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Embattled St Catherine South Central Member of Parliament Dr Andrew Wheatley on Wednesday denied “wrongdoing or dishonesty” in the wake of a damning report from the Integrity Commission that referred the former minister to the director of...
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Trinidad: Former PNM minister's brother to run for UNC
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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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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Approximately two hours after news emerged that former Energy Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley had filed a court challenge to conclusions made about him by the Integrity Commission in its probe of the Petrojam scandal, the commission admitted that it had erred in an aspect of the same report relating
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Africa: U.S. Executive Order Against Property Of Certain Persons Associated With ICC
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St Kitts PM reiterates intention to step down at the end of second term
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) Less than a month after he led the coalition Team Unity into office for a second consecutive term, Prime Minister Dr Timothy Harris has reiterated his desire to step down at the end of this current five-year term.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Zimbabwe: Sikhala Confronts Kazembe Over Coup Plot Claims
Outspoken MDC Alliance vice chair, Job Sikhala on Wednesday confronted Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe demanding answers on why the Zanu PF top official made allegations linking him to a plot to overthrow President Emmerson
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Nigeria: Buhari Renews Commitment to Tackle Nigeria's Security Challenges
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VM Foundation provides tablets for needy students
The VM Foundation, through Geo Tech Vision’s EduTechAid Programme, moved last month to help close the digital divide in this time when teaching has largely shifted online, putting students without computers or tablets at a serious
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J'can embassy in Washington, DC reopens after COVID-19 lockdown
AUDREY Marks, Jamaica's ambassador to the United States and permanent representative to the Organization of American States, has announced the reopening of the Offices of the Jamaican embassy in Washington, DC, USA.The embassy, which was closed for the past three months due to a lockdown of
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13 years later, no charges in police-involved father, son killing
FORMER deputy spokesman on justice for the Jamaica Labour Party Harold Malcolm says 13 years after his brother, Winston Malcolm, and nephew were killed in an incident involving the police, his family continues to suffer as charges are yet to be laid despite the Coroner's Court giving the go-ahead
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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
Derrick Smith tells all
The former senator and Member of Parliament (MP) for St Andrew North Western, who served the people of that Corporate Area constituency for 35 unbroken years, also held Cabinet appointments in National Security; and Mining & Telecommunications in Jamaica Labour Party
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Integrity Commission accuses Wheatley of being dishonest
“It is the conclusion of the director of investigations that Dr Wheatley was dishonest in his aforementioned representations and, in this regard, sought to mislead and did mislead the director of investigation contrary to Section 48 (3) of the Integrity Commission Act, Section 11E of the Commission
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Lesotho: Parly Finally Approves M23, 7 Billion Budget
Afterwards, a relieved Finance Minister Thabo Sofonea said he was happy the budget had been passed and the government ministries now had to get down to fully addressing the populace's demands for efficient service
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Integrity Commission identifies criminal, administrative breaches at Petrojam
The Integrity Commission has identified several prima facie criminal and administrative breaches at the state-owned oil refinery
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Man runs 218 miles to virus-stricken grandma
SCRANTON, United States (AP) Endurance athlete Corey Cappelloni once ran six days through the Sahara Desert in what's considered the most grueling foot race on Earth. But a 218-mile run to grandma after she was sickened with COVID-19 turned out to be the longest, toughest and most rewarding of his
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Holness admin gets failing grade for corruption - Ja won’t get rid of scourge until bigwigs jailed, citizens open eyes to crippling effects
Despite occasional howls from civil society, Jamaica will not see a dramatic decline in corruption – or the perception thereof – until enablers in high places are collared and locked away, insists management consultant Dr Henley Morgan as three...
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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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Africa: COVID-19 Straw Breaks Free Trade Camel's Back
According to the conventional wisdom until recently, growth in China, India and East Asian countries took off thanks to opening up to international trade and
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2016 repeat? Trump revives Clinton playbook to battle Biden
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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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'Baseless'
WITH calls growing louder for his resignation as Member of Parliament for St Catherine South Central, embattled former energy minister Dr Andrew Wheatley has gone on the offensive describing as damaging, spurious and belligerent, the claims against him in the Petrojam Report released by the
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Bolton Book: Judge rules Bolton can publish book despite efforts to block it
In this Sept. 30, 2019, file photo, former national security adviser John Bolton gestures while speakings at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in
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‘Politricks’…Family of late JLP councillor Owen Palmer defends his reputation amid corruption allegations
The family of late Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillor for the Homestead Division in St Catherine South Central, Owen Palmer, has come out to defend his reputation amid allegations contained in a report by the Integrity Commission. The...
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Resign, JLP councillors tell St Ann mayor
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8 more imported COVID-19 cases but recovery remains high
EIGHT more people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, bringing Jamaica's number of cases to 715.Five more people have also recovered from the virus since Wednesday and have been released. This brings the number of recovery cases to 560, giving the island a 78.3 per cent recovery rate.
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AN EXTRADITION request by United States (US) authorities for a mentally ill Jamaican man wanted for murder in the state of New York was lodged at the Ministry of Justice for over a decade with no action, officials have
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