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PRETESTING U-TURN - New hurdle for visitors from high-risk COVID US states

Visitors from the high-risk American states of Florida, New York, Arizona, and Texas are now required to pretest for the new coronavirus before travelling to Jamaica, says Prime Minister Andrew

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Worsening Drought Forces State of Emergency in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico’s utilities company urged people to not excessively stockpile water because it would worsen the situation, and officials asked that everyone use masks and maintain social distancing if they seek water from one of 23 water trucks set up across the

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Downtown Kingston SOE extended for 41 days

The House of Representatives last night approved a 41-day extension of the state of emergency (SOE) declared on June 14 in the Kingston Central and Western police

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

Dak Prescott Pledges $1 Million To “Improve Our Police Training And Address Systematic Racism”

Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram / Getty

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Tiwa Savage, Davido, Mr Eazi grace cover of Billboard's special issue on Africa

“The three major-label groups—Universal, Warner and Sony—have all ramped up their investments in Africa in recent years: opening offices, sending A&R scouts to major hubs and forming joint ventures and partnerships,” the feature reads, adding, “[Africa] has also emerged as a particular wellspring

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Tourists Threaten to Sue Antigua and Barbuda Over Mandatory COVID-19 Testing – The Black Chronicle

With the spread of COVID-19 causing new restrictions on air travel, many saw a small ray of hope of enjoying some summer vacations as numerous islands, including Bermuda, Barbados, Jamaica, and others resume leisure

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Wells, Nathaniel (1779 – 1852) - Birthday

Wells was born on September 10, 1779 on the island of St.

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Source: Black Past

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Falmouth’s new artisan village to open soon – Bartlett

The new $700-million artisan village in Falmouth, Trelawny, which is poised to serve as a marquee tourist attraction in the resort town, is all but ready and Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is hinting that it will be opened

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Tourism workers on edge - Virus fears still strong but empty pockets spark dilemma

There are jitters among workers in the tourism sector that a premature reopening of the industry which has been in hibernation since the coronavirus pandemic reached local shores could be catastrophic, but they admit that they don’t know how they would survive another month without an

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Africa

Africa ăf´rĭkə [key], second largest continent (2009 est. pop. 1,010,000,000), c.11,677,240 sq mi (30,244,050 sq km) including adjacent islands. Broad to the north (c.4,600 mi/7,400 km wide), Africa straddles the equator and stretches c.5,000 mi (8,050 km) from Cape Blanc (Tunisia) in the north to

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

External forces fuelling crime - Holness tells stakeholders that more money needed to build out security architecture

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has admitted to weaknesses in the country’s national security infrastructure as he bemoaned the lack of investment over time to build out Jamaica’s security

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

New SOEs to fight potential formation of super gangs — Holness

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness yesterday declared two new states of public emergency (SOE) in the island, drawing immediate criticism from Opposition Member of Parliament and former Minister of National Security Peter Bunting that the measure is being overused and has failed to serve as a deterrent

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

Pressure on Phillips - Bunting-backed Comrades demand meeting with PNP president

THERE IS another political flare-up in the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) as its president, Dr Peter Phillips, has yielded to a demand by a Peter Bunting faction to discuss the

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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

Million$ drug bust - Ganja valued at J$10.5m seized, three Bahamians nabbed

The weed was confiscated in an operation at Lances Bay, Hanover, in which three Bahamian nationals were

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Powered by nightlife, Old Harbour longs for full reopening

The all-island night curfew, part of the Government's measures to curtail the spread of COVID-19, has left a gaping hole in the pockets of many other Old Harbour residents who, like Lisa, make their living after

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

Bahamas prepares for resumption of international travel | New York Carib News

NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC)— The Ministry of Tourism and Aviation says that it is now preparing for the second phase of the Tourism Readiness and Recovery Plan, which will begin on Wednesday, July 1, and allow for the resumption of international travel to The

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Source: The New York Carib News

Hanno of Carthage and West Africa

Hanno of Carthage (c 5th century B.C.) left a bronze plaque in a temple to Baal as testimony to his voyage down the west coast of Africa to the land of the gorilla people. His bronze 18-line travelogue, or Periplus, was translated into Greek, and then copied over many times by Greek

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Source: ThoughtCo

Empty grave still baffles Jamaican family

(Jamaica Star) Six months after their story was first highlighted, the Jackson family is still in a painful pursuit for answers, seeking the remains of their deceased relative Jimmy

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Jamaica acquires four offshore patrol vehicles, two maritime aircraft

This was disclosed yesterday by portfolio minister Dr Horace Chang while addressing a two-day virtual symposium organised by the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) and the Ministry entitled, ‘Resilient Policies for National

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Tourist pretesting back on agenda - Tufton admits island’s COVID-19 response buckling under pressure

The Jamaican Government is reconsidering the imposition of COVID-19 pretesting of arriving tourists as the coronavirus response architecture at the island’s airports has been overwhelmed by passenger traffic, Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton admitted on

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Talk to children about race, behavioural scientist advises

AS several countries around the world tackle the issue of racism following the death of African American George Floyd at the hands of the police in May, behavioural scientist and academic, Professor Rain Jarrett believes that it is important for Jamaicans overseas and here on the island to talk to

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

Three Jamaican cops nabbed in US on drug charges | New York Carib News

Three Jamaica cops were charged in a sweeping narcotics operation involving high-profile United States law-enforcement agents in two American cities on

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Source: The New York Carib News

Too much of a risk, too soon?

GALVESTON, Texas – If there was ever a fear of the novel coronavirus and spread of COVID-19, that was not made clear last weekend in Galveston, as the island was flooded with bumper-to-bumper traffic on the first day the beaches were

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Source: African American News | Black News | Afram News

‘Murder emergency’ as gangs spread wings - SOEs blanket Kingston as Gov’t vows to protect highway project from extortionists

The entire capital is now blanketed under SOEs as the Government moved to include Kingston Western and Central, pushing to 10 the total number of police divisions under emergency

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Scarf Gawd Lenny Kravitz Gets Fits Off In Saint Laurent’s Fall 2020 Campaign

Source: C Flanigan / Getty

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Source: Cassius | born unapologetic | News, Style, Culture

Mauritius: How Mauritius' Unique Political Culture Helped It Beat COVID-19

The World Health Organisation (WHO) had estimated that Mauritius had the highest risk of exposure in Africa and would have the second highest rate of

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Source: allAfrica.com

'It was the experience of a lifetime'

SEVERAL residents in Falmouth, Trelawny, paused yesterday to welcome home the more than 1,000 Jamaicans aboard Royal Caribbean cruise line's Adventure of the Seas which docked at the port shortly after

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

400 ship workers tested for COVID-19

The taking of COVID-19 samples by the Ministry of Health and Wellness from Jamaican ship workers who arrived in the island on Tuesday is to go on break on

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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