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Digicel Foundation launches major $42-million Operation SAFE effort New push to sanitise, advocate, feed
Digicel Foundation has announced a significant investment in Jamaica's response to the COVID-19 crisis with the launch of its $42-million islandwide humanitarian project dubbed Operation SAFE – focused on sanitising, advocating, feeding, and enabling Jamaicans in the fight against
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
CVS Health Expands Statewide COVID-19 Response By Opening Additional Drive-Thru Test Sites in Georgia
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CHTA engages online round tables to rebuild tourism in the region
The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) has said that it will be engaging the use of online roundtable discussions as part of wider efforts to accelerate the rebuilding of the Caribbean's tourism sector. This as the organisation seeks to ensure that the region emerges from the novel
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
She was their world - Jamaican COVID patient died a day after her daughter’s birthday - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Star) Judith and Leighton Sharras had plans to celebrate their daughter Xanthe's success in Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) when the portal opened last
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A damning story - Stabroek News
Plagued by prolonged delays, missed deadlines, shoddy work and pricey revisions, Guyana’s Chinese-funded and contracted international airport expansion project is proving another expensive embarrassment, long dogged by controversy from its shady
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Outgoing Grenada foreign minister restates CARICOM's position on Venezuela | New York Carib News
Foreign Affairs Minister, Peter David, today said that the 15-member regional integration grouping, CARICOM, remains committed to its policy of non-interference and non-intervention in the internal affairs of Venezuela, where the United States is pushing ahead with plans to remove President
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Household Items You Can Use As Christmas Ornaments
With the economy having taken such a hard hit this year, the last thing any household needs is an added expense, but something all homes need is a little cheer. If you’re hoping to deck out your home for the holidays, there are plenty of household items you can swap in for Christmas ornaments.
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Meteorological agency calls for action to avert mudslide disasters in Freetown
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Barbados trade unionist joins Mottley’s fold
A leading trade unionist and independent senator in Barbados has switched sides and joined forces with the ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP) of Prime Minister Mia Mottley. The prime minister announced this evening during a press briefing that...
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FEMA Ranks L.A. County Riskiest in U.S. For Natural Disasters - Los Angeles Sentinel
Los Angeles County has come out No. 1 on an unenviable list -- the Federal Emergency Management Agency's rankings of the riskiest counties in America. The post FEMA Ranks L.A. County Riskiest in U.S. For Natural Disasters appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
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Anglican Church distances itself from same-sex unions
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) - The head of the Anglican Church in Barbados, Reverend Michael Maxwell says the church is not supportive of the idea by the Mia Mottley Government to recognise same-sex unions.
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Sue K. Brown (1948- )
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Wildfires and hurricanes disrupt final weeks of 2020 census - Black News Channel
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Already burdened by the coronavirus pandemic and a tightened deadline, the Census Bureau must now contend with several natural disasters as wildfires and hurricanes disrupt the final weeks of the nation's once-a-decade headcount. The fires on
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Field hospital to house recovering COVID patients
JAMAICAN health officials can now breathe easy with the donation of an adjustable field hospital by the United States Government to assist with the island's response to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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Warne on the fence for another Caribbean T20 tournament - Stabroek News
Cricket West Indies’ Commercial and Marketing Director, Dominic Warne, is “sitting on the fence” when it comes to the idea of having a second Caribbean T20 tournament to go alongside the Caribbean Premier
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Black Millennial Launches Virtual Solution for Faith-Based Communities Prioritizing Safety of Worshipers
Known as “the Airbnb for churches,” Church Space is an online marketplace that helps churches earn income by renting out space for weekly worship services in addition to a variety of one-time events and
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100 Days of Gratitude with author and make-up artist D’angelo Thompson. | Atlanta Daily World
Chicago Native, D'angelo Thompson is a Daytime Emmy Award Winner, Celebrity makeup/hair artist, beauty industry innovator and author who has written a new book called '100 Days of Gratitude'. His … Continued
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Caribbean American Legislators mourn passing of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg | New York Carib News
Caribbean American legislators have expressed sadness over the passing of United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Flow ready for active hurricane season
Telecommunications firm C&W Communications, which operates Flow, says it is implementing comprehensive measures for the current hurricane season. Forecasters have predicted that the five-month season, which began on June 1, will be more active...
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100 Days of Gratitude with author and make-up artist D’angelo Thompson. | The Michigan Chronicle
Chicago Native, D'angelo Thompson is a Daytime Emmy Award Winner, Celebrity makeup/hair artist, beauty industry innovator and author who has written a new book called '100 Days of Gratitude'. His … Continued
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Anglican Bishop of Barbados says church won’t officiate same-sex civil marriages if legalized - Face2Face Africa
The Anglican Bishop of Barbados, Reverend Michael Maxwell, says their church – which is the largest religious group on the island – will not officiate same-sex civil marriages should the Caribbean nation’s government move to legalize it. Conversations over its legalization on the island have been
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Digicel Foundation pumps $42m in humanitarian project
DIGICEL FOUNDATION has announced a significant investment in Jamaica’s response to the COVID-19 crisis with the launch of its $42-million islandwide humanitarian project, Operation SAFE, (Sanitising, Advocating, Feeding, and Enabling) in the fight against
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St Joseph Mercy celebrating 75th anniversary - Stabroek News
The St Joseph Mercy Hospital is observing its 75th anniversary. A statement today from the hospital follows: GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 23, 2020: The St. The article St Joseph Mercy celebrating 75th anniversary appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Barbados removes Queen Elizabeth as head of state - symbolic nothingness? - Face2Face Africa
In a move that will coincide with the 55th anniversary of its independence, the island of Barbados will be removing Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state, Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced on Tuesday. Although the Queen has no political control over Barbados, she has remained its legal and
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COVID-19 heroines substitute govt
DISASTERS have a tendency of showing the best and worst of humankind. Wars or natural disasters usually create new heroes/heroines and villains and the COVID-19 pandemic has done exactly that. Disasters expose the inner selves of people — whether they are empathetic or indifferent. In some
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Ways technology can boost food security, rev up jobs in Kenya
Along with the economic devastation, including widespread job losses for informal sector daily wage earners and MSMEs accounting for 85 percent of Kenya’s total employment), food insecurity is one of the biggest
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WITH THE announcement of a new Ministry of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, stakeholders are hoping for a variety of things – from emphasis on food security to effective planning for climate threats that include sea level...
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Caribbean leaders agree to 'safer, more resilient world' for future generations | New York Carib News
Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders have joined their global counterparts in adopting a declaration honoring the multilateral framework put in place by the United Nations founders in 1945.
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