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Mayor of Kingston Senator Delroy Williams (left); Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange (third left) and Winston Harrison (right), Caribbean Cement Company contractor, use push brooms during a pre-Labour Day cleaning at Nelson Mandela Park in Half-Way-Tree, St
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Ambris fireworks keeps Breakers unbeaten
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – West Indies star Sunil Ambris continued to dominate the inaugural T10 Vincy Premier League, producing once again with both bat and ball to keep his Salt Pond Breakers undefeated here
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Thaddeus Stevens
Thaddeus Stevens , (born April 4, 1792, Danville, Vermont, U.S.—died August 11, 1868, Washington, D.C.), U.S. Radical Republican congressional leader during Reconstruction (1865–77) who battled for freedmen’s rights and insisted on stern requirements for readmission of Southern states into the
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In Fight Against Virus, South Africa Expects a Long Wait | Afro
The country with the continent’s most developed economy also has its highest number of confirmed infections — more than 21,000, representing 20% of
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Liar-In-Chief Donald Trump BIG MAD After Twitter Fact Checks His Fugazi Tweets
Twitter slapped two tweets from Donald Trump, alerting users that the information that he is sharing is “possibly misleading” because, honestly, it
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McKenzie saddened by passing of former May Pen mayor
Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie has expressed sadness at the passing of former Mayor of May Pen and Councillor for the Mineral Heights Division Milton
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Lack of professional clubs in Scotland holding game back, says Strachan
(Reuters) – The lack of fully professional clubs in the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) has handcuffed the sport in the country, former Scotland manager Gordon Strachan
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Stockpiling?
WASHINGTON–At least 22 states, including Oklahoma, have obtained a total of more than 10 million doses of malaria drugs to treat COVID-19 patients despite warnings from doctors that more tests are
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Kwame Kilpatrick denied early release from prison hit hard by COVID-19 outbreak
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Jamaica: Shaggy urges US visas for Beenie Man and Bounty Killer
(Jamaica Gleaner) On the heels of last weekend’s titanic clash between dancehall artistes Beenie Man and Bounty Killer that captured the attention of international fans, media outlets, and industry players, there is a push for the two to be reissued with United States visas to promote Jamaican
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Fairtrade aids 8,550 flower farm workers in Naivasha
Fairtrade aids 8,550 flower farm workers in Naivasha
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Regular Exercise Can Lead to Better Rates on No Exam Life Insurance.
(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the great benefits of no exam life insurance is that you don’t have to undergo a medical exam in order to get quick
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Twitter Fact Checks President Trump's Claim About Voter Fraud
For the first time since being elected, Twitter has fact-checked a claim President Trump made on the social media
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Is it Safe to BBQ This Weekend?
Memorial Day is usually a weekend that we not only celebrate our fallen soldiers, but it’s also a time that we get together as family and friends while many of us throw something on the
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Healthy Savannah Wins Statewide Recognition For Public Health Initiatives
The coalition has received the 2020 Joseph D. Greene Community Service Collaborative Award for its work to make Savannah a healthier place to
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Kenya: Fears for Kenya's Urban Food Supply As Floods Drown Rice
Rice is a staple food in Kenya's urban areas, but with floods destroying young crops in recent weeks and imports restricted by the COVID-19 pandemic, stocks may run short
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Nigeria: I Didn't Unilaterally Decide to Demolish Hotels in Rivers - Wike
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Will Jamaica still be blacklisted? - Opposition senator questions scale of COVID-19 effect on economy
Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke had said that Jamaica, like other countries, had been impacted by a shift in Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards of
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Frontline Workers, Public Employees Hit Hard By Fraudulent Unemployment Claims
The HR manager then forwarded a letter from the Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD) indicating that she has filed a claim on March
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A century and out, Bafana Bafana midfielder Mokotjo leaves Brentford
Premier Soccer League clubs will be licking their lips at the thought of signing Kamohelo Mokotjo following his departure from Brentford
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Priceless gesture
Rajana Price (left), Mini Miss ROOTS 96.1 FM, makes a donation of needed food items to Mustard Seed Communities at its Mahoe Drive headquarters in Kingston 11 on May
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Row between Makini School, parents deepens
The school’s parents teachers association (PTA) committee chaired by Nixon Bugo has rejected a fee demand by the school's owner, South Africa’s private education firm AdvTech Group, while the institution's management insists that parents must pay to keep the institution
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Thandiswa Mazwai’s essential performance to mark Africa Day
Brand SA and the department of sports, arts and culture, in association with Constitution Hill, present Play Your Part Africa Live Stream Concert on May
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Jamaica: JDF under fire disabled woman killed in August Town
(Jamaica Gleaner) With fresh allegations of a soldier killing a 44-year-old disabled woman in August Town, St Andrew, on Wednesday, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is coming under the radar after a rise in reports of assault and other criminal
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Fighting Depression (Depression Awareness)
By definition depression (major depressive disorder) is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you
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Mchichwa triggers Musona debate
FORMER Warriors and Kaizer Chiefs defender Rabson Mchichwa has picked Khama Billiat ahead of former Zimbabwe captains Peter Ndlovu and Benjani Mwaruwari as well as current skipper Knowledge Musona as the best Zimbabwean to have played in the South African
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Basic-school principal hosts free online lessons
KEREEN HIBBERTS, principal of Marcus Garvey Basic School, Kingston, has been hosting free online reading lessons to assist students who are at home due to the coronavirus
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Call for financial safety net for vulnerable workers
WITH thousands left reeling from sudden layoffs and redundancies in Jamaica and across the Caribbean as businesses try to weather the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, a call is being made for an unemployment insurance scheme, a living wage policy and legislation to protect contract
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Ice Cube to Black Press of America: ‘You’re All We’ve Got’
Today, Cube is not only one of the world’s biggest music stars, but he’s also at the top of
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Nisha Ganatra, in focus
Since the release of her first feature film “Chutney Popcorn” in 1999, director Nisha Ganatra has been on a mission to place women, people of color, and the LGBTQIA+ community at the forefront of her film and television
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