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Firearm seized in Rockfort, four men arrested
Four men are in police custody following the seizure of a firearm and several rounds of ammunition during an operation on Tiverton Road, Kingston 2. The Rockfort Police report that between 6:00 a.m., and 9:00 a.m. on Friday, a search was...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Children are lagging and COVID-19 harming AIDS care
�WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) New numbers on the global AIDS epidemic show some big successes, such as fewer deaths and new infections. But there are also some tragic failures: Only half the children with HIV, the virus that causes the disease, are getting treatment.
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Africa: Govt - AfCTA to Boost Africa's Exports By U.S.$560 Billion
[This Day] When fully operational, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement will boost exports in the continent by at least $560 billion, the federal government has said.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Three more COVID-19 deaths, 155 new cases
Jamaica on Sunday recorded three more COVID-19 deaths, increasing fatalities to 70. One additional death is under investigation Meanwhile, there were 155 new cases with ages ranging from 2 to 93 years, pushing the tally to 5,143 with 3,583 of them...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Uganda's Fiscal Deficit High, Says World Bank
[Monitor] The World Bank has expressed concerns over Uganda's rising fiscal deficits now standing at 9 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) for the fiscal year 2020/2021.
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Remembering the 1964 Murders of Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner
For Blacks of a certain age, the May 25 knee-on-neck killing of George Floyd by a White police officer evokes that awful time in the summer of 1964 when young civil rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi by a Klan
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Dr Hinds: Covid19 numbers on the decline - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Epidemiologist Dr Avery Hinds said figures for June show encouraging signs of a decline in covid19 cases. He was speaking at the Ministry of Health’s press conference on Wednesday. He said data so far for this month showed an overall average positivity of about 35 per cent as compared to 43
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'A hot mess'
LOS ANGELES, United States (AP) For two weeks, Rachael Jones has stayed home, going without a pay cheque while waiting and waiting for the results of a COVID-19 test from a pharmacy near Philadelphia. I'm just so disappointed. I just don't know how with the resources and the people we have and
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Rwanda: Remittances to Rwanda Plummet By 16% in March
[New Times] There has been an unprecedented decline in the flow of remittances to Rwanda - a vibrant source of money for a section of Rwandan- just as cases of coronavirus surge worldwide and the country grapples with the pandemic.
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IPID probes death of cop killed in alleged accidental shooting | News24
The Independent Police Investigative Police Directorate is investigating the death of a police officer who was allegedly accidentally shot by a colleague.
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COVID-19 takes away excitement in release of PEP results
SCHOOLYARDS across the Corporate Area yesterday were a stark contrast to previous years when excitement among primary school students would be at fever pitch over their secondary school placement results.
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Commentary: Where are the “other” white men? - WS Chronicle
Commentary: Where are the “other” white men? The post Commentary: Where are the “other” white men? appeared first on WS Chronicle.
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Rally Held In Garden City In Support of Aundrey Stewart After Being Spit On
According to a Garden City police report, on last Monday, June 22, 2020 Aundrey Stewart was turning his car around in the driveway that belonged to Dmitri
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Doctor accused of artificially inseminating nurse loses child custody battle
A paternity case has for six years hung around the neck of the doctor who has been fighting the right to be the child's father while warding off rape.
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NSE lags African peers on pandemic impact
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) lags regional peers in local currency returns this year.
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Home Isn’t A Guarantee For Survivors Fleeing Domestic Abusers During COVID-19
Survivors of intimate partner and sexual violence experience housing insecurity at disproportionate rates and as a direct result of the violence they’ve endured. The pandemic has made it unimaginably worse.
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Haiti records significant increase in COVID-19 cases after re-opening airport
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Jul 6, CMC – Haitian health authorities have confirmed that since the reopening of the Toussaint Louverture International Airport, the French-speaking Caribbean country has recorded a 73 per cent increase in the number...
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Melkbosstrand horror taxi-truck collision kills seven, leaves 10 injured
Four men and three women were killed in a collision between a taxi and truck on the R27 in Melkbosstrand, Cape Town on Tuesday.
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Wealthier men are more likely to develop high blood pressure
WORKING men with higher incomes are more likely to develop high blood pressure, according to a study presented at the 84th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS 2020).
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Searching for the lost children after DR Congo volcanic eruption | News24
DR Congo's Mount Nyiragongo has ceased to rumble and Goma, the city that lives in its shadow, is in recovery mode. But hundreds of parents are still frantically searching for children who became separated from them during the panicky flight to safer ground.
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This Mom Brought Her Children to a March, and Here Is Why
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Twitter Puts Erykah Badu on Blast Over Comments About School Girls
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JTA happy with PEP placement method
MONTEGO BAY, St James Owen Speid, president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association, says the organisation is satisfied with the methodology used by the Government for students' Primary Exit Profile (PEP) placements.We were pretty pleased with what they did, in terms of using those scores to compute
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Uganda: Covid-19 Has Pushed More Ugandans Into Agriculture, Says World Bank
[Monitor] Job losses and closure of small businesses due to Covid-19 related challenges has forced a number of Ugandans into agriculture, according to World Bank Country Manager Mr Tony Thompson.
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More prefer Holness as PM
Significantly more Jamaicans polled in the latest survey by Bill Johnson say that Prime Minister Andrew Holness would do a better job as head of Government than Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips.
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Western to wait longer for stable power
Homes and industries in western Kenya may have to wait longer for a stable supply of electricity after the completion date for the Olkaria-Lessos-Kisumu transmission line was pushed again.
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It’s too risky for govt to let soldiers go hungry
Zimbabwe’s worsening economic situation, coupled with a severe food crisis, hyperinflation and cash shortages paint the correct picture and the state of affairs in the barracks which Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri laid out in Parliament, is a microcosm of the larger situation in the
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Evil, manipulative Zim paedophile guilty of 11 child sex crimes - NewsDay Zimbabwe
A serial paedophile from Zimbabwe who was described as “evil and manipulative” during trial last Friday, faces a lengthy prison spell in The post Evil, manipulative Zim paedophile guilty of 11 child sex crimes appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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Low turnout as France votes in local polls
PARIS, France (AFP) � French voters abstained in their millions Sunday from a final round of municipal elections predicted to deal a blow to the party of President Emmanuel Macron.Amid persistent fears of the novel coronavirus contagion, just over a third of voters had turned out by 5:00
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Man riddled with bullets in Trinidad - Stabroek News
(Trinidad Express) Two men have been murdered overnight. Aaron Castillo was gunned down at Clovis Street, Arima shortly before midnight. The article Man riddled with bullets in Trinidad appeared first on Stabroek News.
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