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LIAT chair assures staff of payments
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) – Chairman of the shareholder governments of the regional airline, LIAT, Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves yesterday sought to assure employees that payment of outstanding salaries and arrears “will be urgently
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NGUGI: Elections are just a ritual of passing on the graft baton
Then in a move that totally made no sense, the country expelled World Health Organization staff for raising concern over the government’s nonchalant handling of the Covid-19
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Holiday blues: 19 counties now on watch list for more COVID-19 restrictions
With the July 4 holiday weekend only days away, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Monday that 19 counties home to 72% of the state’s population are now on a “watch list” for additional COVID-19
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Iran issues arrest warrant for Donald Trump over Qassem Suleimani killing
Iran has issued an arrest warrant for Donald Trump and 35 others over the killing of top general Qassem Suleimani and has asked Interpol for help, a Tehran prosecutor, Ali Alqasimehr, has
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Explained: Coronavirus' spread in GOP territories | The Atlanta Voice
An Associated Press analysis of coronavirus case data shows the virus has moved — and is spreading quickly — into Republican areas, a new path with broad potential political
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Source: The Atlanta Voice
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Africa: Day 4 Recap | Resiliency in Action - Sustaining Regional and Bilateral Trade Post-COVID
Washington, DC — H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta, President, Republic of Kenya and H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President, Republic of Ghana, gave opening remarks and participated in a fireside chat moderated by
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MASK UP! ST. PETE Campaign targets COVID-19 in South St. Pete, beginning Friday, July 3
ST. PETE campaign to bring awareness to the need to wear mask to lessen the spread of the
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Cuban medics in Guinea-Bissau to bolster COVID-19 combat
A Cuban medical brigade arrived in Guinea-Bissau to assist in the fight against
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Court sides with Eskom in clawback dispute, paving way for tariff hikes
The high court has sided with Eskom in a dispute over the amounts energy regulator Nersa allowed the state utility to claw back from customers for electricity supplied in the 2014/2015, 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 financial
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University of Houston debuts contact tracing course amid COVID-19 crisis
To help reduce community spread of COVID-19, the University of Houston College of Medicine has launched an online contact tracing certificate program for anyone around the world interested in becoming a “disease
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CDC director pleads with younger Americans to wear masks while many states pause reopenings | The Atlanta Voice
The comments to a US Senate committee hearing on the virus came as at least 17 states have paused or rolled back their reopening plans in response to a surge in new
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Source: The Atlanta Voice
Former cop who placed knee on Black woman's neck booked for misconduct (video)
Dr. Gathe, who serves as the co-director of the COVID-19 Dedicated Care Unit at the United Memorial Medical Center (UMMC), said he got a call one day from Dr. Varon, and they began discussing patients they had recently seen that had been getting sick with this unusual new
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Growth & Jobs | Embracing digital opportunities in COVID-19
Experts in the field of technology are encouraging businesses to take advantage of the digital opportunities for growth that are now available due to the COVID-19
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Nelly and Darius Rucker join Brad Paisley’s Live Nation’s first ever drive-in concert series | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Live Nation recently announced their first ever U.S. drive-in concert series — LIVE FROM THE DRIVE-IN —  that will bring fans a live music tailgating experience unlike any other, kicking off July 10-12 in Indianapolis, IN, Nashville, TN, and
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Africa: United States and the African Development Bank
It also critically examines inequalities between the global North and the global South, the growing influence of China's trade relations with Africa and, more importantly, it unpacks the deeply absorbed capitalist globalised hierarchies and the deep structures of racial thinking in the emerging
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Africa Records Over 380,000 Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 - WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says there are over 380,000 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on African
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Kandeh Yumkella’s “Garden of Eden Syndrome” theory on corruption – Op ed
KKY’s theory on why  corruption in Sierra Leone (and nearly all of Africa) has festered – he dubbed the “Garden of Eden
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Pulpit to presidency: Malawi's new president takes office
June 28: Chakwera, Chilima sworn in
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Africa's Wild Polio-Free Status to Be Determined in August
Brazzaville — The independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC), responsible for certifying the eradication of wild poliovirus in the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region, is set to make its final decision about the region's wild poliovirus status in August
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Southern Christian Writers Conference to be held online in July
“Southern Christian Writers Conference to be held July 24-25 online with ESPN reporter Lauren Sisler and bestselling author Debora Coty
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Obama called back into politics due to the Trump campaign
Now, as the new election cycle heats up, Obama is being called back into the political fray in what is sure to be a difficult fight for former Vice-President, Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic
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Swarms of locusts devastate parts of northern Kenya
The branches on trees around Kenya's northern town of Lodwar have been stripped bare of leaves, bending downward under the weight of voracious young
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'We Went Flying Off': Detroit Cop Driving Police Vehicle Seen Ramming Into Crowd Of Protesters After They Surround Car - Blavity
According to the Detroit Free Press, about 300 protesters took part in the demonstration when it started at Patton Park, but the crowd shrank as the march continued into the
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Ex-Atlanta Officer Who Killed Rayshard Brooks Granted Bond
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African Governments Failing Survivors of Child Sexual Exploitation
Across Africa, traffickers who recruit, abuse, and sexually exploit vulnerable and impoverished women and children are going unpunished because governments and criminal justice systems are failing in their duty to hold perpetrators to
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ASK AN EXPERT Episode 1: What is a W9?
The information on line 1 of the W9 must match the information used on your federal tax return as associated with your EIN (Employer Identification Number or Social Security
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College Football Amid a Pandemic is Not Worth the Risk to Young Men’s Lives
That question can’t be ducked as the NCAA allows colleges to begin “voluntary” football practices, and other college teams begin to
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Wash your hands frequently and after touching common areas, follow shelter-in-place orders and travel restrictions, cough in the crook of your elbow, keep your hands away from your face, and call your health care provider if you feel
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Mombasa port’s hits, misses in the face of Covid-19 crisis
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Wash your hands frequently and after touching common areas, follow shelter-in-place orders and travel restrictions, cough in the crook of your elbow, keep your hands away from your face, and call your health care provider if you feel
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