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With their own reputations – and that of their schools – on the line, many teachers have been making significant adjustments to school-based assessments (SBA) for Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) candidates to ensure good pass rates...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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By Craig Wall, ABC7 News The City of Chicago launched a city-wide effort to recruit and hire contact tracers with about 500 jobs available. The hiring is being done through 31 different community based organizations through a $56 million grant from the federal government. The idea is to create jobs

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No more bullets, blood, ballots - Trench Town yearns for renewal as it turns back on political warfare

As violence rocked the sections of the island in the 1970s and ‘80s, several families hurriedly packed what they could carry and ditched their inner-city Kingston houses for safer communities in what was the bloodiest period on the local political...

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[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- French oil and gas company Total - the main developer of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop) - has said it will consider recommendations proposed in an Oxfam report on the Human Rights Impact Assessment of the oil pipeline.

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About $350 billion a year is spent on leadership development, but many companies aren’t getting much bang out of their buck. Studies indicate that lots of senior executives don’t think the next wave is prepared well enough to assume larger leadership roles. With many companies in a transitional

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Zimbabwe: Elusive Closure 37 Years After Soldiers killed 20,000

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By Congressman Danny K. Davis Don't miss the count: the 2020 Census ends September 30! Respond safely by calling 844-330-2020 Despite COVID-19, the 2020 Census is in full swing and nearing its end. Don't miss being counted! You and your family can remain safe while completing the Census. This

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