Westmoreland man on bail charged with fraud in case of $530K weave purchase

SHIGOLI: Digital is key to building resilience for health

Covid-19 will fundamentally redefine how medical underwriters manage the value chain, and most importantly, relationships with customers as well as key business

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Source: Business Daily

8 minutes and 46 seconds: May we never witness this again

Over the past weeks across the nation, united demonstrations have made the message clear: People have had enough of the ongoing struggle for equality and equity, of the battle against systemic injustice, and the fear of being a person of color in

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PSC concerned over impact of government's non-payment of SMMEs during Covid-19 crisis

It also focused on the non-payment of invoices by state departments, service delivery during the Covid-19 lockdown and grievances brought before the organisation which investigates, monitors and evaluates how public service is

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Congo-Kinshasa: How 'Ebola Business' Threatens Aid Operations in Congo

In its investigation, TNH obtained information drawn from leaked WHO documents that suggests how some health workers and civil servants profited from response funds; and how, in the rush to scale up a response in an active conflict zone, the WHO paid millions of dollars in inflated per diems to

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Source: allAfrica.com

Leadership Highlight: Claudia Schrader the Basileus of Alpha Kappa Alpha’s Eta Omega Omega Chapter in The Bronx

In an effort to highlight the people who are leading graduate chapters across the nation, we at Watch The Yard reached out to the sorority sisters of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.’s Eta Omega Omega Chapter in the Bronx and did an interview with Claudia Schrader the Basileus of the chapter. The

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Source: Watch The Yard

(1909) Ida B. Wells, “Lynching Our National Crime”

By 1909 Ida B. Wells was the most prominent anti-lynching campaigner in the United States. From the early 1890s she labored mostly alone in her effort to raise the nation’s awareness and indignation about these usually unpunished murders. In 1909, however, she gained a powerful ally in the newly

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Africa Development Bank Blacklists Chinese Company Building Kenyan Power Project – Free Press of Jacksonville

“An investigation conducted by the Bank’s Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption established that Sinotec Company Limited misrepresented its experience, the value and dates of its reference contracts and its relationship with other bidders while participating in three Bank-financed tenders under

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Fraudsters benefit Hundreds of millions in fraudulent, jobless benefits paid

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — Impostors have used the stolen information of tens of thousands of people in the state to fraudulently receive hundreds of millions of dollars in unemployment benefits, the head of Washington's Employment Security Department said

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

NJ Gov. Phil Murphy Names First Black Woman To State Supreme Court

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has named attorney Fabiana Pierre-Louis to the state Supreme Court on Friday, making her the first black woman to sit on the state’s highest

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

Triton scandal: UK court allows Devani extradition

Mr Devani lost his appeal against the extradition at the Court of Appeal in a case described as one “with a complicated and unsatisfactory procedural

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

More than $19 million collected

[97] Similar to MM, Sanja Elliott, David Harris and Kendale Roberts certified payments vouchers, MPC invoices, cheques and contractor invoices, respectively, prepared in the name

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

Nigeria: Dubai to Prosecute Hushpuppi for Multiple Frauds

The newspaper said prosecutors have charged the 38-year-old, whose real name is Ramoni Abbas, with "obtaining money from others through fraudulent

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Source: allAfrica.com

Ex-military man Waluke bites bitter maize

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Source: Business Daily

Nigeria: IPPIS - Nigerian Universities Misled Us Into Paying Dead Lecturers - Accountant General

The federal government on Monday said it was deliberately misled by the managements of some Nigerian universities into paying salaries to some deceased members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) through the Integrated Personnel Payroll system

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa Development Bank Blacklists Chinese Company Building Kenyan Power Project – Voice and Viewpoint

“An investigation conducted by the Bank’s Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption established that Sinotec Company Limited misrepresented its experience, the value and dates of its reference contracts and its relationship with other bidders while participating in three Bank-financed tenders under

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

Trini fraudsters using new strategies to steal money

Assistant Superintendent of Police Curtis Julien told a news conference that scammers have now resorted to using point-of-sale machines in business places rather than automated teller machines (ATM) to get cash from unsuspecting

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

Manchester Fraud Trial | Former municipal officials found guilty, mom and teller freed

Sanja Elliott – conspiracy to defraud, obtaining money by false pretences, engaging in a transaction that involves criminal property, possession of criminal property and an act of

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

The conspiracy to defraud brought to light

The $400-million Manchester Municipal Corporation fraud trial ended on Friday, May 15, 2020 with the conviction of main accused 35-year-old Sanja Elliott, the corporation's former deputy superintendent of road and works; his wife, Tashagaye Elliott Goulbourne; two former employees of the

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

$23.9m deposited into one account over three years

[251] We submit that, if the tribunal of fact accepts the evidence of the witnesses that they provided the proceeds from these cheques to Mr Elliott, the issues left for the court's consideration are: Whether or not the monies in Mr Elliott's accounts constitute criminal property, whether in whole

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

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela , original name Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela, original Xhosa name Nkosikazi Nobandle Nomzamo Madikizela (born September 26, 1936, Bizana, Pondoland district, Transkei [now in Eastern Cape], South Africa), South African social worker and activist considered by many black

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House Leaders Demand Details on PPP Small-Business Loan Program

As the remaining days dwindle for small businesses to apply for loans through the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), both banks and federal officials are being challenged by several House leaders to explain how the $670 billion program intended to aid the nation’s small businesses has

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Source: The Orlando Advocate

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Will Not Be Released From Prison Early

After initial reports last week that former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick would most likely be freed from jail, it turns out that’s not the case, according to The Detroit

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

Africa Development Bank blacklists Chinese company building Kenyan power project

“An investigation conducted by the Bank’s Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption established that Sinotec Company Limited misrepresented its experience, the value and dates of its reference contracts and its relationship with other bidders while participating in three Bank-financed tenders under

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Guyanese natural hair promoter and entrepreneur Denisha Victor dies

Dinesha Victor, a local entrepreneur and co-founder of the Curl Fête Guyana Natural Hair and Beauty Expo, has

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Uganda: Civil Society to Kampala - We Want Transparency, Not Graft-Laced Debts

The civil society in Uganda is demanding transparency in the spending of Covid-19 loans to avoid loading taxpayers with corruption-fuelled

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Source: allAfrica.com

Reunert warns of tough times ahead

Despite a good performance in its ICT segment, Reunert experienced challenging trading conditions in the first half of its 2020 financial year, to 31 March, with its Electrical Engineering segment adversely

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Source: TechCentral

Racism: America’s Greatest Sin – The Mississippi Link

I’ve spent most of my years in Mississippi, one of America’s most racist

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Source: The Mississippi Link

House Leaders Demand Details on Small-Business Loan Program

As the remaining days dwindle for small businesses to apply for loans through the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), both banks and federal officials are being challenged by several House leaders to explain how the $670 billion program intended to aid the nation’s small businesses has

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Source: The Washington Informer

Angelo Agrizzi’s big Bosasa corruption bill: Liquidators seek R91m

On Saturday, Agrizzi, described as Watson's right-hand man, in a response through his attorney, Daniel Witz, said he disputed all the facts relied on by the liquidators - and registered his disappointment and surprise that evidence and findings of the liquidation enquiry - a secret process - had

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Fraud, bribery, theft… Commonwealth official predicts corruption spike amid COVID-19

Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland has warned that corruption is set to increase as countries in the region seek to respond to the COVID-19

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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