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Protocols coming for reopening of day-care centres, nurseries
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says he will announce the protocols that have been established for the reopening of nurseries and day-care facilities shortly.
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Biden unveils US$2-trillion climate plan with energy revamp
DELAWARE, United States (AP) - Joe Biden has released a US$2-trillion plan aimed at combating climate change and spurring economic growth in part by overhauling America's energy industry, with a proposal to achieve entirely carbon pollution-free power by 2035.
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Cuba thanks OPEC for support as US tightens blockade
HAVANA, Cuba (CMC) The Government of Cuba has thanked the Organization of Petroleum Exporting countries (OPEC) for supporting the economy of the Spanish-speaking Caribbean island, even as the United...
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Dutch Government to take Russia to court over shooting down of MH17
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The Dutch Government is taking Russia to the European Court of Human Rights for its alleged role in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 over eastern Ukraine six years ago, the foreign minister announced yesterday.
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MPs not very visible, but...
Slightly more than two in five voters say they have met their political representatives in the last month, data gathered in March and July this year by veteran pollster Bill Johnson have shown.
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Facebook, citing virus misinformation, deletes Trump post
CALIFORNIA, United States (AP) - Facebook has deleted a post by President Donald Trump for the first time, saying the post violated its policy against spreading misinformation about the novel coronavirus. The post in question featured a link to a Fox News video in which Trump says children are
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Today's Horoscope - July 15, 2020
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, July 15, 2020: Influential and inspirational, your magnetic influence over others is undeniable. Your material talents will be harnessed this year to create a masterpiece. You become a leader in your field. If single, you can become obsessed with someone who rejects
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Hare lashes motorcyclists in west, after 3 die in crash
GREEN ISLAND, Hanover Director of the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Mining Kanute Hare has again...
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UN warns about criminal activities linked to COVID-19
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) The United Nations is warning against a surge in demand for medical products to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that has led to a jump in the trafficking of substandard and faulty merchandise.
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This Day In History- June 15
TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2011: Rupert Murdoch accepts the resignations of The Wall Street Journal's publisher and the chief of his British operations, as the once-defiant media mogul struggles to control an escalating phone-hacking scandal, offering apologies to the public and the family of a murdered
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Gang busters!
THE security forces have established a new special team to target the gangsters believed to be behind the majority of the almost 700 murders recorded across the island since the start of this year.Writing in the latest edition of the Jamaica Constabulary Force Orders, Police Commissioner Major
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Waterfall out
The effect of the prevailing drought is seen at Somerset Falls, the normally lush nature attraction located a few metres outside Hope Bay, Portland.Supervisor Winston Cotrell told the Jamaica Observer on Monday that since the latter part of May the main swimming area and the section leading to the
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T&T Opposition warns of court action if voters forced to wear masks to vote
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - Leader of the main Opposition United National Congress (UNC) Kamla Persad Bissessar says the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) has no authority by law to tell voters they must wear masks to vote in the August 10 General Election as the country deals with the
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Somalia: Killing of Seven Health Workers, Shop Owner Shocks Somalia
BELEDWEYN, SOMALIA / WASHINGTON - The bodies of seven health workers and a civilian were found Thursday in a village north of Mogadishu, shocking residents, local authorities and elders said
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Entertainment sector, day-care centres reopen July 21
THE Government yesterday announced the restart of live entertainment, as well as social activities, including summer camps and nurseries, on a trial basis, starting next Tuesday, July 21.In addition, the age limit for seniors allowed to participate in public activities is to be increased from 65 to
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NWC offers discounts to some customers
THE National Water Commission's (NWC) COVID Assistance Programme has been extended until August 31, 2020 for select categories of customers.Customers who have outstanding balances as at May 31, 2020 are now eligible to take advantage of the extension. These customers, said the NWC, will continue to
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Today's Horoscope July 1, 2020
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, July 1, 2020: Highly sensitive and giving, it is essential that you move out into the world to be fully successful. Once there, you are most often adored. That which you love generates a good income. If single, you can become depressed and must overcome this to let
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China sentences Canadian to death over drug charge
BEIJING, China (AFP) - A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian national to death last Thursday in a ruling that could further inflame tensions between China and Canada.The Guangzhou Intermediate Court said in a statement it had handed Xu Weihong a death sentence for manufacturing drugs, and said all
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Parents can register online to access PEP results
PARENTS and guardians will be able to register on an online portal to access students' Primary Exit Profile (PEP) results. The student placement and scores will be available tomorrow.Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information Dr Kasan Troupe made the
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Somalia: Killing of Seven Health Workers, Shop Owner Shocks the Country
The bodies of seven health workers and a civilian were found Thursday in a village north of Mogadishu, shocking residents, local authorities and elders said
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KPH gets $1 million worth of personal protective equipment
THE Digicel Foundation on Wednesday handed over personal protective equipment (PPE) worth $1 million to Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton, which will be used by front-line workers at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) involved in the fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).Denis
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Two dead after shooting at California distribution centre
RED BLUFF, California (AP) A man drove into a Northern California Distribution Centre and started shooting at people Saturday afternoon, killing an employee and wounding four others before he was killed by police, authorities said.
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British pubs, US beaches reveal summer virus dilemma
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) Drunken celebrations on English pub reopening night and US beach closures prompted a global rethink yesterday of coronavirus measures during the summer holiday season.Hopes of the sun making the new disease go away are fading as the United States racks up record daily
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PM expected to announce election date today
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness is expected to name the date of the next general election in the House of Representatives today.Holness is expected to bring an order to Gordon House to end the current states of emergency (SOEs), which have been imposed in the Hanover, St
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Phillips to put councillors on alert
Opposition People's National Party President Dr Peter Phillips will address councillors and caretakers today, as speculation arises that an election is near.Dr Phillips will deliver the main address at the Mico University College after the councillors and caretakers meet in a closed-door
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Major crime hot spot left out of August Town ZOSO boundaries
A major crime hot spot in Greater August Town, Payton Place, has seemingly not been included in the area declared a zone of special operations (ZOSO) by Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday.Just over a month ago two brothers 36-year-old Demar Francis and 25-year-old Robert Clarke were fatally
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Teachers will get tablets, Anderson assures
LUCEA, Hanover Immediate past president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) Dr Garth Anderson says an appeals process has been established to address issues that may arise during the distribution of over 25,000 tablet computers to public school teachers across the island.
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Florida teen charged in massive Twitter hack, Bitcoin theft
FLORIDA, United States (AP) - A Florida teen hacked the Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls to scam people around globe out of more than $100,000 in Bitcoin, authorities said yesterday.The 17-year-old boy was arrested earlier Friday in Tampa, where the
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Court overturns Boston Marathon bomber's death sentence
BOSTON, United States -A federal appeals court on yesterday tossed the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man convicted in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.A three-judge panel of the 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a new penalty-phase trial, finding that the judge who oversaw the case
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10, 000 meals for 10, 000 families
Rainforest Seafoods and National Baking Company have combined to provide meals to 10,000 families islandwide in an initiative designed to reduce hunger in Jamaica which, both companies say, is likely to worsen due to the economic impact of COVID-19.
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