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Aiming to salute the contributions and accomplishments of Black women, Bakewell Media CEO Danny J. Bakewell, Sr., created a memorable space to commemorate several Black women who continue to make waves of change through selfless due diligence and continuous acts of service.
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NNPA NEWSWIRE — Facing unrelenting criticism because of high gas prices, inflation, and his low-approval rating, Biden has built a track record that has gone almost overlooked. If he continues the string of success he has enjoyed in getting his mandate through Congress, historians might revisit Biden’s presidency as one of the most consequential in American history.
The post Biden Slowly Winning LBJ- and FDR-Like Praise as Legislative Victories Mount first appeared on BlackPressUSA.
By JAMIE STENGLE and JAKE BLEIBERG DALLAS (AP) — Heavy rains across the drought-stricken Dallas-Fort Worth area on Monday caused streets to flood, submerging vehicles as officials warned motorists to stay off the roads and water seeped into some homes and businesses. “The Dallas-Fort Worth area was pretty much ground zero for the heaviest rain […]
MINISTER OF TRADE and Industry Paula Gopee-Scoon advised in her address at the opening of the Trade and Investment Convention on Wednesday night that businesses must restructure and rethink some of their practices to become more resilient and able to recover and be flexible in the face of global shocks.
Gopee-Scoon said building a skilful workforce, developing an integrated supply chain and adopting technology and innovation would help business maintain flexibility and develop the capacity to expand.
“The reality is, manufacturers are finding it more difficult to find talent today, as many vacancies require hands-on training. Further, the digital transformation of the manufacturing sector is also changing the skills required.
“Businesses therefore have the responsibility to restructure the workplace, rethink the composition and capabilities of their workforce and adopt flexible and innovative strategies to attract and retain talent,” Gopee-Scoon said.
She added that the manufacturing sector needed to develop a diverse, flexible and more integrated supply chain using reshoring and nearshoring to maintain an advantage for growth and to prepare for the next disruption.
“The private sector is encouraged to remake and diversify their supply chains through the identification of multiple sources of raw materials, multiple production locations and multiple warehouse hubs and distribution channels,” she said.
She said last week's Agri-investment Forum and Expo identified 19 potential agri-food investment opportunities, in keeping with the objective to reduce the region’s food import bill by 25 per cent by the year 2025.
“The private sector is invited to capitalise on the opportunities for investment along the value chain in the growth and production of primary products, sorting and processing, manufacturing, packaging, transportation distribution and brokerage, wholesale and retail and to get involved in the remaking of the value chains associated with the food and beverage sector.”
She added that local enterprises should embed new and developing technology and innovation in their operations. She said data analytics would allow businesses to optimise their performance.
Gopee-Scoon mentioned the TT Trade and Business Information Portal, which was launched in May to amplify international competitiveness and enhance the ease of doing business. She said since the launch the portal had been visited over 120,000 times by people in over 77 countries.
“The acceleration of digital technology and innovation are pivotal to the success of the manufacturing sector,” she said. “The convergence of artificial intelligence, blockchain and robotics are fundamentally shifting manufacturing and therefore local enterprises should be embedding these technologies in their operations today if they wish to remain competitive.”
Gopee-Scoon commended the manufacturing sector on its success, pointing out that for the first half of the year, non-energy manufacturing-sector exports were 17 per cent higher than the year before, ea
Note to all Busta Rhymes fans; keep your hands off the dungeon dragon. The Native Tongue MC recently checked a woman and her man for getting too handsy. As per The New York Post the Brooklyn, New York native had to stop mid performance to gather up a set of fans who were doing way […]
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By Angelina Liu Jackson Arnold Hailing from Guyer High School in Denton, Texas, Jackson Arnold is a five-star quarterback; ranked as the fifth best quarterback in the Lone Star State. […]
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Disgraced former R&B star, R. Kelly’s trial began last week at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago. R. Kelly is facing child pornography and obstruction of justice charges in connection with sexual encounters with five alleged victims. The Grammy-winning artist is already a convicted sex offender after being convicted in a Brooklyn Federal Court on … Continued
Every day, Geewan Singh has been travelling from Sangre Grande to Valencia to fill several containers with water.
“In my house there has been no water for a week. Every day I come to Valencia to get clean water and go back home to try to continue with our normal lives,” he said.
On Wednesday afternoon Singh was filling six containers in the Hollis North Project Phase 5, on the corner of Castillano Trace.
He's only one resident of several areas in northeast Trinidad which have not had pipe-borne water for several days.
When Newsday visited various areas, in Malabar, residents said they have had no water for two weeks.
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\"It's a big problem. Many families don't have large storage tanks and must wait daily for free trucks from the regional corporation,” said Michael Jones.
Some families pay up to $200 to have their tanks filled by private trucks.
“The only thing I know is there are problems with a pipeline in Valencia, but nothing more. I also don't know how long we will have to put up with this situation,” Jones said.
WASA said in a statement the lack of water is due to a leak in a 42-inch transmission line leading out of the North Oropouche water treatment plant, in the area of Valencia.It said the leak,which is close to a river, appears to have resulted from erosion and landslides in the area as a result of recent rains.
WASA first said it was mobilising equipment and materials to begin extensive repairs to the plant, which would interrupt the water supply from 8am on August 25 to 8am on August 27.
But an update said operations at the plant would stop at 6pm on August 23 to start emergency repairs before the scheduled date of August 25.
[caption id=\"attachment_971514\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"] WASA filling station Valencia. Photo by Angelo Marcelle[/caption]
That statement said the disruption was expected to go on until 10pm on August 26.
Brennon Patterson, councillor for Tumpuna, in the Arima Borough Corporation, told Newsday on Wednesday via WhatsApp that residents were concerned.
\"However, we are trucking water through the corporation. At this point we have completed all requests as at 2pm,\" he said. “So far, we have probably served more than 200 households....So we are using the time and our goodwill to get the trucks done right now.
\"WASA has also doubled down on its trucking service.”
Asked if he had spoken with WASA management about restoring service, Patterson said as of 2.30 pm on Wednesday he still didn't know when it would return.
Several trucks were waiting for their turn to be filled with water on Wednesday afternoon at the WASA Subero Street filling station in Arima. Each 2,400-gallon truck had to wait 25 minutes to be filled and then go to a different area.
WASA suggested customers in the affected areas should maintain or set up a storage system, and also manage their w
The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) reported on Thursday that repairs to a broken 42-inch transmission line at the North Oropouche water treatment plant have been completed.
In a statement, WASA said the work, in the Valencia area, was completed ahead of time.
It said, “Crews have worked day and night since last Tuesday night and completed the repair work overnight.\" The plant restarted at 8 am on Thursday, 38 hours ahead of the scheduled time, 10 pm on Friday, the statement said.
WASA thanked the repair team members for their hard work and dedication to completing the jos as quickly as possible.
The authority said it was now working to restore service to affected areas according to established schedules.
However, it said: “Customers are advised it may take up to 48 hours for service to normalise in some areas.\"
Several communities in northeast Trinidad reported having had no pipeborne water since last week.
In Sangre Grande and Malabar the shortage has lasted for two weeks.
Trucks from regional corporations and private companies have been supplying water while the 42-inch-pipe rupture was repaired.
The post WASA repairs broken line in northeast Trinidad appeared first on Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Mrs. Edwards, who is a member of the Friends of the African American Library at Gregory School in Fourth Ward, will lead a future celebration to honor Mrs. Clarice Freeman—the musician, educator, and community leader. Mrs. Clarice Freeman has a large collection of historical documents that need to be preserved and archived in the Houston library.
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Atlanta police arrested a man in connection with the shooting of a 3-year-old child. Kentavious Wright was arrested and charged with criminal attempt to commit murder, criminal street gang participation, aggravated assault, aggravated battery and cruelty to children. Wright, also known as rapper Dirty Tay, is reportedly signed to Lil Baby's record label, 4PF. Police … Continued
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Student loan crisis awaits new generation despite Biden plan
