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By OSWALD T. BROWN WASHINGON, D.C., December 25, 2020 — Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s Boxing Day (December 26) and New Year’s Day (January 1) junkanoo parades in …
Read MoreBy OSWALD T. BROWN WASHINGTON, D.C., December 24, 2020 – I received a wonderful Christmas gift today. I have a younger brother, Burton Brown, who lives in Mastic Point, Andros, …
Read MoreMARIETTA, Georgia — Cobb County’s newest magistrate judges were sworn in Monday with the help of their families in attendance and watching remotely, the Marietta Daily Journal reported on Monday, …
Read MoreNASSAU, Bahamas, December 21, 2020 — Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) has begun drilling its exploratory oil well, company officials announced in a press release today, according to The Tribune, one …
Read MoreABACO, Bahamas — Jimmy Buffett’s old boat is in town. It’s a crisp December afternoon in Abaco, and “Fore Aces” is in Boat Harbour, a 124-foot-long message that one of …
Read More(EDITOR’S NOTE: My good friend Monte Pratt celebrated his 72nd birthday today and I wanted to wish him a special happy birthday, so I asked him to send me some …
Read MoreBy OSWALD T. BROWN WASHINGTON, D.C., December 18, 2020 — Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) and 17 fellow Members of the United States Congress have sent a letter to Prime …
Read MoreNASSAU, Bahamas — A Bahamian resort community said it would use the proceeds of a newly-launched preference share offering to “regain momentum” lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Tribune, one …
Read MoreBy OSWALD T. BROWN NASSAU, Bahamas – The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nassau announced on Thursday, December 17, that Devereaux E. King, a Bahamian seminarian, was ”recently installed into Candidacy …
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