Holness not ruling out Wheatley in future Cabinet

Jamaica: Senior students head back to classrooms under ‘new normal’ - Stabroek News

(Jamaica Gleaner) BRIDGEPORT HIGH School 11th-grader Tianna Fisher was not perturbed by new stipulations demanding physical distancing amid the partial reopening of secondary schools across the island

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Public Asked for Help in Locating 81-year-old Birmingham Woman

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Birmingham Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 81-year-old woman. Monday marked one week since Irene Campbell disappeared from her home and her family said she suffers from dementia. She was last seen on June 15, at 1208 43rd Street

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I will act on corruption when necessary, says Phillips

MONTEGO BAY, St James Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips says he will not fail to discipline members of his party who are found guilty of corruption when it is warranted, but currently there is no need for him to to do so.

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SOS places body bags on the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery to symbolize the disparate healthcare impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and the need for Medicaid Expansion

As of June 3, 2020 at 9:00 AMAlabama had 18,717 confirmed cases ofcoronavirus, with 653 deathsGreene County had 95 confirmed caseswith 4 deathsSumter County had 227 confirmed cases with 7 deathsand Hale County had 182cases with 9 deaths Montgomery, AL – The Save OurSelves Movement for Justice and

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PRETESTING U-TURN - New hurdle for visitors from high-risk COVID US states

WESTERN BUREAU: Visitors from the high-risk American states of Florida, New York, Arizona, and Texas are now required to pretest for the new coronavirus before travelling to Jamaica, says Prime Minister Andrew Holness. Combined, the four states...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Mayne is the man ... but hold off on election

Pointing to the resurfaced main road passing through the small community of St D’Acre in St Ann South West, a cookshop vendor and her customers say Member of Parliament Zavia Mayne is deserving of a second term. But they are advising Prime...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Phillips accuses PM of shielding Vaz; wants investigation into Holywell controversy

Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips has accused Prime Minister Andrew Holness of shielding his embattled cabinet minister, Daryl Vaz, who was recently stripped of his environment portfolio responsibilities, following revelation...

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Florida Officer Who Was Filmed Shoving A Kneeling Black Protester Has Been Charged

Steven Pohorence of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department faces a misdemeanor battery charge for the incident.

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Six charged over APNU+AFC Berbice protest - Stabroek News

Six persons were charged yesterday with breaching COVID-19 restrictions during the APNU+AFC protest march held last week. The article Six charged over APNU+AFC Berbice protest appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Corporate Hands | JEP, WKPP contribute COVID-19 supplies to health department

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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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Integrity Commission Oversight Committee gets going today

THE House of Representatives' newly appointed Integrity Commission Oversight Committee will have its first meeting at Gordon House today at 10:00 am.

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VIDEO: Dr. Weber on Racial Unrest

Assemblymember Dr. Shirley Weber (D-San Diego), chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus, gave an emotional speech June 3, at a press conference held at the California State Capitol. On Wednesday, June 10, one of Weber’s bills, ACA 5, co-authored by Assemblymember Mike A. Gipson

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After Record COVID Week, Some California Counties to Reverse Reopening Plans

(CALMATTERS) As COVID-19 cases in California surged past 200,000 and statewide hospitalizations continued to set all-time highs every day this week, Gov. Gavin Newsom started to tap the brakes today — urging especially hard-hit Imperial County to reinstate its stay-at-home order. At a press

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

7 Interesting Things You Probably Didn't Know About Marilyn Mosby

This past Friday, Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced charges against six police officers implicated in the death of a 25-year-old black Baltimore resident named Freddie Gray. Mosby's handling of the high-profile case — and the powerful statements she made at the press

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David G. Brown Cartoon: July 9, 2020 - Los Angeles Sentinel

The post David G. Brown Cartoon: July 9, 2020 appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.

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ZOSO imposed in Greenwich Town

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced a Zone of Special Operation (ZOSO) in Greenwich Town, St Andrew. In making the announcement a short while ago, Holness said the move is to improve safety and security in the area, which he noted is facing...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

FACT CHECK | No, Nigeria has not found Covid-19 vaccine - but the hunt is on | News24

Several media publications reported in late June that Nigerian scientists had unveiled a vaccine for the new coronavirus. But the researchers said what they had was a potential vaccine candidate, and it would be months before it could be said to be effective.

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Creary didn’t interview Grindley, admits Integrity Commission

The Integrity Commission has corrected one of its damning reports on corruption at Petrojam to reflect that Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillor Richard Creary did not interview Floyd Grindley for the post of general manager at the refinery. In...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

It's a good look

SEVERAL residents of the troubled St Andrew South Western community of Greenwich Town yesterday welcomed the decision by Prime Minister Andrew Holness to declare the area a zone of special operation (ZOSO), and their Member of Parliament Angela Brown Burke is sharing their joy.A flare-up of gang

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Morgan credits Rock River councillor for foray into politics

It all started with a pothole. After a heavy shower of rain two decades ago, a young Robert Nesta Morgan was frustrated by a huge pothole at his gate and went in search of answers. “It was about 1999. I had just started Clarendon College sixth form...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

NYPD Announced Internal Review After Black Mans Violent Arrest. 3 Months Later, Silence.

The trauma for Fitzroy Gayle and others doesn’t end when a viral video of their arrest stops circulating.

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Visitors from high-risk US states to pretest before arrival

AS of July 1, some visitors from the United States who plan to enter the island on and after July 10 will have to be pretested for COVID-19 for their applications for landing to be considered.

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Program to help restaurants placed on hold by state -

SOUTH LOS ANGELES — The continued rise in coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County has resulted in a new program designed to help South Los Angeles restaurants increase business being put on hold. Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the second phase of the “LA Al Fresco” program June 26 during a press

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More SOEs possible before election

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has not ruled out declaring more States of Public Emergency before the next general election due by February next year. However, the prime minister says where a State of Emergency exists when he is ready to call an...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Outgoing MP defends 30-year tenure in St James Southern

ANCHOVY, St James - Outgoing People's National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament for St James Southern Derrick Kellier is defending his stewardship of the parliamentary seat he has held since defeating the Jamaica Labour Party's Ephraim Morgan in the 1989 General Election.

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

Embattled former minister remains on JLP's slate... at least for now

Member of Parliament St Catherine South Central Dr Andrew Wheatley will have to wait and see if he will be allowed to defend his seat on a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) ticket in the next general election.

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Jay- Z Issues Statement On Police Killing of George Floyd

"I am a human, a father, and a Black man in pain."

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DPP to get three-year extension of tenure

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has recommended to the Governor General that the tenure of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn be extended by three years. The Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips had objected to the extension after...

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Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani Called The BLM Movement A Marxist Group

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani called Black Lives Matter a “Marxist organization” that “has been planning to destroy the police for three years.”

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