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Published January 20, 2021, 8:01 PM As it marks its 70th founding anniversary this month, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said the public can expect “strengthened” delivery of social protection services to the country’s poor and vulnerable sectors.  “As DSWD reaches another milestone, the agency pledges to continue to strengthen its delivery of prompt and compassionate service to the poor and vulnerable sectors to enable them to meet the challenges of the pandemic and evolving challenges of the decade,” it said in a statement.  This year’s theme is “[em...

The program also will provide businesses with access to grant opportunities, assistance accessing Payroll Protection Program loans, networking events and future initiatives put together by the Sixers. Black-owned businesses in the Philly region average less than a third of the annual sales of white-owned businesses, according to the 76ers.  During the public health crisis, 28% of Black-owned businesses were in industries with the largest total job losses compared to 20% of white-owned businesses. Between February and April last year, 41% of Black-owned businesses had to close compared to jus...

By Spectrum News Staff Kentucky PUBLISHED 12:58 PM ET Dec. 31, 2020 PUBLISHED 12:58 PM EST Dec. 31, 2020 SHARE KENTUCKY — There are a multitude of words you can use to describe the past year: "tumultuous," "exhausting," "relentless." Maybe even "chaotic." 2020 saw a global pandemic, massive racial justice protests, and the most consequential presidential election in years. In between all of the hard, breaking news, Spectrum News 1 made sure...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Dec. 29 The Post and Courier on the COVID-19 vaccine campaign and convincing the public to take the vaccine: The first shot of the second wave of COVID-19 vaccinations in South Carolina came Monday at a nursing home in Greenville. Now the question becomes: How do we get enough Americans to take the shots so the nation soon reaches “herd immunity”? There is no single answer. Recent polls on the willingness of people to be vaccinated point in different directions. The New York Times reports that repeated surveys by G...

Editorial Roundup: US Last Updated Dec 30, 2020 at 3:58 pm EDT Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Dec. 29 The Post and Courier on the COVID-19 vaccine campaign and convincing the public to take the vaccine: The first shot of the second wave of COVID-19 vaccinations in South Carolina came Monday at a nursing home in Greenville. Now the question becomes: How do we get enough Americans to take the shots so the nation soon reaches “herd immunity”? There is no single answer. Recent polls on the willingness of people to be vaccinated point in different directio...