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Student nurses detail struggles amid COVID-19
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Seattle King County NAACP Branch Elections - The Seattle Medium
Member voting online. Due to Covid-19, the election will be held online only. Vote online on Opavote. If you’re an active member, you will be sent a ballot email link directly to your inbox the morning of the election. We suggest you explore the site ahead of time here at www.opavote.com
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DA calls for a special inspector-general to monitor govt's Covid-19 relief fund
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Jah Prayzah, Selmor in continental concerts
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People with diabetes need yearly kidney checks | New Pittsburgh Courier
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Sassa apologises for delays in R350 special grant after only 10 people paid so far in trial run
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(1952) Charlotta Bass, “Acceptance Speech for Vice Presidential Candidate of the Progressive Party”
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Schools re-opening: Govt musn’t play Russian Roulette with lives
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St Elizabeth teen braces for surgery
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Coretta Scott King
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Call for financial safety net for vulnerable workers
WITH thousands left reeling from sudden layoffs and redundancies in Jamaica and across the Caribbean as businesses try to weather the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, a call is being made for an unemployment insurance scheme, a living wage policy and legislation to protect contract
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