Recycling group cleans up sargassum at Lambeau beach

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Recycling group cleans up sargassum at Lambeau beach

The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday Tobago A truck and a backhoe assist in the clean up of Lambeau beach on Friday. - Photo by Kinnesha George-Harry The Tobago Recycling Resource Initiative (TRRI) has launched its Sargassum clean-up programme 2023 – Alleviate Sargassum Action Programme (ASAP). Speaking with Newsday on Friday at Lambeau beach, managing director Shawn Roberts said ASAP is in now its second year. “As much as the sargassum is a burden for us, it […]

Source: Trinidad News

Caribbean leaders meet amid concerns over regional transportation, COVID

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders were meeting virtually on Friday, overshadowed by the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on their socio-economic future and the plight of the regional transportation with the decision to liquidate the financially strapped regional

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Opposition candidate wins Dominican Republic presidential poll

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP) Opposition candidate Luis Abinader swept to victory in the Dominican Republic's presidential election, early results showed Monday, ending 16 years of unbroken rule by the Caribbean nation's centre-left PLD party after voters braved a worsening novel

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J'cans exempted from UK's COVID-19 quarantine rules

BRITAIN yesterday listed Jamaica among more than 50 countries exempted from its COVID-19 quarantine rules, but excluded the United States, which yesterday posted a record 53,000 new cases of the virus.This means travellers can visit the named countries for holidays without being quarantined for 14

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

Walmart to reopen looted stores after weeks of silence | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Retailer makes a $35-50 million investment to reopen all stores throughout city with additional community benefits By Crusader Staff Report After weeks of silence, Walmart will reopen its stores that were looted during the George Floyd protests, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Walmart CEO Doug McMillon

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Llewellyn gets three more years as DPP

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness yesterday dismissed objections raised by Opposition leader Dr Peter Phillips to an extension of the tenure of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn, and announced that he was pushing ahead with a recommendation to the governor general for a three-year

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

China's Inner Mongolia region reports bubonic plague case

BEIJING, China (AP) While China appears to have reduced coronavirus cases to near zero, other infectious threats remain, with local health authorities announcing a suspected bubonic plague case in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

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

Accused King Valley gangsters could know fate today

DESPITE the cloud of doubt raised by the defence over the credibility of the main witness in the ongoing King Valley Gang trial, Chief Justice Bryan Sykes yesterday said the court was not of the view that the evidence he gave was to be rejected.The assertion came following the reappearance

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

Youth accused of shop-breaking charged

EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD Kenroy Patterson of Hart Street, Old Harbour, in St Catherine was arrested and charged with shop-breaking and larceny after he was...

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Protest forces T&T to deal with at-risk youth

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) The Trinidad and Tobago Government announced Thursday the establishment of a National Recovery Programme (NRP) as it appealed to young people to put down their guns and seek to improve their lives.

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Vaz blasts Phillips as war of words heats up

THE political war of words between Government Minister Daryl Vaz and Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips escalated yesterday with Vaz demanding that the People's National Party (PNP) president sack two of his high-ranking officials and sanction a third.

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Gov. Whitmer Announces Investment in Water Assistance for Michigan Families | The Michigan Chronicle

Governor Gretchen Whitmer took strong steps to ensure working families in Michigan have access to clean water for handwashing and sanitation by signing Executive Order 2020-144, which extends protections for Michigan residents who have had water service shut off through December 31, 2020. “From day

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Maroons want ancestors' 'last resting place' left alone

THE Maroons who live in the Blue and John Crow Mountains have sided with the Jamaica Conservation Development Trust (JCDT) in its opposition to private leases within the eponymous national park.Three Maroon community councils Moore Town, Charles Town, and Scotts Hall recently penned a letter to

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

TICAR TO Hold Peaceful Rally Ahead Of Union School Board Meeting | The Oklahoma Eagle

The Oklahoma Eagle Newswire The Tulsa Indian Coalition Against Racism (TICAR) will hold a peaceful rally before the Union School Board discusses their plans to review the school’s mascot in what would be a historic event in Oklahoma sports. While not the first to voluntarily drop its controversial

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

A group of Jamaicans will this weekend stage a peaceful protest in front of the Corporate Area head offices of Jamaica Public Service as part of further public outcry in recent days following revelations that the entity has been filtering a part of the cost of electricity theft by some unscrupulous

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

Resign, JLP councillors tell St Ann mayor

JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) councillors in the St Ann Municipal Corporation yesterday recommended that their embattled chairman, Mayor Michael Belnavis, resign.

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A tax waiver on mules or bicycles

PRESIDENT of the United District Constables Association Damion Pryce is calling for changes to the Constables (District) Act, 1899, amid mounting pressure from his subordinates for better representation.Pryce's call follows comments from district constables islandwide who have told the Jamaica

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

Children are lagging and COVID-19 harming AIDS care

ï¿½WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) New numbers on the global AIDS epidemic show some big successes, such as fewer deaths and new infections. But there are also some tragic failures: Only half the children with HIV, the virus that causes the disease, are getting treatment.

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

Hospital accused of negligence after woman plunges to death

THE family of 43-year-old Carsha Johnson Sinclair, who died at the National Chest Hospital yesterday after plunging one storey through a garbage disposal chute from the ward on which she was admitted, is accusing the hospital of negligence.Sinclair's husband, Dave, and her sister-in-law Lorraine

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

Owners of Malik Books rebound from COVID-19 -

BALDWIN HILLS — When the coronavirus hit last March and people were mandated to shelter in place, Malik Books, an independent, black-owned bookstore located in the heart of the black community on the second floor of the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, had to close its doors just like most

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Ruling Guyana coalition supporters protest ahead of CCJ ruling

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) Supporters of the ruling coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) yesterday staged a silent protest ahead of the ruling by the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on whether or not it has jurisdiction to hear an appeal filed by two senior members of

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

The Funeral Arrangements have Been Set for 13 Year Old Amaria Jones Who Was Killed in her Austin home | The Crusader Newspaper Group

The funeral arrangements have been set for 13 year old Amaria Jones who was killed while inside her Austin neighborhood home during the violent Fathers Day weekend. The service will be held Friday, July 3rd, 2020 The wake is at 10:00 a.m. and the funeral begins at 11:00 a.m. The funeral will be

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Malnutrition in poorer nations costs firms up to US$850 billion - study

PARIS, France (AFP) Hunger, poor nutrition, and obesity not only present a health burden in developing countries but also carry a hidden economic penalty that costs businesses up to US$850 billion a year, according to a new report published yesterday.

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

8 more imported COVID-19 cases but recovery remains high

EIGHT more people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, bringing Jamaica's number of cases to 715.Five more people have also recovered from the virus since Wednesday and have been released. This brings the number of recovery cases to 560, giving the island a 78.3 per cent recovery rate.

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

Coalition wants to clear the air above Southern California -

MAKING A DIFFERENCE The mission of the Coalition for Clean Air is to protect public health, improve air quality and prevent climate change. Those are no small challenges. The coalition has been working on those goals since 1971, approaching its work through policy advocacy, education and behavior

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Program to help restaurants placed on hold by state -

SOUTH LOS ANGELES — The continued rise in coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County has resulted in a new program designed to help South Los Angeles restaurants increase business being put on hold. Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the second phase of the “LA Al Fresco” program June 26 during a press

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Jamaica spends $3.8 billion so far to fight COVID-19

THE Ministry of Health and Wellness has so far spent $3.8 billion on efforts to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).Portfolio Minister Dr Christopher Tufton made the disclosure during his contribution to the 2020/21 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July

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

British judge denies Maduro Venezuela's gold in London bank

LONDON, England (AP) A British judge yesterday refused to give Venezuela's Nicolï¿½s Maduro control of nearly US$2 billion in gold sitting in a Bank of England vault because Britain does not recognise the socialist leader as president of the Latin American nation.

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The most wanted man

Christopher Columbus was a shameful villain, he is wanted by the native people of the Americas.He came to steal, loot, rape, and murder, in the name of his queen, his country and his god.He met a humble and happy people who were satisfied with their culture yet, he said he discovered.He came from

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

21st Century Charter School parents say ‘enough is enough’ | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Contributed by The 411 News GEO Academies is no longer delivering the education parents desired and the school promised In April, U.S. News World Report’s “Best Schools of 2020” ranked 21st Century Charter School @Gary as the best charter school in Gary. It ranks 248th among Indiana high

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Mayor Barrett Announces Allocation of Community Development Block Grant Funds - Milwaukee Community Journal

MILWAUKEE— Mayor Tom Barrett Tuesday announced his plans to commit significant resources from the Community Development Block Grant Fund to address housing, employment and COVID-19 mitigation efforts. The total amount that will be reprogrammed comes to approximately $5.6 million dollars. Resources

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

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