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In the news: Karilyn Crockett - The Bay State Banner
Karilyn Crockett has been appointed chief of equity for the City of Boston, a cabinet-level position the mayor established last week to embed equity and racial justice into all city planning, operations and work moving
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Source: The Bay State Banner
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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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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Eight contenders battle for WTO leadership
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) Three last-minute contenders yesterday joined the race to become the next head of the beleaguered World Trade Organization (WTO), meaning eight candidates in total are vying for the daunting position.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Jamaica to benefit from $498m under Canada-Caricom fund
JAMAICA is to benefit from a provision of CA$4.7 million or $498 million, for which the country is eligible under the CA$20 million Canada-Caricom Climate Adaptation Fund facility, to be implemented by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Ruling Guyana coalition supporters protest ahead of CCJ ruling
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) Supporters of the ruling coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) yesterday staged a silent protest ahead of the ruling by the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on whether or not it has jurisdiction to hear an appeal filed by two senior members of
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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PM Mottley expresses regret at the stalemate in Guyana's election
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC ) Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley said yesterday it is regrettable that the people of Guyana are still awaiting the official results of the disputed March 2 regional and general election in the country.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Council approves ‘weapon drawn’ legislation for FPC to review - Milwaukee Community Journal
The full Common Council yesterday (Tuesday, July 7th) approved legislation urging the Fire and Police Commission to adopt a rule requiring Milwaukee police officers to file a report every time they draw a gun, mace, or stun gun on duty. Council file #200267 – authored by Alderman Khalif J. Rainey
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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper
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BLUNDER
Approximately two hours after news emerged that former Energy Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley had filed a court challenge to conclusions made about him by the Integrity Commission in its probe of the Petrojam scandal, the commission admitted that it had erred in an aspect of the same report relating
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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West Side Leadership Academy to finally get new roof | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Gary Schools to spend $25M to fix dilapidated buildings By Crusader Staff Report West Side Leadership Academy will finally get a new roof under a plan from the Gary school district to spend $25 million to repair dilapidated school buildings. On Friday, June 26 the Indiana Distressed Unit Appeals
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Lane Elementary School to remain open for school year -
INGLEWOOD — Warren Lane Elementary School is off the chopping block in Inglewood. The school that serves kindergarten through seventh grade students will remain open during the upcoming school year, after parents rallied against the hastily planned school closure by the Inglewood Unified School
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Chicago issues quarantine order for travelers from states with high COVID-19 infection rates | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Rob Elgas adn ABC7 Digital Team Chicago has issued an emergency travel order requiring anyone coming to the city from states experiencing a surge in COVID-19 infections to quarantine for 14 days. EFFECTIVE MONDAY: To preserve the gains Chicago has made, were issuing an Emergency Travel Order
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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group
Supervisors eliminate 3,200 positions from county budget -
LOS ANGELES — The county Board of Supervisors, on a 4-0 vote June 29, approved a revised $34.9 billion budget for the coming fiscal year that envisions deep across-the-board cuts and the elimination of thousands of positions, including sharp reductions in the sheriffs department. Supervisor Janice
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United Airlines could cut 36, 000 jobs
TEXAS, United States (AP) United Airlines is warning 36,000 employees nearly half its US staff they could be furloughed in October, the clearest signal yet of how deeply the novel coronavirus pandemic is hurting the airline industry.The outlook for a recovery in air travel has dimmed in just the
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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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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Statement on confirmation of Claire Woodall-Vogg as Executive Director of the Milwaukee Election Commission - Milwaukee Community Journal
Common Council President Cavalier Johnson July 7, 2020   The 2020 election cycle is already underway. Applications for absentee ballots are in the mail to hundreds of thousands of Milwaukee voters, and in just 35 days our citizens will cast their votes in the fall primary election and 119 days from
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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper
The Funeral Arrangements have Been Set for 13 Year Old Amaria Jones Who Was Killed in her Austin home | The Crusader Newspaper Group
The funeral arrangements have been set for 13 year old Amaria Jones who was killed while inside her Austin neighborhood home during the violent Fathers Day weekend. The service will be held Friday, July 3rd, 2020 The wake is at 10:00 a.m. and the funeral begins at 11:00 a.m. The funeral will be
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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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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
J'cans exempted from UK's COVID-19 quarantine rules
BRITAIN yesterday listed Jamaica among more than 50 countries exempted from its COVID-19 quarantine rules, but excluded the United States, which yesterday posted a record 53,000 new cases of the virus.This means travellers can visit the named countries for holidays without being quarantined for 14
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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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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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
J'can cops in US drug bust linked to men nabbed in MoBay
MONTEGO BAY, St James Individuals among the seven men suspected to be major figures in the illegal drug trade who were arrested during a Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch (C-TOC)-led operation in Montego Bay, St James, on Wednesday have been linked to last week's arrest of
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
County task force urges getting people back to work -
LOS ANGELES — As the number of coronavirus cases continue to spike in Los Angeles County, industry leaders June 30 urged county officials to safely get more residents back to work and college students back to school. In a meeting of the countys Economic Resiliency Task Force, members warned that
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LAPD funding slashed by $150M, reducing number of officers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — City leaders voted Wednesday to slash the Los Angeles Police Department budget by $150 million, reducing the number of officers to a level not seen for more than a decade amid nationwide demands to shift money away from law enforcement agencies during America’s reckoning over
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Where is my pension?
A 63-year-old Westmoreland man who served as a district constable for 26 years says he and some of his colleagues have been forced to retire without any written explanation or compensation and is calling on Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang to address the matter.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Devon House ordered closed
AS of today, Jamaicans and tourists will not be able to visit the popular Devon House attraction on Hope Road in St Andrew, as it has been ordered closed by the Government until the State is satisfied that the entity is fully compliant with safety measures to protect patrons from COVID-19.
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This Day in History July 3
Today is the 185th day of 2020. There are 181 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1987: British millionaire Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand becomes the first hot-air balloon travellers to cross the Atlantic, parachuting into the sea as their craft went down off the Scottish coast.�OTHER
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Opposition candidate wins Dominican Republic presidential poll
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP) Opposition candidate Luis Abinader swept to victory in the Dominican Republic's presidential election, early results showed Monday, ending 16 years of unbroken rule by the Caribbean nation's centre-left PLD party after voters braved a worsening novel
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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‘Art On The Block’ Murals Inspire Community Unity | Florida Sentinel Bulletin
MAYOR JANE CASTOR             This mural is located at the intersection of E. 21st Avenue and N. 15th Street. (Photo courtesy of the City of Tampa)               Last Saturday, Mayor Jane Castor hosted the unveiling of colorful murals in the community. They are located at five different locations
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JN Foundation donates to Missionaries Of the Poor
Missionaries Of the Poor (MOP), the Catholic charity that cares for the country's poor and dispossessed, last month received 500 care packages of basic food items, toiletries, canned food and household cleaning products to help beneficiaries cope with the effects of COVID-19.The JN Foundation made
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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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White Michigan couple charged after gun pulled on black family
MICHIGAN, United States A white couple face criminal charges after one of them was captured on video pulling a handgun on a black woman and her daughters in a restaurant parking lot in Michigan.
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