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Change is coming to East Portland – Golding
BOUNDBROOK, Portland: Opposition Leader Mark Golding has urged constituents in East Portland to press along as change is coming to the constituency soon. The People’s National Party (PNP) leader was addressing a small group of supporters during a...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Nigeria: Govt Directs Airlines to Refund Airfares to Passengers After Two-Hour Delay
[Daily Trust] The federal government has directed Airline operators in the country to refund the full cost of travel tickets to passengers after a two-hour delay.
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Source: allAfrica.com
VIDEO: Greek Odyssey: Photographer’s Amazing Bird’s-Eye Images Around His Homeland – The Wilmington Journal
A Greek photographer has shared images in Athens and other Greek landmarks, all taken from a drone. Athens native Nikitas Fakar said his love for aerial photography began when he bought a Mavic Air 2 [...]
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Insider Chooses USVI As One Of The Top 5 Caribbean Destinations During COVID-19
In this article we will take a look at the 25 best Caribbean islands to visit during COVID. Why The Caribbean Islands? The Caribbean is one of the most striking tourist destinations in the world. With more than 7000 islands, the archipelago is situated between North America and South America.
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Saint Lucia Distillers expansion generates new avenues for the Island
Prime Minister Hon Allen Chastanet has hailed a multimillion dollar expansion project by Saint Lucia Distillers
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BVI Grappling with Hundreds of Active COVID-19 Cases in Sudden Surge
The British Virgin Islands has implemented a nighttime curfew and shuttered businesses such as hairdressers and gyms as it deals with a sudden surge in COVID-19 cases that now number in the hundreds.
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Leader of Opposition appoints DPP ‘shadow cabinet’ in Parliament
Malawi’s opposition leader Kondwani Nankhumwa has appointed a ‘shadow cabinet’ in Parliament, which the Speaker of Parliament Catherine Gotani Hara communicated to the House on Friday, July 9, 2021. In her communication to the House, the Speaker wrote: “Honourable Members, I wish to inform the
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A First as an African American Wins The Scripps Spelling Bee; The Winning Word “Murraya” - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (77WABC) — 14-year-old  Zaila Avant-Garde of Louisiana became the nation’s first African American winner at the Scripps National Spelling Bee last night correctly spelling the winning word “Murraya.” If you are wondering just
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Uganda: Court Orders Ugandan Government to Regulate Covid-19 Treatment Costs
[VOA] Kampala, Uganda -- Edward Bindhe was diagnosed in early June with COVID-19. Upon consultation with a doctor, he bought drugs off the shelf and stocked up on local herbs.
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Let Singer Greentea Peng Speak To Your Soul
'The process was very natural,' South London's Greentea Peng says of the development of her album MAN MADE. 'I didn't want it to fit in and sound like anything that's […] The post Let Singer Greentea Peng Speak To Your Soul appeared first on Essence.
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Tanzania: Beauty Legacy Tanzania Donates Children's Library At JKCI
[Daily News] The government has reassured its commitment of working together with the private sector on enhancing community development and welfare of the children.
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Zaila Avant-garde: Teenager makes history as first African American to win US spelling bee - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
A teenage basketball prodigy has become the first African American to win the US Scripps National Spelling Bee. Zaila Avant-garde, a 14-year-old fr
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Fury tests positive for COVID-19, fight with Wilder postponed - Stabroek News
(Reuters) - The trilogy fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas this month has been called off after Fury tested positive for COVID-19, the World Boxing Council (WBC) announced
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Zimbabwe: Top Army Commander Edzai Chimonyo Dies
[East African] A Zimbabwean top military official, Lieutenant-General Edzai Absalom Chakanyuka Chimonyo has died.
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Nigeria: CSO Expresses Concern Over 90 Oncologists to 100,000 Cancer Patients
[Vanguard] A cancer advocacy group, Project PINK BLUE- Health and Psychological Trust Center, Wednesday, decried the shortage of doctors who treat cancer in the country as 90 oncologists to 100,000 cancer patients.
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Deputy national police commissioner has died from Covid-19 | News24
Covid-19 has claimed the life of deputy national police commissioner Lieutenant General Sindile Mfazi, police have said.
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Tunisia: Covid-19 - Hotels in Djerba and Zarzis Now Require Rapid Test or PCR From Customers
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Customers who have booked hotels in Djerba and Zarzis, are called as of next Monday, to present a 24-hour rapid test or a 72-hour PCR test or proof of COVID-19 vaccination, or a certificate attesting to a previous infection with the virus, the Regional
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JPS removes more than 1,000 throw-ups in Manchester
MANCHESTER: For the month of June, the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has removed 1,301 throw-ups in several communities across central, south and northeast Manchester even as they seek to encourage residents to secure electricity legally. However,...
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Kenyan Diplomat Showers Praises On President Samia
[Daily News] KENYAN High Commissioner to Tanzania, Dr Dan Kazungu, has poured praises to President Samia Suluhu Hassan for keeping the ball rolling in strengthening bilateral trade and investment between the two countries.
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Health minister Chiponda paints grim COVID-19 picture in Malawi
Health Minister Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda has said in the past 24 hours, Malawi has registered 427 new COVID-19 cases, 85 new recoveries and nine new deaths. In a routine Covid-19 situation 'update' released on Thursday, July 8, 2021, the minister says of the new cases, 413 are locally
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Human Rights Based Approach Needed In Tackling Crime In The Caribbean - St. Lucia Times News
By Alberto Brunori People in the Caribbean face some of the highest levels of violence in the world. Of the 22 Latin American and Caribbean countries surveyed in 2020 by the independent think-tank Insight crime, three Caribbean countries ranked in the top-six with most violence. Jamaica tops the
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VIDEO: Greek Odyssey: Photographer's Amazing Bird's-Eye Images Around His Homeland | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
A Greek photographer has shared images in Athens and other Greek landmarks, all taken from a drone. Athens native Nikitas Fakar said his love for aerial photography began when he bought a Mavic Air 2 drone that made him see the world from a different perspective. “I love to see beautiful places
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Zim, an apt Animal Farm country - NewsDay Zimbabwe
COMPETITION to present Zanu PF for what it really is, the ruining party, is  in full swing. Ever since the appointment of Foreign Affairs minister Frederick Shava, a documented corruption convict, to Cabinet, floodgates for in-house destruction of governance have swung open.
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Norman Scott to go for PNP vice president slot
Mayor of Spanish Town Norman Scott has announced his decision to run for one of the four vice president slots in the People’s National Party (PNP) upcoming vice-presidential election at the annual conference in September.
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African American spelling bee champ makes history with flair
By Ben Nuckols Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Zaila Avant-garde understood the significance of what she was doing as she stood on the Scripps National Spelling Bee stage, peppering pronouncer Jacques Bailly with questions about Greek and Latin roots. Zaila knew she would be the
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Tanzania: Tfs Festival Set to Attract More Tourists
[Daily News] TANZANIA Forest Service (TFS) has organized a tourism festival aimed at promoting forest conservation and ecotourism to supplement government efforts to increase the number of tourists to 5 million come 2025.
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We won’t report to govt: NGOs - NewsDay Zimbabwe
BY MOSES MATENGA NON-GOVERNMENTAL organisations (NGOs) operating in Harare yesterday hit back at Harare Metropolitan provincial development coordinator (PDC) Tafadzwa Muguti saying The post We won’t report to govt: NGOs appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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Nigeria: Tension Over Killing of NURTW Vice Chairman in APC Rally
[Daily Trust] Tension yesterday enveloped Satellite town and its environs in Lagos State over the alleged killing of the Vice Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) identified as Samuel Kayode aka Ekpo Kinkin.
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Egypt: UELDP Reflects Egypt's Successful Development Experiment
[Egypt Online] Minister of Local Development Mahmoud Shaarawy said that the inclusion of the Upper Egypt Local Development Program (UELDP) in UN platforms is recognition of the success of Egypt's experiment in this regard.
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Zimbabwe: Government Spends U.S.$40 Million On Covid Vaccines
[New Zimbabwe] Finance minister Mthuli Ncube says the government has so far used US$40 million of the reserved US$100 million meant for Covid-19 vaccine acquisition.
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