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Stalwart educator honoured at St Alban's Primary - Barbados Today

By Anesta Henry The staff room at the St Alban’s Primary School has been renamed after former senior teacher Wendy Alleyne. Last Friday, Alleyne was the centre of attention as her family and friends joined staff and students of the St James-based institution to witness the retired teacher cut the ribbon. During her address, Alleyne […]

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Joliet Police In-Custody Death: Mayor Gets Kwame Raoul Involved | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Council members Terry Morris, Jan Quillman, Larry Hug and Mayor Bob ODekirk signed a letter asking for the Attorney Generals intervention. By John Ferak, Patch Staff Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul will be launching an independent investigation into the circumstances of the Jan. 29 death of

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Students continue push for change regarding school resource officers | The Crusader Newspaper Group

By Patrick Forrest The Chicago Board of Education voted 4-3 late last month to keep a $33 million contract that allows Chicago Police officers to be stationed in the city’s public high schools. Students and youth activists had used the contract as a starting point toward police reform in the

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Florida sheriff says he’ll deputize gun owners in response to BLM protesters | The Crusader Newspaper Group

The Black top cop tells demonstrators that they need to behave when they come to his county; youve been warned By Biba Adams, The Grio Clay County Sheriff Darryl Daniels announced this week that he will make “special deputies of every lawful gun owner in this county,” if he feels that the Florida

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Brilliant Lesa!

Mary Mary's 2000 gospel hit I Just Can't Give Up Now played softly from the Angus family's small board house in the Old Road community of Kitson Town, St Catherine yesterday.

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Opening of Hard Rock casino in Gary delayed | The Crusader Newspaper Group

By Crusader Staff Report The $300 million Hard Rock Casino in Gary will not open at the end of the year as originally planned, Spectacle Entertainment officials recently said in several news reports. Six months after its celebrated groundbreaking, Spectacle Entertainment officials said construction

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Mourners reminded to adhere to COVID-19 protocols

MINISTER of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie has again appealed for mourners to adhere to the safety protocols that have been put in place for funerals in light of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

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BLACK IN BUSINESS | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Businesses in Chicago’s Black neighborhoods join the city in Phase 4 as they slowly reopen By Erick Johnson The wait was at least an hour on Sunday at Chicago’s Home of Chicken Waffles restaurant in Bronzeville. One woman waited at least 40 minutes for her food after placing her order. The line

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Approximately two hours after news emerged that former Energy Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley had filed a court challenge to conclusions made about him by the Integrity Commission in its probe of the Petrojam scandal, the commission admitted that it had erred in an aspect of the same report relating

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This Day in History - July 8

Today is the 190th day of 2020. There are 176 days left in the year.TODAY's HIGHLIGHT2009: US President Barack Obama and other leaders of the world's richest industrial countries pledge to seek dramatic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to slow dangerous climate change. They agree for the

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Next six months will not be easy, says PAHO director

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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OUR defends anti-theft campaign

THE Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has defended its anti-theft advertising campaign, as it responded to social media criticisms yesterday of an online post.

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County task force urges getting people back to work -

LOS ANGELES — As the number of coronavirus cases continue to spike in Los Angeles County, industry leaders June 30 urged county officials to safely get more residents back to work and college students back to school. In a meeting of the countys Economic Resiliency Task Force, members warned that

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Michael Gordon remembered as humble, gracious artist

LATE former Jamaica Observer Photo Editor Michael Gordon was remembered yesterday as a humble and gracious artist who performed his photography duties with brilliance, at a service of thanksgiving for his life at Boulevard Baptist Church in St Andrew.The 67-year-old died suddenly at home in May

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COVID-19 testing sites unfriendly to walk-up traffic -

LOS ANGELES — As a pandemic loomed, local health officials and government leaders scrambled to set up an accessible testing system, devising a series of drive-through coronavirus testing sites around Los Angeles County. In early May, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti made his city the first in America to

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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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Protest forces T&T to deal with at-risk youth

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) The Trinidad and Tobago Government announced Thursday the establishment of a National Recovery Programme (NRP) as it appealed to young people to put down their guns and seek to improve their lives.

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Temporary Employment Agency to pay $568,500 to settle EEOC race and sex discrimination suit | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Agencies Discriminated Against Black and Female Applicants Seeking Work Assignments, Federal Agency Charged CHICAGO – Personnel Staffing Group, LLC, doing business as Most Valuable Personnel (MVP), and MVP Workforce, LLC will pay $568,500 to resolve a race and sex discrimination lawsuit brought by

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Children are lagging and COVID-19 harming AIDS care

ï¿½WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) New numbers on the global AIDS epidemic show some big successes, such as fewer deaths and new infections. But there are also some tragic failures: Only half the children with HIV, the virus that causes the disease, are getting treatment.

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Jamaica to benefit from $498m under Canada-Caricom fund

JAMAICA is to benefit from a provision of CA$4.7 million or $498 million, for which the country is eligible under the CA$20 million Canada-Caricom Climate Adaptation Fund facility, to be implemented by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).

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Report those who breach quarantine orders CMO

CHIEF Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie is encouraging citizens to report persons who have returned to the island and are not complying with the quarantine orders.The CMO, who was speaking at the Ministry of Health and Wellness' weekly virtual COVID Conversations press briefing

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This Day In History- July 7

Today is the 189th day of 2020. There are 177 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2000: Eager children around the globe grab volumes of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the boy wizard's fourth magical adventure a massive hit even before its publication.ï¿½OTHER EVENTS

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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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Disabled man chooses brain over brawn to launch farming business

SHAVAR Harris is paralysed from the shoulders down but manages to operate a small farm in the hills on Glengoffe, St Catherine.

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Foreign students must leave US if classes go online

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) International students will be forced to leave the US or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fall, under new guidelines issued yesterday by federal immigration authorities.

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Generous Jamaica Observer readers offer to assist needy top student

TOP student Lesa Angus will be graduating from Kitson Town All-Age School tomorrow in much higher spirits than she was in when the Jamaica Observer visited her home Sunday.

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Oh, what one Chuck(le) can do!

MINISTER of Justice Delroy Chuck's argument for not delaying the reporting of allegations of sexual harassment under the new Bill before Parliament seems to have done more than the paid advertisements and media coverage have done to increase interest in the process since last year.

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Community health aides recruited to support COVID-19 fight

FIFTY residents of St Catherine are being trained as community health aides, in keeping with the Ministry of Health and Wellness' strategic framework to prepare the population to live with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).The 50 health aides, who will be deployed in communities throughout the

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Minister says ST&I Policy to address Internet access

MINISTER of Science, Energy and Technology Fayval Williams says the Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I) Policy will address issues within the technology sector, such as Internet access.There's one modality which I think underpins much of the success we've experienced in various

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Milwaukee Police Department's Stay-At-Home Arrests Reveal Deep Racial Disparities | The Madison Times

By Edgar Mendez Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. African Americans make up the majority of residents arrested

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Greenwich Town ZOSO scenes

Last Wednesday, after Prime Minister Andrew Holness declared a zone of special operation (ZOSO) in Greenwich Town, the Jamaica Observer went to the south- western St Andrew community to get residents' reaction to the crime-fighting measure.

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