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A carnival-like splashing of at least $3 billion of taxpayers’ money from a ministry with responsibility for Jamaica’s poorest dominates the findings of a 2018 audit of the National Insurance Fund Resort Management Company Limited (NIFRMCOL). The...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Jamaica’s consul general in Miami, Oliver Mair, has embarked on a fundraising drive to support the delivery of online learning on the island. Mair hosted a Christmas concert and telethon, themed ‘Mek di pickney dem smile’, on December 20, with the...

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Eastern Caribbean dollar remains strong says ECCB governor

Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Timothy Antoine, says the currency in the sub-region, remains "very strong" amid the economic fallout from the current COVID-19 pandemic. In his Christmas message, Antoine ...

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Trump Slams 'Rigged & Stolen' Election, COVID-19 Relief And More In Wild Boxing Day Rant

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Pope Francis in his Christmas message called for COVID-19 "vaccines for all, especially the most vulnerable and most in need".

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U. S. Jobless Benefit Cut-Off Pushes Millions to Financial Cliff-Edge

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Who Is More Popular in Latin America: The Three Kings or Santa Claus? – The Wilmington Journal

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Doctors, nurses and the elderly rolled up their sleeves across the European Union to receive the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine today. The event was a symbolic show of unity and moment of hope for a continent confronting its worst health care...

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IDB approves record US$21.6 billion in lending to LAC in 2020

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says it provided a record US$21.6 billion in 2020 to assist its 26 member countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to manage the economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. It...

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Human Services Ministry grants wishes for 50 special needs children

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Sierra Leone’s Auditor General is under siege – don’t shoot the messenger

Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 January 2021: It would seem that the latest reports from Audit Service Sierra Leone (ASSL) have sparked a considerable amount of controversy. Simply put, people are split along two lines. Those who are not fans of the current government remark that with such

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Ten year-old boy goes missing on Boxing Day

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Elderly Clarendon man loses home in Christmas Eve fire

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Social Security benefits increase in 2021 | The Michigan Chronicle

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Supermarkets championing gov't's eco-friendly plastic project

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African Americans making power moves in corporate world | New Pittsburgh Courier

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LeBron James, Luka Doncic circling for Lakers-Mavericks Christmas Day clash | L.A. Focus News

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All is not well at Sierra Leone’s Social Welfare Ministry

James Fallah-Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 January 2021: I visited the Sierra Leone Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs to see the minister regarding our container of mobility aids for disabled people in the country. The minister sat in her office, looking rather

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Jerk-pan vendors feeling the COVID heat

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Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

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Old problems haunt New Haven - As floodwaters recede, residents battle mosquitoes, sewage issues amid losses

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One more COVID death on Boxing Day; 39 new cases; 138 recover

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