Tsoiafatt Angus re-appointed Tobago Festivals chairman
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Chief Secretary Ancil Dennis, centre, with reinstalled Tobago Festivals Commission chairman Dr Denise Tsoiafatt Angus, left, directors Adana Roberts. back left, and Tonya Lee Williams, back right, and deputy chairman Ancil Thorne. -
Dr Denise Tsoiafatt Angus has been re-appointed chairman of the Tobago Festivals Commission Ltd.
Chief Secretary and Secretary of Tourism, Culture and Transportation Ancil Dennis installed a new Board of Directors on Thursday during a simple ceremony at the division’s Sangster’s Hill head office, Scarborough.
The board will be mandated to manage and provide policy and strategic direction for the commission.
Review of outgoing Tobago Festivals board on Monday
Tobago Festivals chairman Dr Denise Tsoiafatt-Angus -
The outgoing board of the Tobago Festivals Commission Ltd (TFCL) will host a session on Monday to discuss and highlight its performance over the past year.
The board’s term is expected to end within the next few days.
In a post on its Facebook page, the commission said the discussion is being held in accordance with the state enterprises performance monitoring manual.
It said in light of covid19 restrictions, the session will be held virtually.
The commission, chaired by Dr Denise Tsoiafatt Angus, was installed by former secretary of Tourism, Culture and Transportation Nadine Stewart-Phillips on May 1, 2020.
Photo provided by Lynn Karnes
Nonprofit collecting Barbie dolls for Macomb County children in need
With the Barbie doll’s 62nd birthday on March 9, Woman’s Life Chapter 911 President Lynn Karnes, who shares the same birthday, decided to organize a collection of the iconic dolls for local children.
Photo provided by Lynn Karnes
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ROSEVILLE In recognition of the Barbie doll’s 62nd birthday, Woman’s Life Chapter 911, a Port Huron nonprofit, will be holding a collection of the dolls for Macomb County children.
The idea came from Woman’s Life Chapter 911’s president, Lynn Karnes, who has always had a special connection with Barbie.
Woman’s Life Chapter collecting Barbies for Macomb Foster Closet
Woman’s Life Chapter 911 is collecting Barbie toys now through March 13 to support children in foster care.
Photo provided by Lynn Karnes
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SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA Woman’s Life Chapter 911 is looking for help collecting Barbies now through March 13 for children in foster care.
The charitable group is looking for some help from Shelby Township and Utica residents in addition to residents of surrounding communities to meet a goal of 109 Barbies and books.
Lynn Karnes, the Woman’s Life Chapter 911 president, said that in honor of her birthday and Barbie’s birthday, she decided to collect Barbies to donate to Macomb Foster Closet.
$900 billion economic relief package has been made.
It went down late Sunday afternoon and will deliver emergency aid to a faltering economy and a nation besieged by surging coronavirus cases.
Here’s MORE via the Washington Post:
After months of contentious negotiations and seemingly intractable partisan gridlock, Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Minority Leader
Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) took to the Senate floor to say that a deal had been finalized and could be quickly approved.
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The emerging stimulus package was expected to direct hundreds of billions of dollars in aid to jobless Americans, ailing businesses and other critical economic needs that have grown as the pandemic ravages the country and batters the economy.