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NEWLY appointed Minister of Labour and Social Security Mike Henry confirmed yesterday that the ministry is reviewing the control system for applicants seeking PATH grants under the COVID-19 Allocation of Resources for Employees
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Malawi: Africa Must Not Fail Malawi Again - Olusegun Obasanjo
The African Union election observer mission reported that "the elections took place in a peaceful, transparent and orderly manner, and thus met national, regional, continental and international standards for democratic
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Source: allAfrica.com
Comesa pilots digital Rules of Origin system
Burundi, Rwanda and Kenya are among 15 members of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) ready to pilot the Comesa Electronic Certificate of Origin
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Source: The East African
One in 97 people around the world forced from their homes in
War, violence and other humanitarian emergencies forced about 79.5 million people out of their homes in 2019—almost double the number of people displaced a decade ago—according to a report by United Nations High Commission for
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Source: The East African
Immaculate Prep under fire for blocking online classes
A group of 27 parents of grade one and kindergarten students at Immaculate Prep in Kingston have expressed outrage at the school board’s denial of their pleas for discounted fees for online classes and for barring children’s access to the Zoom portal for
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Africa: What Becomes of Africa As the Foreign Aid Taps Run Dry?
DfID has, in the years of its existence, been key to offering development assistance to countries with high numbers of people living in poverty in the areas of primary education; access to reproductive health care; and the tackling of infant, child, and maternal deaths, and this role substantially
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Chakwera wins Malawi vote
Malawi's opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera won last week's presidential election re-run with 58.57 per cent of the vote, the electoral commission said
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Source: The East African
LIAT chair assures staff of payments
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) – Chairman of the shareholder governments of the regional airline, LIAT, Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves yesterday sought to assure employees that payment of outstanding salaries and arrears “will be urgently
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
PRETESTING U-TURN - New hurdle for visitors from high-risk COVID US states
Visitors from the high-risk American states of Florida, New York, Arizona, and Texas are now required to pretest for the new coronavirus before travelling to Jamaica, says Prime Minister Andrew
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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200, 000 tablets for students
The Government, through the Ministry of Education, has entered into contractual arrangements for the delivery of 200,000 tablet computers for schools. This was disclosed in Parliament yesterday by Education Minister Karl Samuda, who said that it is...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Rwanda: Trade Falls Sharply in First Quarter of 2020
[New Times] The Covid-19 global epidemic which has devastated countries continues to upend the global economy, with the latest outlook painting a grim picture on world trade in the first quarter of this year.
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Source: allAfrica.com
C.A.R enforces strict measures against Covid-19
The Authorities in Central African Republic have enforced the wearing of a mask and reducing crowds, two measures to limit the spread of
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70pc of households struggle to pay rent
Nearly 70 per cent of households captured in a State survey had difficulties in paying their rent in May, highlighting the impact of Covid-19 hardships on the property market.
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Source: Business Daily
Hotels, buses eyes dividends of reopening from corona lockdown
Nairobi accounts for 21.7 percent of the country’s output, and influences economic activities in neighbouring counties of Kiambu, Machakos and Kajiado and even beyond.
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Source: Business Daily
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Vreed-en-Hoop businesses battling low sales, coronavirus measures - Stabroek News
A number of stores along the Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling Road that had closed as a result of the lockdown brought on by the coronavirus pandemic have since reopened but business is far from normal with these stores doing fifty per cent or less of their normal
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As COVID-19 cases surge in US, rural areas seeing jump too
While much of the focus of concerns that the United States is experiencing a dangerous second wave has been on big Sunbelt states that are reporting thousands of new cases a day — like Texas and Florida — the worrying trend is also happening in places like Kansas, where livestock outnumber
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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200,000 tablets for students
The Government, through the Ministry of Education, has entered into contractual arrangements for the delivery of 200,000 tablet computers for
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Rwanda MPs vote to give president more powers
Rwandan lawmakers have endorsed plans to give more powers to the president to create and disband public institutions and state-owned companies as the country seeks to improve efficiency and minimise
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Source: The East African
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Mauritian firm completes Sh1. 2 billion acquisition of Saham
Mauritian insurance company MUA Ltd (MUA) has finally received regulatory greenlight to acquire Nairobi based Saham Assurance company in a deal worth Sh1.23 billion.
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Source: Business Daily
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
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Intra-EAC trade thins as Covid-19 lockdowns restrict movement
East African Community intra trade volumes have reduced to about 40 per cent due to Covid-19 measures as the World Trade Organisation warns of a worldwide drop in merchandise
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Source: The East African
World Bank gives Uganda $300m to fight Covid-19
The World Bank has approved $300 million budget to aid Uganda in fighting the coronavirus
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Source: The East African
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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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Source: Business Daily
How to rid E.Africa of locusts? Serve them in a kebab
Eat them, poison them, and use scent to drive them to cannibalism - as a second wave of locusts threatens to devour East Africa’s crops, scientists in a Nairobi lab are experimenting with novel ways to kill
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Source: The East African
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MWANYASI: How ethnic, racial diversity drive corporate bottom
How ethnic, racial diversity drive corporate bottom line
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Experts see no proof of child abuse surge amid pandemic
NEW YORK, United States (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic took hold across the United States in mid-March, forcing schools to close and many children to be locked down in households buffeted by job losses and other forms of stress, many child welfare experts warned of a likely surge in child
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Is It Safe to Fly Right Now? Here’s What Experts Have to Say – Free Press of Jacksonville
Some airlines, like  JetBlue , even require passengers to wear face coverings over their mouths and noses throughout check-in, boarding, in flight, and while deplaning, while others may only require that masks be worn on
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Earth Today | Water relief for vulnerable farmers in upper Clarendon
More than 68 farmers in drought-stricken communities in the Upper Rio Minho Watershed area of Clarendon have so far received 49,000 gallons of water, with another 48,000 to be delivered over the next three
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