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Academic friendships and Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) affiliations were also flagged as the links that connected several key players to high-ranking officials, including Andrew Wheatley, the energy minister with responsibility for Petrojam and who was fired.

Board member of Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica, parent company of Petrojam at time he served on panel that recruited Ramharrack.

Prima facie evidence that Budram-Ford, Ramharrack, and Grindley engaged in “conspiracy to defraud” Petrojam and Government regarding use of funds for birthday parties for Wheatley and Bahado-Singh.

Role on panel that recruited Ramharrack was “stark disregard” for Petrojam policies.

Statements from Myrie, Wheatley and Oswald Williams on alleged involvement of now deceased former councillor Owen Palmer in regarding Petrojam donations in Wheatley’s South Central constituency questionable.

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

The Crips also known as Original Crip Homies (OCH) are a primarily African-American gang. They were founded in Los Angeles, California in 1969 mainly by Raymond Washington and Stanley Williams. What was once a single alliance between two autonomous gangs is now a loosely connected network of

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Source: BlackHistory.com

Paris Jackson says King of Pop caught on 'pretty quickly' to her sexuality

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Source: theGrio

Vaz shifted... Removed from land portfolio, given water and housing

In a statement Wednesday afternoon, Jamaica House said Prime Minister Andrew Holness has instead assigned him responsibility for the water and housing

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Holness lauds contributions of Robinson, Gallimore in tribute

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has lauded the contribution of late Labour and Social Security Minister Shahine Robinson to politics and national

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Conflict of interest in $2 million Petrojam donation to Munro College?

The Integrity Commission is questioning whether there was a conflict of interest in a $2 million donation by the scandal-hit oil refinery, Petrojam, to the St Elizabeth-based Munro College in

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

African-American literature

African-American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Before the high point of slave narratives, African-American literature was dominated by autobiographical

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Source: ThoughtCo

Gov't accuses Opposition of mischief in Senate

LEADER of Government Business in the Senate Kamina Johnson Smith yesterday accused the Opposition of mischief-making regarding the condition of Jamaicans who returned home on the Royal Caribbean cruise vessel Adventure of the Seas earlier this

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

Holness announces COVID screening for all incoming travellers this month

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that there will be mandatory COVID screening for all passengers arriving in Jamaica this

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

South Africa: Who Has Been Hit Hardest By South Africa's Lockdown? We Found Some Answers

In trying to limit the spread of COVID-19, policymakers globally have the difficult task of balancing the positive health effects of lockdowns against their economic costs, particularly the burdens lockdowns impose on low-income and food-insecure

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Source: allAfrica.com

Why aren’t Commissioner of Police and Deputy also on pre-retirement leave?

This begs the question of why Brigadier West was directed to proceed on pre-retirement leave and not Commissioner James and Deputy Commissioner

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Ailey, Alvin (1931-1989)

Alvin Ailey was born in Rodgers, Texas during the Great Depression. He overcame racism, poverty, and homophobia to become one of the most celebrated choreographers in American history. His single teenage mother Lula Ailey washed clothes, picked cotton, and worked in domestic service in various

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Source: Black Past

Tributes to late MPs take Lower House sitting into late night

THE House of Representatives yesterday spent hours paying tribute to former Minister of Labour and Social Security Shahine Robinson, and former Education Minister Dr Neville Gallimore — both members of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) — who died late last

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

About 1,800 migrants fleeing countries in North Africa died in the Mediterranean Sea, many off the coast of Libya, during the summer of 2015. The migrants were hoping to reach Europe. European countries struggled to deal with the influx of hundreds of thousands of migrants during the

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

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

Taye Diggs was born on January 2, 1971 in Newark, New Jersey. He is the oldest of five children born to Marcia and Andre Young. Diggs grew up in Rochester, New York where he attended Allendale Columbia School. He later transferred to School of the Arts. He also received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from

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Source: Black History Resources

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PM mum as watchdog demands Belnavis quit

Weeks after St Ann’s Bay Mayor Michael Belnavis became embroiled in controversy over his stewardship of municipal funds, climaxing last Thursday with a demolition related to building breaches, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reserved comment until he has been fully

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

PRAZ grilled over COVID-19 tender scams

PROCUREMENT Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (PRAZ) bosses were yesterday grilled in Parliament over procurement procedures for COVID-19 equipment amid allegations of high-level corruption, which recently led to the arrest of Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo. VENERANDA LANGA PRAZ chief

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Autopsy delayed as Ford blocked as observer

The autopsy for 23-year-old Javane Duhaney, who was allegedly shot and killed by a Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier on Bray Street in Kingston on May 9, has been delayed as forensic pathologist Dr Althea Neblett reportedly objected to...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

'Glee' Star Amber Riley Powerfully Sings 'Freedom' At Black Lives Matter Protest

Amber Riley broke out into song to lift up other demonstrators at a rally protesting police violence against Black

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Jamaica is an island in the West Indies, 90 mi (145 km) south of Cuba and 100 mi (161 km) west of Haiti. It is a little smaller than Connecticut. The island is made up of coastal lowlands, a limestone plateau, and the Blue Mountains, a group of volcanic hills, in the

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

No dominoes at church!

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Pastor of the King's Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mount Salem, Charles Brevitt, yesterday warned members of his congregation to “cease and desist” from playing dominoes on the compound, arguing that if the Government is not allowing it to be played in bars, then members

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

Jamaica acquires four offshore patrol vehicles, two maritime aircraft

The Ministry of National Security has acquired four additional offshore patrol vehicles and two maritime aircraft to aid in improving border security, reducing transnational crimes and providing support to other small island developing states. This...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

World Travel and Tourism Council endorses Jamaica's COVID-19 protocols

THE COVID-19 Health and Safety Protocols designed for Jamaica by the Ministry of Tourism have been endorsed by the World Travel and Tourism Council

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

‘Worse than prison’ - Holness, Tufton apologise for quarantine food fiasco

Smarting from backlash over quarantine conditions for returning Jamaicans at two St Ann hotels, Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton yesterday apologised for a slew of logistical foul-ups, including rooming delays and substandard

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Phillis Wheatley

The young girl who was to become Phillis Wheatley was kidnapped and taken to Boston on a slave ship in 1761 and purchased by a tailor, John Wheatley, as a personal servant for his wife, Susanna. She was treated kindly in the Wheatley household, almost as a third child. The Wheatleys soon recognized

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Source: Brittanica

'You Don't Have to Think About That': Kandi Burruss Gets Emotional After Having Hard Conversations with Her Children About Police Brutality

It’s the talk that many Black parents struggle to have with their kids, the discussion of how to deal with the police, and “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” reality diva Kandi Burruss and her husband Todd Tucker are no

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Holness headache - Petrojam scandal resurfaces with force as Wheatley labelled ‘dishonest’ in report

The director of investigation was caustic in his characterisation of Wheatley’s response to specific questions during a probe into donations made by Petrojam to various organisations and causes between April 2016 and March

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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

Wheatley, Phillis (1754-1784)

Enslaved in Senegal [in a region that is now in Gambia] at age eight and brought to America on a schooner called the Phillis (for which she was apparently named), was purchased by Susannah and John Wheatley, who soon recognized her intellect and facility with language. Susannah Wheatley taught

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Source: Black Past

PM ‘embarrassed’ by inhumane prison death, discloses proposal for new facility

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has revealed that the Government is now mulling a proposal for a new

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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