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‘Collusion’ scandal

An audit conducted into the $46.8-million government contract awarded to Rahim’s Cleaning and Trucking Limited to sanitise and clean eight locations in Ocho Rios, St Ann, has unearthed worrying findings, including exorbitant pricing costs and...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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2021 Kentucky Writer's Hall of Fame

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Black Leaders: Biden Order Is First to Recognize America’s History of Housing Injustice — The Sacramento Observer

(CBM) - Black Leaders and civil rights groups – including the NAACP and the Greenlining Institute - are hailing a memorandum President Joe Biden issued last week directing the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to “take actions to undo historic patterns of segregation and other types

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W Cape health's maintenance team punches above its weight - repairs, maintains Covid-19 oxygen tanks | News24

A team of four maintenance workers and three interns at the Western Cape health department, is punching above its weight, ensuring that two hospitals keep up with demand for oxygen.

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PAC raps labour ministry over non-response to weaknesses identified by audit

THE chief accountable officer in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) found herself under sustained fire yesterday as the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) sought to get to the bottom of the reasons for the ministry's non-response to 60 systematic weaknesses identified by internal

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After 12 years…Jamaica businessman charged with murder of first wife - Stabroek News

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Civil servants unhappy with JUTC's plan to cut free rides

THE Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) says it is disappointed with the decision taken by the Government to discontinue the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) ridership arrangement, which has benefited thousands of first responders since the start of the COVID-19 crisis last year.

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Morehouse College Announces Online Courses Beginning August 2021

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Immigrant Rights Groups Slam ICE For Deportations to Jamaica, Haiti

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Op Ed Submission: Education Equity Blueprint for Maryland's Future bill | Afro

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Fast-track Bogue sale – councillor

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Lindiwe Zulu planning return to Cape Town Sassa offices after water cannon chaos | News24

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Two more COVID-19 deaths, 100 new cases

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JUTC ending free ride programme for frontline workers

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Artist Lauren Halsey Awarded the 2021 Gwendolyn Knight And Jacob Lawrence Prize By SAM - The Seattle Medium

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Zondo commission: 'Many calls' to probe Bosasa 'fell on deaf ears', claims DA's James Selfe | News24

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