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8 possible political killings in KwaZulu-Natal under investigation - Cele
Concerns have been raised that there could be a possible resurgence of political killings in KwaZulu-Natal after Minister of Police Bheki Cele announced they were investigating eight possible instances of politically-related
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Health ministry inspects 236 residential facilities
A total of 236 residential facilities have been inspected by the Ministry of Health and Wellness, to assess their adherence to measures aimed at mitigating the risk of an outbreak of COVID-19. The total amount includes 203 nursing homes, 13...
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CTICC Field Hospital to be decommissioned as COVID-19 cases decline
Due to a decline in infections in the Western Cape, the Brackengate Field Hospital will replace the CTICC as the new 'Hospital of Hope'.
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PICS | Man shot 4 times in Durban while on his way to work
A man died after he was shot four times by unknown suspects in Maydon Wharf, Durban, on Thursday
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Jamaica acquires four offshore patrol vehicles, two maritime aircraft
This was disclosed yesterday by portfolio minister Dr Horace Chang while addressing a two-day virtual symposium organised by the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) and the Ministry entitled, ‘Resilient Policies for National
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
50 trainee cops puzzled as names missing from voters’ list
WESTERN BUREAU: Fifty trainee police officers in western Jamaica missed out on exercising their franchise on Monday as their names did not appear on the voters’ list for the security forces. In an interview with The Gleaner just before the close...
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Tanzania ban on public interest litigation bad for human rights – PIN
Paradigm Initiative, PIN, avers that human rights and the ordinary citizen stood as the main victims if the Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, No. 3 of 2020 is assented
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Norwood placed under COVID-19 community surveillance
THE NORWOOD community, on the outskirts of Montego Bay, St James, was yesterday placed under community surveillance by the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) after several positive COVID-19 cases were
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A look inside a South African ward as deaths pass 50,000 mark | Africanews
"Every day when I went home I prayed and asked God 'Please God, can you please help me to go through this?' That is why I am like this now, but I am exhausted. I need leave. Now I am exhausted, but anyway, by the grace of the Lord that is why I am here right now." - Salome Mkoana, nurse
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Uganda stadium to host COVID-19 field hospital | Africanews
Kampala’s national stadium, home of the national football team and Uganda’s premier athletics venue, has been deserted for several months by sports fans due to the
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Wisconsin admits 1st patient to field hospital, reports record COVID-19 deaths – National News – The Black Chronicle
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Miner becomes millionaire after finding biggest tanzanite stones
A Tanzanian small-scale miner has become a multi-millionaire after uncovering two of the biggest of the country's precious tanzanite stones ever found and selling them to the
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COVID field hospital coming
As COVID-19 numbers continue to mount in Jamaica, the Government is expecting the arrival of infrastructure to build out a field hospital within two weeks. Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton disclosed on Thursday evening that the field hospital...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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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Kenya coronavirus: 4,738 cases after 100 days since index case
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BPOs donate care packages to Granville residents
ONE HUNDRED and twenty families in Granville, St James, received a special treat yesterday when they were given care packages with food and snacks by the Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ), as part of the group’s ongoing outreach support programme amid the COVID-19
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Government rethinking field hospital at National Arena – Tufton
The Government is thinking about building a new health facility on the grounds of one of the country's existing hospitals instead of going ahead with its plan to set up a 72-bed field hospital at the National Arena in St
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Tufton points doctors to CARICOM - Out-of-work physicians in waiting room as minister reviews hiring gaps
The more than 100 doctors currently unable to secure jobs in the public health sector have been urged by Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton to explore private practice domestically or seek employment at other hospitals across the...
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Poor People's Campaign stages massive online demonstration
(Religion News Service) — With COVID-19 restrictions preventing an intended in-person rally in Washington D.C., at least a million supporters of the Poor People’s Campaign reportedly tuned in Saturday (June 20) to watch a mix of live speeches and pre-recorded clips of liberal religious leaders
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Trelawny gets a taste of the Mobile Justice Unit
Residents in Trelawny got an opportunity to utilise the services of the Ministry of Justice’s Mobile Justice Unit last Friday when it made a stop at the Trelawny Justice Centre at Rock, near Falmouth, offering a range of
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Earth Today | Build back blue, green and better
Jamaican and Caribbean businesses must strive to ‘build back blue, build back green, build back better’, following the blow dealt to the global economy by
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WNBA Star Angel McCoughtry Launches Campaign To Place Names Of Police Brutality Victims On Jerseys
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Western stakeholders want tighter COVID enforcement
WESTERN BUREAU: With Jamaica’s COVID-19 cases now standing at 2,896 infections and 29 deaths following the recent spikes, some stakeholders in western Jamaica are urging the Government to be more stringent in enforcing the Ministry of Health’s...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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‘The ostrich syndrome must end’
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Afrocentric Homeschooling in Black Families | Afro
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Trelawny Farmers’ Market gets thumbs down from MP
Wright, whose relationship with the Trelawny Branch Society of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) has been somewhat acrimonious, described the event as something that was set up for a particular purpose, which has nothing to do with
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
MBJ Airports donates equipment worth $3m to hospital
The Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) has received $3 million worth of equipment from MBJ Airports Limited (MBJ). Shane Munroe, chief executive officer of the MBJ, presented the beds to Dr Derrick Harvey, senior medical officer of the CRH, on...
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MAJ disappointed as media not granted exemption under data law - Whistleblowers, journalists could be exposed
The Media Association Jamaica (MAJ) Limited is expressing disappointment over the passing of the Data Protection Bill two weeks ago without changes to grant complete exemption to the media on the basis of press freedom principles, something for which it and the Press Association of Jamaica had been
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We have done our best to manage COVID-19 – Greene
While new concerns looming about the nation’s capacity to contain a fresh outbreak of COVID-19 with the gradual reopening of the island’s borders, Errol Greene, the regional director of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), believes his administration is in a state of readiness to give of
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