A multimillion-dollar project to improve agricultural productivity and resilience for small farmers in rural Belize, is receiving a US$5 million injection in funding from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). The bank’s board of directors approved the loan to the Government of Belize for the Resilient Rural Belize Program (B-Resilient) project at their December 9 meeting. […]
Students at the Babonneau Primary School are now set to benefit from the sale and consumption of vegetables planted and reaped by them at their school, thanks to the support of Sagicor. On Friday December 9th, the school officially re-opened its greenhouse, which was refurbished earlier this year after a $6,000 donation from the insurance […]
By cdc.gov DEFINITION Post-COVID Conditions Some people who have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 can experience long-term effects from their infection, known as post-COVID conditions (PCC) or long COVID. The working definition of post-COVID conditions was developed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in collaboration with CDC and other partners. People […]
By Brittany Henneberry, thomasnet.com Choosing the best minority-owned business certification for your company depends on what your potential customers need. It is also important to leverage your certificate correctly to ensure you stand out from competitors without making the wrong first impression. For this guide on choosing, applying for, and using your certification, we sat […]
Mayor Eric Adams delivers remarks at El Museo Del Barrio in New York during Three Kings celebration on January 6, 2023 (Shutterstock) Every year, the Mayor presents a budget to the people of New York City. This budget is about much more than what we are spending and what we are spending it on. It […]
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08.18.2016: Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates winning gold medal 200m sprint race track field at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (Shutterstock) By Aaron Royce, Footwear News Decorated Olympic athlete Usain Bolt has begun the new year with a financial loss, according to Jamaica Observer. As reported by Essentially Sports, Bolt was scammed from around $9,998,000 in his […]
By Brian Brant, Audacy NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A Long Island man will spend up to a decade behind bars for scamming an 89-year-old woman out of her Bushwick home, Brooklyn prosecutors announced Tuesday. Shavard Callaway, 48, was sentenced Tuesday by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Phyllis Chu to an indeterminate term of five to […]
New York, NY USA – November 3, 2022 : Fire trucks and an ambulance responding to an apartment fire on the second-to-top floor at the NYCHA Manhattanville Houses in Harlem, New York City. (Shutterstock) New York, NY – In a new report, “Turn Up the Heat,” issued on the one-year anniversary of the tragic Twin Parks […]
By Michael Elsen-Rooney, Chalkbeat, THE CITY The Manhattan 16-year-old started smoking weed to get over a bad breakup, initially keeping the habit outside school hours. Soon, though, he was using marijuana to address other mental health issues, like depression that suppressed his appetite and anxiety that made it difficult to go to class. He began […]
By Jessica Calarco and Ilana Horn, The Conversation Whenever “Gina,” a fifth grader at a suburban public school on the East Coast, did her math homework, she never had to worry about whether she could get help from her mom. “I help her a lot with homework,” Gina’s mother, a married, mid-level manager for a […]