Enhanced security for Urban Beach Week

Urban is code for what?      Sun, sand, music and heightened security pretty much sums up Memorial Day Weekend on South Beach. The Miami Beach Police Department is currently preparing for the annual holiday weekend party, commonly referred to as Urban Beach Week, by beefing up security as much as possible. Continue reading…

Prominent health insurers opt out of Covered California

UnitedHealth, Aetna and Cigna opt out of California insurance exchange Kaiser Permanente, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of California are all expected to participate in the state-run market for individual health coverage. By Chad Terhune, Los Angeles Times May 22, 2013, 5:59 p.m. Some prominent health insurers, including industry giant UnitedHealth Group Inc., are […]

Are Black critics of the president being objective or naive?

 Off the plantation or out of bounds?     WaPo columnist laments. Obama can’t win with some black critics.   How the Obama Administration Talks to Black America    “Convenient race-talk” from a president who ought to know better   A president for everyone, except Black people  

Nigeria targets 700,000 young farmers in new job initiative

A new government plan, “Youth in Agriculture”, is expected to create jobs for youth. The Federal government is currently developing a presidential initiative aimed at creating 700,000 young commercial farmers in the agricultural sector of the country, the minister of agriculture said. Adewumi Adesina, disclosed this in Akure, Ondo State when he delivered a Foundation […]

My Baby: company officials sentenced over My Pikin poisoning

Barewa Pharmaceutical Company Ltd, were charged with the production of killer syrup Two company officials have been sentenced to seven years in prison over the deaths of at least 80 children. The officials from the company which made the My Pikin syrup were found guilty by a court in Lagos. After children started dying in […]

Louis Farrakhan: Blacks need to invest and buy property in Detroit

DETROIT (AP) – Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan urged Detroit’s pastors and majority black population Friday to join him in an effort to buy neglected properties and take other steps to help revitalize the struggling city where the movement started more than 80 years ago. The fiery orator offered few specifics in a speech […]

Somaliland: independent but not recognized

  People in Somaliland are marking 22 years of self-declared independence from Somalia, but they are still waiting for the world to recognise their region as a country.Celebrations were held in the capital, Hargeisa, on Saturday, with people holding rallies, waving flags from their vehicles and staging shows in various stadiums.Somaliland, which is more tribally homogeneous than […]