Man charged for firing shots after girlfriend threatened to end relationship
The Westmoreland Police have charged 34-year-old Shane Reid, otherwise called ‘Ricky’, a welder of Carawina in Petersfield with assault at common law and illegal possession of firearm. The charges stem from an incident that occurred on...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
'My Life Changed': Black Syrup Maker Sees Spike In Sales Following Aunt Jemima Backlash
After Quaker Oats announced it was retiring the Aunt Jemima brand following accusations that its imaging promoted racial stereotypes, syrup maker Michele Hoskins says she […]
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Senator Harris Introduces Bill Giving Anti-Bias Training To Health Providers
U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) announced a bill Wednesday ensuring health providers and other individuals involved in COVID-19 testing, treatment, vaccine distribution, and response receive bias and anti-racism training. The COVID-19…
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Family hit - Relative confesses to hiring killer of Trelawny woman
WESTERN BUREAU: A close relative has reportedly confessed to hiring the hitman who murder of 36-year-old Trelawny resident Tamara Geddes inside her Reserve district bedroom three weeks ago. A senior investigator revealed that the suspect and her...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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JTA calls on Government for SOE ...
WITH teachers of some privately run schools only receiving a fraction of their salaries over the past three months and none expected for the next two months, president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) Owen Speid is again calling for State assistance for floundering schools.
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Brazil urges respect for popular will in line with recount, CCJ ruling - Stabroek News
Neighbouring Brazil yesterday upped the ante on the Granger administration by calling for respect of the popular will at the March 2nd general elections in line with the CARICOM supervised recount of votes and the recent ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
'A Real Boss': 'Black Ink Crew: Chicago' Fans Applaud Miss Kitty for Checking New Employee After She Shows Up Late to Work
It looks like Miss Kitty is putting her foot down as the fill-in boss for 2nd City Ink. The "Black Ink Crew: Chicago" star was left in charge of managing
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Jamaican bobsledder causes Queen to chuckle - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Observer) Jamaican bobsled team member Lance Corporal Shanwayne Stephens managed to elicit a rare chuckle from Queen Elizabeth II during a video call with members of the armed forces in which they discussed the vital work that continues for the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Togo issues arrest warrant for ex-prime minister Agbéyomé Kodjo | Africanews
A Togolese court has issued an international arrest warrant for opposition figure Agbéyomé Kodjo, who came second in the February presidential election won by president Faure Gnassingbé, and who now lives in “hiding in Togo”, according to one of his lawyers on
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Nike Pays Homage To Legendary Rock Group With Upcoming 'Grateful Dead' Pack
Nike Pays Homage To Legendary Rock Group With Upcoming Grateful Dead Pack
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Technical experts from Germany flown in to assist Eskom, help German businesses in SA | News24
A team of technical experts from Germany is expected to arrive in SA to provide essential services to local German businesses and local entities, such as Eskom.
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Permanent secretary sets out details of Ocho Rios land acquisition
PERMANENT secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation Audrey Sewell has raised questions about findings in the contractor general's report on the Government's sale of prime St Ann beachfront properties in 2016 to Puerto Caribe Properties Limited (PCPL), which claimed that Prime
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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
Eyebrows as VP opens US$1, 8m bridge
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi yesterday stood in for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to officially open a bridge constructed at a cost of US$1,8 million in Mvurwi, Mashonaland Central province, with experts questioning the cost. BY SIMBARASHE SITHOLE Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza was also
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Still no action against PSC's 'Bonnie and Clyde', govt says investigation is ongoing | News24
A cloud of corruption hangs over the head of Public Service Commission director-general Dovhani Mamphiswana.
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Privy Council to hear PNP's Trafigura appeal March 1, 2021
The Judicial Committee of the United Kingdom Privy Council will next March hear an appeal filed by People's National Party (PNP) officials in the long-running Trafigura case.The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) yesterday confirmed news reaching the Jamaica Observer that the
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Get cracking on COVID back-to-school rules, Phillips says | Lead Stories | Jamaica
Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips is appealing to the Government to treat as a matter of urgency the protocols for the reopening of schools in September. Educational institutions were ordered closed on March 13 as a containment measure amid the...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Relief hampers for footballers - Stabroek News
The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) and the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA), have presented financial vouchers and hampers respectively to select players after receiving Covid-19 financial relief aid from the Guyana Football Federation
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
St Catherine North Eastern electors threaten to withhold votes
FED up electors in St Catherine North Eastern are threatening to withhold their votes in the upcoming general election, a move they are hoping will spur political representatives into action to fulfil promises made to develop the constituency.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Stop abusing cotton farmers: Parly
PARLIAMENT yesterday accused the government of impoverishing more than 400 000 cotton farmers through policy inconsistencies. BY MOSES MATENGA This emerged from a report by the Justice Mayor Wadyajena-chaired Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement
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Suriname gets new president, faces economic crisis
WAGENINGEN, Netherlands (AP) - Suriname's newly elected Parliament chose a former police chief as the country's president on Monday to replace Desiree 'Desi' Bouterse, who faces a murder conviction at home and a drug smuggling sentence abroad.Chandrikapersad Santokhi, better known as 'Chan', will
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Two die is St James crash
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The St James police were up to late last evening probing the circumstances surrounding Tuesday evening's fatal accident which left two people dead.The dead have been identified as 30-year-old mechanic Ricardo Gordon of Norwood, St James, and 59-year-old tour operator Jeffrey
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Sugar cane deliveries up 24 percent
Sugar cane delivery in the first five months of the year rose to its highest in four years as good rains in the farming zones helped grow volumes, official data shows.
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His Excellency, your promises trailed to nothing
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Your Excellency, in Genesis, a story is told of the Garden of Eden. It is said that in it, man does not have to work by the sweat of his brow to survive. There is a tree of life located in the middle of the exquisite garden from which man may eat of all he
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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
Ches. City Council Awards $400,000 To Cornland Project; Crestwood Alumni Assn. Donates $700 - The New Journal and Guide
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A North Carolina City Has Unanimously Approved A Reparations Bill - Blavity
A North Carolina city has approved reparations for its Black residents, acknowledging the city's role in slavery.
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Unions push back at lay-off extension lobby
Intense lobbying by the Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF) and the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) to have the 120-day cap on lay-offs extended is likely to run into gusty headwinds, with trade unions pushing back at the move. The...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Historic African American-Owned Park In Pennsylvania Struggling After Coronavirus Cancels Fundraising Events - African American News Today - EIN News
… COUNTY, Pa. (KDKA) — A historic African American-owned park in Westmoreland County … was established in 1945 when African Americans had no other park to … . “Fairview Park is the oldest African American-owned park in Pennsylvania, actually …
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