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Remembrance in the Cemetery: In Search of “The Accidental Slaveowner”

In the account below Central Washington University anthropologist Mark Auslander describes why he wrote The Accidental Slaveholder, which describes the curious ways in which the legacy of slavery extend into the contemporary

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Fugitive on the run for four years apprehended

A Jamaican man who is wanted in the United States is set to appear in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court today for extradition proceedings to

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Jamaican woman stranded in The Bahamas, 'I'm down to $50 right now'

(Jamaica Observer) A Jamaican woman stranded in The Bahamas is begging the Government to focus on repatriating nationals stuck in smaller islands across the region as it moves to ramp up its admission of citizens back into the country by air travel next

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Virtual Community Calendar: Week of June 7

Garland ISD Class of 2020 Graduation Ceremonies, Sachse High School at Williams Stadium 510 Stadium

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Young, Andrew (1932 - )

Andrew Young, Jr., came into prominence as a civil rights activist and close associate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during the modern civil rights movement in the United States. Young worked with various organizations early in the movement, but his civil rights work was largely done with the

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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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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Cops bring relief to destitute senior citizen

Eight-six-year-old Lucius Nathaniel Binns was a picture of happiness after receiving a mattress, courtesy of the St Catherine North

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Grief and disappointment - Policemen’s murders spotlight tardy JCF death benefits, lax monitoring of criminal deportees

THE FAMILIES of the two cops slain in Spanish Town, St Catherine, last Friday, are each entitled to a $14-million payout from the

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Don Lemon Names The New Trump Coronavirus Claim That Really Takes The Cake

"You don’t need me to tell you that that’s not true, right?" asked the CNN host.

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Abel, Elijah (1810-1884) - Birthday

Elijah Abel, early convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), was born on July 25, 1810 in Washington County, Maryland to Andrew and Delilah Abel, likely in bondage.

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The student becomes the teacher

“One day I was home and a parent asked me if I could teach her daughter, and I said yes and the following Monday she came, then other children came,” 21-year-old Mico University student Gizzel Young told the Jamaica

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NYPD Cop Caught On Video Using Chokehold After Deadly Maneuver Is Banned

Even after New York prohibited chokeholds, a New York City police officer was caught on video using the deadly maneuver on Sunday (June 21) in the wake of the police killing of George

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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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Nicole Myers, acting marketing assistant, Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), wipes tears from Sophia Sutherland's eyes after Sutherland became emotional on receiving an automated wheelchair from the bus company and Sanmerna Paper Products Ltd at the Half-Way-Tree Transport Centre in St Andrew

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Jamaican teachers recruited to teach US students online

(Jamaica Observer) In an initiative with the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington DC, Community Scholar Inc — a US-based non-profit organisation — is hiring Jamaican teachers to tutor students in the United States

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“When the phone was answered the phone was just open and that was it,” head of the team, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Orlando Lewis related

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Three Work from Home Myths.

Working from home is great for some, hard for others, and have it’s set of challenges for all those that embark upon it. The myth that it’s an everyday peachy state is incorrect, and the idea that one might work less is absolutely misguided information. Work will always have its hurdles to overcome

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Jephthah Ford charged with wounding, granted $100,000 station bail

Ford was arrested and charged by the Half-Way-Tree police this

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Soldiers on operation during which Bogle was killed, reassigned; weapons confiscated

Civil/military cooperation and media officer for the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Major Basil Jarrett, says the JDF members who were present during the joint police-military operation in August Town, St Andrew when Susan Bogle, a disabled woman, was shot and killed last week, have been reassigned

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How I Got Over honors the legendary Queen of Gospel, Mahalia Jackson Jubilee Theatre, 506 Main St. Ft. Worth 817.338.4411 Visit www.JubileeTheatre.org

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UWI study finds 'Jamaican' English is unique

The research, which involved the collation of speech models from 360 primary school students across 12 schools in the Kingston and St Andrew area, found that Jamaican English had its own distinct phonetic qualities compared the American and British Standard

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Yesterday, Superintendent Steve Brown, a close colleague of Clunis, said he had been in touch with Clunis throughout the day and was on his way to see him when he received the devastating news of his

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How the Founder of California's First Black Church Fought Its Last Known Slavery Case

Here is the story of California’s last known slave case, the state’s first Black church and how they converge with the unknown history of a free laundryman named Daniel

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Man accused of engaging cops in shootout freed

Cornel Wilkins, who was accused of engaging the police in a shoot-out, injuring one of the cops, has been freed by the Gun

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'We are not okay'

A number of the island's district constables (DCs) is crying foul over the “poor” treatment they say is being meted out to them by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), even as the group celebrates District Constable

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Jamaica: JDF under fire disabled woman killed in August Town

(Jamaica Gleaner) With fresh allegations of a soldier killing a 44-year-old disabled woman in August Town, St Andrew, on Wednesday, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is coming under the radar after a rise in reports of assault and other criminal

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‘Insecure’ episode 7 recap: Molly doesn’t unpack her oversized baggage and it bursts at the seams

Molly’s packing for a baecation with Andrew, where she’ll meet his brother and

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Why Daryl Vaz wanted Holywell lands

Daryl Vaz, the minister with responsibility for the environment, has admitted that he knew the “sensitivity” of his position in government when he offered to lease lands bordering the protected Holywell National Forest Park in St Andrew to build a private

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Graduation on wheels!

With the measures implemented to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus putting the breaks on many activities, including graduations, Dunrobin Primary School in St Andrew got creative to be able to still give their graduands a ceremony

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Youth motivators want Jasmine Dean found

A three-year-old youth movement — the Jamaica Youth Motivators (JYM) — has taken on the challenge of seeking public support in keeping hope alive that missing University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, student Jasmine Dean will be

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