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Today's Horoscope - July 14, 2020
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, July 14, 2020: Seductive and fascinating, you have a soulful story to tell. You are convincing to the point of working magic in others' unconscious. This year, you create a masterpiece. If single, you draw many admirers to you and must decide if you just want one
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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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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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Jamaica spends $3.8 billion so far to fight COVID-19
THE Ministry of Health and Wellness has so far spent $3.8 billion on efforts to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).Portfolio Minister Dr Christopher Tufton made the disclosure during his contribution to the 2020/21 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July
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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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Michigan's governor toughens mask requirement
LANSING, Michigan - Michigan's Governor Gretchen Whitmer has toughened a requirement to wear masks during the coronavirus pandemic, mandating that businesses open to the public deny service or entry to customers who refuse to wear one.The governor also expanded where people must have a face
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‘Plot afoot to oust President’
He named former Zanu PF national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere, top government and security officials, and MDC Alliance vice-chairman Job Sikhala, among others, as those involved in the alleged plot to oust
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Aubyn Hill is new JLP treasurer
THE Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) yesterday announced the appointment of Senator Aubyn Hill as treasurer for the party, effective June 30. According to a JLP release, Senator Hill, whose appointmnent was approved by the party's Standing Committee, brings to the table a wealth of experience in
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Four J'can cops arrested in Charlotte with 8 kilos of cocaine
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica Four members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force were arrested Tuesday at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina for allegedly smuggling eight kilogrammes of cocaine into the United States.The four constables were intercepted before boarding their connecting
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Florida records new daily high in COVID-19 cases
MIAMI The state of Florida has set another record in daily confirmed coronavirus cases.Florida health officials on Saturday reported more than 9,500 new COVID-19 cases, surpassing the previous day's total by more than 600 confirmed cases. The figures come as officials move to reclose beaches and
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Mourners reminded to adhere to COVID-19 protocols
MINISTER of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie has again appealed for mourners to adhere to the safety protocols that have been put in place for funerals in light of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
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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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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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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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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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Africa: WTO - Okonjo-Iweala's Nomination Violates AU Rules - Official
In a diplomatic note through Nigeria's mission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which hosts the AU headquarters, Mr Buhari announced Mrs Okonjo-Iweala as the country's candidate for the WTO
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Mudslide Alert
One good shower of rain and this section of the Irish Town main road will be the scene of a mudslide from this partially excavated hillside.Fresh tractor marks yesterday afternoon show evidence that heavy equipment has been digging into the layers of soil, ripping out trees and shrubs with it.
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Hare lashes motorcyclists in west, after 3 die in crash
GREEN ISLAND, Hanover Director of the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Mining Kanute Hare has again...
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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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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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Prepare for a Full Moon Near July 4 and Lessons of Venus Retrograde
Prepare for a Full Moon Near July 4 and Lessons of Venus Retrograde
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Senate agrees to stiffer penalties for sexual violence
The Senate on Friday approved the report of a Joint Select Committee (JSC) which had been reviewing four pieces of legislation primarily affecting the issue of violence against women and children since 2017.The JSC, which was chaired by Minister of Justice, Delroy Chuck, met between January, 2017
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Haiti battles COVID-19
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) Haiti has recorded more than 3,000 cases of the novel coronavirus during a one-month period as the French-speaking Caribbean Community country announced that 262 cases have been confirmed between Sunday and yesterdayThe Ministry of Public Health said the new cases, more
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Africa: Great News on COVID-19 Treatment – But Not Good Enough Yet
That's according to Oxford University researchers Peter Horby and Martin Landray, who are conducting treatment experiments as part of the large Recovery Trial – a large, randomised controlled trial of possible treatments for patients admitted to hospital with
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Major sanitisation of St James Street, Sam Sharpe Square on Sunday
CARIBBEAN Cement Company Limited and Jamaica Pre-Mix Concrete Limited are assiting the St James Municipal Corporation to sanitise streets in the parish capital, Montego Bay.Working with the municipality, the police, and the fire service, the two companies will provide cement mixer trucks filled
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Today's Horoscope July 1, 2020
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, July 1, 2020: Highly sensitive and giving, it is essential that you move out into the world to be fully successful. Once there, you are most often adored. That which you love generates a good income. If single, you can become depressed and must overcome this to let
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Coronavirus: RAF flights taking medical supplies to Africa departs UK - African Voice Newspaper
The first of a series of Royal Air Force flights taking medical supplies to Africa to help fight the coronavirus pandemic departed today, Saturday, June 27. The RAF C-17 took off from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire on a journey funded by the Department For International Development. The transport
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Source: African Voice Newspaper - African news from a British perspective
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London police probe destruction of Haile Selassie statue
LONDON, England (AFP) British police say they have been investigating the criminal damage of a statue of former Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, which was smashed in a London park.Emperor Selassie, who visited Jamaica in the 1960s, is revered by Jamaica's Rastafarians, with some regarding him as
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Poll dispute could push country in crisis
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - Authorities in Guyana were under international pressure to certify an Opposition victory in national elections even as the head of the elections commission argued that the March 2 vote was badly flawed and should be thrown out.
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UK could lock down city of Leicester after virus surge
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) The central English city of Leicester could be the country's first to face a local lockdown due to a rise in coronavirus cases, the UK's Home Secretary Priti Patel said Sunday.The Midlands city recorded 658 new cases in the two weeks up to June 16, many linked to fresh
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Africa: What Becomes of Africa As the Foreign Aid Taps Run Dry?
DfID has, in the years of its existence, been key to offering development assistance to countries with high numbers of people living in poverty in the areas of primary education; access to reproductive health care; and the tackling of infant, child, and maternal deaths, and this role substantially
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Supreme Ventures takes Read Across Jamaica Day to social media
Buses for transport of front-line workers loaned to WRHA
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Greene: Western Jamaica coping in fight against COVID-19
Tropics View Hotel is temporary quarantine centre
Unicomer donates hospital beds valued over $3m
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Company supports group using 3D printers to make face shields
Nurses, our heroes
Bar backlash
COVID-19 recoveries climb to 100
Farm worker waiver balances the assumption of risk and liability
CARE crush forces remittance agency to open windows at National Stadium
Canadian ganja dreams go up in smoke
Urban planners' expertise missing from COVID-19 response
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A young farmer's desire to speak with Audley Shaw
Indian community gives packages to St Mary people
Cruise crew still want to come home, despite horror stories
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NCEL to launch new online course for principals, vice-principals
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