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CHICAGO—The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam will deliver a major message July 4 concerning the current state of affairs in America, the world, the coronavirus global pandemic and other critical
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Racism storm hits Zim Pepsi maker
WORKERS at Varun Beverages Zimbabwe Limited (VBZL), producers of Pepsi drinks, yesterday downed tools alleging racism, human rights abuses and unfair labour practices at the
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Use game technology to promote online learning - Bunting
Western Bureau: Peter Bunting, the Opposition spokesman on education, wants schools to use modern technology, including interactive gaming software, to access learning material and promote online networking among students. Addressing teachers in...
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Chuck to seek closure to 2015 INDECOM review in Parliament
Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck is to table a motion in Parliament next week which will seek to complete a parliamentary review of the operations of the Independent Commission of Investigations
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Questions over $6 million school donation Paulwell requested from Petrojam
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Somalia: Hassan - Somalia Working on Improving the Economy
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Bunting wants greater investment in early childhood education
Peter Bunting, the Opposition spokesman on education, wants more emphasis to be placed on improving the quality of education in the early-childhood sector instead of seeking to play catch-up in later
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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‘Minister, we can’t breathe’
Opposition Spokesman on Agriculture and Rural Affairs Victor Wright’s analogy of the police killing of American George Floyd with the Government’s “disgraceful removal” of small farmers from the former Bernard Lodge Sugar Estate failed to ignite a...
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PNP ‘gravely concerned’ about Gov’t silence as US takes aim at Cuba - Party wants administration to issue statement condemning bill targeting medical missions
The People’s National Party said it is “gravely concerned” that the Government has not yet made a statement on the attempt by the United States to introduce legislation targeting countries that hire Cuban healthcare workers through medical missions...
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'Dumped' Covid-19 samples fell through bakkie's canvas cover, courier company report suggests
The National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) says an initial report from the courier company transporting Covid-19 samples which were found along an Eastern Cape road, claims the cargo may have fallen through the canvas opening covering the
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Government sidestepped farmers, says young grower
AS the COVID-19 pandemic hits all aspects of daily life, young Manchester farmer Andra Wynter is rueing what he says is the Jamaica Government's sidestepping of farmers in its offer to assist significant sectors of the
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You said you are a listening President, so listen …
Mr President, Sir, we possibly have one of the most transformative and comprehensive Constitutions in the world, but this counts for nothing if its provisions are not
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Netflix CEO Will Give Historic Amount Of Money To HBCUs
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FID targets assets after five convicted in $400m Manchester municipal fraud trial
THE WAY is now clear for the Government to begin the legal process of seeking to take possession of properties and other assets valued at more than $220 million that have been traced to former Manchester Parish Council official Sanja
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After the dust comes the rain
After the second wave of the the Saharan dust blanketed Jamaica over the weekend, sections of the island experienced heavy rain yesterday, the last day of June, which is part of the secondary rainy
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COMMENTARY: It Has Never Been Like This in America Before
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Tufton, health team welcome tighter holiday curfew hours
MINISTER of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton says he and his public health team welcome the weekend curfew hours as an opportunity to control the spread of the novel coronavirus
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It’s time for HR function to evolve at a faster pace
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Bank of Sierra Leone stimulus package and its impact on the economy
Devastating as this pandemic is, there is an opportunity for the government of Sierra Leone to fundamentally change the direction of the local economy by offering an economic response that is not only proportionate to the scale of the disruption, but one that is bold and big enough to define a new
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Nigeria: Taxes On Online Banking Transactions
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COVID-19 Stimulus Part Two - Milwaukee Community Journal
As COVID-19 numbers continue to skyrocket, so is the need for more money to pay bills. This pandemic has had so much of an effect on the worlds mental, emotional, and physical health. With months of the Stay at Home Order in place, the economy has been affected as well. The need for businesses to
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Mandeville mayor lashes Scotiabank
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MDC official dies in mine shaft
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance’s Mberengwa North constituency co-ordinating committee secretary, Trinos Chinyoka, died on Saturday after falling into an uncovered disused gold mine shaft at
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Search on for 16 Covid-19 positive pupils who evaded school quarantine
A group of 16 pupils with Covid-19 evaded quarantine at Makaula Secondary School in KwaBhaca, where a total of 204 learners and teachers have tested positive for the
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When the clueless and corrupt pray
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This is what racial trauma does to the body and brain
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As virus roars back, so do signs of a new round of layoffs
A resurgence of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the South and West — and the suspension or reversal of reopenings of bars, hotels, restaurants and other businesses — is endangering hopes for an economic rebound in the region and perhaps
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