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JTA welcomes resumption plan for schools
THE Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) says the Government has taken the only option it could at this point in the COVID-19 pandemic to formally reopen the school system on October 5, but instead of physical reopening as was initially being planned.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Cuba says U.S. trade embargo cost more than $5 bln last year - Stabroek News
HAVANA,  (Reuters) - Cuba yesterday said the decades-old U.S. trade embargo, tightened under President Donald Trump, cost it a record total of more than $5 billion over the last financial year and hurt its ability to tackle the coronavirus
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Delays result in doctors out of work
THE Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA) is furious over delays in the employment of some of its members, which has left medical doctors sitting at home without work.The JMDA told the Jamaica Observer that on July 1 when the 2020 medical year began, doctors were being turned away from health
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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'They don't have to report to anyone'
HEAD of the Independent Jamaica Council for Human Rights (IJCHR) Dr Lloyd Barnett yesterday poured cold water on a suggestion by a deportee that the Government monitor Jamaicans with criminal backgrounds who have been involuntarily sent back to the
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Youths bat for Hanna
With a clear split in the ranks of the People's National Party (PNP) Youth Organisation in the lead-up to Saturday's vote to elect the sixth president of the party, three young Comrades have decided to take their plea for support to the delegates themselves.The three are backing Lisa Hanna as she
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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PM ignoring the polls
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader, Prime Minister Andrew Holness is taking no comfort from public opinion polls which are projecting a comfortable victory for his party when the votes are counted on September 3.Having led the JLP to defeat in 2007, Holness then staved off an internal challenge from
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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COVID-19-stranded Canadians look forward to going home
TREASURE BEACH, St Elizabeth — When the Canadian husband and wife pair of Tom and Susan Little arrived here back in March, they had a flight booked to return to Toronto on May
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Kellyanne Conway signs multi-million dollar deal for new memoir: report : TheGrio
This week it's been reported that Kellyanne Conway has finalized a multi-million dollar deal to write an 'unvarnished, eye-popping' tell-all... View Article The post Kellyanne Conway signs multi-million dollar deal for new memoir: report appeared first on TheGrio.
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UHWI in a 'tough situation'
University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kevin Allen says the regional institution has seen a dramatic reduction in revenues since the onset of the novel coronavirus pandemic, though it has managed to stay afloat through 'a trying time'.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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'One in a million'
RESIDENTS in St Ann North Eastern say they are not yet ready to let go of their late Member of Parliament Shahine Robinson, who had served the constituency since
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Jamaican reggae legend Toots Hibbert dead at 78 - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Observer)  Legendary reggae singer Frederick 'Toots' Hibbert died in the University Hospital of the West Indies in St Andrew on Friday  evening. The article Jamaican reggae legend Toots Hibbert dead at 78 appeared first on Stabroek News.
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'Enough is enough!' Jamaicans join BLM protest
The woman's plea for change attracted the attention of protesters who gathered in solidarity with the most recent 'Black Lives Matter' demonstrations across America and other parts of the world following the murder of George
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Old shop operated as rehab centre ordered closed
LUCEA, Hanover - The Hanover Health Department has ordered the closure of an old shop in Chigwell, which is being used as a rehabilitation centre.The facility is one of three branches of Chance Rehabilitation Centre. Another is also in Chigwell and the other in Rejoin.
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COVID-19 takes away excitement in release of PEP results
SCHOOLYARDS across the Corporate Area yesterday were a stark contrast to previous years when excitement among primary school students would be at fever pitch over their secondary school placement results.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Black publishers, leaders stress importance of voting with purpose at first Word in Black event
Black publishers, leaders stress importance of voting with purpose at first Word in Black event By Nick Charles • Managing Director, Word in Black As early voting continues to shatter records, amid a surge in domestic pandemic infections, Black publishers as well as African American political
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Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt says open to comeback, if coach asks - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Observer) Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt has hinted he could be tempted out of retirement if former Coach Glen Mills asked him. The article Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt says open to comeback, if coach asks appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Jamaican doctor defends herbal medicine use
And we estimate that 80 per cent of the rest world of the world still use some form of traditional herbal treatment,” Dr Gordon told the Jamaica Observer in an extended interview last
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Relief!
Sheila Sealy Monteith, Jamaica's ambassador to Belgium and permanent representative to the European Union — who also has accreditation to France, Luxembourg, Monaco, The Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain — confirmed to the Jamaica Observer that plans are far advanced to have a charter flight leave
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Uganda: Ssimbwa Contract Situation Could Harm URA Ambitions
[Monitor] URA remain relaxed over the future of head coach Sam Ssimbwa and his technical bench. However, the 53-year-old is out of contract at the Nakawa-based side and it has emerged that club chairman James Kiiza is reluctant to renew Ssimbwa's contract.
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Majority PNP Patriots backing Golding, says president
PEOPLE'S National Party (PNP) Patriots President Omar Newell says most of the group's members have committed to giving Mark Golding the nod to succeed party leader Dr Peter Phillips, who is set to demit office next month.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Business owners urged to adjust to survive
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce Kenisha Dwyer-Powell and her predecessor Garfield Green have added their voices to those urging entrepreneurs to find new ways of operating in order for businesses to survive the COVID-19
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
After His Bout With the Disease, Trump Defends Coronavirus Handling – The Wilmington Journal
President Donald Trump's final debate appearance Thursday started out restrained, but likely not from the president's recent case of Covid-19, which led to the cancellation of the second of three planned debates between the Republican [...]
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AP FACT CHECK: Examining claims from last Trump-Biden debate | The Atlanta Voice
President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden sparred Thursday in their final presidential debate, hoping to sway undecided voters in the Nov. 3 election. A look at how their statements from Nashville, Tennessee, stack up with the facts: ___ TRUMP: “All he does is talk about
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Head injury from fall is fatal for COGIC Bishop Lee Ward - TSDMemphis.com
Expressions of sympathy filled social media sites as news of Bishop Lee Ward’s death spread Tuesday evening. The beloved pastor – a Congressional Gold Medal honoree – is credited with bringing the historic Greater Harvest Church of God in Christ into modern-day ministry in more than four decades of
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PM makes changes at economic growth and job creation ministry
Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday made further changes to ministerial arrangements in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job
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Health ministry yet to meet with JMDA about out-of-work doctors
THE Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA) has been left in the lurch, as a Saturday meeting promised by health ministry Permanent Secretary Dunstan Bryan to address unemployment issues facing junior doctors, has still not happened.
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Jamaica’s first national women’s shelter ready - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s first state-run shelter for victims of domestic violence is ready. The article Jamaica’s first national women’s shelter ready appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Raising party funds hinges on PNP being united — Hanna
THE Opposition People's National Party (PNP) can claw its way out of the apparent financial hole in which it has found itself, aspiring president Lisa Hanna believes.But, that will only happen if members of the embattled party can unite, she cautioned, following a series of leadership challenges
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Jamaican US army veteran recounts act of police brutality
A Jamaican man living in the United States (US) who was beaten by police officers at his daughter's graduation in 2016 is adding his voice to the throng of protesters across North America agitating for racial justice following the recent murder of George
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
90 per cent Indians believe financial health having profound impact on well-being: Survey
Monetary and bodily well being have been among the many high two stressors for Indians amid Covid-19 maybe, even forward of relationships and household, a brand new survey has revealed.…
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