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Rev. James Lawson Jr., an icon of the Civil Rights Movement and one of the original Freedom Riders, died on Sunday, June 10, at the age of 95. His family announced his passing on Monday — and immediately an outpouring of admiration and reverence for the hero followed. The National Civil Rights Museum issued a […]
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Progressive Democratic Patriots' deputy political leader Farley Augustine has described Chief Secretary Ancil Dennis’ explanation about the discrepancies identified in an Auditor General’s report as \"pure rubbish.\"
The Auditor General's report, which covered the period October 2019 to September 2020, expressed concerns about the Tobago House of Assembly's handling of covid19 relief, particularly food card/vouchers and rental assistance programmes.
Dennis responded to the report in a lengthy statement on Monday night.
He said while there are areas for improvement, “I saw nothing in this report which suggests illegal or corrupt activity.
“All we have set out to do is to bring relief to all affected persons in Tobago in a timely manner.”
But Dennis admitted there is need for training of the THA’s management and staff to prevent a repeat of procedural and accounting errors “that have surfaced in this report and previous ones.”
In a statement posted on his Facebook page on Monday, Augustine, who has called for the discrepancies to be thoroughly investigated, said, “That entire press release of response is pure rubbish and excuses for not adhering to the financial regulations and the mandates of the auditor general’s office. It is always an excuse for them.”
He added: “Report after report from the auditor general’s office is damning and all we get are excuses.”
Augustine, who is the representative for Speyside/Parlatuvier/L’Anse Fourmi, complained that the PDP’s assemblymen were never offered emergency social assistance cards to help the vulnerable in their respective electoral districts.
“Were the PDP assemblymen offered any of these social emergency cards? The answer is no.
“Therefore, the act of decentralising the operation is just rubbish. They decentralised it to include party hacks but not all 12 assemblymen.”
Augustine also scoffed at Dennis’ claims that all of the THA’s records regarding the various covid19 relief initiatives were accounted for.
“He claimed that they have all of these records, but why they were not presented for audit?”
He said Dennis must understand that the THA cannot spend money as it wants without process and oversight.
“There are regulations guiding these things. It is not for politicians to decide when and how to obey them.”
The post Augustine slams PNM response to auditor general: 'Pure rubbish' appeared first on Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.
Two French soldiers have died after their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in northeastern Mali, just days after three others were killed in similar fashion.
LUPITA NYONG’O: Programmed to assist others – to a fault. PHOTO COURTESY OF NNPA All hail single moms raising kids they didn’t birth. Dedicated parents ...
Press Release - Bukavu, DRC/Amsterdam - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has made the difficult decision to end most of our support to healthcare provision in Kimbi and Baraka in Fizi territory, South Kivu province, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The decision comes after the withdrawal of the majority of MSF staff from Fizi territory in July, following several violent incidents against our teams in 2020.
Over a long distinguished career Kermit Moore has been a cellist of outstanding acclaim, an orchestra conductor, composer, teacher, and mentor. Through these activities in classical music he has been successful in breaking down racial and social barriers.
Moore was born in Akron, Ohio on March 11, 1929. By his fifth birthday he was studying piano with his mother and at ten, had chosen the cello as his instrument. Charles McBride, a prominent mentor and instructor at the Cleveland Institute of Music, taught Moore and arranged for him to join the Cleveland Symphony. Moore also won a prestigious John Hancock Scholarship which allowed him to spend his eighteenth summer at the Tanglewood Music Festival in Lenox, Massachusetts. There he played in a student orchestra under Serge Koussevitzky, renowned Boston Symphony conductor. At 19 Moore debuted in a recital at New York City’s Town Hall. He then studied simultaneously three years at Juilliard School of Music and New York University, receiving his MA in Music. He became principal cellist in the Hartford Symphony Orchestra in 1949. At the time he was among a handful of African Americans regularly performing with symphony orchestras in the United States.
After concertizing throughout the United States, he settled in Europe in the early 1950s, studying at the Paris Conservatoire in Paris, France and with Nadia Boulanger. Later he lived in Brussels, Belgium for four years doing research while playing and conducting with major European orchestras.
In 1961 Moore returned to New York to live, tour, and to teach. Since 1961 he has been a guest conductor with numerous orchestras including New York Philharmonic and the New York Festival Orchestra. He has also performed as a cellist with virtuoso violinist Ruggiero Ricci, jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie, and George Shirley, the longtime Metropolitan Opera tenor. He helped found the Symphony of the New World which actively welcomes minority artists.
In 1964 Moore married Dorothy Rudd, one of the most prolific women
Bodybuilder George Peterson died at the age of 37, just a day before a bodybuilding competition in Orlando, Fla. Peterson’s
The post George Peterson, Black professional bodybuilder, dead at 37 appeared first on TheGrio.
The marking of matric exam papers has not been a smooth process as three people have died from COVID-19-related complications so far
This year’s Barbados Celtic Festival which takes place at the end of May every year, will be online on Facebook – @celticfestivalbarbados. Festival director Carol Anderson said: “It was with great sadness that we, and our partners BTMI, had to cancel last year’s festival due to all the pandemic restrictions, but we were determined not […]
The post Barbados Celtic Festival online next week appeared first on Barbados Today.
A noose was found in the garage stall of Black NASCAR driver, Bubba Wallace on Sunday prompting an investigation by the FBI.
READ MORE: Who Is NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace?
The racist incident occurs just weeks after Wallace successfully advocated for the removal of Confederate symbols from the sport.
Wallace is the highest-level African American race car driver in NASCAR.
READ MORE: NASCAR bans Confederate flag after demand by Bubba Wallace
He continued, “I have been overwhelmed by the support from people across the NASCAR industry, including other drivers and team members in the garage.
Abuja — President Muhammadu Buhari last night sent a condolence message to the people and government of Burundi over the death of their president, Mr. Pierre Nkurunziza.
In the condolence message made available by presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, Buhari described Nkurunziza as a patriot who led his country through turbulent times.
\"It is with profound grief and sadness that we received the news of the death of President Pierre Nkurunziza.
President Nkurunziza was a true patriot that steered the country through turbulent times with wisdom and foresight.
\"The Government of the Republic of Burundi announces with great sadness the unexpected death of His Excellency Pierre Nkurunziza, President of the Republic of Burundi following heart failure on June 8, 2020,\" it said in a post on its official Twitter account.
A woman told detectives Thursday that she was assaulted by a man she has been in a relationship with for two months, the V.I. Police Department reported.
Issa Rae's HBO hit series, Insecure will sadly end with Season 5. The final season of the award-winning television dramedy series will return to HBO later this year. Fans are not pleased after hearing this news rushing to social media to express their disdain.
DR AUGUSTINE Obaro an east London GP much loved and popular with his peers and...
The post Fondly known as 'King' Dr Obaro will be sorely missed appeared first on Voice Online.
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza, 55, has died as result of a heart attack, government said on Tuesday.
British Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson is in critical condition after sustaining a gunshot wound to the head on Sunday, according to Taking The Initiative, the political party Johnson is affiliated with. “It is with great sadness that we inform you that our own Sasha Johnson […]
The post British BLM Activist Sasha Johnson Shot In The Head In London appeared first on The New York Beacon.
Western Cape Transport MEC Daylin Mitchell offered his condolences to the families of the five people killed in a crash on the R321 between Villiersdorp and Grabouw.
Madagascar on Sunday announced the first death of a patient suffering from novel coronavirus, nearly two months after it was first detected in the country.
The 57-year-old hospital worked died on Saturday and had underlying diabetes and high blood pressure before he was infected, an official from the anti-coronavirus task team said.
He was a car park attendant at a hospital in the eastern city of Toamasina.
Several African countries have ordered or expressed interest in the purported remedy, which is known as Covid-Organics.
But the World Health Organization has warned against \"adopting a product that has not been taken through tests to see its efficacy\".
The National Civil Rights Museum announced that former First Lady Michelle Obama will be honored with the Freedom Award at the organization’s 30th Anniversary, the Associated Press reports. Along with Obama, the leaders of The Poor People’s Campaign, Rev. Dr. William Barber and Rev. Liz Theoharis will also be honored. Obama made history by becoming…
Students at Hampton University have called for the dismissal of the Universities Athletic Director Eugene Marshall Jr.
The outrage from students came on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020, after 7 days of silence pertaining to the current racial climate around the country.
Marshall would follow the student observed silence with a lengthy statement on the current racial climate via Twitter where he ended stating “ALL LIVES MATTER.”
The Emancipation Proclamation was signed on Hampton University’s campus.
We are formally requesting the resignation of Eugene Marshall jr. ”
BNC reached out to Hampton University for a statement, and the University had no comments on the petition of Marshalls resignation at this time.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bonnie Pointer, who in 1969 convinced three of her church-singing siblings to form the Pointer Sisters, which would become one of the biggest acts of the next two decades, died Monday. The Grammy winner died of cardiac arrest in Los Angeles, publicist Roger Neal said. She was 69. “It is with []
The 27-year-old is reportedly in critical condition.
Nicole Thea, a YouTube star who chronicled her pregnancy, died at age 24 along with her unborn baby.
The post YouTube Star Dies at 24 With Unborn Baby appeared first on BlackDoctor.org.
[RFI] Several big names on the African music scene have expressed their shock and sadness following the sudden death of Franco-Cameroonian journalist Amobé Mévégué who died at the age of 53 on Wednesday. He worked with RFI radio for over fifteen years and had been a presenter on France 24.
The Valke Rugby Company will cease to exist after being forced to file for liquidation due to financial distress as a result of COVID-19.
The National Civil Rights Museum officially opens at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., the site of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.
