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Market sales dead, funeral homes spring to life

As funeral homes sprang to life yesterday, many low-income earners in downtown Kingston bemoaned the suddenness of the declaration of a series of lockdowns announced by the Government on Thursday as it seeks to rein in rising COVID-19 infection...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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NEW DELHI - Mansi Ojha, a 21-year old student of biotechnologyat Raipur in Chhattisgarh, was preparing for her master's degree entrance exam for the Indian Institutes of Technology, a top-rung engineering institution, when India went into lockdown in March due to the pandemic. Soon she had to head

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Inspired by Mboweni, Iqbal Survé keen to meet with Parliament, PIC to explain AYO investment | Fin24

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Staff of political oversight body denied gratuity, pensions

Nearly two decades after some members of the Office of the Political Ombudsman (OPO) were hired by the commission of Parliament, the workers have not received gratuity due to them. The issue was highlighted in the 2018 annual report of the Office...

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The ignoble lands minister of Sierra Leone – Dr Sandi has been sacked

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 January 2021: The man many believed could have brought another war to Sierra Leone if he had been allowed to stay in his post as lands minister – Dr Dennis Sandi, has today been sacked in a snap 'covid-19' cabinet reshuffle by the president. Calls for [Read More]

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MOTORISTS and business owners are getting impatient because of the time it is taking to repair bad roads in Angels and Job Lane, both in Spanish Town, St Catherine. The bad road conditions, they say, is causing them to lose money.

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Gateway Co-operative Credit Union to open new branch in Falmouth

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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a National Day of Service held on the civil rights icon's eponymous federal holiday, which comes just two days before their historic inaugurations.

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