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Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has written to CARICOM Secretary-General Irwin La Rocque and Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland inviting them to send election observers to the upcoming general election on August 10.
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A. Philip Randolph
Asa Philip Randolph was born on April 15, 1889 in Crescent City, Florida, to a Methodist Minister, James Randolph. In 1891, the Randolph family, strong supporters of equal rights for African Americans, moved to
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White Woman Charged After Racist Central Park Confrontation
NEW YORK (AP) — A white woman who called the police during a videotaped dispute with a Black man over her walking her dog without a leash in Central Park was charged Monday with filing a false police report. In May, Amy Cooper drew widespread condemnation and was fired from her job after
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#BTEditorial - How the money flows - Barbados Today
It was refreshing to hear leader of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Ms Verla DePeiza commit, that were she to form the governing administration, legislation would be introduced to address the thorny issue of campaign financing.But we know it is easy to make grandiose promises from the safety of
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Chamisa, ED talks inevitable: Mtata
DIALOGUE between opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and President Emmerson Mnangagwa remains key in resolving the country’s multi-layered political and economic crises and churches will push for the talks to materialise, says Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) secretary-general Kenneth
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Approximately two hours after news emerged that former Energy Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley had filed a court challenge to conclusions made about him by the Integrity Commission in its probe of the Petrojam scandal, the commission admitted that it had erred in an aspect of the same report relating
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Web of corruption?
Some of the people implicated in the Petrojam scandal were so strategically placed in positions at the oil refinery that the Integrity Commission is questioning whether they formed part of “corruption-enabling mechanisms”. Academic friendships and...
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Over 200,000 apply for curfew passes in T&T | New York Carib News
Trinidad's Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith said Monday that at least 250,000 people have applied for exemptions under the eight-hour curfew that came into effect last weekend in a bid to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ahmaud Arbery Killer Spewed Racial Epithet at Him After Shooting
A Georgia state investigator testified Thursday that one of the men arrested in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery allegedly stood over Arbery’s dead body and blurted out a racial epithet, according to NBC
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China says targeting Huawei threatens global supply chain
China said new US export restrictions targeting companies including Huawei Technologies may threaten the global supply
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Implement a work-from-home policy – MoBay Chamber president
The Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce (MBCC) is urging businesses in Montego Bay and across the western region to implement work-from-home arrangements for more of their workers in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. At the same time, the western...
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Caricom leaders celebrate and stress the significance of Emancipation Day | New York Carib News
Leaders across the Caribbean Community (Caricom) are on Sunday observing Emancipation Day by reminding people to focus on the significance of what took place 183 years ago on August 1, 1838.
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Meek Mill Tweets Support For B. Simone Amid Plagiarism Scandal
Meek Mill took to social media on Sunday (June 14) to defend B. Simone over allegations that she plagiarized passages of her book Baby Girl: Manifest the Life You
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Tabatinga labourer charged over cannabis
A 42-year-old labourer was yesterday placed on $75,000 bail after he denied having in his possession a quantity of narcotics on Sunday
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Former Florida Gubernatorial Candidate Andrew Gillum Reveals He's Bisexual
Former Florida Gubernatorial Candidate Andrew Gillum revealed he's bisexual during a newly released interview with journalist and TV host Tamron Hall. In doing so, Gillum acknowledged that he had never
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Rapier, James Thomas (1837-1883)
James Thomas Rapier was a Republican representative from the state of Alabama elected to the 43rd United States Congress. Rapier was born on November 13, 1837 in Florence, Alabama and attended high school in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1856 at the age of 19 he traveled to attend the King School in
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Waller, John Lewis (1850-1907)
John L. Waller was a career Republican and activist who played a significant role in Kansas politics. He was born to slave parents, Anthony and Maria Waller, on a plantation in New Madrid County, Missouri. Some records suggest he was born in 1851, contrary to his own testimony. Waller and his
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Senate acquits Waiguru, rejects calls for her removal
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Dominica calls for Commonwealth aid to help cope with COVID-19
LONDON, England (CMC) — Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Wednesday said that the Commonwealth is uniquely placed to advocate on behalf of its members, particularly small states, on issues that threaten their survival such as the novel coronavirus
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Eskom demands PwC repay millions over 'invalid' contract
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Mozambique: Saudi Embassy Denies Alleged Abuses
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Dr Hinds is attempting to create an elections narrative that has no empirical basis
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Wheatley, Integrity Commission head to court over report
Former Energy Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley has taken court action challenging a “dishonest” characterisation against him in an Integrity Commission report on allegations of corruption at the state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam. One of Wheatley’s...
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Phillips wants legal assurances on 2-in-1 election
President of the People’s National Party (PNP), Dr Peter Phillips, is demanding assurances that the legal and technical issues involved in staging both the local government and general elections on one ballot be ironed out before concluding on what would be a historic
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Ex-BOJ governor backs timeout for bank hires
Former Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor Derick Latibeaudiere has supported a proposal from Jamaica’s anti-corruption watchdog for senior central bank personnel who are involved in regulations, examinations, or inspections to be restricted from...
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More COVID closures and enforcements coming says TT gov't | New York Carib News
The Trinidad and Tobago government Friday announced a further “battering down” of the country as health officials disclosed there would be more beds at hospitals to deal with the alarming increase in cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Ferguson, Missouri Elects First-Ever African American and Woman Mayor
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