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WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) - The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Dr Carissa Etienne yesterday said countries in the Americas were pooling their efforts to ensure access to treatments and vaccines for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
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JLP holds 19-point lead
Significantly more people would vote for the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) if a general election was held today, according to the latest Bill Johnson poll.In fact the poll, conducted July 9-12, found that the JLP opened a 19 percentage-point lead over the Opposition People's National Party
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Michigan's governor toughens mask requirement
LANSING, Michigan - Michigan's Governor Gretchen Whitmer has toughened a requirement to wear masks during the coronavirus pandemic, mandating that businesses open to the public deny service or entry to customers who refuse to wear one.The governor also expanded where people must have a face
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Tour operator charged with robbery
A man accused of committing two robberies while illegally using his vehicle as a taxi has been charged by the St Ann police.Police said yesterday that he was charged with robbery with aggravation following two incidents in the parish between June 20 and 30.
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Two dead after shooting at California distribution centre
RED BLUFF, California (AP) A man drove into a Northern California Distribution Centre and started shooting at people Saturday afternoon, killing an employee and wounding four others before he was killed by police, authorities said.
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UN warns about criminal activities linked to COVID-19
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) The United Nations is warning against a surge in demand for medical products to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that has led to a jump in the trafficking of substandard and faulty merchandise.
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Robinson says poor telecoms services due to more than vandalism
JAMAICA'S telecommunications service came in for a tongue lashing from Opposition spokesman on science and technology Julian Robinson, in the House of Representatives on Tuesday.I think the most objective user of our telecommunications service will acknowledge that the quality of service delivered
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Caricom welcomes end to protracted Guyana elections dispute
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) - The 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom) grouping yesterday congratulated Dr Irfaan Ali as the ninth president of Guyana as it welcomed the end of the protracted regional and general elections dispute in the country.
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MARCH ON JPS
A group of Jamaicans will this weekend stage a peaceful protest in front of the Corporate Area head offices of Jamaica Public Service as part of further public outcry in recent days following revelations that the entity has been filtering a part of the cost of electricity theft by some unscrupulous
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Grenada to reopen borders on July 15 but...
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC) The Grenada Government says it has had to postpone the planned reopening of the international airport to July 15, because of the heightened risks from the novel coronavirus observed in some major source markets in recent weeks.
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Sagicor 50th Anniversary
Sagicor's 50th anniversary 'thank you' virtual concert was one for the books. The event was streamed live across the company's social media pages on Sunday, June 28 and brought out the the big names in gospel, reggae, and dancehall. Reggae frontliners included Freddie McGregor, Tessanne Chin, and
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Tourism faces minimum US$1. 2-trillion hit from virus, says UN
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) The novel coronavirus crisis could cost global tourism and related sectors from US$1.2 to US$3.3 trillion in lost revenue, the United Nations said yesterday.Lockdown restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19 have hammered the tourism sector particularly hard, the UN
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T&T could keep borders closed until after Aug 10 polls
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) The Trinidad and Tobago Government says it has no plans to rush towards reopening the borders of the country closed since March in a bid to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).Oppositions parties have been calling on Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley
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The Greenwich Town ZOSO borders
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Trump tweets video with 'white power' chant, then deletes it
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted approvingly of a video showing one of his supporters chanting white power, a racist slogan associated with white supremacists. He later deleted the tweet and the White House said the president had not heard the one statement on the video.
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Tova Hamilton sworn in as Gov't senator
TOVA Hamilton, the 37-year-old attorney-at-law from Trelawny, was sworn in yesterday as the newest member of the Jamaica Senate.Hamilton has filled the vacuum created by the movement of former Jamaica Labour Party cabinet minister, Pearnel Charles Jr, from the Senate to the House of
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PSOJ wants speedy action on Petrojam reports
THE Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) says it expects a speedy review of the long-anticipated reports on the Petrojam investigations by the various parliamentary oversight committees.
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MPs not very visible, but...
Slightly more than two in five voters say they have met their political representatives in the last month, data gathered in March and July this year by veteran pollster Bill Johnson have shown.
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Caricom conducts survey on COVID-19 impact on food security
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) The Guyana-based Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secretariat on Monday announced the launch of the second round of the Caribbean COVID-19 Food Security and Livelihoods Impact Survey.
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United Airlines could cut 36, 000 jobs
TEXAS, United States (AP) United Airlines is warning 36,000 employees nearly half its US staff they could be furloughed in October, the clearest signal yet of how deeply the novel coronavirus pandemic is hurting the airline industry.The outlook for a recovery in air travel has dimmed in just the
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J'can teachers recruited to teach US students online
WASHINGTON, DC, United States In an initiative with the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington DC, Community Scholar Inc a US-based non-profit organisation is hiring Jamaican teachers to tutor students in the United States online.
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Confident PNP ready to roll
THE Opposition People's National Party (PNP) has declared its readiness to contest and win the next general election, whenever it is called by Prime Minister Andrew Holness.With speculation mounting that Holness will call Jamaicans to the polls in a matter of weeks, PNP General Secretary Julian
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Flood kills 55 in Japan
TOKYO, Japan (AP) Soldiers used boats to rescue residents as floodwaters flowed down streets in southern Japanese towns hit by heavy rains that were expanding across the region yesterday. At least 55 people have died and a dozen remain missing.
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Jamaica to benefit from $498m under Canada-Caricom fund
JAMAICA is to benefit from a provision of CA$4.7 million or $498 million, for which the country is eligible under the CA$20 million Canada-Caricom Climate Adaptation Fund facility, to be implemented by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).
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Motorcycle crackdown
Police from the Motorised Division and the Counter Terrorism and Organized Crime Investigation Branch yesterday staged an operation in Cross Roads, St Andrew, checking motorcycle drivers in what was an obvious response to a spate of robberies committed in the capital city in recent weeks by men
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Youth accused of shop-breaking charged
EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD Kenroy Patterson of Hart Street, Old Harbour, in St Catherine was arrested and charged with shop-breaking and larceny after he was...
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Conservatives take up death of black man who supported Trump
WISCONSIN, United States (AP) - The shooting death in broad daylight of a black man affectionately known in his Milwaukee neighbourhood as 'The Ras' appears to have mystified police while spurring prominent conservatives in Wisconsin to speculate that he was killed because of his support for
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Extraordinary resilience 'Butch' Stewart praises tourism emp
Gordon Butch Stewart has praised Jamaica's tourism employees for their extraordinary resilience in facing the COVID-19 pandemic, and wished them an even better future, as the industry slowly begins to reopen.
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UK could lock down city of Leicester after virus surge
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) The central English city of Leicester could be the country's first to face a local lockdown due to a rise in coronavirus cases, the UK's Home Secretary Priti Patel said Sunday.The Midlands city recorded 658 new cases in the two weeks up to June 16, many linked to fresh
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Morant Bay Tax Office closed for period of St Thomas quarantine
THE Morant Bay Tax Office was closed yesterday and will remain closed during the period of the 14-day, novel coronavirus quarantine imposed by the Ministry of Health and Wellness in the Church Corner area of St Thomas. Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), in a release yesterday, said the closure was
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