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Chuck touts virtual courts as avenue to clear case backlog
Touting the benefits of the greater use of technology within the island’s courts, Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck this morning said that with the donation of audiovisual equipment worth over $85 million from the European Union, Jamaicans can look forward to saving time and
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
There should be no time wasting in having Lowenfield removed
Today in 2020, the majority of Guyanese are yet again fighting to have democratic principles prevail, albeit this time it is to ensure their votes are not stolen or disregarded by rigging of the
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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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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ED files for condonation delay in RTGS case
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has approached the High Court seeking condonation for the late filing of his heads of arguments in a matter in which Free Zimbabwe Congress leader Joseph Busha challenged the introduction of the Real Time Gross Settlement dollar
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Determined US couple tied the knot on first visit to Jamaica
The American couple, on their first trip to Jamaica, tied the knot yesterday at Sandals Montego Bay, one of the first resorts to reopen after the country closed its borders in March as part of measures to contain the spread of the dreaded coronavirus disease 2019
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Mombasa Finance minister risk arrest over Sh44m court award
Associated Automobile Distributors has in an advertisement appearing in a local daily this week, notified the Inspector-General of Police Hillary Mutyambai, Regional Police Commander (Mombasa County), and OCPD Mombasa Central Police Station, to effect a court order that Mombasa County Finance
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James H. Meredith
Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black vacated an order of a lower court, ruling that the University of Mississippi had to admit James H. Meredith, a Black Air Force veteran whose application for admission had been on file and in the courts for fourteen months.
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10
1962
Cameroon: Journalist's Death in Custody Shines Light On Cameroon's War On Media and Sparks Protests
In August 2019, Journalist Samuel Wazizi was arrested by the Cameroonian government and held without
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Caribbean destinations at odds over region’s tourism reopening
A release from the CARICOM Secretariat following the talks said the leaders recognised “the need for a common protocol for the reopening of regional airports to flights from selected third countries and the reopening of
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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November 19, 1919 marks the date that 35-year old James Wormley Jones–known as Jack Jones–began his federal agent
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Vrede Dairy Farm: LRC welcomes ruling to dismiss Mkhwebane's bid to appeal judgment
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) has welcomed a ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), dismissing Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's application for leave to appeal the scathing Estina Dairy Farm
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Mashaba lays criminal charge following leaked draft Public Protector report
A draft Public Protector report containing findings against the former Johannesburg mayor and founder of The People's Dialogue, Herman Mashaba, has seemingly been leaked to the
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South Africa: COVID-19 Restrictions On Personal Care Industry to Stay for Now As DA Court Bid Postponed
The DA's application to the Western Cape High Court to challenge the prohibition on the personal care industry, which includes hairdressers and beauticians, was postponed on
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Lesotho: Claims Thabane Is Now On His Death-Bed Refuted
However, Mr Thabane Jr and Ms Sibolla have rubbished the claims in their court papers this week asking the High Court to allow them to oppose 'Maesaiah's bail
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High Court blocks Khupe from replacing recalled MPs
In a rare legal victory for the MDC Alliance, the High Court has ruled in favour of the two of the party’s legislators, who had approached the court seeking an order barring the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T and the House of Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda from replacing them as lawmakers after they
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Government to appeal historic Bahamian court ruling on citizenship | New York Carib News
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government has hinted at filing an “immediate” appeal against a ruling by a Supreme Court judge that anyone born in the country to either a Bahamian mother or father is entitled to citizenship at birth, regardless of the parents’ marital
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Source: The New York Carib News
ORS™ Haircare Gives Back by Introducing ORS™Cares Initiative, Providing Relief to Black Hairstylists and Salon Professionals Nationwide
CHICAGO, June 19, 2020 – ORS™ Haircare, the respected, Chicago-based multicultural hair care company, this morning proudly launched ORS™Cares with $100,000 starting
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Yancey Williams, a Howard University student
Yancey Williams, a Howard University student, asked a federal court to order the secretary of war and other government officials to consider his application for enlistment in the Army Air Corps as flying cadet.
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1941
Lesotho: DPP Advocate Hlalefang Motinyane
The accusation against the DPP was made by Monaheng Rasekoai, the lawyer for former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane's relatives, who are appealing a controversial decision to grant his wife, Mrs Thabane, bail after she appeared in court in February for
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NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of the Fictitious Names Registration Act of Florida (Chapter 50, Florida Statutes) that an application for registration of a fictitious name will be filed in the office of the Florida Department of State, for the conduct of a business under the
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Major hitch in push for early referendum
“With adequate budgetary facilitation, the commission is ready to deliver on its constitutional mandates, among them conducting elections and referendums,” Mr Chebukati
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Do it now!
The suggestion by Quality Incorporations VII Ltd Director Krishna Vaswani is that the Government starts reopening the economy in parishes where there are few cases of the novel
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St. Lucia
One of the Windward Islands of the eastern Caribbean, St. Lucia lies just south of Martinique. It is of volcanic origin. A chain of wooded mountains runs from north to south and from them flow many streams into fertile
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Court of Appeal majority ruling on valid votes may have little impact
The Guyana Court of Appeal by majority decision has issued an order that the words “more votes are cast” as per Article 177 (2) (b) of the Constitution of Guyana should be interpreted to mean “more valid votes are cast” in keeping with the definition of valid votes as outlined in Order 60 of 2020
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
African diaspora in the Americas
The African diaspora in the Americas is used to refer to people born in the Americas with predominantly African ancestry. Most are descendants of people enslaved and transferred from Africa to the Americas by Europeans, to work in their colonies, mostly in mines and plantations as slaves, between
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St. Lucia police deny permission for Black Lives Matter rally | New York Carib News
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CCJ issues order to Guyana Elections Commission
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago — The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday afternoon issued an order requiring the Guyana Elections Commission and its officers and agents to take no step to prejudice the fair hearing of an application made to the court by Mohammed Irfaan Ali and Bharrat
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Contempt proceedings against Mingo terminated
The contempt proceedings filed against District Four Returning Officer (RO) Clairmont Mingo was earlier this morning terminated after attorney Anil Nandlall filed a notice of application to withdraw and
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[Article 197] Sec. 3. He [the elector] shall be able to read and write, and shall demonstrate his ability to do so when he applies for registration, by making, under oath administered by the registration officer or his deputy, written application therefor, in the English language, or his mother
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Help of all democratic governments and institutions needed for democracy to prevail in Guyana
In view of the current political stalemate and anticipated crisis in Guyana, where a barefaced and prolonged attempt to steal the will of the Guyanese electorate by the losing coalition in order to impose itself on the people by remaining in power, we the defenders of democracy plead with all the
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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