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Soldier injured during August Town firefight
THE Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is awaiting more details as it continues its probe into the shooting of a member of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) and a civilian in the eastern St Andrew community of August Town, Thursday night.Assistant Commissioner of INDECOM Hamish
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Today's Horoscope - July 6
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, July 6, 2020: Passionate and magnetic, you draw your object of desire straight toward you. This year, you do this with a project and it is fantastically successful. Personally, you do best by keeping it light, but that only comes with time. If single, you may be fixated
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
OUR defends anti-theft campaign
THE Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has defended its anti-theft advertising campaign, as it responded to social media criticisms yesterday of an online post.
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Black-owned businesses surge
BOSTON, United States (AP) When Mahdi Hashemian was looking for a bicycle for his seven-year-old daughter Zeynab last week, the Cambridge, Massachusetts, resident decided to skip his local cycle shops in favour of a Black-owned one a few miles away in Boston's Dorchester neighbourhood.
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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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Bar Association, Chamber differ on who should handle sexual harassment cases
The Jamaican Bar Association (JBA) does not support the proposal to create an independent disputes tribunal to deal with sexual harassment cases.
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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
Big rush on
BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth Executive director of Legal Aid Council (LAC) Hugh Faulkner says the council will be moving swiftly to file for the release of more mentally ill detainees who have been incarcerated for decades without trial.
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Minister says ST&I Policy to address Internet access
MINISTER of Science, Energy and Technology Fayval Williams says the Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I) Policy will address issues within the technology sector, such as Internet access.There's one modality which I think underpins much of the success we've experienced in various
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Landslide kills 162 at Myanmar jade mine
HPAKANT, Myanmar (AP) At least 162 people were killed yesterday in a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar, the worst in a series of deadly accidents at such sites in recent years that critics blame on the Government's failure to take action against unsafe conditions.
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No new appointments for K visa interviews now
Question: My fianc� has filed for me and I've not heard anything about my interview. Would this visa be impacted by the recent Presidential Proclamation; when will interviews resume?�
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Integrity Commission Oversight Committee gets going today
THE House of Representatives' newly appointed Integrity Commission Oversight Committee will have its first meeting at Gordon House today at 10:00 am.
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PROSECUTORS SHOCKED
YESTERDAY'S 'not guilty' verdict for the six men accused of committing heinous crimes under the umbrella of a Westmoreland gang has raised questions about the nation's prosecutors' ability to win other gang-related cases now before the court.The verdict came as a shock to prosecutors and brings
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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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Tablets for Hope Valley Experimental School teachers
HOPE Valley Experime ntal School on Tuesday received 34 tablet computers under the Government's 'Tablets for Teachers' programme, which aims at distributing 25,000 tablets to teachers islandwide before next month.Science, Energy and Technology Minister Fayval Williams said the distribution of
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Today's Horoscope July 3, 2020
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, July 3, 2020: Observant, sensitive and wise, you must find expression in a creative pursuit. As soon as quarantine lifts, your work will be wildly successful. Never give up on your efforts to be recognised. If single, you need another's emotional support and must learn to
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
This Day in History - July 6
Today is the 188th day of 2020. There are 178 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2005: New York Times reporter Judith Miller is jailed for refusing to divulge a confidential source to a grand jury investigating the Bush Administration's leak of an undercover Central Intelligence Agency
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Voter registration deadline for August 11 primary runoff rescheduled | Atlanta Daily World
Voter Registration Deadline for August 11 Primary Runoff Moved to Comply with Federal Law  (ATLANTA)-Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced that to fully comply with the National Voter Registration Act, the voter registration deadline for all August 11, 2020 primary runoff elections is now
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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
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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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Major crime hot spot left out of August Town ZOSO boundaries
A major crime hot spot in Greater August Town, Payton Place, has seemingly not been included in the area declared a zone of special operations (ZOSO) by Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday.Just over a month ago two brothers 36-year-old Demar Francis and 25-year-old Robert Clarke were fatally
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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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Suggestion to broaden scope of Sexual Harassment Act
Another group has called for the scope of the Sexual Harassment Act (2019) to be broadened to make provisions for people who interact with the staff of the institutions and entities covered under the legislation.
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Maxwell moved to NY for Epstein-related sex abuse charges
NEW YORK, United States (AP) Jeffrey Epstein's long-time confidante Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred yesterday to New York to face charges that she recruited women and girls, one as young as 14, for him to sexually abuse, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said.
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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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Youth activist pushes to make city a better place - WS Chronicle
At just 24 years of age, Frankie Gist has already left a positive mark on the city of Winston-Salem and according to him, he is just getting started. The post Youth activist pushes to make city a better place appeared first on WS Chronicle.
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South Side Alderman calls for support of South Suburban Airport | The Crusader Newspaper Group
In a rare show of solidarity around a single economic development project, political and community leaders from both Chicago and the South suburbs held a news conference to urge Governor JB Pritzker to complete construction of the South Suburban Airport. Alderman David Moore (17th), who ran in 2015
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Next six months will not be easy, says PAHO director
AS the region of the Americas reports 100,000 cases of COVID-19 a day, director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Carissa F Etienne is calling for strong coordination across countries, evidence to guide leaders' actions, and for people to protect themselves and others.
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British judge denies Maduro Venezuela's gold in London bank
LONDON, England (AP) A British judge yesterday refused to give Venezuela's Nicol�s 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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Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said yesterday he has tested positive for the coronavirus, after months of downplaying its severity while deaths mounted rapidly inside the country.The 65-year-old right wing populist, who has been known to mingle in crowds without
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