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Health ministry yet to meet with JMDA about out-of-work doctors
THE Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA) has been left in the lurch, as a Saturday meeting promised by health ministry Permanent Secretary Dunstan Bryan to address unemployment issues facing junior doctors, has still not happened.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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St Mary SE tell why Dunn should win
The Jamaica Observer visited the constituency of St Mary South East where sitting MP Dr Norman Dunn (JLP) is being challenged by . Residents were asked: 'Why should your party's candidate win the upcoming election?' Here is how they responded:Stephanie Simpson, Epsom:
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Shahine was a decent, diligent servant of the people, says Phillips
OPPOSITION leader and president of the People's National Party (PNP) Dr Peter Phillips yesterday expressed his sadness at the news of the passing of minister of labour and social security and Member of Parliament for St Ann North Eastern Shahine
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Lee: I haven’t neglected Retreat division
Since embracing the new role as Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) standard-bearer for St Ann North West, Krystal Lee has had to split her time between that constituency and the Retreat division in St Mary Western, where she is the elected
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Do it now!
The suggestion by Quality Incorporations VII Ltd Director Krishna Vaswani is that the Government starts reopening the economy in parishes where there are few cases of the novel
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Apartheid Era Signs in South Africa
Apartheid was a social philosophy which enforced racial, social, and economic segregation on the people of South Africa. The term apartheid comes from the Afrikaans word meaning separation. It was introduced by DF Malans Herenigde Nasionale Party (HNP - Reunited National Party) in 1948 and lasted
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Supporters weigh in on PNP, JLP candidates for St James Southern
The Jamaica Observer visited the battleground constituency of St James Southern last week, where the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Homer Davis and the People's National Party's (PNP) Dr Walton Small are expected to contest the parliamentary seat in the upcoming general election, and asked diehard
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Jamaican Olympian heads to America's Got Talent
Following in the footsteps of Tessanne Chin who won The Voice in 2013 and Dalton Harris who topped X Factor UK in 2018, two-time Olympian Shevon Stoddart is taking to another track on America’s Got Talent which is aired on
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Delroy Lindo: I Think Of 'Da 5 Bloods' As 'A Love Story'
Delroy Lindo (center) stars in Da 5 Bloods as Paul, a Vietnam veteran whose conservative politics are driven by a sense of betrayal
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Witness tells of cheques in his name for work not done by him
• His evidence in terms of the process he explained occurs when he does legitimate work for the council (preparing, signing and submitting contractor invoice; the work is assessed and he visits the council to collect the cheque from the cashier where he presents his ID and signs for the
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Greenwich Town ZOSO scenes
Last Wednesday, after Prime Minister Andrew Holness declared a zone of special operation (ZOSO) in Greenwich Town, the Jamaica Observer went to the south- western St Andrew community to get residents' reaction to the crime-fighting measure.
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What Was Apartheid in South Africa?
Apartheid is an Afrikaans word that means separation. It is the name given to the particular racial-social ideology developed in South Africa during the twentieth
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Four J'can cops arrested in Charlotte with 8 kilos of cocaine
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — Four members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force were arrested Tuesday at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina for allegedly smuggling eight kilogrammes of cocaine into the United
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Jamaicans in hiding say specialised cells for 'high-value' criminals not enough
RESIDENTS of Red Hills Road, St Andrew, who fled their communities because of threats issued by thugs acting on the orders of an incarcerated man, say the pronouncement by National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang that such prisoners will be moved to cells where they will be cut off from all
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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COVID-19-stranded Canadians look forward to going home
TREASURE BEACH, St Elizabeth — When the Canadian husband and wife pair of Tom and Susan Little arrived here back in March, they had a flight booked to return to Toronto on May
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Crawford slams Parchment Brown as partisan
Rhoda Crawford, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) standard-bearer who is seeking to unseat the incumbent for Manchester Central, Peter Bunting, in the upcoming general election, has signalled that her contract ends this month and she will shortly be...
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African-American activists escalating efforts to persuade Biden not to pick Klobuchar for VP
African-American activists are escalating their efforts to persuade former Vice President Joe Biden not to name Sen. Amy Klobuchar as his running mate, arguing he needs to choose someone who would excite black
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'One in a million'
RESIDENTS in St Ann North Eastern say they are not yet ready to let go of their late Member of Parliament Shahine Robinson, who had served the constituency since
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Exam headache!
Aleisha Salmon, a grade 12 student at Meadowbrook High, told the Jamaica Observer that since the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) forced the physical closure of schools, she has been worried and fearful as she is not certain what will obtain with the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations
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Jamaican teachers recruited to teach US students online
(Jamaica Observer) In an initiative with the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington DC, Community Scholar Inc — a US-based non-profit organisation — is hiring Jamaican teachers to tutor students in the United States
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Jamaican teachers recruited to teach US students online - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Observer) In an initiative with the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington DC, Community Scholar Inc — a US-based non-profit organisation — is hiring Jamaican teachers to tutor students in the United States
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Biden Hires Karine Jean-Pierre As Senior Adviser Amid Push To Engage Black Voters
Biden has already had an advantage with Black voters in the primary elections, especially over his former opponent Bernie
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Union rejects UWI's pay, benefits cut plan
A proposal by the management of The University of the West Indies (UWI) for the reduction in emoluments and benefits to staff across its campuses has been dismissed by the West Indies Group of University Teachers (WIGUT) “in no uncertain
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Jamaican woman stranded in The Bahamas, 'I'm down to $50 right now'
(Jamaica Observer) A Jamaican woman stranded in The Bahamas is begging the Government to focus on repatriating nationals stuck in smaller islands across the region as it moves to ramp up its admission of citizens back into the country by air travel next
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WNBA ANNOUNCES PLAN TO TIP OFF 2020 SEASON
Due to the fluid situation resulting from the pandemic, the league and players will continue to review the appropriate health and safety protocols and make necessary changes to the plan prior to arriving on site for the start of training camp and throughout the
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Powered by nightlife, Old Harbour longs for full reopening
The all-island night curfew, part of the Government's measures to curtail the spread of COVID-19, has left a gaping hole in the pockets of many other Old Harbour residents who, like Lisa, make their living after
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The Labour Party defeated Manley in 1980 and its capitalist-oriented leader, Edward P. G. Seaga, was elected prime minister. He encouraged private investment and began an austerity program. Like other Caribbean countries, Jamaica was hard-hit by the 1981–1982 recession. Devaluation of the Jamaican
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Bartender at Cool World Lounge along Bronthorpe Square Latoya Stewart serves customer Jason Foster as community bars opened for a two-week trial run last
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Louis Botha , (born Sept. 27, 1862, near Greytown, Natal [now in South Africa]—died Aug. 27, 1919, Pretoria, S.Af.), soldier and statesman who was the first prime minister of the Union of South Africa (1910–19) and a staunch advocate of a policy of reconciliation between Boers and Britons, as
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