Vax or vex

Wakanda News Details

Vax or vex

The Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF) has started drafting a proposal for mandatory vaccination of workers amid growing concern about the island’s low rate of inoculation against the coronavirus disease. Those overtures, yet to be dispatched to...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

You may also like

Somalia: Farmajo and Madobe Held Face-to-Face Meeting in Galmudug - allAfrica. com

[Shabelle] On Sunday, Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo held a closed-door meeting with the president of Jubbaland Ahmed Madobe for the first time for almost three years.

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

Here are all the battlefronts TikTok is currently fighting on - L.A. Focus Newspaper

The video-sharing social media platform is the No. 1 app on the Google Play Store and number two on Apple App Store, and has been downloaded more than 165 million times by US consumers. The app is now a source for everything from viral dance routines to pranks on the President, and has propped up

fave

Source: La Focus Newspaper

Unions push back at lay-off extension lobby

Intense lobbying by the Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF) and the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) to have the 120-day cap on lay-offs extended is likely to run into gusty headwinds, with trade unions pushing back at the move. The...

fave

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Virus burnout cry - Tufton pledges to hire more doctors, nurses

The Government has been criticised for failing to reduce burnout among the nation’s nurses, who have been doubling and tripling up on duties at public hospitals and health centres amid increased workload since the onset of COVID-19. They have also...

fave

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

A Timely Case on Police Violence at the Supreme Court

… means of policing and oppressing African-American communities,” the brief said. “Today … means of unjustified control of African-Americans, rather than for valid law …

fave

Source: Unpublished Black History

Revealed: Plans to keep learners out of school for the rest of winter

A leading education union has revealed that proposals have been submitted, aiming to keep learners out of school for the immediate future.

fave

Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

More cheers for the first responders

Jamaica's first responders at the heart of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic were the toast of a service at Webster Memorial United Church in St Andrew yesterday, and the Jamaica Observer captured the pictures.

fave

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Zimbabwe arrests 100,000 for flouting lockdown rules - Police | Africanews

Police in Zimbabwe over the weekend confirmed the arrest of over 100,000 people for violating regulations aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus. The figure spans from March till date, they further

fave

Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Why Do We Need To Be Convinced? - The Seattle Medium

If we knew our history we would not have to be convinced of the necessity to do business with each other and to be the first in line to vote on everything from dog catcher to President. The post Why Do We Need To Be Convinced? appeared first on The Seattle Medium.

fave

Source: https://seattlemedium.com

Senior PSC official 'has no remorse' after being fraudulently appointed | News24

A senior official at the Public Service Commission has no regrets after she was fraudulently appointed.

fave

Source: https://www.news24.com

COVID-19: Cyril Ramaphosa tells SA to 'look for the silver lining'

With thousands of COVID-19 deaths to report - and millions of jobs on the line - Cyril Ramaphosa's rallying call is in danger of falling flat on Monday.

fave

Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Black Hollywood Needs To Hire Black Agents And Lawyers Before Crying About Inequality

Back in 2018, Hollywood lawyer Jaia Thomas was excited — as were hordes of fans — when “Black Panther” hit the big screen. After all, it was a movie of…

fave

Source: The Black Chronicle

Nedbank focused on COVID 19 countermeasures

NEDBANK Zimbabwe has rolled out several digital enablement technologies in the last quarter including, among others, automated bulk upload for faster account opening in multiples, to counter the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI In a letter to clients seen by NewsDay Business, the

fave

Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Rwanda: Government Optimistic COVID-19 Will Be Contained

[New Times] If all Covid-19 containment measures are observed both in public and individual families, the pandemic will be contained, The New Times has learnt.

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

Taxpayers Have Been Sponsoring Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam for Decades. - ThyBlackMan

Louis Farrakhan is known for spreading vicious lies about Jewish people, referring to Jewish people as "wicked Jews," accusing them of perpetrating a fictitious "black African Holocaust" and of "sucking our blood." In one of his interviews, Farrakhan claimed that "Hitler was a very great

fave

Source: ThyBlackMan

Florida Passes 350,000 Reported COVID-19 Cases - Free Press of Jacksonville

An additional 12,478 cases of COVID-19 have been reported Sunday by the Florida Department of Health, bringing the statewide total to 350,047. Sunday marked the fifth straight day that the state saw an increase of [...]

fave

Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Honey Bun Foundation moves to help SMEs

Twenty- two small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been given the opportunity to rebuild and re-enforce their businesses courtesy of The Honey Bun Foundation.The one-year-old foundation, whose mission is to 'create powerful business models for SMEs and the creative industry to become

fave

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

The Kardashians & Friends Are Allegedly Concerned & Upset Following Kanye West's Bizarre Campaign Rally

Kanye West went off the deep end yesterday (Jul.19) during his "campaign rally" in North Charleston that some are literally describing as a cry for help. During the event, West basically told anyone if you think I can't even say some more ridiculous nonsense like "slavery was

fave

Source: Cassius | born unapologetic | News, Style, Culture

Indigenous churches call for dialogue

A GROUP of indigenous churches led by Zanu PF-aligned businessman Jimaya Muduvuri has called for a multi-sectoral dialogue to end the country’s economic woes, saying the anti-government protests planned for July 31 would only stoke political tension. BY PRECIOUS CHIDA The Zimbabwe Amalgamated

fave

Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

UK coronavirus vaccine prompts immune response in early test - TheGrio

LONDON (AP) — Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to... View Article The post UK coronavirus vaccine prompts immune response in early test appeared first on TheGrio.

fave

Source: theGrio

Rwanda: Update COVID-19 19 July 2020

[WHO] Forty-three (43) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3,214 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to one thousand, five hundred and eighty-two (1582). To date, eight hundred and thirty-four (834) patients have recovered and been discharged, including

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

Work from home worries

Local occupational safety and health (OSH) experts are urging Jamaican entities to develop work-from-home protocols for their employees as this will become a long-term arrangement and a new normal for many after the COVID-19 pandemic.This comes against the background of the Government having

fave

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Zimbabwe: RBZ Looting Talk Aimed At Whipping Public Emotions Against Zanu-PF - Party

[New Zimbabwe] ZANU-PF has dismissed as baseless, claims that some of its senior officials looted millions of United States dollars in public funds through the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s farm mechanisation scheme over a decade ago.

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

Zimbabwe: Chombo's 2013 Rates Cancellation Order Continues to Haunt Mutare Council

[New Zimbabwe] A populist Zanu-PF policy by then Minister of Local Government, Ignatius Chombo in 2013 to extend a debt amnesty on ratepayers who owed billions of dollars to their respective councils countrywide, continues to haunt the Mutare City Council as most ratepayers have developed apathy in

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

Juvenile Justice Efforts Ups and Downs During Pandemic / Public News Service

… current detention population is mostly African-American, and the length of stay …

fave

Source: Public News Service | News in the Public Interest

Africa COVID-19 stats: 721,292 cases; 15,170 deaths; 380,253 recoveries | Africanews

There are now more than over 720,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

fave

Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Big Mac Racism at McDonald’s - Voice and Viewpoint

By Whitney Gresham and Trevor W. Coleman II at The Michigan Chronicle For more than 50 years, the McDonald’s Corporation took pride in branding itself as a socially conscious corporation particularly interested in doing business in abandoned and long-ignored Black communities while embracing racial

fave

Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

Looting exposé quakes Zanu PF

THE ruling Zanu PF party yesterday appeared shaken to the core after names of government fat cats who benefited from the 2007/8 Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)-funded farm mechanisation scheme were exposed, with acting party spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa (pictured) saying he would issue a statement

fave

Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Building Community Power in a White Supremacist Country - African American News Today - EIN News

… Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice … meeting the basic needs of Black Americans. In 1968, a global influenza … describes in Dispossession: Discrimination Against African American Farmers in the Age of …

fave

Source: The Nation

Over 20 Nigerian soldiers killed by bandits in northern Katsina State | Africanews

At least 23 soldiers have been killed in an ambush in northwestern Nigeria. Armed militants opened fire on the soldiers as they walked through a forested part of the Jibia district in Katsina State, security sources said on

fave

Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

More from Jamaica Gleaner

Violence Prevention Alliance expands Child Resiliency programme

Egg farmers split on value of centralised market

Young Science Students Benefit from Mentorship Workshop

TJH launching T-Tag discounts for customers amid toll-rate increase

Millions lost as fires ravage commercial, residential buildings

Government urged to speed up justice reform

Gov’t wants Maroon lawsuit thrown out

Who is a child?

Cops find rifle capable of firing different types of bullets

Westmoreland man wanted for shooting charged

Illegal gun seized in Manchester

Truck driver freed of larceny charges in St Mary

INDECOM serves notice for questioning on policewoman in Donna-Lee Donaldson case

Justice David Batts on drive to inform Jamaicans about rights and the legal system

Plans advanced for purchase of additional garbage trucks – McKenzie

JPS, NWC customers compensated $45.3 million for breaches

Manchester truck driver accused of stealing $750,000 charged with embezzlement

Cop in $100k bribery-murder saga willing to return to Jamaica, claims innocence

Nottingham councillor launches appeal for Princess Margaret Hospital

DC World Reggae Festival to mark Jamaica 60

Regulations coming to sell excess energy to JPS

Goats, sheep take centrestage at Denbigh

Jazz gives back to Portland community

CAC 2000 Foundation spearheading personal and profession development for at-risk youths

Sterling ambition – Vanessa Wright fulfilling her dream of becoming an attorney despite challenges

Samuda: NWC exploring renewable energy options

‘It brings me such joy’

Residents pleased with Carib Cement’s $31m injection at Harbour View sports complex

Reluctant entrant wins coveted Nurse of the Year award

Foster-Allen warns of grief if COVID learning gap not reversed

Third J’can consents to extradition in int’l money laundering case

NARCO DRAGNET

Extradition hearing set for St Andrew man held in anti-narcotics operation

World Health Organization declares monkeypox a global emergency

31-y-o Kingston man nabbed with homemade gun

20-year residency requirement for BVI belongership status cut in half

Vessel on fire in Kingston Harbour

Russia hits Ukraine’s Black Sea port despite grain deal

Police: Manchester man confesses to murdering woman, charged

Residents pleased with Carib Cement’s $3m injection at Harbour View sports complex

‘For me, it’s not a style’

What is a biblical world view?

Effects of unforgiveness

Controversial real estate developer not licensed

NIDS cards to have JP verification

Law to put duty on motorists to give updated contact info for tickets

UPDATE: Police believe arson behind blaze at St Catherine Parish Court admin building

Pope to apologise to Indigenous groups on Canada visit

Jamaican-American heads Metropolitan Black Bar Association in New York

UPDATE | Two killed, more than 20 hospitalised following St Ann bus crash

Blackfacts BETA RELEASE 11.5.3
(Production Environment)