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WHEDA invites community participation to kick off rural affordable workforce housing initiative - Milwaukee Community Journal
Webinar and comment options available prior to application launch MADISON – Rural community leaders, employers, affordable housing providers, developers, lenders, planners, policy makers and residents are invited to learn more and provide final input prior to the launch of the competitive
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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper
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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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Major crime hot spot left out of August Town ZOSO boundaries
A major crime hot spot in Greater August Town, Payton Place, has seemingly not been included in the area declared a zone of special operations (ZOSO) by Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday.Just over a month ago two brothers 36-year-old Demar Francis and 25-year-old Robert Clarke were fatally
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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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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Today's Horoscope July 3, 2020
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, July 3, 2020: Observant, sensitive and wise, you must find expression in a creative pursuit. As soon as quarantine lifts, your work will be wildly successful. Never give up on your efforts to be recognised. If single, you need another's emotional support and must learn to
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Soldier injured during August Town firefight
THE Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is awaiting more details as it continues its probe into the shooting of a member of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) and a civilian in the eastern St Andrew community of August Town, Thursday night.Assistant Commissioner of INDECOM Hamish
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Huntington Park police make major fireworks bust -
HUNTINGTON PARK — Police confiscated more than 1,400 pounds of illegal fireworks from a business on the 2900 block of Randolph Street and the business owners’ home on the 6700 block of Malabar Street on June 23, according to the Huntington Park Police Department’s Facebook page. Acting on an
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Vaz blasts Phillips as war of words heats up
THE political war of words between Government Minister Daryl Vaz and Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips escalated yesterday with Vaz demanding that the People's National Party (PNP) president sack two of his high-ranking officials and sanction a third.
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Integrity Commission Oversight Committee gets going today
THE House of Representatives' newly appointed Integrity Commission Oversight Committee will have its first meeting at Gordon House today at 10:00 am.
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Attorney General Raoul applauds U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortions | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week applauded a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate a Louisiana law opposed by Illinois and a coalition of 21 other attorneys general that would have jeopardized access to safe, legal abortions. Last year, Attorney General Raoul joined a coalition of
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Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre gets portable ultrasound machine
OPERATIONS at Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre have been boosted with the gift of a portable untrasound machine valued at $1.5 million.The equipment and maintenance agreement, facilitated by the CHASE Fund, the Rotary Club of St Andrew North and PROVEN Investment limited, is expected to
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Group raises Confederate flag near interstate in N. C. : TheGrio
HILDEBRAN, N.C. (AP) — A group called the Sons of Confederate Veterans has raised a 20-foot-by-30-foot Confederate flag on an... View Article The post Group raises Confederate flag near interstate in N.C. appeared first on TheGrio.
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Michael Gordon remembered as humble, gracious artist
LATE former Jamaica Observer Photo Editor Michael Gordon was remembered yesterday as a humble and gracious artist who performed his photography duties with brilliance, at a service of thanksgiving for his life at Boulevard Baptist Church in St Andrew.The 67-year-old died suddenly at home in May
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Checklist: The Right Equipment to Create The Yard of Your Dreams This Summer - Milwaukee Community Journal
Summer is here and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many families are spending more time at home and “staycation-ing.” A beautiful landscape improves curb appeal and can increase your home value by as much as 17%, so investing in yard care is a smart financial decision. But an amazing summer yard
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Tammy Belton-Davis Joins The Milwaukee Rep. Team
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz In October of last year, the Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s board of trustees unanimously voted to adopt a five-year strategic plan. The plan focused on equity, diversity and inclusion. “We are facing two crises at the same time – one acute with COVID-19 and the other chronic
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Florida sheriff says he’ll deputize gun owners in response to BLM protesters | The Crusader Newspaper Group
The Black top cop tells demonstrators that they need to behave when they come to his county; youve been warned By Biba Adams, The Grio Clay County Sheriff Darryl Daniels announced this week that he will make “special deputies of every lawful gun owner in this county,” if he feels that the Florida
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St Lucia announces campaign in support of Caricom
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) St Lucia recently announced the launch of a campaign that is aimed at increasing visibility and understanding of the 15-member regional integration movement, Caricom.The Regional Integration Unit (RIU) in the Office of the Prime Minister said it is collaborating with the
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Llewellyn gets three more years as DPP
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness yesterday dismissed objections raised by Opposition leader Dr Peter Phillips to an extension of the tenure of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn, and announced that he was pushing ahead with a recommendation to the governor general for a three-year
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Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said yesterday he has tested positive for the coronavirus, after months of downplaying its severity while deaths mounted rapidly inside the country.The 65-year-old right wing populist, who has been known to mingle in crowds without
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March on JPS
A group of Jamaicans will this weekend stage a peaceful protest in front of the Corporate Area head offices of Jamaica Public Service as part of further public outcry in recent days following revelations that the entity has been filtering a part of the cost of electricity theft
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Students continue push for change regarding school resource officers | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Patrick Forrest The Chicago Board of Education voted 4-3 late last month to keep a $33 million contract that allows Chicago Police officers to be stationed in the city’s public high schools. Students and youth activists had used the contract as a starting point toward police reform in the
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New diplomatic appointments to strengthen Jamaica's relations globally
Three of Jamaica's long-serving career foreign service officers have been assigned new diplomatic responsibilities in a move to strengthen relations globally to further advance national development goals, according to the foreign ministry.
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Florida Cops Laugh About How They ‘F*ck Up’ Protestors In Bodycam Video | The Crusader Newspaper Group
The chair of a citizens police review board demands consequences. By Royce Dunmore, NewsOne Two Fort Lauderdale cops were enjoying their attacks on protestors and the whole ordeal was caught on body camera footage. According to Miami Herald, the two police officers laughed and joked after they shot
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LOS ANGELES — As a pandemic loomed, local health officials and government leaders scrambled to set up an accessible testing system, devising a series of drive-through coronavirus testing sites around Los Angeles County. In early May, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti made his city the first in America to
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Germany is first major economy to phase out coal, nuclear
BERLIN, Germany (AP) German lawmakers have finalised the country's long-awaited phase out of coal as an energy source, backing a plan that environmental groups say isn't ambitious enough and free marketeers criticise as a waste of taxpayers' money.
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City of Tulsa To Require All Employees At Restaurants And Bars To Wear Masks | The Oklahoma Eagle
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Opposition candidate wins Dominican Republic presidential poll
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP) Opposition candidate Luis Abinader swept to victory in the Dominican Republic's presidential election, early results showed Monday, ending 16 years of unbroken rule by the Caribbean nation's centre-left PLD party after voters braved a worsening novel
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LONDON, England (AP) More than 200 scientists have called for the World Health Organization and others to acknowledge that the coronavirus can spread in the air a change that could alter some of the current measures being taken to stop the pandemic.
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I will act on corruption when necessary, says Phillips
MONTEGO BAY, St James Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips says he will not fail to discipline members of his party who are found guilty of corruption when it is warranted, but currently there is no need for him to to do so.
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