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Small Entrepreneurs In Cuba Dreaming Big | Haiti Gazette
The content originally appeared on: News Americas Now Bar and bartenders at the private restaurant named 'La Cuchipapa' which is a famous place in Bayomo, Cuba. (Photo by Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images) By Marc Frank and Mario Fuentes HAVANA, Cuba, Tues. Dec. 7, 2021
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Mike Kemp Named First Black Chair of Leading Alabama Business Group  
By Ryan Michaels The Birmingham Times Birmingham CEO Mike Kemp has been named the chairman of the Business Council of Alabama (BCA) and will be the first Black person to chair the group. The BCA is Alabama’s chamber of commerce and works with state and federal government on behalf of businesses to
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OP-ED: Liberty, Justice and Contracting Opportunities for All Our Entrepreneurs and Innovators
By U.S Small Business Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman Last week, ahead of Small Business Saturday, I stopped by Lee’s Flowers on historic U Street in Washington, D.C. – the oldest Black-owned florist in the city. During my visit, I picked up a beautiful floral arrangement and joined millions
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Shahine was a decent, diligent servant of the people, says Phillips
OPPOSITION leader and president of the People's National Party (PNP) Dr Peter Phillips yesterday expressed his sadness at the news of the passing of minister of labour and social security and Member of Parliament for St Ann North Eastern Shahine
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West Africa: Outrage As ECOWAS' Report Uncovers ISWAP's N18bn Terror Financing Network
[This Day] Abuja -- Outrage, anger, and disgust were some of the responses of security experts and civil society organisations (CSOs) at the weekend following a report by the Inter-governmental Action Group on Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) that the terror group, Islamic State's West
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Nigeria: Onuesoke Advises Govt to Use N621.2bn NNPC Tax Liabilities for Rehabilitation of Storage Tank Farms
[This Day] The Chairman and Managing Director of DAS Energy Services, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has advised the federal government to direct the usage of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) tax liabilities put at N621.2 billion for the rehabilitation of the dilapidated storage tank farms
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Birthright Citizenship Case For U.S. Territories Heads To Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — Plaintiffs in Fitisemanu v. United States will take their case to the Supreme Court of the United States after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit denied their petition for review by the full court earlier this week. Notably, Judges Robert Bacharach and Nancy Moritz
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Phillips to put councillors on alert
Opposition People's National Party President Dr Peter Phillips will address councillors and caretakers today, as speculation arises that an election is
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Coping With Another Supply Chain Shortage as the Pandemic Rolls On
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent During the height of the pandemic, toilet paper, alcohol, napkins, and various food products proved hard to obtain. After a brief restock and less of a rush on supplies, the shortages have resumed. While many wonder why observers have
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JP Morgan Chase’s Business Leadership Survey Shows Economic Optimism For 2022 - The Seattle Medium
Businesses have been hit especially hard by COVID, but because of the engagement of large financial institutions like JPMorgan Chase, businesses particularly small and minority owned businesses are feeling optimistic about their
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Ethiopia: Tigray Rebels Capture Kombolcha City in Amhara Region
[Nation] Tigrayan rebels, Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) on Sunday claimed that their forces had taken control of another strategic city in Ethiopia's Amhara region.
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Drew: Pause Lifted on Johnson & Johnson Vaccine, Now What?
By Samuetta Hill Drew Last week’s article reviewed the Johnson & Johnson’s Jassen COVID-19 vaccine cases which prompted the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to recommend a “pause” until further review. The “pause” was initiated by the CDC
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Nigeria: Whistleblowing - 5yrs After Nigerians Still Afraid of Reporting Corruption, FG Laments
[Vanguard] Abuja -- Five years after it introduced the Whistleblower Policy to help combat corruption in the country, the Federal Government has lamented the reluctance by Nigerians to report incidences of corruption, challenging them to be ready to pay the supreme price for the development of the
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Harrell Takes Office Full Of Optimism For Seattle To Thrive Under His Administration - The Seattle Medium
On Tuesday, Bruce Harrell was sworn in as the new Mayor of Seattle during a ceremony held in the Norm B. Rice room of City Hall. The post Harrell Takes Office Full Of Optimism For Seattle To Thrive Under His Administration appeared first on The Seattle Medium.
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Biden Admin’s Reforms Seek to Level Playing Field for Small Business Owners
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris announced Thursday a set of reforms to the federal procurement process to help meet an ambitious target of increasing the share of federal contracts to small, disadvantaged businesses (SDBs) advance the President's Management Agenda and increase
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PNP stands in solidarity with peaceful protesters against George Floyd's killing | New York Carib News
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Biden-Harris Administration Set to Enact New Reforms to Help Underserved Small Businesses
Small businesses, including those owned by Black entrepreneurs, have longed tried to do more business with the U.S. federal government. Now, there are newly-released reforms by the Biden administration intended to achieve that.
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The Alarming Rise In Suicide Rates Among Black Men In Denver
The Denver Post recently did a report on the issue and dropped some alarming statistics when it comes to the mental health of our brothers in Colorado. Since 2013, the outlet says that suicide amongst Black men in the state has nearly doubled from 10.2 suicides per 100,000 people to 20.2 suicides
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Nigeria: Govt Increases Surveillance At Airports, Allays Fears of Incursion By Bandits, Others
[This Day] The federal government has increased surveillance and also deployed more personnel and equipment to the nation's airports to prevent incursions into the facilities by unauthorised persons and criminals.
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AFCON 2021: Super Eagles depart for Garoua
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Phillips wants legal assurances on 2-in-1 election
President of the People’s National Party (PNP), Dr Peter Phillips, is demanding assurances that the legal and technical issues involved in staging both the local government and general elections on one ballot be ironed out before concluding on what would be a historic
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Tennessee pastor tackles gun-wielding man during church service
A 26-year-old man has been charged with 15 counts of felony aggravated assault after pulling out a gun during church The post Tennessee pastor tackles gun-wielding man during church service appeared first on TheGrio.
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Senate passes stopgap funding bill, avoiding shutdown
The Senate passed a stopgap spending bill Thursday that avoids a short-term shutdown and funds the federal government through Feb. The post Senate passes stopgap funding bill, avoiding shutdown appeared first on TheGrio.
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Police Seek Suspect in Womack Murder | Afro
Baltimore Police Homicide detectives have obtained an arrest warrant for Richard Sylvester Green, 56, who is wanted for the murder of Tyra (Phillips) Womack, 57, which occurred, June 10, in the 2400 block of Albion
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Pressure on Phillips - Bunting-backed Comrades demand meeting with PNP president
THERE IS another political flare-up in the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) as its president, Dr Peter Phillips, has yielded to a demand by a Peter Bunting faction to discuss the
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Kenya: Farmaajo Tours Qatar as Election Programme Falls Short
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The emergence of COVID-19 hotspots and the disconcerting new Omicron variant has health officials scrambling and America opening its wallet. The United States will invest $400 million in a new program to help foreign countries get vaccines to their citizens quickly, as the federal government tries
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Nigeria: Analysts Forecast Increased Govt Borrowing As CBN's Primary Market Auction Rises By 162%
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