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Jamaica: Unregulated ambulance services, uncertified emergency technicians could be putting public in danger

(Jamaica Gleaner) Three weeks after a probe revealed that most local private hospitals were unregistered, The Sunday Gleaner has learnt that the island’s private ambulance service is operating without oversight, putting members of the public at

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What kind of mask should you wear? | The Crusader Newspaper Group

The difference between cloth face coverings and hospital masks is that homemade masks are not FDA

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Analysis | The playbook is familiar as first-time candidate with military record gives GOP a shot at House seat

“Career politician Christy Smith did nothing,” the narrator says in one ad for the Garcia campaign, accusing her of doing little while in the state

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The African Insurance Company (1810-1813)

In 1810 The African Insurance Company was created with offices located at 159 Lombard Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the first African American-owned insurance company in the United States. The first president was Joseph Randolph while Cyrus Porter was treasurer and William Coleman

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Ghana: Gma, Navy and Marine Police Combat Illegal Fuel Bunkering

Takoradi — The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) in collaboration with the Navy and Marine Police have started all night security patrols at the Takoradi Anchorage and the western coastline to halt illegal fuel bunkering in the

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Alternate Care Site Opens at Convention Center | Afro

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to plague the area without flattening of the curve, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser was pleased to showcase the alternative care site to support the nation’s capital’s battle against the novel coronavirus at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in

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Tatu City, Absa Bank sign mortgage financing deal

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Volusia to offer $3,000 grants to local small businesses to offset COVID-19 impacts –

Volusia County opened the application window on Thursday, May 14, on a $10 million grant program to help small businesses recover financially from the COVID-19

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Government looking at low cost insurance for tourists

Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, says discussions are in the final stages with insurance and global logistics providers to enable travellers who test positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) to be quickly isolated and

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LIVESTREAM REPLAY — #SaveLocalJournalism Week #4: THE VOICE OF BLACK AMERICA

During a recent meeting organized by Anchor of Hope Ministries, a local, faith-based nonprofit assisting the formerly incarcerated, Holmes stated that the Black church has historically been centered to meet the community’s needs in a variety of

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"Yes We Can": Barack Obama's Road to the White House, 2008

Barack Obamas campaign for the Presidency in 2008 has been described by many political analysts as brilliant and virtually flawless. Despite his inexperience in national politics and limited experience in state politics (Obama was first elected to political office in 1994), he assembled

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Magic Johnson's Life Insurance Company To Distribute $100 Million in Federal Loans to Minority Businesses

Former Los Angeles Lakers guard and team president Earvin “Magic” Johnson announced his life insurance company will provide $100 million for women- and minority-owned small businesses as part of the Paycheck Protection Program

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When a man’s word was ‘worth a tonne in gold’

Within a month, he had smoked all 24 of these great cigars and without even having made his first premium payment on the policy, the lawyer filed a claim against the insurance

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African-American neighborhood

African-American neighborhoods or black neighborhoods are types of ethnic enclaves found in many cities in the United States. Generally, an African American neighborhood is one where the majority of the people who live there are African American. Some of the earliest African-American neighborhoods

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Black Swan – America’s First Black-Owned Record Label [VIDEO]

Harry Herbert Pace (January 6, 1884 – 1943) was an African-American music publisher and insurance executive, and the founder of Black Swan

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Gather important documents ahead of the storm

PINELLAS COUNTY — If you were ordered to evacuate from your home for a hurricane, could you easily and quickly collect all of your important documents for

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Africa: First U.S. Representative to African Development Bank Supports AfDB President Adesina

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OP-ED: Leaders must work together to address the disparities that impact health and wellness amid the COVID-19 pandemic

While the harm of COVID-19 is tragic and impacts everyone, we, as business and community leaders, must do more to reduce the social conditions that contribute to these troubling and unacceptable inequities that have become magnified during this health

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Black Woman CEO to Teach Webinar on How to Cash Out in the Medical Cannabis Industry

The event, hosted by Cannabis financial planner Cimone Casson, will focus on Black and Brown communities in the growing cannabis sector, and overcoming hurdles in investing, finance, branding, licensing and

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How to Keep Your Faith and Strive For Financial Freedom During Challenging Times

Reverend Dr. DeForest B. Soaries, Jr., the Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens (FBCLG) in Somerset, New Jersey, and the former New Jersey Secretary of State, launched the Billion Dollar Challenge to create black wealth and to motivate the black communities to strive for

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(1968) Civil Rights Act/Fair Housing Act

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Till, Emmett Louis (1941-1955)

Emmett Till was a fourteen year-old African American boy who was tortured and killed in Money, Mississippi in 1955 after allegedly insulting a white woman. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Till lived with his mother, Mamie Till. His father, Louis Till, died while serving in the U.S. Army in Italy in

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First Congressional District candidate Jim Harper highly qualified | The Crusader Newspaper Group

“We have very big issues facing Northwest Indiana and our country, whether it’s the public health crisis, or public access to quality health care or whether it is environmental justice and climate change, there are big challenges for our region and our country,” he

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Uganda: Jubilee Insurance Records 9.9 Percent Growth Amid COVID

Jubilee Holdings Limited, East Africa's largest insurance group, has reported a 9.9 per cent growth in the Financial Year

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Pension savings hold key to home ownership

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O’dell M. Owens, M.D.

O’dell M. Owens, M.D. is Medical Director for the City of Cincinnati. Previously, Owens was the President of Cincinnati State as well as holding many healthcare related leadership roles including serving as Medical Director for a major insurance company. Owens also helped launch a Cincinnati-based

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Adjust your finances as life happens

Update or change your spending to make sure you’re making the right decisions for you

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Oral Health Care during COVID-19

Dr. Jorelle Alexander, DMD, MHP., is a dentist and department chair of Oral Health for Cook

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