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AS the region of the Americas reports 100,000 cases of COVID-19 a day, director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Carissa F Etienne is calling for strong coordination across countries, evidence to guide leaders' actions, and for people to protect themselves and others.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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
This Day in History - July 9
TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1994: The brother of media magnate and future Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi is indicted on corruption charges involving pension funds held by Italy's largest savings bank.�OTHER EVENTS1519: Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes lands in Mexico, founds the town of Veracruz, and
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
June 1st’s National Day Of Mourning & Lament
[On May 25th], I took part in a Memorial Day Remembrance Service at DeSoto’s Military Memorial at Nance Farm that was organized by our Veterans Affairs
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Caribbean Airlines to resume regional, int'l schedules out of Jamaica
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) The State-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL) says it will resume its regional and international operations from July 6, on a phased basis, out of its hub in Jamaica.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Final day of public viewing for late Shahine Robinson
The public viewing of the casket of former Minister of Labour and Social Security, Shahine Robinson, ends today with members of the Cabinet led by Prime Minister Andrew Holness at Jamaica Labour Party headquarters in St
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Best of Los Angeles Award Winning Author, Adrienne Rubin, Shares Short Piece On Responsibility & Freedom Amidst COVID-19
"In spite of our need for freedom, most of those who responded are choosing responsible behavior"- Adrienne Rubin
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Jamaica: Alleged cop killer gunned down
(Jamaica Gleaner) THE MAN said to be responsible for the brutal gun attack that left two policemen dead and two others in critical condition in hospital is now
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Man accused of beating girlfriend to death found dead in police cell
A man accused of beating his girlfriend to death over the weekend has been found dead in a police cell in Khayelitsha, Cape
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Sibongiseni Gabada killing: NPA to review provisional withdrawal of charges against suspect
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says it has decided to review as a matter of urgency the decision to provisionally withdraw the charges against a man accused of murdering a Khayelitsha
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Graduation on wheels!
With the measures implemented to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus putting the breaks on many activities, including graduations, Dunrobin Primary School in St Andrew got creative to be able to still give their graduands a ceremony yesterday.Instead of the customary gathering, the school
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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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Woodstock residents want breakthrough in murder case
Residents of Woodstock, near Claremont in St Ann, are eagerly awaiting a breakthrough in the June 21 murder of community member, 54-year-old farmer Donovan Davis. Efforts on Wednesday to get an update from the St Ann police proved unsuccessful, but...
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Mayor Young Announces Extension of Grocery Access Pilot Program in West and South Baltimore Through August | Afro
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Malnutrition in poorer nations costs firms up to US$850 billion - study
PARIS, France (AFP) Hunger, poor nutrition, and obesity not only present a health burden in developing countries but also carry a hidden economic penalty that costs businesses up to US$850 billion a year, according to a new report published yesterday.
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United Airlines could cut 36, 000 jobs
TEXAS, United States (AP) United Airlines is warning 36,000 employees nearly half its US staff they could be furloughed in October, the clearest signal yet of how deeply the novel coronavirus pandemic is hurting the airline industry.The outlook for a recovery in air travel has dimmed in just the
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Grenada to reopen borders on July 15 but...
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC) The Grenada Government says it has had to postpone the planned reopening of the international airport to July 15, because of the heightened risks from the novel coronavirus observed in some major source markets in recent weeks.
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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 by some unscrupulous
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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
Stocks Rise On Wall Street, But US Braces For 100,000 Deaths | Afro
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Vaz calls Phillips 'chief hypocrite'
CABINET Minister Daryl Vaz yesterday labelled Dr Peter Phillips chief hypocrite in response to the Opposition leader's call for sanctions against him arising from his (Vaz's) failed attempt to lease land at Holywell in the Blue and John Crow Mountains national park.
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Police use tear gas, rubber bullets on Compton protesters
Family members of Andres Guardado gathered in Gardena, California on Sunday to call for justice in the police killing of the 18-year-old
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Resign, JLP councillors tell St Ann mayor
JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) councillors in the St Ann Municipal Corporation yesterday recommended that their embattled chairman, Mayor Michael Belnavis, resign.
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African-American Civil Rights Movement (1896–1954)
The Civil Rights Movement in the United States was a long, primarily nonviolent series of events to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans. The movement has had a lasting impact on United States society, in its tactics, the increased social and legal acceptance of civil
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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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Speid: Teachers are scared to death of re-entering classroom
MONTEGO BAY, St James —President of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) Owen Speid says the nation's teachers are afraid of re-entering the classroom to facilitate students sitting the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) exit exams in
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Mississippi set to remove Confederate emblem from its flag
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) Mississippi is on the verge of changing its state flag to erase a Confederate battle emblem that's broadly condemned as racist. The flag's supporters resisted efforts to change it for decades, but rapid developments in recent weeks have changed dynamics on this issue in
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Minister saddened at death of 'Dunstan' Whittingham
MINISTER of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie says he is saddened by yesterday's passing of Lionel Dunstan Whittingham, president of the Jamaica Higglers, Vendors and Markets Association.
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