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COVID SPOILER - Virus caution to crash colourful nomination party

With a worrying rise in the number of Jamaicans contracting COVID-19 in the last week, prospective election candidates who plan to crank up their political machinery in a show of strength today – nomination day – are being warned that campaign...

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#JaVotes2020 | 'This is my time'... Brennan promises to rescue Clarendon North Central

People’s National Party (PNP) supporters in Clarendon North Central this morning waited impatiently outside the Chapelton Family Court as their candidate Dr Desmond Brennan went through the Nomination Day proceedings. As they waited, Jamaica...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Virus-induced spending spurs sales at Home Depot, Walmart - Black News Channel

By Anne D'Innocenzio AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans turned to Walmart and Home Depot for supplies and do-it-yourself projects as they stayed close to home at a time when new cases of virus surged, resulting in soaring sales for their fiscal second quarter. Walmart's online sales nearly

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Safety ignored COVID protocols largely neglected as 139 nominated

On a day when crowds of political party supporters largely ignored COVID-19 safety protocols, 13 independents were among the 139 candidates nominated yesterday for the September 3 General Election being contested in the difficult environment of a pandemic.In contrast, safety protocols were

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Creary downplays COVID spread risk after testing positive

Port Maria Mayor Richard Creary has downplayed concerns that his contraction of COVID-19 poses a health risk to staff and clients of the St Mary Municipal Corporation. Creary, who was diagnosed with COVID-19 last week by local officials of the...

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'Fit and ready' Phillips dismisses thought of PNP loss

ON the stroke of 10:00 am yesterday, one supporter in the yard at Tarrant Baptist Church on Molynes Road shouted, 'Him deh a Pre-Mix', a mere stone's throw by a strong man up the road. The reference was to the imminent arrival of Dr Peter Phillips.

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

Trump warns of 'rigged election' as he uses conspiracy and fear to counter Biden's convention week - L.A. Focus Newspaper

The dire warnings -- reliant on false information and racist tropes -- foreshadowed a bitter fall campaign as Trump seeks to reverse a slide in the

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#JaVotes2020 | Business and economics in Haughton’s constituency plans

Dr Andre Haughton, the People’s National Party’s (PNP) candidate for the St James West Central seat, intends to bring economic development and business and marketing education to the constituency if he wins at the polls on September 3...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Westmoreland gets simulation training centre for bikers

Western Bureau: For Dave Beckford, a motorcyclist of Negril, Westmoreland, Sunday’s opening of the simulation training centre in Petersfield, in that parish for cyclists is a step in the right direction, which he thinks will help to reduce the...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Jagdeo signals possible advisory roles for Luncheon, Westford - Stabroek News

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has said the PPP/C government hopes to benefit from the knowledge and experience of former Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon and former minister Dr Jennifer

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Uganda: Fresh Lockdown Looms As Covid-19 Death Toll Rises to 15

[Monitor] The country could be thrown into a fresh lockdown following a rise in Covid-19 cases in the community.

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Donald Trump mocks Joe Biden, says he Doesn’t Know Where Minnesota Is

Donald Trump mocked rival Joe Biden in Minnesota on Monday, joking that the former vice president doesn't know where the state is. The president is ...

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Former MPs back Gordon Webley

THE People's National Party (PNP) candidate for St Andrew East Rural Joan Gordon Webley says she and her team will be 'taking it to them' at the polls on September 3.Speaking at the Gordon Town community centre yesterday, the former two-time Member of Parliament (MP) for the Jamaica Labour Party

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

Political complaints skyrocket

Complaints filed to the Office of the Political Ombudsman have climbed by a third in the seven days since the announcement of the September 3 election date compared to submissions over the previous four months. Donna Parchment Brown confirmed that...

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Decision to be made on planned reopening of schools

Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the likelihood of a delay in the planned reopening of schools is a real possibility as the country grapples with an increase of COVID-19 infections. Responding to questions at a virtual press...

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#JaVotes2020 | Tomlinson eyeing St Andrew West Rural victory

Krystal Tomlinson all the way was the buzzword after her nomination as the People’ National Party (PNP) candidate for St Andrew West Rural. She was accompanied to the nomination centre at the Stony Hill HEART Academy by two party bigwigs,...

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Veteran Leakey backs Wright for second term

WESTERN BUREAU: Forty-eight years after first winning the Trelawny Northern seat on a People’s National Party (PNP) ticket, Desmond Leakey stood on the Falmouth Municipal Corporation’s staircase Tuesday afternoon, endorsing incumbent Victor Wright...

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Will Montague, Wheatley show up for nomination?

QUESTIONS are being raised about whether Robert Montague and Andrew Wheatley, who up to the dissolution of Parliament last week represented the constituencies of St Mary Western and St Catherine South Central, respectively, will show up in person today to be nominated for the September 3 General

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

Colour, confidence mark nomination day in western Jamaica

MONTEGO BAY, St James - The colourful side of Jamaican politics was on display across the western region during nomination day yesterday, even as established health protocols due to COVID-19 might have impacted the activities.

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

‘God has been kind’ - ‘Seven-star general’ bows out of politics

Having attained ‘seven-star general’ status in political parlance, and arguably one of Jamaica’s longest-serving ministers in any administration over a 23-year period, Robert Pickersgill, whose decades-long political career is coming to an end, is...

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Roads, water and employment priorities for Manchester Southern residents

GROVE TOWN, Manchester - 'Mi nah vote again' were the words of taxi operator Lushington Beale otherwise called Lushie when the Jamaica Observer visited the southern Manchester area of Grove Town.Beale's comments are in relation to the deplorable condition of the road for miles along the Cross Keys

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

Die cast for all-woman clashes

Venesha Phillips, councillor for the Papine division in St Andrew Eastern, moved into the big league on Tuesday when she secured the People’s National Party (PNP) nomination against incumbent Fayval Williams. Accompanied by about 300 supporters who...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

#JaVotes2020 | COVID breaches rampant out west! PNP and JLP supporters flaunt health protocols

If what was seen on the streets of St James is an indication of what is the come in the lead-up to the September 3 general election, the fear that coronavirus (COVID-19) could significantly impact Jamaica could well become a devastating...

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Suicide prevention has a systemic racism problem. Here's how to fix it. - African American News Today - EIN News

… of white people. Black or African Americans, Asians and Pacific Islanders, and …

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Bunting defends performance in Manchester Central but JLP's Crawford not impressed

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - People's National Party (PNP) incumbent Peter Bunting is defending his three terms as Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Central as he vies for another, with newcomer Rhoda Moy Crawford contesting for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in the constituency.

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

Crime clash over politics

The police say investigations so far do not link the Monday night killing of a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) worker in Clarendon with politics, as Prime Minister Andrew Holness accuses the People’s National Party (PNP) of deliberately trying to cause...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Vaz ‘100 per cent’ confident of victory

The Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Portland Eastern incumbent Ann-Marie Vaz is “100 per cent confident” that she will retain the seat in her first general election. Following her nomination yesterday, the candidate declared that her work can be seen...

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What To Watch In Today’s Elections In Alaska, Florida And Wyoming – Free Press of Jacksonville

By Geoffrey Skelley and Nathaniel Rakich - Primary season is winding down. - From sea to shining sea (via purple mountains majesty), today’s primary elections have it all. To have a prayer in November, Alaska Democrats may have to nominate … candidates who are [...]

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#JaVotes2020 | JLP’s Jodian Myrie wants to unseat Phillips

In what would be a historic win by any newcomer vying for a seat in Gordon House, Jodian Myrie, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate for St Andrew East Central, says she intends to stop President of the People's National Party Dr Peter Phillips in his tracks at the polls on September 3.

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