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Zimbos ignore Mnangagwa’s prayer day

MOST Zimbabweans yesterday snubbed the national day of prayer and fasting pronounced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week, dismissing it as a way of distracting citizens from the economic woes caused by his

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Assess your risk level when making Father’s Day plans

One way to modify your Father’s Day celebrations is to limit the number of people who are joining if the celebration is taking place in person, Kulkarni

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

GB Energy-Texaco donates $1m to PSOJ's COVID-19 fund

GB Energy-Texaco Jamaica recently donated $1 million to the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica's (PSOJ) COVID-19 Response Fund, which was established to assist vulnerable citizens affected by the coronavirus

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

Tygerberg's Covid-19 ICU beds situation should not be seen in isolation, says health dept

The Western Cape government says Tygerberg Hospital's ICU Covid-19 department reaching its capacity should not be seen in isolation from the rest of the province's ability to accommodate Covid-19

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Source: https://www.news24.com

COVID-19 spend reaping desired results, say Tufton

Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has defended the Government’s approximately $3.8 billion spend on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Some $6 billion has been budgeted to tackle the deadly coronavirus, of which close to 600 cases...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

'Good job'

The crew member, who spoke on condition of anonymity, was among the first batch of Jamaicans from the vessel to set foot on home soil following the closure of the country's air and sea ports to incoming passengers on March 24 due to the COVID-19

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

Western Cape's Covid-19 peak could be 'flatter, longer', but that's good news for bed capacity | News24

The Western Cape's Covid-19 peak is likely to be flatter than first expected, but will also last for longer, which could mean the Western Cape may no longer run out of hospital beds.

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Address rot at COVID-19 quarantine centres

THE government must seriously reconsider the way it has been running the coronavirus (COVID-19) quarantine centres following unflattering remarks carried in a recent United Nations

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Virus cases up sharply in Africa, India as inequality stings

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South Africa's confirmed coronavirus cases have doubled in just two weeks to a quarter-million, and India on Saturday saw its biggest daily spike as its infections passed 800,000. The surging cases are raising sharp concerns about unequal treatment during the pandemic, as the

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

Parliament defends Bill public hearings

PARLIAMENT of Zimbabwe yesterday challenged the urgent chamber application filed by Habakkuk Trust seeking an interdict to stop the august House from conducting public hearings on Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment No 2 Bill at a time the country is under COVID-19-induced

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

UWI Caribbean students feel trapped, abandoned in Jamaica

(Jamaica Gleaner) Caribbean students still stuck at The University of the West Indies, Mona, are anxious to get home as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the

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Health team tests for COVID-19 in Tivoli

More than 100 public health professionals were deployed yesterday to Tivoli Gardens in west Kingston to conduct community surveillance following the positive testing of five residents for COVID-19. Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Sexism in sports as prevalent as ever

All of this continues with barely any women’s sports classics, talk, or anything else as women’s sports remain a far distant second to

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Churches declare end of COVID-19

CHURCH leaders gathered at State House for the national day of prayer and fasting yesterday declared the end of COVID-19 in Zimbabwe, saying the country would no longer record any more new

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Several people not wearing masks arrested in Half-Way-Tree Lawyer questions legality of action taken by police

SEVERAL people are facing charges for breaches of the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) after they were arrested by the police in the Corporate Area yesterday for not wearing masks, but it was not clear whether the charges are properly grounded in law.

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

Mentally ill man facing extradition - Gov’t yet to make decision on two-decade-old request

AN EXTRADITION request by United States (US) authorities for a mentally ill Jamaican man wanted for murder in the state of New York was lodged at the Ministry of Justice for over a decade with no action, officials have

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Virtual Graduate Recognition Ceremony For Detroit Youth

Council Member Raquel Castañeda-López and Council President Pro Tem Mary Sheffield will curate a virtual graduate recognition ceremony for youth in Detroit graduating from Kindergarten, 5th grade, and 8th grade, who attend public, private, or charter

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Morocco: Covid-19 - Spread of Virus Closely Linked to Movement of Individuals (Minister of Health)

[MAP] Rabat -- The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic is closely linked to the movement of individuals, said Monday in Rabat Minister of Health Khalid Ait Taleb, who highlighted the worrying increase in virus reproduction rates.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Musician turns to social media

SOUTH AFRICA-BASED award-winning gospel artiste Knowledge Nkiwane has turned to YouTube to connect with his fans amid indications that the latter would be able to connect with him online beginning end of this

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Decision to be made on planned reopening of schools

Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the likelihood of a delay in the planned reopening of schools is a real possibility as the country grapples with an increase of COVID-19 infections. Responding to questions at a virtual press...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Access to Wellness Resources and Healthy Food Started with a Nurse from the Neighborhood

Julia Means, community a nurse with Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital is known throughout her neighborhood as ‘The

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South Africa: More Industries to Reopen Soon

When President Ramaphosa announced in May that the country would be moving to alert level 3 from 1 June, he said government would give consideration to re-opening other sectors of the economy, if the necessary safety precautions were put in place and

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Source: allAfrica.com

As face mask requirements pop back up across Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott faces criticism from local leaders and fellow Republicans

The order came two days after Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff ordered businesses in his county to require employees and customers wear face masks when social distancing is not

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

AG: Have the prisons not learned from past cases? - Calls mount for audits, intervention for inmates lost in system without trial

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has admitted that there is a failure in the system after so many years of similar cases popping

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

UN accuses multiple countries of quietly sending arms to DR Congo

DR Congo's military is receiving weapons and training from multiple countries without notifying the United Nations as required by a 2004 resolution, according to a recent report to the Security

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Eastern Cape to turn museums, hostels into field hospitals to combat risky self-isolation behaviour | News24

The Eastern Cape government plans to turn 18 state-owned properties, such as museums and hostels, into field hospitals after they found that people engaged in risky behaviour while self-isolating.

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Broadgate headache - Residents weary of prolonged Junction road project, never-ending dynamite blasts

Ongoing works to rehabilitate the Broadgate section of the Junction main road in St Mary have been irritating many residents, who are yearning for the project to be wrapped up, giving them a reprieve from the dust nuisance and dynamite blasts constantly terrorising

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

128 new Covid-19 deaths as confirmed cases soar to 151 209

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Tuesday revealed that Covid-19 had claimed 128 people in the past 24 hours, with the majority of the deaths reported in the Western

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Harris, Markey, Smith, Booker to Introduce Legislation to Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Kamala D. Harris (D-CA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) on Friday announced they will introduce Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, legislation to make Juneteenth a federal

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Jim Crow laws

Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. Enacted by white Democratic-dominated state legislatures in the late 19th century after the Reconstruction period, these laws continued to be enforced until 1965. They mandated de jure racial

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