Tufton under doctors’ knife

No work for doctors amid public health crisis - Hospitals reportedly not employing medical professionals due to budgetary constraints caused by COVID-19

Ironically, the very health crisis that Jamaica is battling has reportedly pressured the country’s resources so severely that it has caused a number of doctors to be out of work. In spite of the country’s need of healthcare workers to fight the...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Biden-Harris campaign releases 'Agenda for African Diaspora' - TheGrio

The campaign for Democratic presidential and vice-presidential nominees Joe Biden and Kamala Harris released an agenda to support the African... View Article The post Biden-Harris campaign releases 'Agenda for African Diaspora' appeared first on TheGrio.

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Gordon House renovation to be completed by mid-November

LEADER of the House of Representatives Edmund Bartlett is confident that the renovations to Gordon House to accommodate a resumption of sittings of the House of Representatives, will be completed by mid-November.

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

Hold off old - Elderly with frail health warned against taking vaccine

An international health expert has cautioned Jamaica against vaccinating already frail senior citizens following Tuesday’s disclosure by Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton that front-line workers and the elderly will be among the first estimated...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Tighter COVID restrictions coming Monday

Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has announced that tighter measures are coming next week to contain the spread of COVID-19. Jamaica has recorded 2,896 cases with 29 deaths. According to Tufton, Jamaica is now at the community transmission...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

PNP chairman dismisses claims he is backing Hanna

CHAIRMAN of the People's National Party (PNP) Fitz Jackson has rubbished allegations that he has endorsed Lisa Hanna in her bid to be elected to the party's top job.Since Thursday, supporters of the other candidate for the post - Mark Golding - have been questioning the neutrality of Jackson, after

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

Calling all dons

JUSTICE Minister Delroy Chuck has issued a come hither appeal to feuding gangs and dons islandwide, to use restorative justice as a channel for settling disputes.

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

UK champions better access to finance for SIDS

THE UNITED Kingdom (UK), working with Fiji and Belize, yesterday brought together Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in a virtual round table to broker better access to finance and identify solutions for a resilient recovery from coronavirus....

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Tivoli seniors not taking any chances with coronavirus

WITH NEWS that at least five persons in their community contracted COVID-19, senior residents of Tivoli Gardens who are among the most vulnerable to the highly contagious disease are getting tested, sanitising and staying

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

‘ZRP must adopt regional policing protocol’

By Miriam Mangwaya THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has called on local police officers to adopt the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Co-operation Organisation (SARPCCO) guidelines to instil discipline in the force. The call came at a time the police are being accused of

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

EXCLUSIVE OP-ED: My Plan To Lift Every Voice In Black America - The Seattle Medium

President Trump wants to paper over the living wound of racism. He’s issued Executive Orders and established a new national commission designed to whitewash our history—and deny the daily reality of being Black in America. He actively appeals to white supremacists and fans the flames of hatred and

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Source: https://seattlemedium.com

Op-Ed: Why I'm Voting For Joe Biden...And Why You Should, Too

Editor's Note: According to results of the 6th annual Power of the Sister Vote poll, presented by Black Women’s Roundtable and ESSENCE, 90% of Black women respondents overwhelmingly favor Democratic […] The post Op-Ed: Why I'm Voting For Joe Biden appeared first on Essence.

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

New highly contagious strain of COVID-19 now in Jamaica

Four cases of the reported highly contagious strain of COVID-19 that recently surfaced in the United Kingdom (UK) have been confirmed in Jamaica, but the authorities here are cautioning against panic. Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton gave the...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Hanna first to starting line

Lisa Hanna became the first official candidate in the November 7 race for the president of the People’s National Party (PNP), submitting nomination papers yesterday afternoon. Hanna, backed by a number of women in the PNP, including Imani Duncan...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Tragic!

EFFORTS to find 15-year-old Sanique Leachman, who is suspected to have died after a major landslide in Shooter's Hill, Bull Bay, St Andrew, flattened the home she shared with her father, Romeo Leachman, continued up to press time last night.

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

Community health aides recruited to support COVID-19 fight

FIFTY residents of St Catherine are being trained as community health aides, in keeping with the Ministry of Health and Wellness' strategic framework to prepare the population to live with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).The 50 health aides, who will be deployed in communities throughout the

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

Life-saving wards to cut infant mortality

After seven years in gestation, a partnership forged between the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the European Union gave birth on Tuesday to the second of four high-dependency units (HDU) that were promised to reduce infant and maternal...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Wanted: More intentional, coordinated support for climate change adaptation

A RECENT study from the Adaptation Fund has suggested there is need for more effective deployment and use of resources to further advance action on climate change adaptation in vulnerable countries. The ‘Study on Readiness and Capacity Building for...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Duncan-Price laments shooting death of PNP loyalist

THE PEOPLE’S National Party’s (PNP’s) Imani Duncan-Price has expressed regret at the death of Anthony Goss, otherwise called ‘Froggy’, one of the party’s loyal supporters and volunteers in the Kingston Central constituency. Superintendent in charge...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Charles pledges action as probe launched into hospital jump

An investigation has been launched by the South East Regional Health Authority(SERHA) into the bizarre account of a patient leaping from the third floor of the Princess Margaret Hospital in St Thomas on Saturday, November 7. The patient, 41-year-...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

COVID-19 black market - Gov’t inadequacy blamed for surge in underground virus testing sites

Hundreds of Jamaicans are reportedly turning to unauthorised COVID-19 laboratories and makeshift facilities for antigen (rapid) tests, as Government’s insufficiency is being blamed for a rising underground market with questionable ethical practices...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

J'cans on board with cancellation of mass gatherings — survey

MOST Jamaicans agree with the postponement or cancellation of mass gatherings and events as a means of limiting the spread of the novel coronavirus, a survey by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) has found.

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

Do I need to wear a mask if I'm 6 feet away from others? - Black News Channel

By The Associated Press undefined Do I need to wear a mask if I'm 6 feet away from others? Health experts recommend wearing masks in public and keeping your distance from others in most cases, but whether you should do both could depend on the situation. 'There's no invisible force field at

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

More young people taking the COVID-19 vaccine, says Tufton

Encouraged by the number of persons who turned up to be inoculated across the country yesterday, Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is now eyeing an ambitious 800,000 additional Jamaicans receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, which would take Jamaica...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Avoiding a Twindemic: Local Leaders Recommend Flu Vaccine to Combat Illness

By Ashley MossStaff Writer With plenty of activity in and around Dallas, area residents may be surprised to learn what Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson was doing on October 16th around …

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Source: Serving Northeast Texas

Ticking time bomb

The death of a 19-year-old woman from Porus, Manchester, has sent her family into a tunnel of grief that seems to have no end in sight after she was diagnosed with diabetes upon contracting COVID-19. Health restrictions stripped the woman, who...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Another MoBay businessman killed

Fifty-seven-year-old Asbert Campbell, one of the most prominent business figures in the Second City, was gunned down shortly after 6 p.m. on Tuesday outside of his shop. Campbell, affectionately called ‘Mr Lee’, was standing outside his Fustic Road...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Update | Woman dies after receiving third-degree burns in kitchen blast

Family and friends of 25-year-old Kerry Ann Collins wept today as she succumbed to third-degree burns she received during a kitchen fire at her Palm Grove apartment off Spanish Town Road in Kingston two Fridays ago.

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Community football club manager seeks help for urgent heart procedure

Forty-nine-year-old Abner Callaghan has always been an active person. A lover of sports, he spends most of his spare time – even sometimes at the expense of family engagements – coaching the Longville Park Football Club. Callaghan, a bedrock in...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Jamaican in Long Island seeking to make history in US Elections | New York Carib News

Jackie Gordon could make history in the November 3 general elections. She is running on the Democratic ticket in the 2nd congressional district on Long Island, and a win for Gordon would create a number of firsts.

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Source: The New York Carib News

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