‘That still won’t bring back my son’

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‘That still won’t bring back my son’

Monday’s killing of the main suspect in the murder of police Constable Jermaine Bennett of Gregory Park, Portmore, has been greeted as welcome news to the family of the slain cop, but they say the agony of their loss has not subsided. Eugene...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Ministry says more people to receive COVID-19 vaccine in second quarter

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Kenya: Covid-19 - I Am Now Vaccinated, What Next?

[Nairobi News] Some 1.02 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses arrived in Kenya last month from the Serum Institute of India. Since then, the government rolled out an elaborate immunisation exercise across the country that has seen frontline workers and ordinary Kenyans alike receive their first jabs.

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