Deputy clerk relishes uproars in Parliament

Tufton seeks advice as name goes viral

Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton last night reserved comment after his name got entangled in a series of social-media posts that have gone viral. “I am taking advice on the matter and will speak in due course,” Tufton told The Gleaner. The...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

St Catherine North Eastern: How electors voted 1989-2016

SINCE 1944, electors of St Catherine North Eastern have voted for a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) representative 11 times and a People's National Party (PNP) candidate four in a total of 15 general elections.A single by-election in 2009 also went in favour of the JLP after a high court disqualified

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

Tufton points doctors to CARICOM - Out-of-work physicians in waiting room as minister reviews hiring gaps

The more than 100 doctors currently unable to secure jobs in the public health sector have been urged by Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton to explore private practice domestically or seek employment at other hospitals across the...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

West Virginia, Born Out Of The Civil War, Grapples With Confederate Monuments

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Source: Stories About Black History

MPs, senators differ on team to pick IEBC chiefs

The National Assembly and the Senate have differed over the number of persons to be appointed to a panel that will fill four vacancies at the electoral agency.

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Source: Business Daily

Ernie Banks

Ernest Banks, his family’s first son and second child, was born in Dallas, Texas on January 31, 1931 and devoted the first few years of his childhood to helping around the house and attending Church and Sunday school. For a while, his mother thought that Banks would take after his grandfather to

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Justice delays anger Chuck

Despite a measure of success in the timely disposal of some court cases, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has expressed dissatisfaction with what he termed the “unacceptably long delay in setting trial dates and delivering

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Some principals say yes to July exams

Some local high school principals are adamant that students should be allowed to sit their secondary level exit exams in July, as determined by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), or risk adverse impact on matriculation to tertiary institutions, particularly those

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

ASK DR. KEVIN: An Unfamiliar, Rare Disease Associated with Heart Failure in African Americans

By Dr. Kevin Williams , The Chief Medical Officer for Rare Disease at Pfizer

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

10, 000 meals for 10, 000 families

Rainforest Seafoods and National Baking Company have combined to provide meals to 10,000 families islandwide in an initiative designed to reduce hunger in Jamaica which, both companies say, is likely to worsen due to the economic impact of COVID-19.

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

Municipal corporation gets tough on building breaches

Western Bureau: After a twice-extended amnesty, the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) has said it will be adopting a zero-tolerance approach to persons who have failed to address building breaches. The amnesty was introduced on November 1, 2019...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Stranded in Panama

FOUR Jamaican missionaries stranded in Rï¿½o Abajo, Panama, are seeking the Government's assistance to return to the island, as they struggle to stay afloat in the Spanish-speaking country despite support from the Jamaican consulate in Panama City.The missionaries, who are from St Ann and

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

NOT FAIR!

The Jamaica Union of Tertiary Students (JUTS) says it has received complaints from more than 500 university students that placement agencies have charged them cancellation fees of up to US$600 after the annual Overseas Work and Travel Programme ground to a halt because of the novel coronavirus

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

We’re being stalked: Protest organisers

ORGANISERS of the July 31 anti-corruption march yesterday alleged harassment by suspected State security agents in a bid to stop the planned nationwide protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government. BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE/JAIROS SAUNYAMA Former Zanu PF youth leader and Front for

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Integrity Commission apologises to Mayor Creary

THE Integrity Commission, in a letter signed by Executive Director Greg Christie, has issued an apology to the Mayor of Port Maria Richard Creary for naming him, in two reports which are now the subject of public scrutiny, as a member of a panel at Petrojam who interviewed former General Manager

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

Reparations: reality or fantasy? - WS Chronicle

Reparations: reality or fantasy? The post Reparations: reality or fantasy? appeared first on WS Chronicle.

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Source: https://wschronicle.com

Who Was Ben Tillman, Whose Statues Appear All Over South Carolina? : NPR

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Stephen Kantrowitz, a history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, about who Ben Tillman was and why his statues appear all over South Carolina.

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Source: Stories About Black History

Roogae Kirlew – guided by his Christian faith to help the vulnerable

Roogae Kirlew has been an elder at the Mt Industry United Church in Jamaica and The Cayman Islands for the past 15 years, and he has always been guided by his Christian faith in his everyday

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

How a freak accident on stage left the symbol for black pride and capitalism Curtis Mayfield paralyzed - Face2Face Africa

A series of avoidable blunders obstructed the forward march of one of Soul’s most skilled and socially conscious artists. Curtis Mayfield could do dance music and love songs as well as the others, but what set him apart was his keen interest in addressing civil rights issues, inner city

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

From Labor to Freedom in Oakland, Obituary of Rev. Dr. Charles Larkrith, 101

Rev. Dr. Charles Larkrith, 101, went from labor to freedom in Oakland, passing peacefully on July 4, 2020. He was born during the worldwide pandemic on March 5, 1919, left this world 101 years later during another pandemic. He was an extraordinary orator and will be remembered for his

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Jamaica's economy can bounce back stronger - Clarke

Finance and the Public Service Minister Dr Nigel Clarke says implementation prospects for economic recovery will depend on the ability to effectively coordinate an "ambitious" range of policies, programmes, and legislation.

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Tubberville defeats Sessions for Republican U. S. Senate nomination, will face Doug Jones in November

Tommy Tubberville, former Auburn football coach won the Republican second primary on Tuesday to defeat Jeff Sessions, former Senator and Trump’s first Attorney General.Tubberville won in Greene County by 206 (62.42%) to 124 (37.58) for Jeff Sessions, as well as winning statewide by 333,890

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Source: Greene County Democrat | Serving Greene County Like No Other Newspaper

Seniors 75 and older required to remain at home

Come Tuesday, July 21, only senior citizens aged 75 and older will be required to remain indoors under the stay-at-home order, which is in place to protect the most vulnerable from the coronavirus (COVID-19). The Government has relaxed the...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Media job losses not just a sector problem, but a social problem - Wits prof Anton Harber | News24

The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the slashing of jobs in the South African media industry and worse seems yet to come.

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Mottley calls for 'Caribbean Marshall Plan' | New York Carib News

Cities need for a “Development Compact” with Britain and Europe Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley is calling for a Caribbean Marshall Plan and for reparations to address “the economic decline” that the region will face as it confronts a combination of the negative impact of the COVID 19 pandemic

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Source: The New York Carib News

Stranded in Panama

FOUR Jamaican missionaries stranded in Río Abajo, Panama, are seeking the Government's assistance to return to the island, as they struggle to stay afloat in the Spanish-speaking country despite support from the Jamaican consulate in Panama

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

High-ranking JCF and JDF officers given authorisation to access real-time interception communications | N

Parliament last night approved an order tabled by National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang to amend The Interception of Communications Act, giving authorisation to a cadre of designated high-ranking officers of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) and...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Julia Brown

Julia Brown is Chief Procurement Officer & Senior Vice President of Global Procurement for Mondelēz International following the split of Kraft Foods. At Kraft Foods, Julia was the Chief Procurement Office & Senior Vice President of Global Procurement since 2008 and was responsible for Kraft

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Source: Savoy Network

A missed opportunity - JTA president chides Government for not introducing school bus system for CXC students

Western Bureau: Owen Speid, president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), is accusing the Government of failing to capitalise on a clear chance to introduce a national school bus system when schools were reopened on June 8 for students...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

6 things to watch in Texas' primary runoff election | Dallas Weekly

Polls open in July. Voters wearing masks and gloves. Texans will be voting in the middle of a pandemic on Tuesday in a runoff election originally scheduled for May. Here’s what to watch for when the results come in. 1. A race to face off against John Cornyn Whoever wins the U.S. Senate Democratic

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Source: Dallas Weekly

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