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“A dream come true.” That was how Merrick McNaughton summed up the grant of roughly $600,000 in equipment and material he received from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) yesterday to invest in his apiculture business. McNaughton was one of...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Hong Kong was once a home for critics of Beijing. Now they might not even be safe at the airport - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Now he says he wouldn't even transfer through Hong Kong airport for fear of being arrested under the city's new national security
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Why Black people should be rethinking the hustle mentality
Growing up as a teen in the 90s, when we said someone “hustled,” we usually meant they sold drugs or some other parallel business. Now 24 years past Jay-Z’s seminal album, Reasonable Doubt, led by the Mary J. Blige-assisted single “Can’t Knock the Hustle,” the “hustle” is a near-ubiquitous term far
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How Ford Celebrated Its 12th Year At The 2020 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture
Last weekend, the 2020 ESSENCE Festival of Culture kicked off its history-making experience and Ford, the events long-time sponsor, celebrated with a virtual dinner. For its 12th year as an
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A rare occurrence: Spelling bee champion is member of winning Schools Challenge Quiz team
Dave Rodney/Gleaner Writer Chaunté Blackwood, a 17-year-old student at Ardenne High School in St Andrew, has just accomplished a feat that has not happened in recent times - if ever. She is a National Spelling Bee champion who is also a team...
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Africa's Post-Pandemic Future Needs to Embrace Youth in Agriculture
Analysis - Warnings at the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic that Africa could be hit by a wave of up to 10 million cases within six months thankfully now seem unfounded, although it is still far too early to be over-confident.
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By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Summer is officially here, the Fourth of July weekend is underway and stores shelves are filled with decorations and foods for people to have events and cookouts.   However, the COVID-19 pandemic continues and local officials are warning residents to
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Black-Owned Health Company Provides Medical Products to Fight COVID-19 in Underserved Communities
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Howard Cancels 2020 Homecoming Due to Pandemic
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The Los Angeles Sparks recently hosted a panel for student athletes called: Navigating Mental Health Wellness During Times of Social Unrest. The virtual panel was conducted to help youth process the tragedies of the COVID-19 pandemic and of racial inequality in
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NEHRA says it has excess Petrojam donation
The North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA) has released a statement seeking to assure that it has the balance of a donation it received from the state-owned oil refinery Petrojam to buy an incubator. An Integrity Commission report...
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Calls grow for royal honour to be redesigned because of racially offensive image - Voice Online
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US senator blasts American Airlines for packing the middle seats on his flight - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, a Democrat, tweeted an image showing his packed flight on Thursday. Most of the passengers in the photo were blurred out, but it's clear some were wearing masks and many of them were in the middle
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Congo-Kinshasa: Kinshasa Vows Zero Tolerance Over Child Soldiers After U.S. Anti-Trafficking Nod
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Teachers wanted! - Jamaican educators needed to tutor US students online
Washington, DC: Community Scholar Inc, a United States (US)-based non-profit organisation, is seeking to recruit Jamaican teachers to tutor US students online. Although the main aim of the initiative is to increase the test scores of these US-based...
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JLP councillors want embattled St Ann’s Bay mayor to resign
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillors in St Ann have recommended that embattled St Ann’s Bay Mayor Michael Belnavis resign his post. Belnavis has been under intense scrutiny since a Sunday Gleaner investigation uncovered that he was a...
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RUBiS Energy donates PPE to state care facilities
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Credit union league contributes to women’s centre academic programme
A cheque valued at $200,000 was on Tuesday handed over to the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) to purchase tablet computers to enhance its academic programme. The donation, a gift from the Jamaica Co-operative Credit Union League, was...
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