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5 Things That Could Make Your Private Healthcare More Expensive.
Like Like Love Haha Wow Sad Angry 1 Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) Whether you are an individual living on your own or someone providing for a family, we all need to be covered by health insurance to ensure day-to-day health and cover us in the case of emergencies. That said, private healthcare
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New Obamacare Enrollment Nets 1 Million Sign Ups
“Since it became law more than a decade ago, the Affordable Care Act has been a lifeline for millions of Americans. The pandemic has demonstrated how badly it is needed and how critical it is that we continue to improve upon it,” President Biden stated.
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Oakland Expands Free COVID-19 Testing Sites | Post News Group
The City of Oakland announced Monday a partnership with Allen Temple Baptist Church and the emergency relief nonprofit organization Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE) to open a new COVID-19 community-based testing site (CBTS) in East
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REGIONAL: Jamaica seeks to have sunken city of Port Royal listed as World Heritage site - Barbados Today
SOURCE: CMC- The government of Jamaica is  on a quest to obtain a World Heritage inscription for the sunken city of Port Royal. According to Culture Minister, Olivia Grange, if this is achieved, Port Royal will be one of only three such sites in the world. The others are in Alexandria, Greece and
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Women in politics who paved the way for Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris crashed by one of many highest of American glass ceilings on Saturday,changing into the primary lady elected vp of the US. She’s going to serve alongside President-elect Joe…
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Bridgetown Fish Market closed for remainder of the week - Barbados Today
Patrons and fisherfolk are being advised that the Bridgetown Fish Market will be closed for the remainder of this week. The closure comes after officials were informed of two positive COVID-19 cases. All staff and personnel from the Bridgetown complex have been advised to get tested. The City
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Beckwith Street folk puzzled by woman’s death - Barbados Today
Days after the body of a reputed sex worker was found at an abandoned house, residents at Beckwith Street, The City were Wednesday struggling to make sense of the grim discovery. Police spokesman Acting Inspector Rodney Inniss informed the media that lawmen have launched an investigation into the
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Highlights from COVID-19 Press conference - Barbados Today
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Visitor feeling ‘threatened' - Barbados Today
Little island, big disappointment is how one Welcome Stamp visa participant says she is feeling about the police response to complaints of menacing behaviour toward her. But the New Yorker claims her complaints are being echoed by other expatriates who are here under the one-year remote work
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Source: Barbados Today - News You Can Trust.
Government says ‘sorry’ for omitting some Senators from official function - Barbados Today
The Cabinet Office in Barbados has apologised for neglecting to invite some members of the Upper Chamber to the swearing-in held as part of Barbados’ transition to a Republic.But Opposition Senator Caswell Franklyn is not pleased that he and several other senators were not invited to take the Oath
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PRESS ROOM: U.S. Bank Offers Financial Support and Demonstrates Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
A few days after my call with Rep. Reynolds, I received a call on my cell phone from U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee on Wednesday, March
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Electoral department closed for two days - Barbados Today
Members of the public are advised that the Electoral Department at Warrens Office Tower II, Warrens, St. Michael will be closed today, Monday, August 30, and Tuesday, August 31. The department is expected to re-open on Wednesday, September 1. Any inconvenience caused by the closure is
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NUPW ups ante on QEH guards’ dismissal - Barbados Today
Industrial unrest is said to be simmering at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in a dispute involving four unionized security guards, as the island’s largest public sector union dangled the prospect of an escalation in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis. The sticking point is what the National Union of
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Booster shot now for all eligible persons - Barbados Today
The criteria for the AstraZeneca booster shot has been widened to include all eligible persons, 18 years and older.  Word of this has come from Co-coordinator of the Immunisation Unit, Major David Clarke. Previously, the booster was given to individuals 70 years and older, immunocompromised
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Nigeria: Govt, BOA Sign MOU On Public Service Entrepreneurship Programme
[This Day] Abuja -- The federal government and the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the implementation of the Federal Public Service Entrepreneurship Programme on agriculture.
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Black COVID-19 Patients in California Hospitalized 2.7 More Times Than Whites, Report Says | Post News Group
The cost of unequal healthcare is measured in human life, says Dr. Stephen Lockhart, the African American chief medical officer at Sutter Health, a non-profit healthcare network centered in Sacramento that serves 3 million people in 24 hospitals located across Northern
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Government testing sites for COVID-19 - Barbados Today
The public is advised that there are three government COVID-19 testing sites. They are the Wildey Gymnasium, Wildey, St. Michael; the Eunice Gibson Polyclinic, Warrens, St. Michael, and the Branford Taitt Polyclinic, Black Rock, St. Michael.  The opening times for the government testing sites are
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Rwanda: How Genocide Survivors, Perpetrators Raised Rwf100 Each to Start Coop
[New Times] Survivors and perpetrators of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, in Bugesera District, are reaping from unity and reconciliation joint efforts as well as agribusiness in which they jointly ventured with each member's contribution of Rwf100 every month.
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Accountability and action during the COVID-19 pandemic
The racial disparity data for Pinellas County paints a bleak picture: Blacks are 3.85 times (2.37 times in Hillsborough County), more likely to be COVID-19 positive than
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Newswire: Implicit bias a driver of COVID-19 among African-Americans
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BUT: Teachers will be ready to take Class 4 students to exam - Barbados Today
Unionised primary school teachers will “do what they have to do” to be back in the classroom for the return of Class 4 students on Wednesday, their leader declared Tuesday. President of the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) Pedro Shepherd told Barbados TODAY that Class 4 teachers are fully aware of
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Africa: Financing Healthcare in Nigeria is Beyond Allocating 15% of National Budget To Health
[allAfrica] Twenty years ago, African heads of states and governments gathered in Abuja to address infectious diseases in Africa. The declarations by the heads of States, popularly known as 'Abuja Declarations', was the meeting's highlight. One of the most popularly referenced portions of these
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Pope admitted to Rome hospital for 'scheduled' colon surgery - Barbados Today
SOURCE: BBC — Pope Francis has been admitted to hospital in Rome for scheduled surgery to treat a colon problem. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said there would be more information after the surgery had taken place at the Gemelli University Hospital. Earlier on Sunday, the 84-year-old Pope
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Malawi High court to rule on mandatory vaccination tomorrow
The High Court will tomorrow make its ruling over government's plan to implement mandatory Covid-19 vaccination for civil servants, health workers and journalists. The interparte hearing follows an application CDEDI and freelance journalist Mundango Nyirenda made before the Lilongwe High Court on
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Op-Ed: How About Using Some Federal Money to Get More of That Money?
Rodney North and David North share the many ways they believe the U.S. Virgin Islands could bring money into the local economy.
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St Peter Post Office reopens - Barbados Today
Members of the public are advised that the St. Peter Post Office has reopened for business, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. The Postmaster General thanks the public for its patience during the recent closure. (BPS) Read our ePaper. Fast. Factual. Free. Sign up and stay up to date with
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‘Millions lost’ to cruise ships’ reef damage, says UWI research - Barbados Today
Barbados’ generosity in allowing cruise ships to dock in its waters during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic last year has resulted in significant damage to the island’s coral reefs. This was detailed in a report prepared by the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies
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Barbadians celebrate fathers - Barbados Today
On a bright and sunny day fit for a king, Barbadians of all walks of life celebrated Father’s Day in style, as they flocked to many of the island’s fine dining restaurants at coastal locations. When a team from Barbados TODAY visited a number of beaches on the west and southern coasts of the
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Barnard no longer wanted by police - Barbados Today
Shamar Sylvester Barnard, alias Baby Sham or Sham, who was wanted by police in connection with serious criminal matters is no longer the subject of a wanted person bulletin. Barnard, whose last known address is Licorish Village, My Lords Hill, St. Michael, turned himself in at Black Rock Police
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Namibia: Deadlock As Govt Firm On Salary Freeze
[New Era] Namibia Public Workers Union (Napwu) general secretary Petrus Nevonga yesterday urged civil servants to remain calm after government failed to reach an agreement with unions on salary negotiations.
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