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The Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality has announced the death of Speaker Alfred Mtsi.
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Black Caucus rallies behind Meeks for Foreign Affairs gavel | New York Carib News
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) are already rallying behind Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) as a possible replacement for Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), the Foreign Affairs chairman who appears to have lost his primary race this week.
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RGD to introduce online birth certificate application services
Jamaicans locally and overseas will soon be able to apply online to the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) for birth certificates. Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Fayval Williams, on Friday announced that the RGD will be shortly...
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Ten new recoveries from COVID-19 bring percentage of people well to 81 per cent
Ten people have recovered from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the percentage of persons who are now well to 81 per cent, or a total of 615 people since March 10.   However, there have been five new cases of the...
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Mother Of Black Officer Charged In George Floyds Death Says He Wanted To Change The Narrative Of Police
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Covid-19: Are SA’s district hospitals government’s coronavirus blindspot? | News24
SA’s district hospitals are likely the first line of defence when it comes to treating Covid-19 patients, but they are under-resourced and cannot treat critically ill patients.
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Testing re-emerges as major challenge - Black Voice News
Good morning, California. It’s Friday, July 10. Shut-down sites, supply shortages Nurses place ice packs in the coolers used to store and transport samples from patients tested for COVID-19 at the drive-thru testing facility at Cal Expo in Sacramento. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters So you
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American Airlines bans man who refused to wear face mask By DAVID KOENIG DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines has banned a man who was kicked off a plane for refusing to wear a face covering, among the first such incidents since airlines promised to step up enforcement of their mask rules. A spokesman
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Water Replenishment District Receives Grant To Prevent Groundwater Contamination - Los Angeles Sentinel
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#AAMAM: Black and Proud Celebrating Black LGBT Musical Pioneers (LISTEN)
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‘Own up!’ - Ramaal Lewis seek apology, compensation after confusion over drafting - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaica Tallawahs franchise has been placed under the microscope once again, this time involving Jamaican player Ramaal Lewis. The article ‘Own up!’ - Ramaal Lewis seek apology, compensation after confusion over drafting appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Campbell, Lee relish looming election battle in St Ann NW
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After record COVID week, some California counties to reverse reopening plans - Black Voice News
In summary As Gov. Gavin Newsom demands Imperial County return to sheltering-in-place, 14 other counties are on the state’s watchlist. As COVID-19 cases in California surged past 200,000 and statewide hospitalizations continued to set all-time highs every day this week, Gov. Gavin Newsom started to
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Broadgate headache - Residents weary of prolonged Junction road project, never-ending dynamite blasts
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Botswana: Disco Lights Deployed As New Defence Against Botswana's Crop-Raiding Elephants
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Nepotism, cronyism run Jamaica - Stakeholders say the practice is deeply entrenched in politics, business
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Former Jamaican Olympian auditions on Americas Got Talent | New York Carib News
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Cops bash Gwanda magistrate
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