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Relatives: Latoya was murdered by police
RELATIVES of Latoya Monte, the 34-year-old woman who was fatally shot during an alleged confrontation with the police moments after 6:00 pm on Monday in the Kingston 10 area, are insisting that she was murdered, contrary to information released by the
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Jamaicans in hiding say specialised cells for 'high-value' criminals not enough
RESIDENTS of Red Hills Road, St Andrew, who fled their communities because of threats issued by thugs acting on the orders of an incarcerated man, say the pronouncement by National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang that such prisoners will be moved to cells where they will be cut off from all
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Hoteliers optimistic for a good winter
Some hotels in Jamaica are reporting between 60 and 90 per cent occupancy through a combination of local and international guests, fuelling optimism for a healthy 2020 winter tourism season, according to Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett.He was giving a Destination Jamaica update at the first day
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Jamaican District constable: Where is my pension? - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Observer) A 63-year-old Westmoreland man who served as a district constable for 26 years says he and some of his colleagues have been “forced” to retire without any written explanation or compensation and is calling on Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang to address the
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Jamaica to benefit from $498m under Canada-Caricom fund
JAMAICA is to benefit from a provision of CA$4.7 million or $498 million, for which the country is eligible under the CA$20 million Canada-Caricom Climate Adaptation Fund facility, to be implemented by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
‘Truly modern’ Guyana in the making - Stabroek News
Promising a “truly modern” Guyana fueled by oil revenues, newly-appointed Minister with responsibility for Finance Dr Ashni Singh has also assured investors that cutting red tape will be one of the first areas
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Search called off for missing Jamaicans and Haitians
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) - The Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) has called off the search for boaters who went missing during an incident last weekend.
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PEP peeved
PARENTS of grade six students are fuming as a result of incorrect information disseminated by the Ministry of Education regarding the portal on which they should have registered on Wednesday in order to access the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) placement results at 4:00 pm
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Italians vote in 7 regional contests shaped by pandemic
ROME, Italy (AP) - Italians in seven regions headed to the polls yesterday for two days of voting shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
New online tool lets you calculate COVID-19 risk
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) - If you were to find yourself in a group of 10 people in the US capital Washington today, the risk that one person has COVID-19 would be 18 per cent. The equivalent figure in Paris is 32 per cent.That's according to a dashboard developed by a team of US
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Minister says ST&I Policy to address Internet access
MINISTER of Science, Energy and Technology Fayval Williams says the Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I) Policy will address issues within the technology sector, such as Internet access.There's one modality which I think underpins much of the success we've experienced in various
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Students staging 5-day webinar on COVID-19 solutions
A five-day webinar series aimed at advancing solutions for overcoming the COVID-19 crisis is scheduled to begin today.The series, titled 'Ready Reset Recharge', brings together student body presidents of three major universities and select national youth group leaders who will focus on jobs of the
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KSAMC maps alternative route as NWA closes Gordon Town main road
The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has mapped out an alternative route for west rural St Andrew and Gordon Town residents who need to travel between Papine and Mavis Bank until a landslide on the Gordon Town main road is cleared.The circuitous route runs through
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Doggy deliveries help Colombians shop during pandemic
MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) Eight-year-old Eros trots through the streets of this hilly city several times a day with a straw basket in his jaws, taking vegetables, fruit and packaged foods to customers of the El Porvenir mini-market. The chocolate Labrador retriever is paid with treats and massages
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Caribbean Airlines to resume regional, int'l schedules out of Jamaica
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) The State-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL) says it will resume its regional and international operations from July 6, on a phased basis, out of its hub in Jamaica.
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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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Today's Horoscope - Dedember 1
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, December 1, 2020: Outspoken, generous and free-spirited, with a wicked sense of humour, you succeed this year by being more diplomatic and careful. A new person joins your energetic team and you're off to the races. If single, you're generally flirtatious and attract
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Trump wants Biden to take drug test before first debate
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) - US president Donald Trump says he will call for a 'drug test' for himself and Joe Biden before the first presidential debate, but did not offer any evidence for his suspicions about his Democratic opponent.Trump said in an interview with the Washington Examiner
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Eight contenders battle for WTO leadership
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) Three last-minute contenders yesterday joined the race to become the next head of the beleaguered World Trade Organization (WTO), meaning eight candidates in total are vying for the daunting position.
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Top psychiatrist wants forensic facility to avoid Noel Chambers case repeat
PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Psychiatric Association (JPA) Dr Earl Wright is appealing for the establishment of a forensic psychiatric facility to be at the forefront of the Government's agenda to avoid a recurrence of what took place with Noel Chambers, the elderly man who died at the Tower Street
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Gang busters!
THE security forces have established a new special team to target the gangsters believed to be behind the majority of the almost 700 murders recorded across the island since the start of this year.Writing in the latest edition of the Jamaica Constabulary Force Orders, Police Commissioner Major
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Today's Horoscope — September 22, 2020
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, September 22, 2020: Ironic, funny and unspeakably strong, you succeed this year by your individual vision. Many projects are at hand; however, you need time to dream and to recharge, and will do this best in the beauty of nature. If single, you size people up quickly and
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Freemasons donate to children's homes
A week after donating a total of $2 million to the Jamaica Cancer Society and the Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Freemasons Association of Jamaica on Monday presented $500,000 each to the National Children's Home and The Wortley Home for Girls. The presentations were made by Thomas Smith, deputy
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Call for churches to fast, pray ahead of tomorrow's election
THE Jamaica Umbrella Group of Churches has called on all its member denominations and local churches to be in prayer and fasting today, ahead of the country's general election tomorrow.In a release on Monday, the group urged members to pray for a peaceful and safe day at the polls, and for the
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Charles Sr and Jr third father/son team in Parliament
IN Sunday's story headlined 'Charles: Holness is Jamaica's Best PM Ever', it was incorrectly reported that Pearnel Charles and his son, Pearnel Jr, were the first father/son team to sit in the House of Representatives.
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Crackdown soon on communication from prisoners, says Chang
Speaking with the Observer last Friday, Dr Chang said while he did not know the specifics of the Red Hills Road situation, changes were being made across the prison system which will effectively cramp the efforts of inmates to communicate with their cronies on the
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Councilors take on policing, MBTA service
Boston City Councilors Julia Mejia and Andrea Campbell have called for a hearing to address non-lethal force restraint tactics by the
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JA first choice
MONTEGO BAY, St James — An American doctor who has been treating COVID-19 patients in her country for several months was among the more than 500 tourists and locals who arrived in the island on six flights from the US yesterday, saying that she decided to vacation in Jamaica on the first break she
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Junction robbers escape, say police
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Police late yesterday said that armed robbers escaped with an 'undetermined sum of money' after a hold-up at a loans agency in the heart of Junction, south St Elizabeth, Wednesday afternoon.Earlier reports had suggested that the robbery may have been thwarted by the swift
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JN Foundation donates to Missionaries Of the Poor
Missionaries Of the Poor (MOP), the Catholic charity that cares for the country's poor and dispossessed, last month received 500 care packages of basic food items, toiletries, canned food and household cleaning products to help beneficiaries cope with the effects of COVID-19.The JN Foundation made
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