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196 schools to get Internet in September term
The connection of 196 public schools to the existing islandwide broadband network to enable access to high-speed Internet is expected to be completed in the new school term, which starts in September. This is to be carried out under the first phase...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Earth Today | Talking floods - Youth group seeks climate change resilience solutions
YOUNG PEOPLE on Action for Climate Change, Jamaica are getting a group of stakeholders together for a virtual forum that takes stock of flood risk in a changing climate. The event, set for this Friday (November 6), is being held under the theme ‘...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Black Teen Forced To Remove Beads During Softball Game Nicole Pyles, a Black student in Durham, North Carolina, says that an umpire forced her to cut out her beads in the middle of a high school softball game. Pyles told Today that she had worn the hairstyle at several other games, adding that she
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Jamaica: 71-year-old George Williams a step closer to prison release after 48 years without trial
(Jamaica Gleaner) For the first time in 48 years, George Williams had his day in a court of law
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Vendors shell-shocked as fire guts market
By the time Dawn and Jermaine Wilks received a telephone call at 4 o’clock Monday morning that fire had destroyed the meat mart they operated in Oxford Market in downtown Kingston, the source of their livelihood had already been turned into glowing...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
US COVID-19 deaths hit 600,000, equal to yearly cancer toll
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 topped 600,000 on Tuesday, even as the vaccination drive has drastically brought down daily... View Article The post US COVID-19 deaths hit 600,000, equal to yearly cancer toll appeared first on TheGrio.
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33 fake groups found in PNPYO, audit finds
An audit of groups in the People’s National Party Youth Organisation (PNPYO) found 33 “suspicious” groups with about 90 voting delegates, enough to swing upcoming internal elections in the limping body. Those additional details have emerged as...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
St Andrew pastor charged with rape, grievous sexual assault
A St Andrew pastor is facing criminal charges following accusations that he repeatedly engaged in sex acts with a member of his congregation under the guise that he was following God’s instructions to help her conceive a child. Dave Jonas, 53...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Experts consider vaccine priority for health-care and... - African American News Today - EIN News
With some coronavirus vaccine trials in their much-anticipated final stage, U.S. officials and experts are wrestling with one of the most difficult issues facing the country: Who should be first to get limited doses of a vaccine during one of the worst public health crises in a century? Discussions
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Six shot, three fatally, in Clarendon
Six people, including a pregnant woman, were shot in Effortville, Clarendon, last night.  Residents say explosions were heard about 8 p.m. It is reported that three of the victims have since succumbed to their injuries.  Police on the...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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LIVESTREAM REPLAY — #SaveLocalJournalism WEEK 3: THE #BLACKPRESSMATTERS MORE THAN EVER BEFORE
During a recent meeting organized by Anchor of Hope Ministries, a local, faith-based nonprofit assisting the formerly incarcerated, Holmes stated that the Black church has historically been centered to meet the community’s needs in a variety of
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Making It Plain: What Black America Needs to Know About COVID-19 and Vaccines - Houston Forward Times
Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in Multigenerational Homes Living in a multigenerational home has become… The post Making It Plain: What Black America Needs to Know About COVID-19 and Vaccines appeared first on Houston Forward Times.
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Vaz shifted... Removed from land portfolio, given water and housing
In a statement Wednesday afternoon, Jamaica House said Prime Minister Andrew Holness has instead assigned him responsibility for the water and housing
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Salt Spring benefits from social intervention programmes
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Head of the constabulary's Community Safety and Security Branch (CSSB) in St James, Deputy Superintendent Yvonne Whyte-Powell, says the relationship between the police and residents in sections of Salt Spring, St James, has seen a vast improvement.
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Motorists stuck as flood rains lash sections of Montego Bay
Several motorists have been trapped on the Long Hill main road near Big Gate in Montego Bay, St James amid flood rain. Several inches of rushing water and debris have covered the roadway which leads to Anchovy, Lethe, Wiltshire and other communities in upper St James.
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Kanye Meets With Trump Adviser Jared Kushner As Black Voters Ignore Him | The Urban Daily
New poll shows the rapper is flopping with Black voters.
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Local nonprofits provide holiday cheer to students in South Union and OST - DefenderNetwork.com
OST/South Union GO Neighborhood, the OST/South Union Health Improvement Partnership (OHIP) in collaboration with H-E-B and the Southeast Houston Transformation Alliance helped give back to the community in a significant way this holiday season. The organizations provided 500 students from the OST
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House-to-house COVID-19 checks to be done during Barbados lockdown
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jan. 27, CMC – Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced on Tuesday night that the Ministry of Health and Wellness will begin health checks of Barbadians in their homes during the February 3 - 17 lockdown. In a televised...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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PAHO urges support for CARICOM for “front of package” warnings against unhealthy food
WASHINGTON DC, Dec. 18, CMC –  The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has called for support for the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) proposal to put front-of-package nutritional warnings on food...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Coronavirus Update: Despite Pandemic, Police Shootings Don’t Decline
In the wake of the protests surrounding racial injustice and the killing of Blacks by police, a new report from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), finds that fatal police shootings have not slowed despite most Americans spending most of this year sheltering in place due to the pandemic. For
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Biden makes first calls to Canada's Trudeau, Mexico's López Obrador
President Joe Biden's first calls to foreign leaders went to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at a strained moment for the US relationship with its North American...
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Hanover JP Association ready to support the police
WESTERN BUREAU: As stakeholders continue to seek out ways to address the parish’s crime problem, several areas of possible cooperation in addressing the problem were discussed when the newly elected executive of the Hanover Justices of the Peace...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
COMMENTARY: The Black Church Faces an Atypical Crisis
During a recent meeting organized by Anchor of Hope Ministries, a local, faith-based nonprofit assisting the formerly incarcerated, Holmes stated that the Black church has historically been centered to meet the community’s needs in a variety of
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Cops left in the dark as councillor brokers gang truce
Rosalie Hamilton, councillor for the Rae Town division in Kingston Central, has pushed back at concerns that the local police were not invited to a recent meeting she hosted to broker a truce between warring factions in the
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Celebrate Mother’s Day with hope and caution | Atlanta Daily World
APHA: Celebrate Mother’s Day with hope and caution As the U.S. approaches its second Mother’s Day amid the pandemic, albeit with slightly relaxed guidelines given the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines, there’s definitely reason to celebrate. “We have come so far this year and there seems to be a reason
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Now more than two-thirds of US citizens plan to get vaccinated for COVID – up 10% since November - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… with confidence increasing particularly among African Americans, according to the latest Pew … they would in November. The African-American population has been particularly hard … which rises to 78% among Black Americans. The survey found 49% of …
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‘The PNP is at war’
Allowing Dr Dayton Campbell to remain in his position as general secretary of the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) “weakens the leadership” of the political organisation, one of his predecessors has warned. Almost six months into his...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
TBE#47 - National Urban League Is Working With A Landmark Coalition Of Black Medical Professionals To Ensure A COVID-19 Vaccine Is Safe And Equitably Distributed | Afro
To Be Equal #47 November 19, 2020 National Urban League Is Working With A Landmark Coalition Of Black Medical Professionals To Ensure A COVID-19 Vaccine Is Safe And Equitably Distributed Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “Because of the racial inequities we have built into our
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14 more COVID-19 deaths, 59 new cases
Jamaica has recorded 14 more COVID-19 fatalities, pushing the tally to 988. The deceased are: * A 63-year-old man from Kingston & St Andrew * A 95-year-old woman from Kingston & St Andrew * A 92-year-old male from Manchester * A 69-...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
To Defeat COVID-19, Members of the Black Community Must Get Vaccinated | The Savannah Tribune
Just this past April, we celebrated National Minority Health Month. As a part of this important time, it’s worth taking a look at the unfortunate impact COVID-19 had on minority populations. It is undeniable that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected minority communities at a disproportionate
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