Author: Carma Henry

     Her inspiration to venture into the business world is credited to many things including how she was brought up and the lessons she learned from her father. Now, being the founder of a new makeup line, she named Lipmatic, Destiny says she has been able to achieve that much because of some important nuggets she got from her dad as she grew up.

 *The Florida Department of Health has suspended daily case and vaccine reports. The department will instead post weekly updates. The numbers reported here reflect the number of new cases and deaths for the previous week, September 17 – September 23.

     A federal jury in New York convicted the R&B superstar –better known as R. Kelly – on multiple counts of racketeering and sex trafficking charges.

     He was born in 1909 in the “Jim Crow/Clan” racist South! What would you like to ask this fine man? Consider in his life he has witnessed massive I.B.M. computers that took up a room, reduced to the size of your hand! He saw Jackie Robinson become the first Black man to play in the M.L.B. In the 80’s he witnessed the birth of the ubiquitous “Internet”. In the span of his 112 years he not only witnessed the first Black U.S. President and the first woman Vice President. Madam V.P. also was a Black! To witness all that you know that Mr. Brooks was a Blessed man.

      Yes! America never fails to live up to its creed of inhumane treatment of Black and Brown people including immigrants. Admittedly, we haven’t hesitated to give the countries of origin of these refugees billions of dollars to keep them from our shores. Yet knowing that these provincial governments will as usually squander the money by way of internal theft and a plethora of crooked schemes.

George L. Burrows, Sr.

     When it comes to taking medical advice from a certified professional, suspicious people tend to respond with, “But they haven’t found the cure to cancer,” to defend their noncompliance. Regardless of the reason, there is some truth in this statement. Despite the many years of widespread donation drives, Cancer is still a real thing. But why? Is there something that these professionals and published scientists are not sharing with the people?

     California Democratic Rep. Karen Bass is gearing up to run for mayor of Los Angeles. At least that’s what sources close to the congresswoman are saying.

     A Texas man pled guilty in federal court in Houston to defrauding the Small Business Administration (SBA) of more than $1.6 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the SBA under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

      Pamela Uba soared into history books on Sunday as the Emerald Isle’s first-ever Black female winner since its launch more than 70 years ago.