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Commentary Bishop Frank Rush, Ray Hunt JoAnne Valley Rush I applaud your response. Things are not good now in race relations in this country. And though these acts of horrific racism are not new, the “promise” of change seems to keep eluding those who face it daily. Can you imagine many Moms
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Bartlett pleads for understanding as tourism sector reopens
MONTEGO BAY, St James – Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett has expressed confidence that adequate systems have been put in place for today's reopening of Jamaica's tourism industry, even while he cautioned against expecting
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
VP of H-E-B shares Coronavirus survival tips: 'The virus likes a weak host' | Afram News
H-E-B Vice President of Operations Terry Williams had double pneumonia, was extremely tired and hallucinating from drugs and fever when his father came into his room and told him two simple words, "Get up." And just like any obedient son, he did.
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Reggae Sunsplash (1978-1996)
Reggae Sunsplash, founded in 1978 to promote a slow summer tourist season in Jamaica, was the first Caribbean music festival to introduce reggae to a global audience. The idea of the festival originated with a group of young entrepreneurs who called themselves Synergy. They were led by Tony
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Federal Officials To Investigate The Death Of A Black Man In Police Custody
That is the voice of an African American man pleading with a police officer to take his knee off of his neck while he was being detained yesterday in
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Caring cops
MEMBERS of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) have contributed $2 million to the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) COVID-19 Jamaica Response Fund.
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4. 1 magnitude earthquake rocks sections of Jamaica
The Earthquake Unit at the University of the West Indies has confirmed a magnitude 4.1 quake was felt in sections of the island at approximately 9:02 a.m. The earthquake’s epicenter was 10 km northwest of Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth, with a...
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Anguilla and Mauritius make the list for 2020 top 25 islands in the world - Face2Face Africa
As lockdown restrictions are easing up around the world, travelers are reviving their plans and islands are on top of many lists because they make great vacation destinations. Most people troop to the Caribbean or to African islands and these exotic locations are perfect for either a solo
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Visitors returning to Jamaica | New York Carib News
Jamaica says it has welcomed more than 35,000 visitors since the island reopened its borders on June 15.
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Four MoBay communities to benefit from US$100,000 COVID-19 programme
Residents of four communities in Montego Bay are to benefit from a US$100,000 coronavirus (COVID-19) response programme being undertaken by the St James Municipal Corporation and United Nations (UN)-Habitat. The initiative will target the...
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What We’ve Learned from 101 Years of American Unrest - African American News Today - EIN News
care and job opportunities for Black Americans truly equal to those for living and job opportunities for Black Americans and surveys in the 1990s commission about police brutality against African Americans. But that abdication reflects their
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Alleged Gunman Posts Arizona Mass Shooting Video As State Reopens
An alleged gunman in a mass shooting in Arizona on Wednesday night recorded himself during the shooting, according to footage posted to social
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Affidavit outlines case against 3 J'can cops on drug rap in US
MONTEGO BAY, St James An affidavit in support of a criminal complaint against three Jamaican cops filed by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents outlines that the trio collaborated to distribute at least 500 grams of cocaine in the United States.
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Another 718 families benefit from Downsound's generosity
The team at Downsound Entertainment (DSE) redoubled its efforts to alleviate the tough conditions faced by so many families and the elderly across the island due to COVID-19 through the distribution of care packages containing fresh produce, poultry, and canned
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Hanover residents protest police shooting
DISGRUNTLED RESIDENTS of Elgin Town, Hanover, blocked a section of the North Coast Highway on Tuesday to protest the police shooting of a man who recently returned to Jamaica from the Cayman
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OpEd – Juneteenth: Then and Now | Afro
Exactly one year after African American independence was enforced, a group of freed slaves thought it necessary to commemorate the event that changed the trajectory of American
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5-y-o killed in MoBay freak accident
WESTERN BUREAU: A five-year-old child was killed and three other persons injured in Montego Bay on Wednesday afternoon when an out-of-control car crashed into a group of National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) employees along Claude...
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Check It Out: The Declaration of Independence, revolutionary ideas and changing systems | New Pittsburgh Courier
by J. Pharoah Doss, For New Pittsburgh Courier Last year was the 400th anniversary of African slaves arriving at Virginia’s Jamestown colony in 1619. The New York Times commemorated this event with a collection of essays called The 1619 Project. The 1619 Project proclaimed that 1619 was the year
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It All Begins With Self: Ambassador Delano Lewis on Achieving Success & Giving Service to Others
A life and career centered in service can take one many places. For Ambassador Delano Lewis it has ranged from his early roots in Kansas City, KS to service in the Peace Corps in Africa, being named CEO of Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company (C&P Telephone Company), President and CEO of
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Mali government criticised by UN, EU for lethal response to protests calling for president to resign | News24
The United Nations and the European Union have condemned the Malian government's use of lethal force during protests calling for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign, and urged it to release detained opposition leaders.
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'The Bold Type' Is Failing Its Only Black Queer Female Lead
Kat Edison is goals. Or at least, she was. Upon the return of Freeform’s hit series The Bold Type, like many viewers, I was eager to see what came next [] The post The Bold Type Is Failing Its Only Black Queer Female Lead appeared first on Essence.
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Has coronavirus reshaped democratic rights?
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CONGRESSWOMAN JACKSON LEE ENDORSES ROYCE WEST IN U.S. SENATE RACE - Dallas Post Tribune
DALLAS-On Monday, Houston Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee endorsed Texas State Sen. Royce West in the July 14th Democratic Primary Runoff for United States Senate. “Some electoral races are simply too important to not to be involved, and the Texas senatorial race is one of those races,” Jackson
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We Need Leaders to Affirm That Black Lives Matter, Not Exploit the Phrase to Divide Us - Free Press of Jacksonville
By Kevin Cokley - Racial disparities suggest that Black lives really have not mattered. Refusal to even say the words disregards the pain experienced by Black people. President Donald Trump recently called Black Lives Matter [...]
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Jamaica included in Antigua's 'travel bubble'
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC) - The Antigua and Barbuda Government says it has established a 'travel bubble' that will allow citizens from several states in the Caribbean Community (Caricom) to travel to the island without needing to present COVID-19 tests and certificates upon entry.
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Commentary: A word about White privilege | Atlanta Daily World
by Oseye Boyd If there’s one thing I’m grateful for in 2020, it’s that people are showing their true colors. People have lost all sense of decorum as well as respect for others when in public and are acting out in appallingly shocking ways. I never thought I’d see adults coughing on other
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Cops Fired Over Photos of Chokehold Used on Elijah McClain
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Three officers were fired Friday over photos showing police reenact a chokehold used on Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died last year after police stopped him on the street in a Denver suburb. One of those fired is Jason Rosenblatt, a white Aurora officer who
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