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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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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Governor General suspends use of insignia depicting black man as Satan
Governor General Sir Patrick Allen has suspended personal use of the controversial insignia of the Order of St Michael and St George. The insignia depicts a white man, cited as a triumphant archangel, with his foot on the neck of a black man...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Thomas Jefferson Descendant Calls For Removal Of His Famous Ancestor's Statues
Shannon Lanier, a ninth-generation direct descendant of President Thomas Jefferson, believes that statues of the Founding Father would be better off in
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Throw out GG’s office with medal, says Williams
Despite news of an impending request to change a controversial racist image on an insignia worn by Sir Patrick Allen, a social-media lobbyist who stoked outrage over the depiction wants the governor general’s office disbanded
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
‘Wi likkle but wi tallawah’ - Golding warns that small Opposition will have outsize power in reining in corruption
Newly appointed Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding sent a strong message to the Holness administration on Tuesday, warning that he would keep the Government in check and be fearless in reining in corruption and malfeasance. Golding, 55,...
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National Party Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 until his assassination on 6 September 1966, Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd was the chief architect of Grand Apartheid, which called for the separation of races in South
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Dunn pledges water upgrade in first 100 days
Following an impressive showing at the polls in last Thursday’s general election, Dr Norman Dunn will be returning as member of parliament for the constituency of South East St Mary. Dunn, the incumbent and Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate,...
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SEPT 3 GREEN LIGHT - Holness seeks second mandate in 23-day election sprint; nomination day August 18
Andrew Holness will seek his second mandate for state power when his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) heads to the polls on Thursday, September 3 in a 23-day sprint to beat gathering coronavirus clouds that could dampen voter turnout. Some 1,913,410...
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(1970) Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, “I Am For the Equal Rights Amendment.”
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Cronyism claim - Lisa Hanna dodges charges but scolded for contract nepotism
Lisa Hanna, a legislator and spokesperson for the Opposition People’s National Party’s (PNP) election campaign, has escaped criminal charges but has been slammed for nepotism and cronyism in the award of millions of dollars in contracts in St Ann...
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GG rejects racist emblem
The campaign of the Black Lives Matter movement against racism reverberated in King's House yesterday as Governor General Sir Patrick Allen accepted as “offensive” a racist image on a British badge he is forced to wear on his breast on official
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Malawi ruling party cries foul over presidential vote re-run
Malawi's governing party has called for a third presidential election, citing irregularities and intimidation in this week's re-run vote as unofficial tallies show incumbent President Peter Mutharika losing to the opposition
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Barbados trade unionist joins Mottley’s fold
A leading trade unionist and independent senator in Barbados has switched sides and joined forces with the ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP) of Prime Minister Mia Mottley. The prime minister announced this evening during a press briefing that...
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Saving the Postal Service is essential to the economy and democracy
At the height of a public health and economic crisis, President Trump and his GOP allies are focused instead on an all-out assault on a critical public service: the popular, 245-year-old United States Postal
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Hanna’s mind not made up on Bunting, Horne
WESTERN BUREAU: People’s National Party (PNP) leadership candidate Lisa Hanna, while remaining noncommittal about whether she would make Senate appointments available to party stalwarts Peter Bunting and Norman Horne, says that all options remain...
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Relief for Sikhala, Hwende
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Stagnant NDM in a coma, says chairman
THE NATIONAL Democratic Movement (NDM) is emerging from “a coma” and has scaled down to an advocacy group, Chairman Michael Williams has
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Justice stalled - Multimillion-dollar project to free mentally ill inmates fettered
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WATCH: ‘I tried everything’ - Sister of man who died in custody after 40-year wait for trial speaks out
For more than three decades, Joyce Davy sought justice for her brother, Noel Chambers, stepping up her efforts as visible signs emerged that his health was deteriorating at the Kingston-based Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre, where he spent 40 years without
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Jamaica
Jamaica is an island in the West Indies, 90 mi (145 km) south of Cuba and 100 mi (161 km) west of Haiti. It is a little smaller than Connecticut. The island is made up of coastal lowlands, a limestone plateau, and the Blue Mountains, a group of volcanic hills, in the
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Motorcade and Clarks don’t win election, says confident Hayles - PNP incumbent certain he’ll retain Hanover Western
Western Bureau: Despite the buzz around his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) challenger, Tamika Davis, Ian Hayles of the People’s National Party (PNP) is flush with confidence that come September 3, he will retain his seat as member of parliament (MP)...
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Hanna first to starting line
Lisa Hanna became the first official candidate in the November 7 race for the president of the People’s National Party (PNP), submitting nomination papers yesterday afternoon. Hanna, backed by a number of women in the PNP, including Imani Duncan...
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