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After long wait, J'cans stranded in C'bean to be repatriated

CARIBBEAN Airlines will, as of this weekend, be operating flights for Jamaicans stranded in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, The Bahamas, and Antigua and Barbuda, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith has

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Is Africa Overpopulated?

Is Africa overpopulated? The answer by most measures is no. As of mid-2015, the continent as a whole had only 40 people per square mile. Asia, by comparison had 142 people per square mile; Northern Europe had 60. Critics also point to the how many less resources Africas population consumes versus

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Source: ThoughtCo

Health ministry maintains COVID-19 forecast

THE Ministry of Health and Wellness says that notwithstanding the opening up of the country to Jamaicans abroad and tourists, it does not expect a change in its forecast that 1.6 million could contract COVID-19 over

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Costly border opening

A government multi-agency team led by minister without portfolio in the Ministry of National Security Matthew Samuda, and supported by the relevant State agencies — the Port Authority of Jamaica, Jamaica Defence Force, Jamaica Constabulary Force, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Jamaica Customs

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Jamaicans urged to protect pimento plants, bitterwood trees

THE National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is calling on individuals to desist from the unsustainable harvesting of pimento plants and the bitterwood

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

#JamaicaTogether | Don’t allow COVID to shake your faith in God, urges SDA head

With the fortitude of the Jamaican people being tested by the COVID-19 pandemic, Pastor Everett Brown, president of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church in Jamaica, is confident that his fellow countrymen will rebound from the crippling effects of the

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Tears of joy as Jamaicans welcome loved ones in MoBay

MONTEGO BAY, St James — The need for physical distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic did not prevent several passengers arriving on six flights from various US destinations, at the Sangster International Airport here yesterday, from greeting their loved ones with hugs and

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Mauritius ends virus lockdown: beaches reopen, borders still closed

June 13: Mauritius lifts lockdown, beaches to reopen

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Regional and int'l news briefs

The publisher of the Barbados Advocate newspaper and owner of Barbados Broadcasting Service Ltd, Sir Anthony Bryan, died on Friday at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in the eastern Caribbean

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

A Guide To Black-Owned Wine And Spirts For Your Summer Activities

As you prepare your bar with your favorite wine and spirits, add a few Black-owned brands to your top

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

Bartlett warns against sterile treatment of tourists

Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has urged Jamaica’s hotel staff and other hospitality stakeholders not to lose their good-naturedness in trying to mitigate against the spread of

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Hamilton, Bermuda (1790- )

Hamilton is the capital of the British overseas island territory of Bermuda in the Western Atlantic Ocean. The city had a population of 3,641 people in 2014. Hamilton is located on the northern shore of a deep water harbour on the main island of Bermuda. Most of the people who work in Hamilton do

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Cristobal remnants bring thunderstorms, flooding to Midwest

MICHIGAN, United States (AP) — The remnants of Tropical Storm Cristobal were moving out of the Midwest and into Canada yesterday, with gusty winds and heavy rain leaving behind flooding in Indiana, Wisconsin, Missouri, and

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Rwanda's Coronavirus Cases Cross 500 Mark

Rwanda's coronavirus cases have increased to 510 after 16 cases were registered in the country on Friday, June 12, according to the latest update from the Ministry of

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Source: allAfrica.com

Dominica calls for Commonwealth aid to help cope with COVID-19

LONDON, England (CMC) — Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Wednesday said that the Commonwealth is uniquely placed to advocate on behalf of its members, particularly small states, on issues that threaten their survival such as the novel coronavirus

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

News photographer killed on assignment in Barbados

The Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago extended condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of

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Four from Barbados repatriation flight test positive for COVID-19

(Barbados Nation) After 17 days with no new COVID-19 cases, four people who returned to Barbados on Tuesday’s repatriation flight from the United States tested positive for the viral

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Welfare of children concerns lecturer

Senior lecturer, researcher, and coordinator of early childhood programmes at The University of the West Indies, Mona, Dr Zoyah Kinkead Clark is expressing concern for the welfare of young children, many of whom she says might be displaced come September, given the upheaval in a number of private

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Massive Robert E. Lee Statue In Richmond, Va., Will Be Removed

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Why Nintendo’s Sales are Skyrocketing During the Global Pandemic – Free Press of Jacksonville

Collaborative, multiplayer games, casually referred to as “couch-cooperative,” such as “Animal Crossing: New Horizons,” “Mario Party” and “Mario Kart” that can be played virtually with others, are making a huge comeback in the gaming world and driving Nintendo’s profits through the

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Round II: Chad receives 20,000 doses of Madagascar's COVID-Organics

Says it is of two type, the curative and preventive

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

CARICOM, Canadian public health sector officials to meet | New York Carib News

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Public health officials from the Caribbean Community (Caricom) are to meet with their counterparts from Canada as the region begins the process of reopening its borders to allow international travel back into the Caribbean, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has

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Source: The New York Carib News

AG: Have the prisons not learned from past cases? - Calls mount for audits, intervention for inmates lost in system without trial

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has admitted that there is a failure in the system after so many years of similar cases popping

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Determined US couple tied the knot on first visit to Jamaica

The American couple, on their first trip to Jamaica, tied the knot yesterday at Sandals Montego Bay, one of the first resorts to reopen after the country closed its borders in March as part of measures to contain the spread of the dreaded coronavirus disease 2019

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Mauritius: COVID-19 - We Should Be Proud of the Way We Have Tackled the Situation, Says PM

After 47 days without any new local Covid-19 case, all economic and social activities can now resume and we should be proud of the way we have tackled the situation, stated the Prime Minister, Mr Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, this evening, in a press conference at the Treasury Building in Port

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Source: allAfrica.com

UWI study finds 'Jamaican' English is unique

The research, which involved the collation of speech models from 360 primary school students across 12 schools in the Kingston and St Andrew area, found that Jamaican English had its own distinct phonetic qualities compared the American and British Standard

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Sunbelt States Rush To Line Up Hospital Beds, Not Barstools

By TAMARA LUSH and JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press

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Kimora Lee Simmons

Kimora Lee Simmons is a designer, former fashion model and businesswoman. She was born on May 4, 1975 in St. Louis, Missouri. Her mother is of Japanese and Korean descent but was adopted by an American family during the Korean War so she grew up in America. Her father is of African American

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Mary J. Blige Launches Her Own Brand Of Wine

Now, the Grammy-winning singer is expanding to the wine and spirits industry with a collection of wines just in time for

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Abduction: A hellish nightmare (Part 1)

Carla Brown* was abducted from her Corporate Area home a few years

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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