85 per cent COVID-19 recovery rate in St Ann, despite being a hotspot

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85 per cent COVID-19 recovery rate in St Ann, despite being a hotspot

Despite being declared as one of the current hotspots for COVID-19 transmissions in the island, the parish of St Ann has a recovery rate that is higher than the national trend. Noting that the recovery rate for St Ann is over 85 per cent, medical...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Attorney at law Tova Hamilton on Friday morning took her seat on the Government benches in the Senate after taking her oath of Allegiance in the

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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

Kenya: Manufacturers Hard Hit as Earnings Drop

You would expect to find him bubbly and dusting his suit to attend a manufacturing industry sales party, now that the Covid-19 pandemic has taken away the cheap imports nightmare that has hurt the sector for

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Source: allAfrica.com

Tanzania $15b Budget Banks On a Quick Economic Recovery

In his budget presentation in the capital Dodoma, Finance minister Philip Mpango said government evaluations show the country had not been too badly affected by the pandemic, allowing it to raise its growth forecasts and maintain a firm financing schedule for ongoing development

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Source: allAfrica.com

IMF demands better use of ‘new’ funds from Kenya

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for transparency in the spending of Covid-19 response funds in Kenya amid rising concerns of misappropriations of millions of

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Source: The East African

Airtel Money loses 91. 9pc of subscribers in one year

Airtel has lost 3.74 million customers on its mobile money service or 91.9 percent of the telco’s cash transfer subscribers in the year to March, cementing M-Pesa’s market share grip.

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Phillips knocks alleged thievery under JLP-run corporations

President of the People’s National Party (PNP), Dr Peter Phillips, has asserted that the leadership of the St James Municipal Corporation was seeking to undermine the minority caucus because of their efforts to expose corruption in local

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

April mobile cash deals hit 2-year low

April mobile cash deals hit 2-year low

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Africa: Investment in Africa Projected to Drop, UN Report Says

A new report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, (UNCTAD) forecasts a steep drop by up to 40 per cent in global trade, due to the Covid-19 pandemic that has affected the global

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Source: allAfrica.com

Uganda: NRM Manifesto - Govt Lists Gains in Health Sector

Dr Jane Ruth Aceng said access to healthcare has improved, with 86 per cent of the population within 5km of reach of public or private health

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Sagicor Group takes $5b COVID hit

(Jamaica Gleaner) Sagicor Group Jamaica Limited took a $5-billion hit on its investment securities, which led to lower profit in the March

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Massive savings for NWC as utility plugs leaks

THE NATIONAL Water Commission (NWC) has been saving US$8 million (J$1.16 billion) per year since implementing a Non-Revenue Water (NRW) programme in Kingston and St

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Tourism, horticulture drop widens current deficit 6.2pc

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UN agency says COVID-19 an opportunity to fix remittance system

ROME, Italy (CMC) — The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) says that the COVID-19 pandemic is both a challenge and an opportunity to fix the remittance system in the Caribbean and other

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

CO2 emissions to drop in 2020

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Race tensions high over Jamaican’s death in New Jersey

The fresh probe launched into the controversial death of Jamaica-born Rasheed Edwards has forced some residents of a New Jersey township to raise questions over the transparency of the police and post-mortem reports. Edwards, 32, was found...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

OUR expands high electricity bills probe

The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) is reporting that it has expanded the scope of its investigation into complaints about high electricity bills from customers of the Jamaica Public Service Company

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Rwanda: Nuts and Bolts - Economic Depreciation and Inflation

Conceptually, inflation is a measure of the rate at which the average price of goods and services in an economy increases over some period of

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Source: allAfrica.com

Gov't gets high marks for COVID-19 management, despite spike

Despite a dramatic increase in COVID-19 cases over the past two months, more than 60 per cent of respondents in the latest survey conducted by veteran pollster Bill Johnson have given the Government high marks for its handling of the pandemic.

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

Uganda: Insurance Sector Expects Shs248b Dip in Premiums

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Female docs run things

The only male doctors listed as parish medical officers of health are Dr Andre McIntosh and Stephen Figueroa in Kingston and St Andrew; Dr D'Oyen Smith in St Thomas, and Dr Kaushal Singh in

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

Tunisia: International Day of Family Remittances - Ifad Calls for Remittance Service Providers to Be Declared Essential Businesses in Times of Crisis

Tunis/Tunisia — With the significant decline in money sent home by migrants due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations' International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) called on June 16, for governments across the world to declare remittance service providers essential

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Covid-19 : Kenya-Tanzania mistrust and trade war

Kenya and Tanzania have disagreed before, but leaders of the two countries have in the last few years ended the disputes or conveniently ignored

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

JLP councillors want embattled St Ann’s Bay mayor to resign

Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillors in St Ann have recommended that embattled St Ann’s Bay Mayor Michael Belnavis resign his post. Belnavis has been under intense scrutiny since a Sunday Gleaner investigation uncovered that he was a...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Covid-19 driving Kenyans into jaws of mental health issues

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Source: The East African

Ghana: Application for CAP is Free - Nbssi

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Source: allAfrica.com

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THE HEAD of one local consumer protection group believes consumers should feel offended by the offer of a $24.5-million compensation package for those who suffered from the purchase of contaminated gas in

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

200,000 tablets for students

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Two-in-one election? - Renewed calls for local gov’t, national polls to be held together in COVID-19 era

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Cronyism claim - Lisa Hanna dodges charges but scolded for contract nepotism

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