Political smokescreen? - Doubt clouds 2-in-1 polls as EOJ wraps up training

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Shirley optimistic about Dolla Financial's purpose

It may even seem like a minor job for the elder statesman of finance, former executive director of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission, and top executive of leading Jamaica financial institution, National Commercial Bank for 35 years, yet it is anything but

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

Beyond symbolism: The Gospel of Christ

The Gospel of Jesus Christ, that is, the Grace of God announces to hearers and delivers to resultant believers and partakers the finished or accomplished work of Jesus

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Jamaican Olympian heads to America's Got Talent

Following in the footsteps of Tessanne Chin who won The Voice in 2013 and Dalton Harris who topped X Factor UK in 2018, two-time Olympian Shevon Stoddart is taking to another track on America’s Got Talent which is aired on

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Three women killed, Rygin King hurt on bloody Sunday

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Popular hardcore dancehall artiste Rygin King was up to late yesterday evening in emergency surgery after he was one of three people shot — one fatally by unknown assailants in an incident in Westmoreland yesterday

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

Looters, lowlifes, and liars

Not only has he derided “looters and lowlifes,” but he has also threatened the full force of federal law enforcement to threaten people’s legal right to

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‘Govt ignores striking nurses’

STRIKING nurses yesterday vowed to continue with their industrial action after government allegedly spurned their engagement efforts and ignored their call for decent

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Chuckling dismissal of #MeToo blasted

These allegations from a handful of women are among an estimated thousands of sexual harassment cases nationwide and have added fuel to the fire of outrage against Justice Minister Delroy Chuck, who, last Thursday, said that he would not support claims being filed more than a year after an

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Essence Magazine's staffers anonymously call out toxic workplace culture

(Photo: Essence

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ARTUZ leader arrested

AMALGAMATED Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) president Obert Masaraure was arrested in Harare yesterday and immediately transferred to Masvingo, where he is expected to stand trial for an illegal demonstration he led early this

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Texas Southern University modifies fall academic calendar

Texas Southern University will move to a modified 13-week schedule for the upcoming fall semester, which has students completing the term prior to the traditional Thanksgiving

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Rogue group in government will not allow a democratic transition of governance

Lowenfield’s claptrap declaration report to the commissioners on June 23, 2020 is an extension of transparent attempts at rigging Guyana’s March 2, 2020 General and Regional

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Yanomami men killed by illegal gold miners in northern Brazil, tribe says

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Two Yanomami men were killed with shotguns by gold rush miners on their reservation in the northern Amazon region, according to a statement released yesterday by the tribe, the largest in Brazil that is relatively isolated from the outside

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Campbell rakes JLP councillors for shoddy roads

Being in the unenviable position of having no councillors umbilically linked to his People’s National Party (PNP) operating inside the St Ann North West constituency, two-term Member of Parliament Dr Dayton Campbell has fired a salvo at the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) local government

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Cameron seeking to become ICC chairman

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Dave Cameron confirmed Friday he will be seeking to become the next head of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and will be asking Cricket West Indies (CWI), which he led for three terms, to back his

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MDC Alliance ‘abductees’ granted bail

THREE MDC Alliance activists — Harare West MP Joanna Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Nestai Marova — who are facing charges of communicating falsehoods over their alleged abduction, were yesterday granted bail by the High

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

PAHO chief urges Caribbean to prepare to manage COVID-19 for next two years

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) — Director of the Pan American Health Organisation, Dr Carissa F Etienne is urging Caribbean countries as well as those in the Americas to prepare to manage the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic closely for the next two

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

A house built on sand

Yesterday, we carried a report that aides belonging to Khupe were assaulted by the security team that referred to a “president Mwonzora” ahead of the party’s national standing committee meeting at the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Virtual court touted as potential backlog clearer, time saver

Touting the benefits of a greater use of technology in the courts, Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck said on Friday that with the donation of audiovisual equipment worth over $80 million from the European Union, Jamaicans can look forward to saving time and money in their pursuit of

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Opposition still unhappy with PM's response to Holywell issue

LEADER of the Opposition Dr Peter Phillips said yesterday that the People's National Party (PNP) of which he is president, is not satisfied with the Government's response to the issue involving the bid to lease land close to the Holywell Park in St Andrew to Cabinet minister Daryl

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

Florida records new daily high in COVID-19 cases

MIAMI — The state of Florida has set another record in daily confirmed coronavirus

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

Texas delays health guidelines for reopening schools this fall. Draft documents show few mandatory safety measures.

Texas public schools will be required to provide in-person instruction for students this fall, but state education officials have delayed releasing final public health guidelines for keeping them safe on campuses during the

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Texas governor says state facing ‘massive’ COVID-19 outbreak

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that the state is facing a “massive outbreak” in the coronavirus pandemic and that some new local restrictions may be needed to protect hospital space for new

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Source: Dallas Post Tribune – Serving the Black community without fear or favor since 1947.

Virus Pushes Millions Into Hunger; UN Seeks More Food Funds

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Millions of people have been pushed into hunger by the coronavirus pandemic, the U.N. World Food Program said Monday as it appealed for nearly $5 billion to help feed the growing numbers in poor and middle-income

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

‘COVID-19 delays wagons delivery from Russia’

TRANSPORT minister Joel Biggie Matiza has claimed that the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) was supposed to take delivery of 100 wagons from Russia in January, but the consignment has been delayed by COVID-19

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Desert Storms: Coronavirus and food insecurity impact local organizations | The Crusader Newspaper Group

While science and politics argue the numbers about how many Americans are affected or how long COVID-19 will impact the nation, there are some who meet the coronavirus on the ground serving the people with the most basic

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Phillips wants legal assurances on 2-in-1 election

President of the People’s National Party (PNP), Dr Peter Phillips, is demanding assurances that the legal and technical issues involved in staging both the local government and general elections on one ballot be ironed out before concluding on what would be a historic

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Covid-19: Mopani district becomes Limpopo's new epicentre after 'cluster outbreak'

There has been yet another "cluster outbreak" of Covid-19 cases in Limpopo, with the Mopani district now identified as the new epicentre of the pandemic in the

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Source: https://www.news24.com

UN envoy: Covid-19, violence spreading in South Sudan

David Shearer, head of the UN Mission in South Sudan, pointed to a “steeply increasing rate of infection” from the coronavirus and “a really high increase in sub-national conflict and

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Source: The East African

Silver says significant spread of COVID-19 in Orlando could halt play

(Reuters) – The NBA season could again be put on hold if there is a “significant spread” of COVID-19 among its players in Orlando, where the league is set to resume play on July 30 with no fans in attendance, commissioner Adam Silver said

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