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Taxi operators and residents in sections of Clarendon North western are bemoaning the deplorable state of the roads, calling for urgent action to address the unbearable situation. Roy Walters, who plies the May Pen to Blackwoods route, told The...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Civil servants wade into Zanu PF politics

JOSTLING for top positions in the ruling Zanu PF party has gone into full swing ahead of the district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections on December 5 and 6, with some bigwigs fearing being kicked out for flouting rules. BY RICHARD MUPONDE/KENNETH NYANGANI/TATENDA CHITAGU NewsDay understands

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Some Portmore residents object to parish push … Call on Government to focus on infrastructure development

A number of residents in Portmore, St Catherine, are objecting to the revised push by the Andrew Holness administration to make the municipality Jamaica’s 15th parish. The Sunday Gleaner visited several communities in the Sunshine City to hear the...

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‘Major’ child abduction ruling - Court orders 3-y-o sent back to dad in Florida

The Jamaican mother of a three-year-old boy has been ordered to return the child to his father in United States amid a simmering year-long dispute that drew on international law governing child abduction. The landmark case was anchored on the Hague...

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Zimbabwe: Villagers Up in Arms As Diamond Firm Sets Mine At Local School

[New Zimbabwe] Villagers in Sese, Chivi Central in Masvingo province have given local mining giant, RZM Murowa, better known as Murowa Diamonds an ultimatum to leave the area accusing the company of neglecting the community's concerns.

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Corbyn pushes back against Wednesday's deportation flight to Jamaica

Former British Labour Party Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has written to the United Kingdom's secretary of state, Priti Patel, calling for her to adopt a humane approach over the deportation of several men ...

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Uganda: Inside Uganda, EU Standoff Over Election Observers

[Monitor] On Tuesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs took an unprecedented step. It published a statement in which it practically rebuked the European Union (EU) for talking "in the press" about "issues that may be of interest to the EU" instead of "using official channels which remain open".

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CARPHA says multi-sectoral response is even greater in COVID-19 era

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) Monday said that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has emerged as one of the most serious global public health challenges in recent times. “The...

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Self-starter assisting customers during COVID-19 crisis

PROSPECT, EAST PORTLAND: When Derron Fisher returned to Jamaica in 2012, after a brief stint on the government overseas farm work programme in Canada, he decided to take up a new occupation – one that was sustainable and would provide him with a...

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Ghana: Mfantseman MP's Burial Brings Mankessim to Standstill, Grief

[Ghanaian Times] Mankessim -- Mankessim came to a standstill on Saturday as hundreds of mourners thronged the town to join family and constituents to pay their last respects to the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Mfantseman Constituency, Ekow Kwansah Hayford, before he could be laid to rest.

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Uproar in France over proposed limits on filming police

PARIS (AP) — French activists fear that a proposed new security law will deprive them of a potent weapon against abuse — cellphone videos of police activity — threatening their efforts to document possible cases of police...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

No war over Portmore lands, says mayor

Portmore Mayor Leon Thomas has rejected claims that he is disenfranchising known Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters by stonewalling their attempts to be part of meetings concerning a planned development in Westchester. The claims were made by St...

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Vandals, thieves bleeding Flow

Flow Jamaica says it continues to be plagued by attacks on its network infrastructure from thieves and vandals. It says the attacks have so far cost the company close to US$1 million to restore services. That's currently...

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Tiny steps on long road to squatting fix - Gov’t legitimises scores of long-term informal settlers; uncertainty hangs over others

Scores of illegal settlers across the island have been legitimised as landowners for properties they have occupied – some for decades – despite concerns that some of these settlements could expose lives, properties and the environment to danger....

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Birthday celebration for Jasmine Deen - Curry chicken, white rice and soup bubbled at party for missing visually impaired UWI student

Still optimistic that she is alive, the family of visually impaired University of the West Indies student Jasmine Deen, who went missing on February 27, came together yesterday to celebrate her 23rd birthday. According to Jasmine’s uncle, Michael...

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‘Death sentence’ - Arrested in front of children, J’can dreads UK deportation without known relatives

A 23-year-old man who is to be deported from the United Kingdom (UK) on Wednesday, December 2, having served time in prison for peddling ‘class A’ drugs, is accusing the Home Office of being “callous, wicked and uncaring” for arresting him in full...

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Mike Tyson plans fast start in ring return at 54 against Roy Jones

Mike Tyson says he never imagined as a heavyweight champion that he would climb into the ring with Roy Jones at age 54.

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Durban Solid Waste tender scandal: Wife of municipal manager arrested, granted bail | News24

Bagcinele Cynthia Nzuza, the wife of eThekwini municipal manager Sipho Nzuza, is the seventeenth person to be arrested in connection with a Durban Solid Waste tender corruption scandal.

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Kenya: D-Day for Health Workers' Pay Rise, Medical Cover Push

[Nation] MPs will today vote on proposals to improve benefits for health workers including medical cover and higher allowances as well as compel public hospitals not to charge Covid-19 patients for protective gear.

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Beware of COVID-19 scams as vaccine approaches FDA approval

WASHINGTON (AP) — The coronavirus vaccine inching toward approval in the U.S. is desperately anticipated by weary Americans longing for a path back to normal life. But criminals are waiting, too, ready to use that desperation to...

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Work to begin on new Mount Salem Police Station next week

WESTERN BUREAU: Winsome Barnes, president of the Mount Salem Community Development Committee, says that residents in the sections of St James served by the Mount Salem Police Station are overjoyed that the facility is getting a $45-million upgrade...

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Uganda: EC Accused of Sitting On Petitions Against 3 Candidates

[Monitor] The chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Justice Simon Byabakama, is on the spot for allegedly refusing to pronounce himself on the fate of three candidates who have been disqualified on various grounds.

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Golding under fire - In leaked rant, Crawford slams new PNP president, says Hanna is popularity junkie

Claiming to be more popular than Lisa Hanna, People’s National Party (PNP) firebrand Damion Crawford has ripped into President Mark Golding and suggested that he will launch a presidential bid in the next five years. The outburst is bound to open...

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High-sugar diet can damage the gut, intensifying risk for colitis - Dallas Examiner

Special to The Dallas Examiner Mice fed diets high in sugar developed worse colitis, a type of inflammatory bowel disease, and researchers examining their large intestines found more of the bacteria that can

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Cops on brink of charging suspect in Manchester murder

MANDEVILLE, Manchester: At least one of the three suspects arrested in relation to the killing of businesswoman Marcia Chin-You is on the verge of being charged, Superintendent Gary Francis, commanding officer of the Manchester police, has...

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NWC conducting emergency repairs in St Andrew, St Catherine

Several communities in St Andrew are now experiencing a disruption in their water supply due to a broken main along Long Lane, Upper Constant Spring. The National Water Commission (NWC) says the affected communities have been...

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'Fictional' election poster the work of 'agent provocateurs', says ANC | News24

The ANC has said the "fake and fictional" poster can only be the work of "wedge drivers who derive pleasure from seeing a divided ANC".

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Gov’t spending and public projects - Stabroek News

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Gov't to press ahead with five-year housing rollout

Despite projections that Jamaica’s economy is set to decline by up to 10 per cent for the current fiscal year owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Andrew Holness administration has no immediate plans to adjust its target of rolling out 70,000...

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