instead focus on streamlining the existing competition
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Cedar Hill ISD Education Foundation presents checks to Teachers of the Year – Dallas Examiner
Special to The Dallas Examiner CEDAR HILL, TEXAS – The Cedar Hill ISD Education Foundation – known as CHEF – visited 12 CHISD campuses on Monday morning to present checks to the district’s [...]
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HCC Trustees Elect Dr. Reagan Flowers as Vice Chair for 2021 - Houston Forward Times
Dr. Cynthia Lenton-Gary named Secretary The Houston Community College (HCC) Board of Trustees recently elected… The post HCC Trustees Elect Dr. Reagan Flowers as Vice Chair for 2021 appeared first on Houston Forward Times.
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Tenet Healthcare Names Dr. Freda C. Lewis-Hall to Board of Directors
The board of directors of Tenet Healthcare Corporation has appointed Freda C. Lewis-Hall, M.D., executive vice president and chief medical officer of Pfizer Inc., as a new independent director. Dr. Lewis-Hall becomes the board’s tenth
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Isiah Lord Thomas III is a retired professional basketball player who played with the Detroit Pistons from 1981 to 1994. He was born on April 30, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois and was the youngest of nine siblings. He attended a private school called St. Joseph High School in Illinois, which took him
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Tutani was a rare breed: Masunda - NewsDay Zimbabwe
Tutani, whose death was described by fellow journalists and Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa as a blow to the profession, died at his Houghton Park home in Harare on Monday afternoon. The post Tutani was a rare breed: Masunda appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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Gata bounces back at Zesa amid probe
BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE ZESA Holdings executive chairman Sydney Gata has bounced back at the power utility after President Emmerson Mnangagwa waived his suspension pending finalisation of investigations into the misconduct allegations which led to his ouster last month. Mnangagwa directed that Gata
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Magens Bay Authority Board Says No to Beach Access for Horse Sanctuary
The Magens Bay Authority board of directors has denied the Golden Age Ranch Horse Sanctuary access to its park property for beach trail rides at Smith Bay on St. Thomas. The board issued its decision in a letter dated Sunday.
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Inside charged tender wars that edged out Kenya Power chief
Emails between board chair and a senior manager show clash of opinions over a multi-million-shilling insurance brokerage contract.
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Brookhouse faults parents’ case
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Scholarship Named for Departing Trustee Creates Opportunity for African American Students | The Orlando Advocate
A new scholarship named for Florida Polytechnic University Trustee Frank T. Martin is designed to provide more opportunity to African American students and help them achieve their STEM career ambitions. LAKELAND, Fla., June 4, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/  A new scholarship named for Florida Polytechnic
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UVI’s Board of Trustees Approve Two New Agriculture Degrees
The University of the Virgin Islands Board of Trustees on Saturday unanimously approved of two new degree programs for the School of Agriculture in a move to "rebirth" the agriculture program.
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Zimbabwe: Minister Appoints War Veterans Fund Board
[The Herald] Government has put in place systems to operationalise the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Fund investment vehicles that are expected to generate inflows to cater for the welfare of war veterans and reduce pressure on the fiscus.
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WAPA Board Authorizes Employment Offer to Prospective CFO and Releases 2019 Audit Financials
The Water and Power Authority Governing Board voted to authorize that an employment offer be made to a prospective Chief Financial Officer candidate and also approved the release of the fiscal year 2019 audited financial statement for the electric and water systems, Thursday.
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Gov’t seeking Executive Director for EPA - Stabroek News

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Cookouts to Resume at Magens Bay; Horse Riders Appeal for Beach Access
Magens Bay Authority Board members meeting Friday voted unanimously to allow cookouts to resume at its beach sheds starting Monday – Liberty Day, Nov. 1 – after the government recently lifted some COVID-19 restrictions.
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Kenya: Epra Board Appoints Daniel Kiptoo as New Director General
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GERS Chair Calls for Senate to Act
The Government Employees’ Retirement System board of trustees has tried since 1999 to motivate Virgin Islands senators to do something to save the retirement system, but, since then actions have only nibbled at solving a financial catastrophe.
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UPDATE | Ndabeni-Abrahams gives post office board member the boot | News24
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