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Fewer teachers died since schools closed in March, says JTA president
PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Teachers' Association Owen Speid, claiming that with fewer educators dying since schools were shuttered in early March due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, says it might be an indication that the stress levels of the classroom have adversely impacted the health of
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Speid says closure of private schools will cost Gov't more
JAMAICA Teachers' Association President Owen Speid has called on the Government to provide funding to private schools, many of which are now struggling to stay afloat due to the COVID-19 pandemic which resulted in school doors being closed from early
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Corporate Hands | Power company gifts appliances to fire station
The Rollington Town Fire Station has received an essential donation of a 14-cubic foot energy-efficient refrigerator and small appliances (pressure cooker, microwave and blender) from the Jamaica Private Power Company
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L.A. DIGEST: Operation Loves provides 400 care packages
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, Faith Foster Families and the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services donated 400 care packages and meals to foster
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Remembering Dr. Conrad W. Worrill
Worrill was a fixture in the African American community in Chicago who fought for justice, reparations for slavery, and police
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6 Atlanta officers have been charged in violent tasing incident | Florida Sentinel Bulletin
Roland Claud, Marck Gardner, Lonnie Hood Jr., Armon Jones, Willie Sauls, and Ivory Streeter were charged by the Fulton County District attorney on June
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Earth Today | UNEP partners to reduce freshwater stress
IN A move to reduce the stress on freshwater resources in the Caribbean, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and its partners are to implement a new multimillion-US-dollar project with a focus on wastewater management in the
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300 Tested for COVID-19 Doctors Consortium Sets up at Masjidullah Philadelphia | Muslim Journal
PHILADELPHIA, Penn. – The Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium offered free coronavirus testing at Masjidullah on Tues., May 5, 2020, marking the first time the group has organized an effort at an Islamic house of
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Ella Jones makes history as Ferguson’s first black mayor
Ella Jones just made history as the city of Ferguson, Missouri’s first African American black
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VIDEO: Donald Trump Jr. set his sights on big tech months before his father’s feud with Twitter | Afro
Months before President Donald Trump signed his May 28 executive order targeting social media platforms, the White House and members of the Trump family were debating how to battle the tech
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Psychiatrist warns against deadly jokes - Hurtful words could push people over the edge, Shetty warns in light of teen’s suicide
Although a “light moment” with a sibling hours before 17-year-old Chrisey-Ann Davis took her life was struck out by her mother as the reason for the tragedy, psychiatrist Dr Ganesh Shetty is warning that sometimes making jokes about persons in pain or suffering from disabilities could push them
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HOPE moving to ramp up production of masks
WITH 20,000 cloth masks sporting the Jamaican flag and the organisation's logo already sold, the Housing Opportunity Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme is looking for volunteers to help ramp up
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Bracelet tracking coming
THE Amber Group, after dipping into its coffers for millions of dollars to establish the jamcovid19 website and mobile app, has turned its attention to developing technology to help with monitoring the increased number of people expected to be home quarantined with the recent opening of the
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President Obama Reminds People That America Was Built On Protest
Obama most recently has voiced his support for the rising demands of police reform, he did this in what was his first public appearance since the killing of George Floyd, which ignited nationwide protests that took place in all 50
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32 Powerful Signs From Anti-Racism Protests Around The World
George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police has sparked protests not only throughout the U.S., but around the
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Police Murder of George Floyd Sparks Uprisings | Dallas Weekly
From the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul to the Streets of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Louisville, Atlanta, Washington, DC, and New York City, and the bright lights of the Big Apple, African Americans are expressing outrage over the police killing of George Floyd, the
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Ayesha & Steph Curry March, Kneel At George Floyd Protest In Oakland [Photos]
“While I was appreciative and proud of the crowd that showed to march for justice today, I couldn’t help but wonder where all of these people were now , that just a few years before lined and covered the streets to celebrate in these black men’s successes,” Ayesha commented, in part, on
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Former NFL exec finally admits owners blackballed Kaepernick for kneeling
The NFL reportedly conspired to keep Colin Kaepernick out of the league, according to a former
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Al Sharpton Announces March On Washington In August
Rev. Al Sharpton and George Floyd’s family are planning a march on Washington this
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Wray & Nephew pumps $35m into community bar revival
More than 500 bars in western Jamaica are set to be resuscitated from the COVID-19 slump in fortunes as Campari’s J. Wray and Nephew (JWN) pumps $35 million into a ‘Restart Pack’ initiative aimed at having an islandwide
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Black men share their thoughts on being stopped by law enforcement –
However, being aware of the many fatal interactions out there, I carry a fear in my heart every time I even see a police
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Retired judge tells of his own encounters with officers –
My nephew is a career law enforcement officer in Hillsborough County while another works for the
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Enough Said. Pittsburgh protests the unjust police killing of George Floyd
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE descended upon Downtown and the area around PPG Paints Arena, May 30, to protest the unjust killing of George Floyd, a Black man, by a White Minneapolis police officer, who was fired and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter. (Photos by Courier photographer Rob
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Return of youth sports welcomed and feared
Black parents fear their children will get sick if they return to sports more than do White and Latino parents, says a new Aspen Institute Power Play youth sports
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Shawn Wooden: Corporate America, it’s time to stand up against racism •
Neither is the failure of Georgia’s criminal justice system to respond until after a video emerged
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COMMENTARY: The Black Church Faces an Atypical Crisis
During a recent meeting organized by Anchor of Hope Ministries, a local, faith-based nonprofit assisting the formerly incarcerated, Holmes stated that the Black church has historically been centered to meet the community’s needs in a variety of
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Police Have a License to Kill
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Protest spreads to Europe
LONDON, England (AP) — Thousands of people demonstrated in London yesterday against police violence and racial injustice following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which has set off days of unrest in the United
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Rock 2024?: Dwayne Johnson Lays The Smackdown On Donald Trump’s Leadership In Passionate Video
Dwayne’ The Rock’ Johnson, who also has spoken out about Floyd, has now set his sights on Donald Trump and his lack of leadership as the country is grappling with two viruses, racism, and COVID-19, disproportionally affecting Black people and other people of
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3 charged in slaying of Ahmaud Arbery face court hearing
Three men who were charged with murder months after the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery faced a hearing before a Georgia judge Thursday following a week of angry protests in the U.S. over law enforcement biases against black
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