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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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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Cameron seeking to become ICC chairman - Stabroek News
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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Police mum on DPP’s call on soldier’s shooting of cop
Police authorities are tight-lipped about a recommendation made by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn about the fate of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier who earlier this year shot and injured a cop he allegedly found at...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Never-ending wars in “Da 5 Bloods” - Stabroek News
Every interaction of our lives is affected by the weight and history of things that came before – our politics, our forefathers, exigencies of power, the meeting points of class, race and gender. The article Never-ending wars in “Da 5 Bloods” appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Sweetheart deal? - Questions surround land arrangement involving partner of Cabinet minister
There are conflicting accounts about how a company, with a director and shareholder who is the partner of a Cabinet minister, was selected in 2019 to operate more than 1,400 acres of old sugar lands in St Elizabeth. The entity, Holland Producers...
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Listen & Learn from Black Americans - African American News Today - EIN News
“listen to and learn from black Americans.” That conversation can be a the like, founding the organization Black Americans for Family Values in the
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Assa Nyakundi wins first round in murder case
The court noted that whereas it could have wished to grant the application by the DPP to discontinue the current proceedings, “the spirit of the law generally, and the Constitution in particular, must be upheld not only for the sanctity of the judicial system but also for the interest of the public
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Police mum on DPP’s call on soldier’s shooting of cop
Police authorities are tight-lipped about a recommendation made by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn about the fate of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier who earlier this year shot and injured a cop he allegedly found at his home in a compromising position with his
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Historic brain surgery - Woman sings through procedure at KPH as doctors remove tumour
When 49-year-old Marjorie Pearson went into surgery three weeks ago at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), it was not lost on her and the medical team that the high-risk brain procedure could go horribly wrong. Dr Dwaine Cooke, consultant...
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The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Jane Frances Abodo has said her office was reluctant to sanction charges of being a nuisance against former Makerere University Research Fellow, Dr Stella Nyanzi last
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ELECTIONWATCH - PM says economic recovery the focus now, but analyst expects polls sooner rather than later
Even as political watchers zero in on August dates for the next general election, Prime Minister Andrew Holness kept his cards close to his chest as he spoke with The Sunday Gleaner a week ago, giving no hint as to when he will summon Jamaicans to...
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Tina Knowles-Lawson, Beyoncé Knowles Carter, Mothers of the Movement Urge Senate to Pass HEROES Act | Atlanta Daily World
BlackPressUSA Today, 76 percent of Americans recognize that racism is “a big problem” in this country, representing a 26 percent increase from just five years ago. Mothers of the Movement (pictured, from the 2016 Democratic National Convention) is a group of African American women whose children
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#JamaicaTogether Promo | Roxvone Stevens
I encourage everyone to be responsible online and be wary of emails from persons you do not know. Stay alert and stay safe. We’ll get through this, Jamaica, together. – Roxvone Stevens Associate Manager, Installation, FLOW Jamaica
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In memory of our departed Michael Alphonso Kalley – twelve months on
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 June 2020: Today, 27th June 2020, marks the first anniversary of the departure of our beloved father, brother, grandad, uncle, cousin, and friend – Mr  Michael Alphonso Kalley, who sadly passed away in Freetown  on the 27th of June 2019, aged 66. Michael was a long-time
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Attorney General Keith Ellison charges remaining three ex-officers in George Floyd murder case
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The number of protesters on show was small, but their messages appeared to have struck powerful notes, as motorists honked horns and waved in support of those who turned out yesterday to express their dissatisfaction with higher-than-normal electricity bills sent out by the Jamaica Public Service
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Why A History Professor Says 'Racist' Emancipation Memorial Shouldn't Come Down : NPR
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Former Minneapolis Police Officer Responsible For George Floyd’s Death Arrested, Charged With Murder
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Sharp increase in minors under 10 being raped - May Pen SMO sounds alarm over children being viciously abused during COVID-19 lockdown
Sexual abuse among children as young as two years old has increased due to the COVID-19 lockdown, noted a Clarendon medical practitioner, who labelled some of the cases as “very vicious”. Dr Bradley Edwards, senior medical officer at the May Pen...
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Students of The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, will be able to access medical care islandwide at private and public institutions come September 2020, following the passing of an extended health-card policy led by the students’ guild....
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Research shows COVID-19 lockdown could scar children
WESTERN BUREAU: Child development specialist Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughan is warning that children will need special attention in the coming months as research has shown that the strict measures implemented to stem the spread of the deadly...
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Malcolm case has 2022 date, says DPP - One cop still on the run for double murder
The revelation came on Tuesday from Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn after human-rights lobby Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) chastised her office a day earlier over the handling of the case and several others involving the
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2020 BET Awards: Top 7 moments of the night : TheGrio
This year marked the 20 year anniversary of the BET Awards. The coronavirus pandemic tried to ruin the shows big anniversary by forcing the show to be virtualinstead of the week of events in Los Angeles that normally take place leading up to Black Hollywood’s biggest night. But BET proved that the
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ME, BACK DOWN? 'FAGET IT!'
HE is going nowhere.So all those who do not want Dr Andrew O'Brien Wheatley to run again for the office of Member of Parliament can, to borrow a phrase used years ago by retired Prime Minister PJ Patterson, 'faget it.'
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In 2015, John Legend came one step closer to EGOT status when he and Common won an Oscar for “Glory,” the theme song they wrote for the civil rights film [] The post John Legend And Common Reunite For A Timely Performance Of ‘Glory’ appeared first on Essence.
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