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Submissions sought for spring creative writing contest
Spring is blooming, and with those longer days full of sunshine come stories inspired by the season. Now is the time for local students to hone those writing skills and submit to The True Citizen’s annual spring creative writing contest. Submissions for the contest are now being accepted, and we
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Kitco Market Data - Stabroek News
Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday March 4, 2021 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver. The article Kitco Market Data appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Berinda Cox Fish Market closing early on Thursday - Barbados Today
Members of the public are advised that the Berinda Cox Fish Market will close at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 24.  People are therefore asked to conduct their business accordingly.  Any inconvenience caused by this early closure is regretted.  The market will resume regular operations on
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Suspension of mail to St Vincent and the Grenadines - Barbados Today
Members of the public are advised that mail destined for St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is temporarily suspended, with immediate effect due to reduced airlift capacity. Any inconvenience caused is
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Cutting work hours not to be tolerated - Barbados Today
Security firms across the country are once again under scrutiny for allegedly attempting to deny employees the full benefit of the new minimum wage order by slashing their hours indiscriminately. In an interview with Barbados TODAY, Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations Colin Jordan
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COVID-19 UPDATE: One new case, 12 in isolation - Barbados Today
One new case of COVID-19, a female, was identified on Thursday, June 17, out of the 580 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Twelve persons remain in isolation. A total of 4,040 confirmed cases of the viral illness (1,953 females and 2,087 males) have been recorded
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WHO urges countries and drug makers to get more vaccine to poorer countries - Barbados Today
SOURCE: REUTERS: The Covid-19 pandemic is being perpetuated by a 'scandalous inequity' in vaccine distribution, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, addressing its annual ministerial assembly, urged countries to donate
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Diana Ross
Born: 3/26/1944 Detroit, MichiganAs an American singer, songwriter, actress and record producer. Born and raised in Detroit, she rose to fame as a founding member and lead singer of the vocal group The Supremes, which, during the 1960s, became Motowns most successful act and is to this day Americas
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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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Martin Luther King - I Have A Dream Speech - August 28, 1963 (Full Speech)
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1963
‘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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Samantha Jordan calls to be ‘cleared of COVID’ - Barbados Today
The 35-year-old mother who last Monday publicly complained of being forced into quarantine with her two-year-old son has been moved to another facility, Barbados TODAY can reveal. But Samantha Jordan who also lamented that she was concerned about the disappearance of her and her son’s COVID-19
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Gwendolyn Brooks Quotes
Gwendolyn Brooks was an Illinois poet laureate who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1950. See profile: Gwendolyn Brooks
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WORLD - India records 300,000 Covid deaths as pandemic rages - Barbados Today
SOURCE: BBC News - The number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in India has moved past the 300,000 mark as the country continues to grapple with the pandemic. Experts warn that the real number of fatalities might be much higher as many deaths are not officially recorded. India has recorded 26 million
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Bond, Julian
Bond, Julian (Horace Julian Bond), 1940–2015, U.S. civil-rights leader, b. Nashville, Tenn. As a student at Morehouse College, he participated in sit-ins at segregated Atlanta restaurants. He was a founder (1960) of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, serving (1961–65) as its
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Child rights advocate says more runaway teens escape home troubles - Barbados Today
An alarming number of mothers have been putting their teenaged children on the streets as home environments became hostile during the unfolding months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The revelation was made this afternoon by newly-elected Vice-Chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the
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Highest Elective officer
Oscar J. Dunn, a former slave, formally installed as lieutenant governor of Louisiana, the highest elective officer held to date by an American Black. Antoine Dubuclet was installed as state treasurer.
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1868
Michael Jordan retires
Michael Jordan announce his retirement from the NBA and the most illustrious career of any professional sports figure to date.
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1999
Black Lieutenant General
Maj. Gen. B.O. Davis Jr., assistant deputy chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, named lieutenant general, the highest rank attained by a Black to date in the armed services.
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Apr
16
1965
Suspected drowning at Brighton Beach - Barbados Today
Black Rock police are at Brighton Beach, St Michael, where a young man has gone missing in the water in the area known as the Hot Pot. Police say that around 4:15 p.m., a group of five young men went to the beach and two of them were in the water swimming when one of
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BriaCell Announces Closing of Over-Allotment Option in Connection with U.S. Public Offering, Bringing Total Gross Proceeds to US$28.7 Million
BERKELEY, Calif. and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BriaCell Therapeutics Corp. (Nasdaq: BCTX, BCTXW) (TSX-V:BCT) (“BriaCell” or the “Firm”), a clinical-stage biotechnology firm specializing in focused…
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Now Chamber of Commerce joins petrol dealers in full retail call - Barbados Today
The Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) is appealing for a review of the COVID-19 protocol that continues to place extraordinary limitations on the operation of businesses on Sunday. Chamber president Trisha Tannis on Thursday argued that with improvement to the country’s COVID-19
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BMS: Tropical wave weakens, rain showers expected in the coming days - Barbados Today
Tropical wave to our east continued to struggle overnight.  Convection with the tropical wave located near 300 miles or 480 km to our east has continued to weaken overnight. Any development of this system is now very unlikely at this time as environmental conditions around the system are becoming
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SNCC organized
The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was organized on this date.
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Apr
8
1960
Hearing set for Jagdeo’s application to set aside Ferguson judgment - Stabroek News
May 17th has been set for hearing of the application filed by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo who is seeking to set aside a $20M default judgment he has been ordered to pay former government minister Annette Ferguson who had brought a libel action against
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Kitco Market Data - Stabroek News
Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday February 4, 2021 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver. The article Kitco Market Data appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Billie Holiday Quotes
Billie Holiday, a popular and tragic figure in jazz, was a gifted singer with an amazing voice and talent whose personal life was chaotic and
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LIVE UPDATES: 11-plus exam & general update on Education press conference - Barbados Today
Minister Bradshaw announces July 28, 2021, as the new date for the Barbados Secondary School Entrance Examination ( 11+) The Barbados Secondary School Entrance Examination readiness assessment has found that: The syllabus was not completed. Students had great difficulty in understanding
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Destination Delaware - Barbados Today
National triathlon women’s champion Chara Hinds has earned an athletic scholarship to Delaware State University (DSU) where she will represent the Hornets women’s triathlon team while pursuing her studies in engineering. The Harrison College student who leaves in August to begin her newest chapter
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Nearly 400 Arrested And Injured As Protesters Demand Spanish Rapper's Release From Prison | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Nearly 200 people have been arrested and at least 200 have been injured during weeks-long protests across Spain demanding rapper Pablo Hasel’s release from prison. To date, 189 people have been arrested since protests began on Feb. 16 in hundreds of cities over Hasel’s imprisonment on charges of
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