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Juneteenth—An American Holiday for Freedom

With the Union Army in need of additional man-power to defeat the Confederate Army; Pres. Lincoln delivered the Emancipation Proclamation declaring “that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be

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Tubman, Harriet, c.1820–1913, American abolitionist, b. Dorchester co., Md. Born into slavery, she escaped to Phildelphia in 1849, and subsequently became one of the most successful conductors on the Underground Railroad . Returning to the South more than a dozen times, she is generally

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‘This is terrible’...Mother of Maurice Gordon demanding justice

Those were the words of Raquel Barrett, the mother of 28-year-old Maurice Gordon, the unarmed Jamaican man who was gunned down by a New Jersey state trooper following a traffic stop along the Garden State Parkway near Bass River, in Burlington, on the morning of May

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Jamaica: Pastor faces rape, fraud charges

(Jamaica Observer) A St Catherine pastor has been charged with three counts of rape and obtaining money by false pretence, as a result of investigations into his actions, which allegedly span several years, the police said

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Dicey juggle for Campbell

THE APPOINTMENT of Leslie Campbell as minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation might represent a gift to a Holness loyalist, says political commentator Dr Christopher

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Jamaica: 71-year-old George Williams a step closer to prison release after 48 years without trial

(Jamaica Gleaner) For the first time in 48 years, George Williams had his day in a court of law

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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 his home in a compromising position with his

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Coronavirus, Tulsa COVID-19 Update – May 14 | The Oklahoma Eagle

Test results are updated daily For the most up-to-date news, information and business resources in Tulsa, cases trend down, starting tomorrow, Tulsa will enter Phase 2 of the State’s Reopening

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Students finding ways to overcome COVID-19 mental stress - Expert suggests structured activities to limit negative impact of social distancing

Since schools were closed on March 13, three days after the first case of the deadly coronavirus was confirmed in the island, many students have complained of challenges coping with the quarantine measures even as the institutions transition into virtual delivery of

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Popular Hanover political activist says he’s undeterred by reported threat

Popular People's National Party (PNP) activist in Hanover Craig Oates is claiming that his life has reportedly come under threat from members of his

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Ann-Marie Vaz lists road improvement, access to amenities as success in first year as MP

Reflecting on her victory over People's National Party (PNP) candidate Damion Crawford in a hotly contested by-election for the constituency of East Portland, Member of Parliament Ann-Marie Vaz has listed road rehabilitation and improved access to some basic amenities as her main success so

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Los Angeles Mayor Takes Knee Amid Peaceful Protests

Thousands thronged the streets of Los Angeles in peaceful protests Tuesday and smaller demonstrations dotted California while authorities renewed overnight curfews in LA and other areas that have seen clashes with police and groups of thieves wreck hundreds of

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DPP calls for radical shift in incarceration of the mentally ill

DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn has called for a radical shift in the way inmates with mental health issues are

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The Labour Party defeated Manley in 1980 and its capitalist-oriented leader, Edward P. G. Seaga, was elected prime minister. He encouraged private investment and began an austerity program. Like other Caribbean countries, Jamaica was hard-hit by the 1981–1982 recession. Devaluation of the Jamaican

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Should I know my MP’s health status? - Insiders weigh in on balancing accountability and privacy when politicians fall ill

The curtain on a new era of transparency in public service appeared ready to be lifted when three months before his February 2016 election win, then Opposition Leader Andrew Holness promised to publicly release his health

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Powered by nightlife, Old Harbour longs for full reopening

The all-island night curfew, part of the Government's measures to curtail the spread of COVID-19, has left a gaping hole in the pockets of many other Old Harbour residents who, like Lisa, make their living after

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Gov’t to finance new prison itself – Chang

Nearly five years after Britain’s Cameron administration offered to part-finance a new penal facility in Jamaica, the Holness Government has announced that it will fund the construction of a state-of-the-art prison out of

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Fourth political party applies for registration

A new political entity — Jamaica Progressive Party (JPP) — has applied to the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) to be registered as Jamaica's fourth political

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New Fortress Foundation provides PATH students with care packages

THE New Fortress Energy (NFE) Foundation says it immediately responded by delivering close to 200 care packages when the principal of Old Harbour High School in St Catherine called for help to provide meals for students on

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‘Tragic and heartbreaking’ - PM comments on Noel Chambers who died after 40 years behind bars without trial

REACTING TO the national outcry over the death of Noel Chambers, who spent 40 years in prison without a trial, Prime Minister Andrew Holness, last evening, said nobody should be lost in the penal

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Most community bars breach law – McKenzie

Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie said that only 30 per cent of Jamaica’s 11,013 community bars are properly licensed to

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Corporate Hands | Sagicor Bank presents grant to Spelling Bee champion

Maurice McDonald, branch manager, Sagicor Life Jamaica, Spanish Town, hands over a symbolic cheque to a jubilant Toriann Beckford, the 2020 Gleaner’s Children’s Own Spelling Bee champion, while her mother, Winsome Hines, looks on, during a visit to the branch last

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Inmate dies after trying to disarm correctional officers

An inmate from the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre died today after trying to disarm correctional

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Jamaica: Alleged cop killer gunned down

(Jamaica Gleaner) THE MAN said to be responsible for the brutal gun attack that left two policemen dead and two others in critical condition in hospital is now

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Pressure on Phillips - Bunting-backed Comrades demand meeting with PNP president

THERE IS another political flare-up in the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) as its president, Dr Peter Phillips, has yielded to a demand by a Peter Bunting faction to discuss the

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Jamaica: JDF under fire disabled woman killed in August Town

(Jamaica Gleaner) With fresh allegations of a soldier killing a 44-year-old disabled woman in August Town, St Andrew, on Wednesday, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is coming under the radar after a rise in reports of assault and other criminal

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‘Black Wall Street’: Trump’s plan for rally in Tulsa calls attention to 1921 race massacre

In 1921, a white mob attacked a predominantly Black area in Tulsa, killing hundreds of people and destroying the country’s wealthiest African American

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Judge clears the way for Florida’s former felons to vote –

In a historic civil rights case, a federal judge late Sunday ruled against Florida’s Republican governor and Legislature and dramatically expanded the number of eligible voters in the state to include former felons unable to pay their court fines and

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