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University graduates should network for job success

The greatest asset of recent graduates of Northern Caribbean University (NCU) is their social capital or network, according to renowned entrepreneur and business columnist Paul Carrick Brunson. “Social capital is everything because who knows you...

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Convener of children's advocacy group Hear The Children's Cry, Betty Ann Blaine, says she is furious and disgusted by a video that has gone viral of a young boy being made to smoke what appears to be a marijuana spliff.

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Way before Moira Stuart, Jamaica's Barbara Blake Hannah was the first Black journalist on UK TV - Face2Face Africa

Racism has a way of blocking talented individuals from giving off their best in their chosen field of work. Barbara Blake Hannah, a young Jamaican girl skilled in her field of work, had her contract terminated because the audience did not want to a n**** on their television screens. She became the

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