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I am a relatively young man, as is the majority of the Guyanese population.
The article Next meeting of CWI should see new representatives from GCB appeared first on Stabroek News.
The president also stressed the importance of keeping the economy open after months of stifling movement restrictions.
He urged citizens not to drop their guard and continue adhering to the health rules, such as wearing face masks and respecting curfew times.
South Africa has recorded just over 800,000 coronavirus infections - more than a third of the cases reported across the African continent - and over 20,000 deaths.
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Fat Joe defended former NBA star Nate Robinson following his defeat in a boxing match against YouTuber Jake Paul on Saturday, Nov. 28, on the undercard of
All of Southern California could soon be under much tighter coronavirus restrictions, after Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday, Dec. 3, announced a new stay-at-home order that will go into effect in areas where local intensive care bed availability is low — as coronavirus hospitalizations continue surging statewide. The order, once it goes into effect, would […]
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) - Glenn Maxwell defended the switch-hit after the audacious stroke once again drew criticism from pundits, the Australian all-rounder saying the onus was on bowlers to evolve and counter batsmen in the shorter formats of the game.
The article Australia’s Maxwell defends ‘switch-hit’, asks bowlers to evolve appeared first on Stabroek News.
by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Rafer Johnson, the first Black captain of a United States Olympic team, has died. He was 86. Johnson, a renown athlete, and humanitarian carried the American flag into Rome’s Olympic Stadium in 1960. He went on to win gold in the decathlon and became a close … Continued
The post IN MEMORIAM: Olympic Champion, Humanitarian Rafer Johnson dies at 86 appeared first on New Pittsburgh Courier.
It all came together for me when I saw former metro area boys’ basketball stars Larry Suggs, Brian Sandifer and Quincy Caldwell on the bench as coaches for the Minnesota team, Team Sizzle.
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One of the country’s leading rice millers and exporters of rice has told the Stabroek Business that it is indeed unacceptable that an amount of the magnitude alluded to in a recent official media release should be owing to local rice farmers for rice sold to Panama up to two years ago, and has asserted that it is the responsibility of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) to actively pursue the matter of settlement of the debt with the Panamanian authorities.
The article It’s down to GRDB to recover Panama rice debts - Nand Persaud CEO appeared first on Stabroek News.
The 1st ODI between SA and England, scheduled for Friday, has been postponed to Sunday after an unnamed Proteas player failed a Covid-19 test.
Penny Hardaway sent a message to his 2020-21 Tigers - do it the right way or you will be delegated to the bench. Arkansas State was the next opponent up and they got trounced (83-54) at the FedExForum Wednesday night. “This was definitely something that we needed,” said Memphis' head coach after the game played […]
A Prince George's County work group assembled to address police reform approved a final report Wednesday with 50 recommendations such as reallocating money toward mental health and behavioral services for students to County Council approving a use-of-force statute.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti modified a stay-at-home order that reflects the L.A. County mandates that some have called into... View Article
The post Garcetti slammed for stay-at-home order that mirrors county rules appeared first on TheGrio.
By CARLA K. JOHNSON and NICKY FORSTER Associated Press Getting a COVID-19 vaccine to the right people could change the course of the pandemic in the United States. But who are the right people? As the decision looms for President-elect Joe Biden's incoming administration, a new analysis argues for targeting the first vaccines to the same low-income Black, Hispanic and Native American households that have disproportionately suffered from the coronavirus. But no one at the federal level has committed to the idea, which would be a significant shift from the current population-based method adopted by Operation Warp Speed. 'It's not […]
The post Vaccine rollout barrels on with health disparity in backseat appeared first on Black News Channel.
Migration is usually framed as a complex problem requiring complex solutions.
The article Regional integration & Haitian discrimination appeared first on Stabroek News.
With less than 50 days left until the 2021 presidential inauguration, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris sat down today with CNN's Jake Tapper, who interviewed the duo in their first joint interview since prevailing over US President Donald Trump in the November election. The hour-long special was held in Biden’s hometown … Continued
The post ‘We Have to Restore the Soul Within This Country:’ Biden, Harris Discuss Their Future Plans for the U.S. in First Post-Election Interview appeared first on The Michigan Chronicle.
Quinci LeGardye | California Black Media California has implemented a series of safeguards to tackle widespread unemployment fraud amid mass job losses in the state due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But those safety measures have also resulted in the accidental loss of benefits for some innocent claimants. A joint team of local prosecutors and law […]
The post As State Fights Fraud, Unemployed Californians Get Caught in The Middle appeared first on Voice and Viewpoint.
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Tyrese have reportedly ended their 3-year feud. The two actors’ public beef first began in 2017 when Tyrese publicly criticized The Rock for signing on to do a spinoff of the “Fast & Furious” franchise. At the time, Tyrese called Dwayne “selfish” for agreeing to do the “Hobbs & Shaw,” spinoff. The two…
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Dec. 3, CMC – The Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Medicinal Cannabis Licensing Authority (BCLA), Dr Shantal Munro-Knight says the Mia Mottley-led administration is moving ahead with plans to develop a...
[UNFPA] Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem
Stephen Oduntan, Staff A group of Crenshaw Subway Coalition protesters and activists affiliated with various organizations marched through a predominantly Jewish residential neighborhood on Sunday demanding that Asher Abehsera of the real estate firm LivWrk, should pull out of the deal to purchase the Crenshaw Plaza in Los Angeles. But the group’s appearance was not […]
FORTY engineering students attending The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) and the University of Technology, Jamaica (Uech,Ja), were recently presented with scholarships worth $18.5 million from New Fortress Energy (NFE). The amount is a significant jump from the $10 million offered by the company last year for tertiary scholarship recipient.
Adam Beam and Kathleen Ronayne | Associated Press California will likely order most of its businesses to close or limit capacity in the coming days, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday, part of new rules triggered when fewer than 15% of beds are available in intensive care units for regional hospital networks. Newsom said four of […]
The post Governor Newsom: Most of State Nears Stay-Home Order appeared first on Black Voice News.
(ESPN) Control your game, you control the game. That is Kane Williamson in a nutshell.
The article Williamson slams double century to put NZ in strong position appeared first on Stabroek News.
Rafer Johnson, American athlete and actor who won a gold medal in the decathlon at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, died Wednesday aged 86. The Olympic legend died at his home in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles, according to his family. The cause of death is not known. What is however clear...
The post Remembering Rafer Johnson, the Olympic legend who helped disarm Robert F. Kennedy's assassin appeared first on Face2Face Africa.
The Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of Guyana has now to face a High Court hearing in a challenge to the Government’s decision to deport a number of recently arrived citizens of Haiti.
The article Membership of Caricom should not be seen as tool of any one political tendency appeared first on Stabroek News.
It’s Friday 4 December, and this is TheSouthAfrican.com Daily News Wrap - with the latest news you really need to know - when you need it.
The recent news that the Catholic Bishop actually stated publicly that the anti-sodomy laws in Guyana should be made null and void is the height of irresponsibility, recklessness and hypocrisy.
The article Catholic church should be promoting enforcement of anti-sodomy laws appeared first on Stabroek News.
Already struggling with a high rate of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) cases, Malawi is coming to terms with increased cases of defilement and rape compelling activists and politicians alike to call for stiffer penalties for perpetrators. The latest case to have particularly incensed the nation is the defilement of a five-month-old baby by a 31-year-old in...
The post Malawi: Rape, defilement cases horrify a nation appeared first on Face2Face Africa.
Singer Noah Cyrus has been forced to
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a quarter of employees at the Federal Emergency Management Agency said they were harassed or discriminated against based on their gender or race, according to a survey released Wednesday as part of the fallout from allegations of sexual harassment by a senior official at the organization. The survey by the […]
Why is giving no f**ks something we routinely aspire to in this generation? (A serious question.) Everyone’s so concerned with... View Article
The post Maybe it's time for Kevin Hart to start giving a few f**ks appeared first on TheGrio.