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PNP meeting positive, says Robinson
People's National Party (PNP) General Secretary Julian Robinson described last evening's meeting of the Opposition parliamentary group as positive, even though only five of the 15 Members of Parliament (MPs) who had written to party president Dr Peter Phillips demanding a meeting were in
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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One dead in St Elizabeth crash
One man is dead and two others are being treated at hospital following a motor vehicle collision on the Park main road in St Elizabeth yesterday.The dead man has been identified as 27-year-old Romaine Foster of Paradise district, St Elizabeth.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
T&T could keep borders closed until after Aug 10 polls
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) The Trinidad and Tobago Government says it has no plans to rush towards reopening the borders of the country closed since March in a bid to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).Oppositions parties have been calling on Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Big COVID-19 risk
LONDON, England (AP) Police around the southern English coastal town of Bournemouth urged people to stay away yesterday as thousands defied coronavirus social distancing rules and flocked to local beaches on what is the UK's hottest day of the year so far.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
US teacher accused of giving semen-tainted flutes to schoolgirls sentenced
SACRAMENTO, California (AP) - The founder of an international music programme who was accused of giving semen-tainted flutes to California elementary school students was sentenced Wednesday to 18 years in state prison, the state attorney general's office said.John Zeretzke, 61, of Ventura was
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UN warns about criminal activities linked to COVID-19
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) The United Nations is warning against a surge in demand for medical products to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that has led to a jump in the trafficking of substandard and faulty merchandise.
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NEPA to suspend cemetery expansion permit
THE National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) yesterday served notice of its intention to suspend a permit for the establishment of a cemetery at Bendon Pen, St Catherine, granted to the company that manages Dovecot Memorial Park.The environmental regulator, in a letter addressed to Kumanda
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PICA transforms border management operations
THE Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) has undertaken a digital transformation of its border management operations.In addition to its Online Passenger Declaration Form, PICA has launched an Online Adult Passport Renewal System and installed an additional 15 automated border
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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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Trump bows
BOSTON, United States (AP) - Facing eight federal lawsuits and opposition from hundreds of universities, the Trump Administration yesterday rescinded a rule that would have required international students to transfer or leave the country if their schools held classes entirely online because of the
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
China's Inner Mongolia region reports bubonic plague case
BEIJING, China (AP) While China appears to have reduced coronavirus cases to near zero, other infectious threats remain, with local health authorities announcing a suspected bubonic plague case in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
MP-elect eyes social housing programme for Kingston Central
JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament (MP)-elect for Kingston Central Donovan Williams says his first order of business for the depressed constituency is a social housing programme.
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Tourism faces minimum US$1. 2-trillion hit from virus, says UN
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) The novel coronavirus crisis could cost global tourism and related sectors from US$1.2 to US$3.3 trillion in lost revenue, the United Nations said yesterday.Lockdown restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19 have hammered the tourism sector particularly hard, the UN
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
MPs not very visible, but...
Slightly more than two in five voters say they have met their political representatives in the last month, data gathered in March and July this year by veteran pollster Bill Johnson have shown.
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Education ministry says all in place for CSEC, CAPE
ACTING chief education officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information Dr Kasan Troupe says that all is in place for administering of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE).Approximately 58,720 students have
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Conservatives take up death of black man who supported Trump
WISCONSIN, United States (AP) - The shooting death in broad daylight of a black man affectionately known in his Milwaukee neighbourhood as 'The Ras' appears to have mystified police while spurring prominent conservatives in Wisconsin to speculate that he was killed because of his support for
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Today's Horoscope — September 15, 2020
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, September 15, 2020: Expansive, thorough and motivated, you are a true master in your field. Your patience and ability to wait pays off, and this year you succeed beyond your wildest dreams. Finances are especially good. If single, stay lighthearted, as this year does not
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Statue of black protester replaces toppled UK slave trader
LONDON, England (AP) - An artist has erected a statue of a Black Lives Matter protester atop the plinth in the English city of Bristol formerly occupied by a statue of a slave trader.Marc Quinn created the life-size resin and steel likeness of Jen Reid, a protester photographed standing on the
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JLP councillor says no need for SOE in Kingston Central
JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) Councillor for the Rae Town Division, Rosalie Hamilton broke ranks with the party yesterday, publicly disagreeing with the imposition of a state of emergency (SOE) across the Kingston Central constituency as announced by Prime Minister
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Governments backtracking as confirmed virus cases surge
NEW DELHI, India (AP) Governments are stepping up testing and reimposing restrictions as newly confirmed coronavirus infections surge in many countries. India reported 20,000 yesterday, while the caseload in the US is growing by about 40,000 a day.
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Global virus infections top 10 million
PARIS, France (AFP) Global infections from the novel coronavirus have topped 10 million as the rate of new cases surges, particularly in the United States and Latin America, according to an AFP tally on Sunday.One million new infections were recorded in only six days, according to the count based
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'Patience,' says Bartlett
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is urging patience in response to rising anxiety among tourism-related business operators about the need to reopen Jamaica's south coast to overseas visitors.Remember now, we review on a two-weekly basis, the last review was on the first
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Gov't reconsiders reopening of entertainment sector
THE Government says it is reconsidering the reopening of the local entertainment sector, in light of information in the public about the operation of several entities.
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Confident PNP ready to roll
THE Opposition People's National Party (PNP) has declared its readiness to contest and win the next general election, whenever it is called by Prime Minister Andrew Holness.With speculation mounting that Holness will call Jamaicans to the polls in a matter of weeks, PNP General Secretary Julian
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No room for rogues in JLP, Holness warns
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has warned that there is no room for rogue elements in the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) declaring that he is aware of public discourse about events affecting the organisation he leads. ...
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China sentences Canadian to death over drug charge
BEIJING, China (AFP) - A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian national to death last Thursday in a ruling that could further inflame tensions between China and Canada.The Guangzhou Intermediate Court said in a statement it had handed Xu Weihong a death sentence for manufacturing drugs, and said all
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World hunger worsening as COVID-19 weighs and obesity rises - UN
ROME, Italy (AFP) - Nearly one in nine people in the world are going hungry, with the novel coronavirus pandemic exacerbating already worsening trends this year, according to a United Nations report published Monday.
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Africa: Alternatives to Conventional Tobacco: The Unwavering Stance of Scientists and Experts
Under the theme "Science, ethics and human rights", more than thirty experts/scientists from the public health sector, tobacco industry, tobacco control sector, and consumers, discussed various topics including the relevance of science versus ideology, the importance of a patient centered
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British pubs, US beaches reveal summer virus dilemma
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) Drunken celebrations on English pub reopening night and US beach closures prompted a global rethink yesterday of coronavirus measures during the summer holiday season.Hopes of the sun making the new disease go away are fading as the United States racks up record daily
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Hamilton takes seat in Senate
ATTORNEY-AT-law Tova Hamilton yesterday took her seat on the Government benches in the Senate after taking the oath of
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