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NCEL to launch new online course for principals, vice-principals

The National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL) is now accepting applications for its Virtual Instructional Leadership (VIL) online course that will be launched within

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

Garmin releases new GPS Running Watches

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., today announced two of the company’s latest GPS running watches –the Forerunner 230 and the Forerunner 235. Tracking distance, pace, time, heart rate1 and more, the 230 and 235 keep runners on pace for their next personal record. The Forerunner 235

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Source: Savoy Network

Grenadians protest after black man beaten over the death of a dog | New York Carib News

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) – Police Saturday appealed for calm after hundreds of Grenadians braved the inclement weather to protest the beating of a black man allegedly by members of a white family after their dog was accidentally killed in the influential community of Fort Jeudy on the southern

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Source: The New York Carib News

Namibia: MP Questions Political Will to Fight Corruption

Youthful Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) parliamentarian Inaaviposa Hengari said the cost of corruption in the public sector is paid for by poor people and unemployed young people who cannot get work because money intended for development is being used to purchase holiday homes and luxury

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Source: allAfrica.com

Tanzania: Don't Blame Me for Any COVID-19 Deaths - Museveni

Kampala — President Museveni has said that he and his government have played their part in containing the spread of Coronavirus, and can no longer take the blame if Ugandans start dying of

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Source: allAfrica.com

Naivasha depot to host all EAC cargo

All cargo destined for Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan will be transported via standard gauge railway (SGR) for clearance at the Naivasha Inland Container Depot (ICD) starting June

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

Uganda: Over 137,000 Television Sets Needed for Museveni Distance Learning

Government will have to purchase over 137,000 television sets if they are to facilitate distance learning as proposed by President

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Source: allAfrica.com

Three Jamaican cops nabbed in US on drug charges | New York Carib News

Three Jamaica cops were charged in a sweeping narcotics operation involving high-profile United States law-enforcement agents in two American cities on

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Source: The New York Carib News

Coronavirus: Florida COVID-19 Count Passes 80,000

ORLANDO, FL – As the state continues to reopen for business as “usual,” CoronaVirus cases continue to

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Source: The Orlando Advocate

Trinidad cop shot dead

(Trinidad Express) A member of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS)became the country’s latest murder victim after he was shot dead in Morvant this

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Wuhan conducts 6.5m Covid-19 tests in 10 days

The central Chinese city of Wuhan conducted 6,574,093 nucleic acid tests to screen novel coronavirus infections between May 14 and 23, according to the local health

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

Community surveillance under way in West Kingston following COVID-19 cases

The Southeast Regional Health Authority (SERHA) this morning began community surveillance in West Kingston following recent confirmation of five cases of

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Covid-19: 1,500 charged with breaking rules

In a statement, the Judiciary said it set up two temporary courts at the Kasarani Stadium to handle cases related to violation of Covid-19

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

'We are not okay'

A number of the island's district constables (DCs) is crying foul over the “poor” treatment they say is being meted out to them by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), even as the group celebrates District Constable

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

Ocean in Jupiter's moon Europa could host life, scientists believe

The interior ocean in Jupiter’s moon Europa may be able to sustain life, Nasa scientists

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Source: TechCentral

Kenya floods uproot families, disrupt fishing, farming

Grandmother Millicent Agata’s small farm has disappeared entirely under the floodwaters of a swollen Lake Victoria, forcing her family to join tens of thousands of other Kenyans seeking shelter from the worst floods in three

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Source: The East African

Famous Senegalese island Goree to rename its Europe Square in nod to George Floyd - Face2Face Africa

What was known as Europe Square at Senegals Goree Island will now be called the Freedom and Human Dignity Square, according to the islands tourism commission. The name change was inspired by the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota in May this year. The tourism commissions head, Doudou Dia called

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

We have done our best to manage COVID-19 – Greene

While new concerns looming about the nation’s capacity to contain a fresh outbreak of COVID-19 with the gradual reopening of the island’s borders, Errol Greene, the regional director of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), believes his administration is in a state of readiness to give of

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

UAE Shipyard Unveils World’s Largest Composite Superyacht – The Wilmington Journal

AJMAN, United Arab Emirates — A shipyard in the United Arab Emirates has launched what it describes as an “industry game-changer” in the form of the largest composite mega yacht in the world. Gulf Craft, [...]

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Source: The Wilmington Journal

Earth Today | Build back blue, green and better

Jamaican and Caribbean businesses must strive to ‘build back blue, build back green, build back better’, following the blow dealt to the global economy by

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

After the dust comes the rain

After the second wave of the the Saharan dust blanketed Jamaica over the weekend, sections of the island experienced heavy rain yesterday, the last day of June, which is part of the secondary rainy

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

Mozambique: Government Warns of Tougher Measures

Maputo — The Mozambican government has warned that, if widespread defiance of the measures ordered under the state of emergency continues, then it may impose tougher restrictions to halt the spread of the Covid-19 respiratory

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Source: allAfrica.com

Bartlett warns against sterile treatment of tourists

Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has urged Jamaica’s hotel staff and other hospitality stakeholders not to lose their good-naturedness in trying to mitigate against the spread of

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Johnson Smith refutes claims that SOEs/ZOSOs not working

Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, assured the Senate on Friday that the Government is working towards introducing more zones of special operations

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

Tourists Threaten to Sue Antigua and Barbuda Over Mandatory COVID-19 Testing – The Black Chronicle

With the spread of COVID-19 causing new restrictions on air travel, many saw a small ray of hope of enjoying some summer vacations as numerous islands, including Bermuda, Barbados, Jamaica, and others resume leisure

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Indigenous Americans had contact with Polynesians 800 years ago, DNA study confirms - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Archeologists have long believed the two regions made early contact, pointing to the early, widespread cultivation of a South American plant in Polynesia, a collection of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the Pacific

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

UWI study finds 'Jamaican' English is unique

The research, which involved the collation of speech models from 360 primary school students across 12 schools in the Kingston and St Andrew area, found that Jamaican English had its own distinct phonetic qualities compared the American and British Standard

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

City View: Policing during a pandemic

Why are blacks residing on the south and west side of Chicago facing more arrests and fines for failing to social distance more than others throughout the

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Source: Chicago Defender

Chuck touts virtual courts as avenue to clear case backlog

Touting the benefits of the greater use of technology within the island’s courts, Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck this morning said that with the donation of audiovisual equipment worth over $85 million from the European Union, Jamaicans can look forward to saving time and

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Health Ministry receives donation of a total of over 7,000 masks

The Ministry of Health and Wellness today received a total of over 7,000 facial masks to aid in the fight against

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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