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Images of 9/11 attack, porn interrupt voting machine hearing - Black News Channel
By KATE BRUMBACK Asssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal hearing on a challenge to Georgia's voting machines was interrupted Friday when someone began posting video and symbols during the live Zoom session, including images from the Sept. 11 attacks, a swastika and pornography. Before the
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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel
Golding: Don't dwell on Lisa's JLP past
MARK Golding does not support the view by some, that Lisa Hanna's past history of association with the rival Jamaica Labour Party should prevent her from competing for the top post in the People's National Party.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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COVID-19 shuts KC's doors
The gates of all-boy institution Kingston College will be closed for the next few days, after a senior member of the high school's academic staff was suspected to have contracted the novel coronavirus, school officials have said.The individual has been isolated at home and is waiting on the result
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Hellshire vendors hurt by the passing of DK
ALREADY struggling from a sharp decline in sales because of a Government-imposed shutdown, vendors at the Hellshire Beach in St Catherine, are bracing for tougher times with the death of former Cabinet member Donald Keith (DK) Duncan.The veteran politician died in hospital Thursday after being
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Today's Horoscope — September 16, 2020
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020:Big-hearted, brave and indomitable, you live a big life. This year, you become a leader. Success is all around you, and as long as you don't buck authority too much, you'll succeed brilliantly. If single, you choose to stay alone for a while longer, but
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
PNP will bounce back — Wykeham McNeill
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Dr Wykeham McNiell, a vice-president of the People's National Party (PNP), which is now licking its wounds following a landslide defeat at the hands of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in the September 3 General Election, is expressing confidence that his party will rebound
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Southern California wildfire grows, burns nature centre
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) - The destruction wrought by a wind-driven wildfire in the mountains north-east of Los Angeles approached 156 square miles (404 square kilometres) yesterday, burning structures, homes and a nature centre in a famed Southern California wildlife sanctuary in foothill
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Moderna vaccine confers at least three months immunity: study
The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, which the company says was recently demonstrated to have 94 per cent efficacy, causes the human immune system to produce potent antibodies that endure for at least three months, a study showed Thursday.
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WHO says 'will do everything' to find COVID-19 origins
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - The World Health Organization (WHO) insisted yesterday it would do everything possible to find the animal origins of COVID-19, insisting that knowledge was vital to preventing future outbreaks.'We want to know the origin and we will do everything to know the origin,' WHO
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
'A waste of time'
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Attorney Tova Hamilton, who is representing Member of Parliament-elect for Manchester Central Rhoda Moy Crawford of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), has described the application for a magisterial recount by independent candidate Rohan Chung as a 'waste of time'.
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In Alabama, both GOP, Dems Find Common Ground: Absentee Voting On Saturdays  
By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times   It took Democrats and Republicans to open the downtown Birmingham and Bessemer County Courthouses on a Saturday in Alabama for in-person absentee balloting ahead of the November 3 general election. A bipartisan group of Jefferson County Commissioners on
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AN IMMODEST PROPOSAL: How to ensure a free and fair election in the US - African American News Today - EIN News
With the possibility of civil disunity from the rapidly approaching US presidential and general election, and given the fears of an election that is neither free nor fair, radical moves are necessary.
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Govt targets social media activists
BY MOSES MATENGA/BLESSED MLANGA/HARRIET CHIKANDIWA GOVERNMENT has threatened to intensify its snooping into citizens’ social media posts to thwart dissent and any plots to unseat or sabotage President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration. Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe announced the plans
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Today's Horoscope - Dedember 1
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, December 1, 2020: Outspoken, generous and free-spirited, with a wicked sense of humour, you succeed this year by being more diplomatic and careful. A new person joins your energetic team and you're off to the races. If single, you're generally flirtatious and attract
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New online tool lets you calculate COVID-19 risk
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) - If you were to find yourself in a group of 10 people in the US capital Washington today, the risk that one person has COVID-19 would be 18 per cent. The equivalent figure in Paris is 32 per cent.That's according to a dashboard developed by a team of US
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St James police hunting gun-slinging prostitute
THE St James police have launched a massive search for a woman from Flanker in the parish, who allegedly shot a client and stole $85,000 from him, after a sex transaction broke down.According to Jamaica Observer sources, the 40-year-old man, a tiler whose name is being withheld, agreed to meet the
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Trump, Biden vie to show leadership on 9/11 anniversary
SHANKSVILLE, United States (AFP) - US President Donald Trump struck a sombre tone yesterday on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks as his Democratic rival Joe Biden comforted relatives of victims - dueling bids to unite a deeply divided nation.
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Up to Jeffco Commission whether courthouse open for absentee voting on Saturdays
By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times  The decision whether to open the Birmingham and Bessemer Courthouses for in-person absentee voting on Saturdays is now in the hands of the Jefferson County Commission.     The five-member body will meet today at noon to consider opening the courthouses
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Barbados to remove Queen Elizabeth II as head of State
ST JOHN'S, Antigua and Barbuda (AFP) - Barbados has announced its intention to remove Queen Elizabeth II as head of State and become a republic by November next year, as the Caribbean island nation seeks to move fully beyond its colonial past.The decision was formalised in the so-called Throne
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Prison murder irony
Less than 48 hours after Jamaica was flayed by representatives of several countries over its treatment of people in the penal system, the reverse played out at St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre yesterday.This time it was a warder who was stabbed to death, allegedly by an inmate, in an
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Former Hanover constituents remember DK as a friend
COMRADES in Hanover Eastern are mourning the death of veteran People's National Party (PNP) politician and former Cabinet minister Dr D K Duncan, who served as Member of Parliament for the constituency between 2007 and 2016.Duncan, 80, was also the Member of Parliament for St Andrew East Central
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Education minister gives assurance to book industry
MINISTER of Education, Youth and Information Fayval Williams has assured representatives of the Book Industry Association of Jamaica (BIAJ) that the ministry was committed to working collaboratively with them as the country moves into utilising e-books and more of the online platforms for teaching
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Hurricane Iota closing in on storm-battered Central America
BILWI, Nicaragua (AFP) - Hurricane Iota is forecast to strengthen to an 'extremely dangerous' Category Four by the time it makes landfall in Central America today, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned, two weeks after powerful storm Eta devastated much of the region and left more than 200
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St Vincent PM warns overseas campaigners for opposition party KINGSTOWN (CMC): Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has issued a warning to the persons who he says are behind the main opposition New Democratic Party’s (NDP) campaign, telling them...
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Caricom wants to be part of efforts to combat COVID-19
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) - The Caribbean Community (Caricom) grouping has reiterated its desire to be a participant in the global response for a vaccine for the novel coronavirus that has killed 910,000 people and infected 28.2 million others worldwide.
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Auditor general uncovers discrepancies in CARE Programme
SEVERAL discrepancies have been uncovered following the Auditor General Department's (AGD) final review of the Government's COVID-19 Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) Programme, raising concerns in at least one area that unqualified people could have benefited from the COVID-19 General
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Grave concern
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Respected funeral home operator Calvin Lyn has given the assurance that unmarked graves, in a section of Melrose Cemetery, which had been badly damaged - with coffins exposed in some cases - are being repaired.
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Israel establishes full ties with Bahrain, UAE at White House
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) - Israel normalised relations with long-time foes Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates at a White House ceremony yesterday, as President Donald Trump said similar US-brokered deals were close between the Jewish State and 'five or six' other nations.
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$6-m price tag for new-look parliament building
THE retrofitting of the parliament building to meet health and safety standards amid the COVID-19 pandemic cost almost $6 million, Leader of Government Business Edmund Bartlett has reported.In a statement to the Lower House yesterday, he said the Plexiglas shields installed to help prevent the
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