Avellon Williams DOMINICAN – San Rafael’s Dominican University has been recognized as a federally recognized “minority-serving institution” as part of its efforts to promote diversity among the students it enrolls, educates, and graduates. With the qualification and designation, the campus can waive its match – 25% – in federal funding for equal-opportunity grants and work-study programs. […]
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• McDonald’s, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and the parent KFC and Pizza Hut are temporarily ceasing operations in Russia Avellon Williams RUSSIA- As a result of the war in Ukraine, KFC and Plano-based Pizza Hut’s parent company announced Tuesday that it would suspend all investments and development in Russia. This is the first time a U.S. food chain […]
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Avellon Williams GEORGETOWN, GUYANA – Guyana is exploring ways to tap into the lucrative hemp industry, President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, disclosed at a press conference at State House on Sunday. “There is a great opportunity that lies ahead in terms of the hemp industry and what it can do in terms of the technological push and construction material, […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – As part of the Global Partnership for Education, the World Bank’s board of executive directors has approved an additional grant funding of US$90 million to the Republic of Haiti for the Promoting a More Equitable, Sustainable and Safer Education Project (PROMESSE). The project will benefit around 150,000 students, of whom about […]
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Avellon Williams GEORGETOWN, GUYANA – Several efforts are being made by the government to rejuvenate the sugar industry. Dr.Mohamed Irfaan Ali, Guyana’s president, confirmed this via a statement on Sunday, stating that Guyana and Guatemala will work together to ensure this becomes a reality. Guatemala is the world’s fourth-largest exporter of sugar, and the second largest in Latin and Central America, […]
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Avellon Williams KINGSTON, JAMAICA -Developing cottage industries to develop coffee by-products, such as beverages, is one strategy that Jamaica can use to attract more tourists, according to Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett. Minister Bartlett said that Jamaica is well-positioned as a producer of some of the world’s finest coffee to tantalise the taste buds of visitors seeking a satisfying gastronomic experience […]
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Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO – The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has decimated the economies of all the countries in the world. What started as a virus in the Chinese province of Wuhan in December 2019, quickly engulfed the rest of the world to the extent that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it as a […]
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Avellon Williams A good number of young women and girls in Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 have been taken from us before their time due to violence, mainly kidnappings and murders. It is important to note that these crimes are not only committed by strangers. Domestic violence continues to be a major issue in the island […]
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Avellon Williams COBAN, GUATEMALA – It is a steep, worn path up to a small group of rusted-steel roofed wooden houses in a small community outside of Coban, Alta Verapaz, that Dr. Ricardo Valdez walks along. Coban, about 200 kilometers from Guatemala City, has been plagued by an epidemic of child malnutrition, made worse in the past […]
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Avellon Williams VATICAN CITY- Pope Francis praised Poland’s welcoming of refugees fleeing the violence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The pope told Polish pilgrims during his general audience on March 2 that “you were the first to support Ukraine by opening your borders, your hearts, and your homes to Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war.” “You are generously […]
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