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The Institute of Jamaica was founded in 1879 for the encouragement of literature, science and art. It is recognised as an influential regional centre for the study of many aspects of Caribbean life. The Institute runs the National gallery and National Library and publishes
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CXC must seriously reconsider its rigid July proposal
CXC’s proposal to use only Paper 1 (multiple choice) together with the students’ SBAs or IAs to assess them is seriously
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J'can calls on UK to drop diplomacy in dealing with racism, inequality
ONE of Britain's recognised influential blacks — Jamaican Paulette Simpson — has called for a movement away from heavy reliance on diplomacy to treat with racism and inequality in
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Montego Bay streets sanitised
St James Street and Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay have been sanitised by the parish’s municipal authority as part of ongoing measures to combat the coronavirus
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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This crisis presents an opportunity for us to show that we are truly
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KSAMC PNP minority wants foul-mouthed councillor punished
The People's National Party Minority Leader in the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation Andrew Swaby has written to Mayor Delroy Williams threatening to move a resolution to investigate a councillor who, he says, has brought the local authority in
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Motorists affected by 'bad gas' saga could get compensation in two weeks
Several motorists who were affected during the 2015 bad gas saga are currently being contacted and given a date to visit the offices of the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), to begin the process of collecting their share of a $24.5 million compensation
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
‘Don’t touch our heritage’ - Maroons united to protect their legacy
Leaders of the Maroon communities in Portland and St Mary on Thursday signed a petition, appealing to the authorities to respect the final resting place of their forefathers and the cultural legacy bequeathed to them by stopping all further leases of land within the boundaries of the Blue and John
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Growth & Jobs | COVID leads woman to discover new opportunities in the kitchen
However, for Christine Brown, the pandemic has provided an economic opportunity, which has also created employment for her family members, who lost their substantive employment as result of the
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
JPS says Saharan dust could impact power supply
As the Saharan dust continues to linger over the island, the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is indicating that it could have an impact on the reliability of power
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Supreme Court permits 16 listed companies to hold virtual AGM
THE Supreme Court has given the green light for 16 companies listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) to hold their annual general meetings (AGMs) virtually, either in full or
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
The Bernie Mac Show
The Bernie Mac Show (often shortened to Bernie Mac in syndication) is an American sitcom that aired on Fox for five seasons from November 14, 2001, to April 14, 2006. The series featured comic actor Bernie Mac and his wife Wanda raising his sisters three kids: Jordan, Vanessa, and
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JTA working with UWI on voters' list for president-elect election
LUCEA, Hanover —The Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) is currently working with a team from The University of the West Indies (UWI) to create a verified voters' list for this year's JTA president-elect
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Sunday Brew — June 7, 2020
That's because the party's leaders, in particular its President Dr Peter Phillips, have remained stagnant and uninspiring…unveiling the same criticisms of the Government that people have become tired
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Chuck to seek closure to 2015 INDECOM review in Parliament
Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck is to table a motion in Parliament next week which will seek to complete a parliamentary review of the operations of the Independent Commission of Investigations
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Jamaican social media couple to tie the knot
(Jamaica Star) Social media darling Tanesha ‘Rose’ Thellwell will be heading to the altar with her on again-off again lover, Ford Spence, on November
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Growth & Jobs | COVID-19 pandemic: An opportunity to strengthen the micro sector landscape
Gillian Hyde, general manager, Jamaica National Small Business Loan (JNSBL), says the COVID-19 pandemic represents an opportunity for Jamaicans to include, high on the ­national agenda, plans to make it ­easier and cheaper for micro entrepreneurs to formalise their
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Nation should pause to salute fallen officers – Rowe - Colleagues hail slain cops as special, full of love
JAMAICA POLICE Federation Chairman Sergeant Patrae Rowe is calling on the Government to pay tribute to the two officers who lost their lives in an early-morning operation in Horizon Park, St Catherine, earlier this month and to ensure their sacrifice is not
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Talk to children about race, behavioural scientist advises
AS several countries around the world tackle the issue of racism following the death of African American George Floyd at the hands of the police in May, behavioural scientist and academic, Professor Rain Jarrett believes that it is important for Jamaicans overseas and here on the island to talk to
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
IDT rules in favour of BOJ in vacation leave dispute
The Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) has sided with the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) in a long-standing dispute with the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) over a change in the bank’s vacation leave policy, over which the union has expressed strong
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Priceless gesture
Rajana Price (left), Mini Miss ROOTS 96.1 FM, makes a donation of needed food items to Mustard Seed Communities at its Mahoe Drive headquarters in Kingston 11 on May
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Africa: Walter Rodney and 2020 Africa
With his magnus opus, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, published in 1972, Rodney told the development story of Africa in a way that bears resonance to the African condition
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Corporate Hands | NCB installs Braille-enabled ATM, gives masks to the blind
Carol Wheatley, product development officer, National Commercial Bank (NCB), demonstrates to Daemion McLean, president, Jamaica Society for the Blind, how to use the newly installed Braille-enabled ATM at the NCB Matilda’s Corner location.
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Suggestion made for more groups to look out for sexual harassment
ONE of the suggestions being made to improve the Sexual Harassment Bill is widening the scope of people who have a duty of care to address complaints of sexual harassment, including the crew of public transportation such as the State-run Jamaica Urban Transit Company
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Derrick Smith tells all
The former senator and Member of Parliament (MP) for St Andrew North Western, who served the people of that Corporate Area constituency for 35 unbroken years, also held Cabinet appointments in National Security; and Mining & Telecommunications in Jamaica Labour Party
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Bess appointed acting Chief of Staff
President David Granger has approved the appointment of Colonel Godfrey Bess to perform the functions of Chief of Staff as Brigadier Patrick West proceeds on pre-retirement leave, the Ministry of the Presidency has
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UDC gets $1b refund for doomed hotel deal
THE URBAN Development Corporation (UDC) has received nearly $1 billion in the revised budget to refund Puerto Caribe Properties Limited, a subsidiary of Palace Resorts, after the company pulled out of a sale agreement for Rooms on the Beach property in Ocho Rios earlier this
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Could my mummy tummy be the cause of my back pain?
MUMMY tummy, which is scientifically known as diastasis recti , is a condition where the connective tissue between the rectus abdomen muscles ('six pack' muscles) weakens, causing the muscles to
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Speid says closure of private schools will cost Gov't more
JAMAICA Teachers' Association President Owen Speid has called on the Government to provide funding to private schools, many of which are now struggling to stay afloat due to the COVID-19 pandemic which resulted in school doors being closed from early
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
2022 start for MoBay bypass works
The projects, which include the Long Hill bypass and the dualisation of upper Barnett Street, will be funded by the Government of Jamaica at a cost of US$220
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Green orders report on status of SCJ leases
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RJRGLEANER shareholders approve company changes
Haunted by 1980 | Violence triggers mass exodus from Olympic Gardens
Dog bite bill’s teeth too sharp – Dabdoub
Haunted by 1980 | ‘Demon’ Seaga, ‘dangerous’ Manley: tales of the 1980 election
Crackdown on construction breaches - KSAMC installs review panel to tighten scrutiny on approvals
Nursing homes shuttered; first COVID-19 death at Golden Age Home
Slain retired cop was child predator, say daughters
Back to school - 17 institutions to reopen in two-week pilot November
Judiciary exceeds 2019 judgment deliveries, on course to clearing backlog
Police Federation to select new chairman as Rowe promoted to inspector
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Debate rages as Trump defeat hinges on COVID-19
Jamaicans blast Trump for trashing America’s image
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Students benefit from online career development workshop
Online learning is a welcome experience – principal
Banking glitch angers customers
We don’t need to import entertainers, says Golding
Student receives engineering scholarship from JPS Foundation
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February date for accused MoBay drug smugglers
Hanging by a thread! - Wigton residents call for help to stabilise breaking roadway
Jamaica gets multi-partner donation of Antigen Rapid Test
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