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No social distancing is planned for tonights Fourth of July fireworks event at Mount Rushmore, where wildfires are also a concern - L.A. Focus Newspaper
No social distancing was planned for the event despite the record-high new coronavirus cases in the United States. And the event is taking place amid environmental concerns over the use of fireworks in the dry land and as the country engages in a reckoning over its own monuments and racist
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Mentally Ill Jamaican man gets bail after 20 years behind bars - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Gleaner) Forty-nine-year-old Abraham Lawrence, one of several mentally challenged persons, who had been locked away in state custody for two decades, was granted bail in the St Elizabeth Parish Court in Black River
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Twelve parishes benefit from Temple of Restoration goodwill
Western Bureau: It is a massive show of goodwill. The Temple of Restoration Ministries, based in Brooklyn, New York, has been delivering care packages to the nation’s most needy across 12 parishes over the past eight weeks, which they hope is...
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SBPD Says to Celebrate the 4th of July Responsibly - Black Voice News
It’s no secret that during many holidays lives are lost to drunk driving incidents. July 4th is this weekend and this year in addition to COVID, there are also the usual concerns related to drinking and driving. The San Bernardino Police Department (SBPD) recommends to anyone celebrating
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Minimise all COVID-19 related risks, lawyer warns employers
Western Bureau: As Jamaica’s economy continues its steady reopening amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, attorney-at-law Khadrea Folkes, former senior legal officer to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, is warning employers to minimise all...
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Multi-skilled Michelle Playter drops first single - Stabroek News
Just like the red lipstick she flaunts makes a statement in the way she looks, Michelle Playter has been doing the same on the runway, in makeup artistry, and most recently with music. The article Multi-skilled Michelle Playter drops first single appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Region Five, labour officials mull training opportunities - Stabroek News
Technical Officers attached to the Ministry of Labour’s Board of Industrial Training paid a courtesy call on Region Five’s newly elected Regional Chairman,  Vickchand Ramphal and Regional Executive Officer (REO),  Geneveive Blackman to discuss training
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PAC preps for Labour pains
The chief internal auditor at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) and the chairperson of the audit committee are today expected to defend reports they crafted detailing what appeared to be a culture of unresponsiveness by the...
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Bartlett sees huge benefits from Shipping Act amendmen
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says that thousands of Jamaican hospitality workers will benefit from the protection of an amendment to the Shipping Act, which is expected to be passed in the House of Representatives today.The Bill, titled 'An Act to Amend the Shipping Act' or the 'Shipping
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Coronavirus Update: Three NBA Teams Use Their Power to Impact Upcoming Elections
As election officials and voting rights groups in several states lose their fight to allow for mail-in voting to slow the spread of the coronavirus, three NBA teams are stepping up and volunteering their facilities to serve as voting sites during the pandemic. The Atlanta Hawks, the Detroit Pistons
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Caricom SG says last four months exceptional for region | New York Carib News
Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque said yesterday that the past four months have proven to be the “most exceptional periods” for the 15-member regional integration movement.
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Somalia: The African Union Needs to Broaden Its Role in Somalia
Analysis - Somalia's historic one-person-one vote election, scheduled for late 2020, looks set to be postponed. Electoral commission chair Halima Ismail told the country's federal Parliament on 29 June that the much-anticipated polls could not be carried out in less than 13 months.
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SAHRC concerned about City of Cape Town's 'reluctance' to help with Qolani investigation | News24
The South African Human Rights Commission says it is concerned about the poor cooperation it is receiving from the City of Cape Town in its investigation into the eviction of a naked man in Khayelitsha.
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WHO says first alerted to coronavirus by its office, not China
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Tanzania attains lower middle income status five years early
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Opposition demands new election in St. Kitts | New York Carib News
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Women farmers get creative amid drought
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Central recruitment agency awards businesses for supporting job placements - Stabroek News
The Ministry of Labour’s Central Recruitment and Manpower Agency (CRMA) on Tuesday held an awards ceremony for companies that have played a part in making employment opportunities available for
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GAWU urges ministry to address plight of DTL workers - Stabroek News
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is appealing to the Ministry of Labour to address the plight of the workers at Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL) who have reported “serious concerns” to the
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Africa's Post-Pandemic Future Needs to Embrace Youth in Agriculture
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Judge orders Dakota Access pipeline shut down pending review - Black News Channel
By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A judge on Monday ordered the Dakota Access pipeline shut down for additional environmental review more than three years after it began pumping oil — handing a victory to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and delivering a blow to President Donald
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Tanzania: Chamwino State House Beckons After 51 Years in Wait
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