[UPDATED] Cox knocks Mohit’s ‘man in wheelchair walking’ as a ‘made-up story’

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[UPDATED] Cox knocks Mohit’s ‘man in wheelchair walking’ as a ‘made-up story’

News Social Development Minister Donna Cox - SUREASH CHOLAI Minister of Social Development and Family Services Donna Cox took jabs at remarks made by Chaguanas East MP Vandana Mohit in which the latter told a story where a man in a wheelchair walked to her during a recent constituency meeting on land regularisation. Mohit made the remarks during her contribution on the 2022 budget debate in Parliament on Friday. 'Recently in some meetings with constituents a gentleman in a wheelchair […]

Source: Trinidad News

Cuba reopens but faces challenge wooing back tourists

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) - Cuba is reopening its doors to foreign tourists after an eight-month shutdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, but the cash-strapped country faces an uphill struggle to woo back wary travellers.Tourism chiefs are banking on the island's track record of keeping the virus

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Minister calls for partnerships to fight NCDs

STATE minister for health and wellness Juliet Cuthbert Flynn says Jamaica is faced with a ballooning threat in non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which has taken on new dimensions with the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Journalist comes under heavy criticism over Sobers story - Barbados Today

There was widespread condemnation on Saturday over an article written by veteran sports journalist Mike King. Hours before Olympic swimmer Alex Sobers was set to dive into the pool at his second appearance at the Olympic games, a whirlwind of controversy was brewing over a preview article

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Source: Barbados Today - News You Can Trust.

Reburial of exhumed bodies from Tulsa massacre sparks protests

Residents in Tulsa, Oklahoma are in an uproar over the city's reburial of remains believed to be of more than... View

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Source: theGrio

Community shocked and saddened at death of Basketball Hall of Famer Wallace Broadnax | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Many throughout the city of Gary are mourning the death of Wallace Broadnax. Broadnax, a former Gary firefighter and Indiana Basketball Hall of Famer, was shot during a failed robbery attempt. He was 70. Two juveniles were arrested in connection with the shooting that took place at a Clark gas st

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

USVI's August Death Toll Was Highest Since the Start of the Pandemic

The V.I. Department of Health’s Medical Director Dr. Tai Hunte-Ceasar said Tuesday that it took 159 days of pandemic for the territory to record its first 19 deaths, 324 days for the second 19 and only 31 days for the most recent wave.

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Source: St. Croix Source | online all the time since 1999

UAB Recognized as Diversity Champion in Higher Education

By Ashleigh Aldridge UAB News Insight Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity publication and website in higher education, has recognized the University of Alabama at Birmingham as a 2020 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award recipient and a 2020 Diversity Champion. The

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Financial Pathways of the Piedmont finds a fun way to support seniors - WS Chronicle

Financial Pathways of the Piedmont finds a fun way to support seniors The post Financial Pathways of the Piedmont finds a fun way to support seniors appeared first on WS Chronicle.

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Source: https://wschronicle.com

Parly advocates for mine safety fund - NewsDay Zimbabwe

THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development has urged government to set up a mine safety fund that will be used to purchase rescue equipment in case of disaster. The post Parly advocates for mine safety fund appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Company ready - Barbados Today

Director of Prosource Limited, David Tomlinson has given the assurance that his company is qualified and well equipped to spearhead Government’s new waste management project. While maintaining that Prosource Ltd - an arm of the Innotech Group – had legitimately been selected through the tendering

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Source: Barbados Today - News You Can Trust.

Prominent Caribbean journalist dies

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - Prominent Caribbean journalist Owen Baptiste, who served as the executive chairman of the Barbados-based Caribbean News Agency (CANA), died here on Tuesday. He was 87.Baptiste also served as technical adviser to the Jamaica Observer in the company's early years.

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Public advised to make their way to Sandals vaccination site - Barbados Today

The Immunisation Unit advises members of the public that they can make their way to the vaccination site at the Sandals Resort Conference Centre, Maxwell, Christ Church, which is currently experiencing slow foot

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Source: Barbados Today - News You Can Trust.

Council members urge Mayor to include Office of Equity and Inclusion in stimulus allocation planning - Milwaukee Community Journal

In a jointly signed letter sent today (attached) to Mayor Tom Barrett, all 15 members of the Milwaukee Common Council urged the Mayor to heavily weight equity and inclusion when considering proposals on how to allocate funding from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The letter emphasizes how the

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Unvaccinated Filling Up V.I. Hospital Beds, None of the Hospitalized Are Vaccinated

Of the hundreds of U.S. Virgin Islanders so sick with COVID-19 they were admitted to V.I. hospitals, not one – zero, none – were fully vaccinated. Of the tens of thousands of U.S. Virgin Islanders vaccinated against COVID-19, zero have been admitted to the hospital due to reactions or side effects

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Source: St. Croix Source | online all the time since 1999

Union: package ‘insulting, insensitive and uncaring’ - Barbados Today

One of the unions representing severed LIAT employees in Barbados has labelled the latest settlement offer by shareholder governments as insulting, insensitive and uncaring. This strong position which was put Monday by the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) coincides with a rejection by

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Source: Barbados Today - News You Can Trust.

Birmingham Mayor Randall L. Woodfin has been released from the hospital

Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Birmingham Mayor Randall L. Woodfin was released Wednesday from Princeton Baptist Medical Center, where he received Remdesivir and convalescent plasma therapy to address COVID pneumonia. He received these treatments in keeping with established criteria for COVID

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Source: The Birmingham Times

City Delays Removal Of Black Lives Matter Mural | The Oklahoma Eagle

www.ktul.com By Ashley Ellis The City of Tulsa announced that the Black Lives Matter mural on Greenwood will not be removed today as planned. RELATED | Community members gather to keep 'Black Lives Matter' mural in Greenwood District The decision comes after a group gathered on Greenwood this

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

Pop Up Clean Up Makes Huge Difference - Milwaukee Community Journal

During the winter months the snow covers a multitude of things, one being trash on the ground that is actually added during this time. As the weather heats up the snow melts and garbage flows in streets, for a disgusting display of cup bags and dirty ice. Areas that are particular bad, are

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Leaving no one behind

FACED with the possibility that as many as 40 per cent of their students would not be able to access online learning, principals and teachers at several schools in inner-city communities in the Corporate Area are pulling out all the stops to ensure that no one is left behind.

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Justice Department Quietly Stalled Investigation Into Tamir Rice Case: Report | The Crusader Newspaper Group

The DOJ effectively ended its civil rights investigation into the 2014 police killing of the Black boy — without telling the family, reported The New York Times. By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman and Ryan J. Reilly, Huff Post The Justice Department effectively ceased its civil rights investigation into the

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Two cruise ship passengers test COVID-19 positive - Barbados Today

Two guests onboard the Celebrity Millennium ship that called in at the Bridgetown Port earlier this week have tested positive for COVID-19, but are asymptomatic and currently in isolation, cruise operator Royal Caribbean said on Thursday. It said the guests, who were sharing a room, were being

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Source: Barbados Today - News You Can Trust.

Despite losing three sons to gun violence, mom continues to help others

MARIE Bennett, 57, is a jovial all-rounder, but beyond her larger-than-life personality lies a story of strength and pain.In an interview with the Jamaica Observer Bennett chronicled her life as a former area coordinator in the Waltham Park community, where her love for philanthropy blossomed.

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Studies to assess Govt’s flexible work policy - Barbados Today

Four months after Government rolled out its Flexible Work Arrangements Policy in the public service, a study will be done to determine whether it has been effective so far. Director of Human Resource Policy and Staffing Directorate in the Ministry of the Public Service, Kim Belle said a second

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Source: Barbados Today - News You Can Trust.

Manufactured Progress: Harvey Aluminum on St. Croix (Part 3)

This historical six-part series explores three moments in the past century – VI Corp, Harvey Aluminum, and Hess Oil – where frustration with the given situation boiled over into radical change.

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Source: St. Croix Source | online all the time since 1999

Griffith wants other CoP candidates removed from probes

News Former police commissioner Gary Griffith. - EVEN as he is prepared to step aside to allow an investigation into allegation of corruption into the granting of firearm user's licences and a probe of Christian Chandler - to avoid any inference of impropriety and interference - Gary Griffith wants

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Source: Trinidad News

State Employees’ Credit Union awards grants - WS Chronicle

State Employees Credit Union (SECU) Foundation is pleased to announce the third phase of its COVID-19 pandemic relief efforts, in which over $3 million in grants were awarded to 34 North Carolina non-profits to support their operational

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Source: https://wschronicle.com

Legislation coming to crack down on prisoners with cellphones

THE Government is moving to amend legislation governing the island's prison system to allow criminal charges to be levelled against inmates found with contraband, with the heaviest punishment going to those found with communication devices.For years there have been reports of prisoners continuing

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Tropical Storm Watch in Effect for USVI, Puerto Rico

A tropical storm watch is in effect for the U.S. Virgin Islands and adjacent islands, according to a news alert issued at 5 p.m. AST by the National Hurricane Center.

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Source: St. John Source | independent and trusted since 1999

This Day in History - July 17

Today is the 199th day of 2020. There are 167 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2016: All 298 passengers and crew aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 were killed when the Boeing 777 was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine; both Ukraine's Government and pro-Russian separatists have denied

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

COVID chaos piles up for Trump

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) - Donald Trump's re-election campaign was buffeted yesterday by another COVID-19 outbreak in his team, surging infections across the United States, and an uncomfortable admission by his chief of staff.

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

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