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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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No dominoes at church!
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Pastor of the King's Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mount Salem, Charles Brevitt, yesterday warned members of his congregation to “cease and desist” from playing dominoes on the compound, arguing that if the Government is not allowing it to be played in bars, then members
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Changing the World
George Floyd’s six-year-old daughter Gianna looked on quizzically while her mother gave a heart wrenching description of what the death of her father would mean throughout the
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400 ship workers tested for COVID-19
The taking of COVID-19 samples by the Ministry of Health and Wellness from Jamaican ship workers who arrived in the island on Tuesday is to go on break on
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Holness prepared to declare state of emergency in Central Kingston
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says if advised, he is prepared to declare a state of public emergency in Central Kingston.  Holness was reacting to news that several houses on Beeston Street were set on fire by heavily armed gunmen on Tuesday...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
BPO sector rebounds to pre-COVID-19 level – Holness
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says Jamaica's business process outsourcing (BPO) sector has rebound to its pre-COVID-19 level, amid the ongoing pandemic. Speaking today at the virtual opening session of the third staging of Outsourcing 2...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Minister hails maiden Lagos-Ibadan freight train trip
The maiden freight train departed the Apapa Port in Lagos on Thursday for Ibadan, laden with 30 units of 40-feet containers The post Minister hails maiden Lagos-Ibadan freight train trip appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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Nigeria: Bayelsa2023 - No Vote Will Be Recorded for Polling Units With Violence - INEC
[Premium Times] "Where there is violence, it will be zero," the INEC chair said in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.
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TEF to play greater role in provision of public parks
Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, says the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) will be playing a greater role in the provision of public parks across Jamaica. Holness pointed out that a large part of the development of the Harmony Beach Park in Montego...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Phillips chides PM; declares PNP has answers
OPPOSITION Leader Dr Peter Phillips on Sunday chided Prime Minister Andrew Holness for suggesting that the country's crime problem has evolved beyond the capacity to contain
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Nigeria's president approves spending millions on a presidential yacht and SUVs for lawmakers | Africanews
Tinubu on Wednesday signed into law the budget that allocates $38 million for the presidential air fleet and other renovations. With the senate's approval, lawmakers assigned some $6.1 million budgeted earlier for the yacht to "student loans" — with the senate's approval.
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Holness encourages CARICOM countries to build stronger bonds with Africa
Amid the challenges being faced globally from the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has called for members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to strengthen their bonds with Africa. Speaking at the inaugural CARICOM-Africa Summit,...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Holness: I’m no dictator - PM deflects accusation as Bunting goes on attack
Debating an extension of the states of emergency in the Kingston Western and Central police divisions yesterday, newly appointed Leader of Opposition Business Peter Bunting indicated that the Holness administration had chosen social control over social investment in tackling crime in
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
PM rejects claims COVID rules relaxed as election sweetener
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has refuted claims that COVID-19 measures have been relaxed to pave the way for local government elections.  Holness says an election will not be held this year and certainly not until he is satisfied that Jamaica...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Holness calls for more aid to deal with traffic deaths and injuries
Chairman of the National Road Safety Council, Prime Minister Andrew Holness, is calling for more financial aid to developing countries like Jamaica to help with the implementation of sustainable measures to reduce road traffic deaths and injuries....
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
One year too long - PM laments tedious delays in procurement practices
Holness was speaking on Thursday at the commissioning of a $33-million, 110-ft-long bridge spanning the Wag Water River and which links Airy Castle, Bowden Hill, and Stony Hill in the St Andrew West Rural constituency represented by Juliet
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Makinde presents Oyo's 2024 budget to lawmakers
Presenting the budget tagged: “Budget of Economic Recovery”, the Oyo governor said the capital expenditure is 2.4 per cent higher than the recurrent expenditure. The post Makinde presents Oyo's 2024 budget to lawmakers appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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Are we ready for June 1? - Several sectors still reeling from COVID-19 hit, employers await gov’t protocol
THE ANDREW Holness led-Cabinet is expected to determine tomorrow whether it will bow to pressure from tourism and other industry interests to abandon the long-term phased and full reopening of the economy despite protests from health
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Tayland: yon jèn marye tiye madanm li ak 4 lòt envite pandan resepsyon maryaj li
The content originally appeared on: juno7 - Haïti News ​ ​ Tayland: yon jèn marye avan tire tèt pa l, li tiye madanm li ak 4 lòt envite ki te prezan nan resepsyon maryaj la. Chaturong Suksuk se yon najè Taylandè 29 lane ki tire madanm li ak 4 lòt envite pandan seremoni maryaj li. Pami 4 lòt viktim
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Holness: BPOs crucial to the digital economy
WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ), the umbrella organisation for the business process outsourcing sector, is expected to play a critical role in building out the country’s digital...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Web of corruption?
Academic friendships and Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) affiliations were also flagged as the links that connected several key players to high-ranking officials, including Andrew Wheatley, the energy minister with responsibility for Petrojam and who was
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Holness administration declined UK prison offer, Phillips asserts
Leader of the Opposition, Dr Peter Phillip, says he strongly rejects claims from Prime Minister Andrew Holness that the United Kingdom prison offer to Jamaica was implicitly refused by the People’s National Party
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Walk good, Shahine
THE woman who changed the tide of losses for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) with an upset in a People's National Party (PNP) stronghold in St Ann North Eastern in 2001, Shahine Robinson, died at her family home in Claremont, St Ann, around midday yesterday, after a long battle with lung
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Holness urges developers not to be thwarted by ‘bad mind’
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has said that he has a lot of confidence in the young generation of local entrepreneurs, investors, and builders that they are going to change the face of Jamaica for the better, urging them to ignore the “bad mind...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Holness: Government to create housing revolution
Prime Minister Andrew  Holness, says the Government is going to create a housing revolution to deliver units to families across the island at reasonable costs.
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
'You Been In the House All Your Life': Fans Are Unimpressed After T.I. and Tiny's Son King Harris Shows Off His Boxing Skills
It appears that T.I. and Tiny Harris’ son King Harris is channeling his inner Muhammad Ali after showing off his swift and impressive boxing skills. […]
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Update: Statue rage - Government opens debate on removing monuments to colonial-era icons
As global anti-racism protests sparked by the killing of American George Floyd coalesce around the toppling of white-supremacy monuments, Jamaica’s Culture Minister Olivia Grange has opened the door for discussion on removing statues of colonial-era icons from public
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Ministry of Education: Tech/voc training standardised across institutions
The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News The Education Ministry said the five major existing technical vocational education and training (TVET) institutions will now be offering courses only in their specifically assigned sector or sub sector for sustainable
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Holness not ruling out Wheatley in future Cabinet
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has not ruled out appointing resigned Energy Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley to a future
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
NBS Bank lives by promise on MDF war veterans golf sponsorship - Malawi News Network
NBS Bank Plc has lived by its promise to continue to sponsor the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) War Veterans Thanksgiving golf tournament by being the headline sponsor for the fourth year in a row The Bank, through its Chief Executive Officer Kwanele Ngwenya made a promise last year that it will
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