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Wednesday January 7, 2009
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Toronto chorale to perform at Obama inauguration
The Toronto-based Nathaniel Dett Chorale, founded in 1998 by Trinidad-born Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, will participate in the historic US presidential inauguration celebrations in Washington, DC later this month.
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US authorities make another major drug haul United States authorities say their fight against the drugs trade is heading in the right direction, after they seized 100 kilograms of cocaine in the Port of St John on a ship travelling from Guyana - the second in the USVI in recent weeks.
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UK may require visa from OECS
Immigration authorities tighten security
St Lucians and other eastern Caribbean nationals may soon have to join Jamaica in requiring a visa to enter Britain, that country’s High commissioner, Karl Burrows, says.
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Caribbean-Americans want Barack Obama to bring about change in their homelands In Lauderhill, a city with a large concentration of Caribbean expatriates, president-elect Barack Obama took 93 per cent of the vote.
Now, as Obama prepares to take office, some of the same Caribbean-Americans who mobilized to get him elected want him to pay attention to US policies that affect their homelands.
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Jay Hope to launch Black History Deputy Minister of Correctional Services, Jay Hope will be the keynote speaker at the 30th annual celebration of February as Black History Month organized by the Ontario Black History Society. The event will be held at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel on Sunday, January 25, under the theme ‘The Legacy of Our Leaders’.
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The black daddies club gives back The Black Daddies Club (BDC) presented their first House-warming: Holiday Drive and it was such a success they want to do it again next year.
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African and Caribbean Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Toronto The Woman I Have Become: A documentary film that tracks the lives of eight black Toronto women with HIV was recently launched in the city and campaigners hope that it part of an arsenal in the fight against discrimination and stigma against people living with the disease.
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Large Gaps in Diabetes Care in New York City, Studies show A new study from the Health Department reveals huge gaps in the care that New Yorkers with diabetes receive. High blood pressure and high cholesterol pose extreme hazards to people with diabetes, increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke. Treating these conditions can spare persons with diabetes from complications and early death.
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Puerto Rico gov faces soaring crime, deficit with inauguration Puerto Rico’s new governor was sworn in Friday January 2, inheriting an island government that is battling a recession, a soaring murder rate and a deficit of more than $1 billion.
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Canada Post to honour two black Canadians on stamps To recognize February as Black History Month Canada Post will issue two stamps bearing the images of two prominent black Canadians.
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