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I will act on corruption when necessary, says Phillips
MONTEGO BAY, St James Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips says he will not fail to discipline members of his party who are found guilty of corruption when it is warranted, but currently there is no need for him to to do so.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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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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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Why no lockdown of Tivoli Gardens after 5 COVID-19 cases
THE Ministry of Health and Wellness says the decision to place the west Kingston community of Tivoli Gardens under surveillance instead of a lockdown, as it had done in other communities where novel coronavirus infections were detected, was based on a risk assessment.
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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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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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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
US in trouble
MIAMI, United States (AP) Hospitals rapidly approached capacity in Florida and Texas, and the Miami area closed restaurants again Monday because of the surging coronavirus, as the US emerged from a Fourth of July weekend of picnics, pool parties and beach outings that health officials fear could
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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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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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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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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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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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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Macron tightens grip ahead of 2022 challenge
PARIS, France (AFP) By replacing his popular prime minister with a little-known bureaucrat, French President Emmanuel Macron has signalled that he intends to tighten the reins on government ahead of a bid for re-election in 2022, analysts say.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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
Mayor Barrett Announces Allocation of Community Development Block Grant Funds - Milwaukee Community Journal
MILWAUKEE— Mayor Tom Barrett Tuesday announced his plans to commit significant resources from the Community Development Block Grant Fund to address housing, employment and COVID-19 mitigation efforts. The total amount that will be reprogrammed comes to approximately $5.6 million dollars. Resources
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Hospitals approaching capacity as Miami closes restaurants
MIAMI (AP) — Hospitals rapidly approached capacity across the Sunbelt, and the Miami area closed restaurants and gyms again because... View Article The post Hospitals approaching capacity as Miami closes restaurants appeared first on TheGrio.
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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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Towards a stronger Hanbury community
MANDEVILLE, Manchester Until recently it took Carlton Cochrane two days to cut the grass at the Hanbury Community sports field, using an old-fashioned lawn mower.And, he laughingly remembers decades ago when he and others used machetes to cut the huge area, which embraces two full-sized football
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Jamaican among four charged with murder of businessman
PORT OF SPAIN (CMC) Police have charged four people, including a 34-year-old Jamaican with murder after the body of a 64-year-old businessman was found buried behind an unfinished concrete structure in Lowlands, Tobago last month.
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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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Michael Gordon remembered as humble, gracious artist
LATE former Jamaica Observer Photo Editor Michael Gordon was remembered yesterday as a humble and gracious artist who performed his photography duties with brilliance, at a service of thanksgiving for his life at Boulevard Baptist Church in St Andrew.The 67-year-old died suddenly at home in May
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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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T&T election August 10
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday announced August 10 as the date for the general election in Trinidad and Tobago, just under one month shy of the fifth anniversary when voters went to the polls on September 7, 2015 to elect his People's National Movement
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Three senior cops elevated to rank of DCP
THREE of the Jamaica Constabulary Force's members have been elevated to the rank of deputy commissioner of police (DCP).The appointments of the former assistant commissioners of police (ACP) Fitz Bailey, Richard Stewart, and Dr Kevin Blake were approved by the governor general, acting on the
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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
Min. Farrakhan to deliver major July 4 worldwide address | The Crusader Newspaper Group
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam will deliver a major message July 4 concerning the current state of affairs in America, the world, the coronavirus global pandemic and other critical subjects. Minister Farrakhan’s message, “The Criterion,” will be delivered on
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TICAR TO Hold Peaceful Rally Ahead Of Union School Board Meeting | The Oklahoma Eagle
The Oklahoma Eagle Newswire The Tulsa Indian Coalition Against Racism (TICAR) will hold a peaceful rally before the Union School Board discusses their plans to review the school’s mascot in what would be a historic event in Oklahoma sports. While not the first to voluntarily drop its controversial
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COVID-19 testing sites unfriendly to walk-up traffic -
LOS ANGELES — As a pandemic loomed, local health officials and government leaders scrambled to set up an accessible testing system, devising a series of drive-through coronavirus testing sites around Los Angeles County. In early May, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti made his city the first in America to
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