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The sights from yesterday's PNP Presidential Election
Mark Golding celebrates with wife Sandra after he was announced as winner of the PNP presidential election yesterday. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)Lisa Hanna shows evidence of her voting in yesterday's presidential election at the Brown's Town Community College, St Ann. (Photo: Karl McLarty)
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Dayton real estate investment firm sells apartment complex for $47M
Throughout the pandemic, the company said it has provided $1.5 million in small business loans to minority and women-owned businesses, $380,000 in food distributions to local Dayton students and their…
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Source: The Black Chronicle
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Access info on public investment projects, says Clarke
THE Ministry of Finance and the Public Service on Wednesday launched the Jamaica InvestmentMap, a digital platform that will facilitate interactive public access to information on investment projects being implemented by the Government.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Happy Birthday to Victoria J.G. Adams, a Key Pioneer of the Civil Rights Movement
Photo credits: YouTube screenshot/Mississippi Power Born in Hattiesburg, Mississippion November 5, 1926, Victoria Jackson Gray Adams (pictured) became one of the most importantMississippians involvedin theCivil RightsMovement. Her activities included teaching voter registration courses to
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Five arrested following party at which cop was killed
At least five people have been arrested for breaching the Disaster Risk Management Act, following a party in Harwood district, Clarendon last night, where a constable was shot and killed. According to Superintendent Gary Francis,...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Kenya: The Short-Lived Career of First Meru Woman MP
[Nation] When the political bug bit her at the tender age of 34 in the lead-up to the 1974 General Election, not even her late father could convince her that politics was not the best option for her.
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Kamala Harris shatters barriers to become first Black woman VP | New Pittsburgh Courier
by Roz Edward Kamala Harris made history Saturday as the first Black woman elected as vice president of the United States, shattering barriers that have kept men — almost all of them white — entrenched at the highest levels of American politics for more than two centuries. The 56-year-old
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Election 2020 Live Updates: Biden Proclaims ‘Time to Heal’ in First Speech as President-Elect
… Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first African-American sorority, of which Senator Kamala … reasonably sure that the first African-American female Vice President-Elect of …
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Tanzanian Media Unable to Cover Covid-19 Epidemic
[RSF] Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the lack of transparency about the public health situation in Tanzania since the start of the coronavirus epidemic and calls on the authorities to guarantee access to essential information. Press freedom, which has been drastically curtailed for
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Source: allAfrica.com
COVID caution
Jamaicans are being cautioned against bypassing medical assessment and going directly to private laboratories for COVID-19 tests.Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie made the call yesterday for the public to adhere to the protocols for testing, as it is part of the management
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Africa: Covid-19 - UN Deputy Secretary-General to Visit Nigeria, Three Other Africa Countries
[Premium Times] During her time in Nigeria, she is expected to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
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Christian churches mirror country's political division - Black News Channel
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and DAVID CRARY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The messages in Christian houses of worship on the first weekend since the election were as divided as the country's electorate, with religious leaders mostly calling for peace and unification even as some bemoaned the result and
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FILM: Black Voices Are Loud and Clear at New York Film Festival - Voice and Viewpoint
Attesting to NYFF’s eagerness to hear black voices, the fest featured three main slate films from British director/writer Steve McQueen (“12 Years a Slave’’) that are part of a five-episode West Indian community-based mini-series “Small Axe.’’ McQueen’s homage to his Caribbean roots will appear on
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In South, most Black Senate candidates since Reconstruction - Black News Channel
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — In the battle for control of the U.S. Senate this year, the Deep South is fielding more Black candidates than it has since Reconstruction. In South Carolina, Jaime Harrison is raising a previously unfathomable amount of money in what has become
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Enrolled Jamaica makes tertiary enrolment easier for students
Education consultancy, Enrolled Jamaica, has made it possible for secondary students in Jamaica to receive information from all 80 universities registered with the University Council of Jamaica. The agency provides a host of free information to...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
What a Biden-Harris win means for Jamaica and the Caribbean
WESTERN BUREAU: While there will be considerable euphoria and pride in a Joe Biden-Kamala Harris win in the US presidential race, Jamaica-born New York-based political scientist, Diana Cassells, is cautioning Jamaica and the Caribbean about their...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Vote for Lisa, KD urges PNP delegates
Former senator and Cabinet minister KD Knight has made a direct appeal to all People's National Party (PNP) delegates to support Lisa Hanna's bid for president of the Opposition party.
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Kamala Harris embodies American Dream with her firsts, unique identities - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… of Indian descent, the first African-American, the first with Jamaican heritage … the need arose. While the African-American identity became the dominant one … at Howard University, a historically African-American institution in Washington. She went …
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Robinson: The numbers do not add up
JAMAICA College (JC) Principal Wayne Robinson has responded to Educate Jamaica's statement that the organisation has always included grades attained prior to grade 11 in their CSEC ranking.Robinson told the Jamaica Observer that despite Educate Jamaica founder and Chairman Ainsworth
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What's Going On | New York Carib News
Thought that today 11/3  would never arrive. I keep hope alive and I am filled with eager anticipation about tonight's election outcomes and a  new beginning for our beloved republic!  Americans are braving the elements to vote in the midst of a new surge in COVID activity from coast to coast.
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Okonjo-Iweala closer to becoming WTO chief, despite Trump blocking her | Africanews
The first female and African could be appointed as the chief of the World Trade Organization on
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Eta forecast to approach Cuba and South Florida this weekend – Florida Courier
BY ALEX HARRIS AND MICHELLE MARCHANTE MIAMI HERALD/TNS MIAMI  — As Tropical Storm Eta continues to grind through Central America, the details of its potential impacts on South Florida  are starting to come into focus. The National Hurricane Center forecast that Eta — weakened but likely to regain
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Western Jamaica accepts Golding win
MONTEGO BAY, St James - There was general acceptance among members of the People's National Party (PNP) in western Jamaica of the outcome of yesterday's hotly contested presidential race which saw Mark Golding defeating Lisa Hanna.The position became open after the retirement of Dr Peter
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Nigeria: Meeting With South-East Leaders 'Extremely Fruitful' - Minister
[Premium Times] The federal government team met for more than eight hours in Enugu with selected South-east leaders.
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Gov’t $10m nearer to closing digital divide
The Jamaican Government on Tuesday moved $10 million closer towards bridging the digital divide with a donation from the JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation to its ‘One Laptop or Tablet Per Child’ initiative. Minister of Education, Youth and Information...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Helping a Person Struggling with a Mental Illness | Brothers on Sports
Everyone goes through tough times due to personal issues, career-related challenges, or financial constraints. In some people, the pressure might be so hard that they can end up developing a mental health problem. If your loved one has a mental problem, dealing with them requires a lot of care and
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Cameroon's Ghost President Biya Fails to Lead
[DW] As Cameroon's Anglophone crisis drags on, the country's long-term leader, President Paul Biya, is virtually invisible. This has devastating consequences for the conflict and for the country.
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Point-of-care testing for diabetes to be introduced
MINISTER of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has informed that the ministry will be working on increasing access to testing for diabetes through the introduction of point-of-care testing.'This methodology of testing is the gold standard for monitoring and controlling diabetes,' the
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GHOST BPO - Applicants, HR reps demand answers as call centre targets 1,500 jobseekers
More than 30 applicants shortlisted for customer service and sales representative positions at a ghost call centre have raised an alarm and want the authorities to probe its operations. Some of the hundreds of jobseekers have reportedly paid over...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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What type of spouse will you be?
IF asked what would constitute an ideal mate many could easily rattle off answers. But do we have the qualities we would like to see in a partner, qualities that would make a marriage last?
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