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Immigration Corner | Will I still get my pension?
Dear Mr Bassie, I am about to retire in the United Kingdom (UK), and I would like to know whether I will be able to access my benefits from overseas if I return to the land of my birth. – K.K. Dear K.K., Persons who are moving or retiring abroad...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Africa: Treatment Time Can Be Cut By a Third for Most Kids With TB
[spotlight] Tuberculosis (TB) treatment can be shortened from six to four months in 80% of children. This is according to findings from the SHINE study that were presented at a leading TB conference on Saturday.
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Source: allAfrica.com
BBC reveals thousands of boys chained, tortured and abused in Islamic schools across Sudan
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 October 2020: A BBC News Arabic investigation has uncovered systemic child abuse inside Islamic schools in Sudan. There are nearly 30,000 Islamic schools, known as “khalwas” across Sudan. The investigation, “The Schools that Chain Boys”, has found that boys as young as
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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ELECTION 2020: For Millions of Americans, the Future of Health Care is What's on the Ballot | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Right now, under the Affordable Care Act, it is your right to have access to lactation support and counseling without cost-sharing for as long as you are breastfeeding. If the ACA gets struck down, then insurers will not be required to cover it, which could have devastating
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
Waking Up To “Crusade For Christ” - The New Journal and Guide
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Tourism $$ roll in
ROSEHALL, St James - Jamaica earned more than US$250 million between June and the end of September from tourism, despite the blow delivered to the industry by COVID-19, according to Ed Bartlett, the Government minister with responsibility for the sector.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
BET’s ‘Project CRE8” Winning Film, “Alieu the Dreamer,” Starring Denzel Whitaker to World Premiere on Thursday, October 22 at 10 PM ET/PT on BET
… affairs television programming for the African-American audience. The primary BET channel … France. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse … -hour entertainment network targeting the African-American Woman; BET Music Networks - …
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Jamaica moves 80,000 steps closer to rapid COVID-19 tests
THE Ministry of Health and Wellness's push to introduce antigen rapid diagnostic COVID-19 tests in Jamaica moved a step closer yesterday with a multi-partner donation of more than 80,000 kits.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Anglo American sued for lead poisoning in Zambia mining town
A GROUP of Zambian women and children filed a suit against Anglo American Plc in South Africa, alleging the mining company caused widespread lead poisoning from a mine it owned until 1974 in the northern city of Kabwe. The case, which is demanding compensation and a clean-up of the area, was filed
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7 held for suspected tanker hijack after UK commando raid - Black News Channel
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Seven stowaways seized when British naval special forces stormed an oil tanker in the English Channel have been arrested on suspicion of hijacking, police said Monday. Hampshire Police said the men, believed to be from Nigeria, were being held at
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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel
Brassington to head gas-to-shore taskforce - Stabroek News
Former Chief Executive Officer of NICIL, Winston Brassington will head government’s Gas-to- Shore Task Force (GSTF); a body that will report on the most viable options for the project, anticipated to start next year, Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat yesterday
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
'Threat to Health Care and Civil Rights' Judge Barrett Confirmed by GOP Senate | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “After refusing a Democratic nominee to the Supreme Court because an election was eight months away, they will confirm a Republican nominee before an election that is eight days away,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, who is a Democrat.
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
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Voter Suppression Tactics and Long Lines Fail to Quell Resolve of Black Voters
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Indiana has some incredibly restrictive voter laws, and currently we only have one early voting site in all of Indianapolis,” stated Robert Shegog, CEO at the Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper and Indiana Minority Business Magazine. “A few more will open Oct. 24, but significantly
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
OP-ED: Black Voters Cannot Afford Four More Years of Trump
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Black Americans, millions of whom were already struggling before the pandemic struck, cannot afford to lose anything else and we absolutely cannot afford another four years of President Donald J. Trump. That is why it is more imperative than perhaps at any other period in many of
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
Texas Senate hopeful MJ Hegar tries to woo suburban centrists while mobilizing progressive Democrats - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… the primary,” recounted Coleman, an African American, noting half the Democratic field … ’ If Hegar has struggled with African Americans, she also had to forge …
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“Yes” Or “No”—Redistricting Referendum 1 - The New Journal and Guide
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Jamaican says UK system failed autistic son - Blames ‘systemic racism’ for events leading to pending deportation - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Gleaner) It was the afternoon of Friday, October 17, 2014 when Joan Martin was at home in the United Kingdom (UK) with a church sister and her phone
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Regal Cinemas’ closure just the latest blow to an industry on life support -
While the movie theater will likely survive, moviegoers can expect a change in what they can see on the big screen. Source
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Thousands of businesses to benefit from electronic cash registers in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 October 2020: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Finance, Jacob Jusu Saffa, on Monday commissioned five thousand Electronic Cash Registers (ECR) which will be rolled out immediately across hotels and supermarkets in the country. The National Revenue Authority (NRA) last
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
COVID-19 Elevating Concerns About Food Safety and Security | Atlanta Daily World
(NewsUSA) - The latest fallout from the coronavirus pandemic? Food safety and security now rank among consumers' top global concerns. According to a new study from the Mars Global Food Safety Center, 73 percent of the adults surveyed last month in the United States, China and the United Kingdom
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Female entrepreneur loses thousands of dollars investment in Sierra Leone – still no justice
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 October 2020: Just when she thought it was safe and the right decision to return home to Sierra Leone to invest her hard earned cash in her country of birth, Mrs Annie Metzger has witnessed all her hard work and investments gone up in smoke, as armed thugs working for a…
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Why the 2020 Vote Matters More than Ever to African Americans
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Some had to pay fees. Some were tested. Many people died for that right. It is too important for us not to vote, and if we want to have a democracy, we need to participate in it. We can’t hope that situations will change. We have to be active in helping candidates get elected who
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
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COMMENTARY: Contained rage doesn't remain contained. Time to have 'The Talk" | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As a counselor, I ask the heads of households to have “The Talk” with your family, especially with male children. It is no strange or foreign conversation I am asking you to have. Have the conversation with your children and grandchildren of how we overcame. Encourage them to give
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
November 3: So much at stake in this election
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Our courts are deteriorating quickly to an anti-worker mindset. Over the past four years, two very conservative Supreme Court justices have been appointed, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch, moving the Court further to the right and further away from protecting our rights.  And
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
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IMF and Guinean authorities agree economic policies and reforms
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 October 2020: President Alpha Conde, 82, won the hotly contested presidential election held last week, according to official results announced Saturday, setting the stage for a controversial third term. He will remain in office to oversee the country’s post-covid economic
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
PRESS ROOM: BHERC Announces Films and Filmmakers for the 26th | Afro
Over 140 films selected from over 1500 entries from the US and twenty countries around the world will stream online this year due to the COVID – 19 Pandemic. (Hollywood, CA) via NNPA – The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC) announces the selection of 140 films and filmmakers for
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Head of UN in Sierra Leone meets president Bio at State House
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 October 2020: Newly appointed United Nations Resident to Sierra Leone – Mr. Babatunde Ahonsi, last Thursday called on President Dr Julius Maada Bio to present his letter of appointment by the UN Secretary General. ”It is with utmost humility and great honour that
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Nigerians sent £2.8 billion back home - Voice Online
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'Afterland': Lauren Beukes on what comes after catastrophe
The South African writer’s timely new novel, 'Afterland', is not the story of a global pandemic. It’s about what happens afterwards.
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Blues Legend B.B. King: A Glimpse Into The Amazing Life Of The ‘King of Blues”
Legendary blues musician B.B. King has died in Las Vegas, his attorney told The Associated Press. Cause of death was not released. He was 89. Here’s a look at the life of blues legend B.B. King. Personal: Birth date: September 16, 1925 Birthplace: Mississippi Delta cotton plantation between
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