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By Associated Press Undefined MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Piles of wind-tossed lumber used to be homes. Concrete walls have been pounded into painted chunks. Colorful pieces of clothing hang from tree branches. The devastation caused by Hurricane Iota became clear Wednesday as phone and internet
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On This Day: What happened on 18 November?
We look back on this day in history, 18 November, and remember the people and events that shaped the world we live in today. Every day is worth remembering.
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Hospital rejects reports beaten teen on one-month waiting list for MRI
The University Hospital of the West Indies has rejected reports that the 17-year-old girl who was beaten by a group of women at a party has been placed on a one-month waiting list for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)...
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Jamaica bounce back to beat Saudi Arabia - Voice Online
THEODORE WHITMORE’S 100th match at the helm ended in a deserved triumph as Jamaica's Reggae... The post Jamaica bounce back to beat Saudi Arabia appeared first on Voice Online.
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Africa's iconic island of Madagascar is splitting up – Here's how - Face2Face Africa
The African island nation of Madagascar will be splitting up into smaller islands as part of the geological changes occurring in the East African rift system that was previously thought to have spared the lands south of Mozambique. Now, scientists from Madagascar, the United States as well as
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Underfunded NWA can only react, says Hunter
“Gross underfunding” has tied the hands of the National Works Agency (NWA) from addressing decades-old deficiencies in Jamaica’s road infrastructure, Chief Executive Officer E.G. Hunter has said. Hunter said that budgetary constraints restricted...
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Punitive measures being explored for deadbeat dads
Corrective measures are among strategies to be explored as part of efforts to encourage Jamaican men to honour their responsibilities to their families.
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Somalia Mourns Former Prime Minister Omar Ghalib
[East African] Somalia is mourning after former Prime Minister Omar Arte Ghalib died on Wednesday.
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A boost for students at Solas Early Childhood Institution
SINCE his grandmother played a part in getting the land title for a church in Burnt Savannah, Westmoreland, that now houses Solas Early Childhood Institution, deciding on a school to support was easy for Aubyn Allen.The Jamaican, who now resides overseas, teamed up with child advocate and
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This Day in History - November 18
Today is the 323rd day of 2020. There are 43 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1978: A total of 912 people die in Jonestown, Guyana, after People's Temple cult leader Jim Jones convinces most followers to kill themselves by drinking cyanide-laced punch. Others are shot to death or forcibly
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CDF Unit vulnerable to fraud - Auditor General
Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis says that the Constituency Development Fund Programme Management Unit’s strategic plans for the period 2016 to 2020 did not include the assessment of potential risks. In that regard, she says the agency,...
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Mi glad mi reach pass 100 – Manchester centenarian
Cyril Dixon has called Cobbla, Manchester, his home for the last 101 years and resides in the same house he grew up in. In that home lies the memories of decades, much of which he can’t remember. Dixon is the youngest and only male among his seven...
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Legislation passed to improve standards in merchant shipping industry
The Shipping (Amendment) Act, which is designed to make better provisions for standards and behaviours within the merchant shipping industry nationally and internationally, was passed in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. Piloting the...
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Amazon Launches Online Pharmacy And Drug Delivery – Free Press of Jacksonville
By Victor Omondi On Tuesday, Amazon.com Inc launched an online pharmacy to deliver prescription medications in the United States. Named Amazon Pharmacy, the new store allows customers to compare prices as they buy drugs on [...]
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People go hungry in Ethiopia's Tigray as conflict marches on - Black News Channel
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — People are going hungry in Ethiopia's rebellious northern Tigray region as roads are blocked, airports are closed and the federal government marches on its capital in a final push to win a two-week war. But residents are afraid to leave for fear
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Kenya: Abiy Pushes Against Regional Intervention as Sudan Appeals for Help With Refugees
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Rwanda: Ngororero - Local Leaders Arrested for Forgery, Embezzlement
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JPMorgan Chase Commits $2.6 Million To Black and Other Minority-Led Nonprofits in London
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Like Trump, Jamaican Republican denies defeat - Makes unproven claims of voter fraud, says American Dream now nightmare
Jamaican Errol Webber, who ran on the Republican ticket for the 37th congressional district in Los Angeles, California, is refusing to concede defeat despite getting less than 14 per cent of the total votes cast. The seat was retained by Democrat...
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Murder wave tops agenda
As Jamaica’s Crime Monitoring and Oversight Committee prepares to update the nation on its deliberations, stakeholders will be acutely aware that the wave of violence flaring for decades is still at crisis proportions. Despite a slew of coronavirus...
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Rwanda: Boeing 737 Max Cleared to Fly Passengers Again
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'Good news!'
ALTHOUGH the fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic is more austere than that fuelled by the 2008 global economic recession, head of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Dr Wayne Henry is projecting that Jamaica is, at this time, poised to bounce back faster than it did then.
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Approach to road maintenance wrong, says NWA boss
National Works Agency (NWA) boss E G Hunter admits that there has been a reactive approach to maintenance of the island's road network and other infrastructure over the years, rather than a pre-emptive strategy, but says a number of factors are to blame.
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Rwanda: Amavubi Fans Divided Over Team's Fortunes
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