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Wayne County Parks Open For Fourth Of July Holiday | The Michigan Chronicle
(Photo Credit: Wayne County Parks Facebook) As the Fourth of July holiday approaches many families will be looking for ways to enjoy the warm weather and great outdoors. Despite the continued closure of many Wayne County Parks’ amenities and specialized areas, which have remained closed during the
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Proposed Lincoln Heights street name change has racial overtones -
LINCOLN HEIGHTS — A heated debate erupted among community members over the possibility of renaming Johnston Street, which was named in honor of the son of a Confederate Army general, at the Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council meeting on June 25. Neighborhood Council President Gil Arevalo
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Approximately two hours after news emerged that former Energy Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley had filed a court challenge to conclusions made about him by the Integrity Commission in its probe of the Petrojam scandal, the commission admitted that it had erred in an aspect of the same report relating
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Vaz says Neita-Robertson tweet defamatory, demands apology
Cabinet minister and Member of Parliament for Portland Western Daryl Vaz is demanding an apology from Queen's Counsel Valerie Neita-Robertson for what he described as defamatory statements made about him on her Twitter page.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Llewellyn gets three more years as DPP
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness yesterday dismissed objections raised by Opposition leader Dr Peter Phillips to an extension of the tenure of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn, and announced that he was pushing ahead with a recommendation to the governor general for a three-year
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Anti-violence summer school launched in St Andrew South Police Division
ABOUT 350 students from six primary schools in the St Andrew South Police Division are now participating in the Ministry of National Security's Music, Sports and Technology (MST) Summer School Programme. The students are from the Dupont, Cockburn Gardens, Greenwich, St Peter Claver, Tavares Garden
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Smith pushes National Unemployment Insurance Scheme at KSAMC
A resolution urging the Government to establish a National Unemployment Insurance Scheme was approved at the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) Council meeting last Tuesday.The resolution moved by Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Councillor Duane Smith, (Chancery Hall Division) was
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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J'can embassy in Washington, DC reopens after COVID-19 lockdown
AUDREY Marks, Jamaica's ambassador to the United States and permanent representative to the Organization of American States, has announced the reopening of the Offices of the Jamaican embassy in Washington, DC, USA.The embassy, which was closed for the past three months due to a lockdown of
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Emancipation Day will be observed on Saturday, August 1
THE public is being advised that the Emancipation Day public holiday will be observed on Saturday, August 1, 2020, as scheduled.Director of public relations and communication in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security Vando Palmer told JIS News that the legislation that governs public holidays
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Secretary of State’s office offers tips during pandemic | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Series of misfortunes create backlog at Driver’s License Facilities By J. Coyden Palmer A series of unfortunate events have created a perfect storm of problems for people looking to conduct business at the area’s Secretary of State facilities. Citizens are dealing with long wait times at the
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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group
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Universities move classes online for new academic year
THREE of Jamaica's four major universities are moving all classes online with a complement of blended modalities as they prepare to reopen next month at the start of the 2020/2021 academic year.The institutions - The University of the West Indies (UWI), University of the Commonwealth Caribbean
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Fair Food Drive-Thru, Limited Edition Merch & more! - Milwaukee Community Journal
GET A SLICE OF THE WISCONSIN STATE FAIR WITH THE STATE FAIR NECESSITIES   WEST ALLIS, Wis. – July 2, 2020 – Wisconsin State Fair Park Officials today announced several additional State Fair Necessitiespresented by U.S. Cellular, including a Fair Food Drive-Thru presented by Bank Five Nine, the
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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper
Brazil's president gets new positive coronavirus test result
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday he has tested positive for the new coronavirus for a second time, following his July 7 announcement that he had COVID-19.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Chuck says sorry, as women theologians also slam him
Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has apologised unreservedly for what he called the lack of sensitivity displayed during a discussion of the issue of sexual harassment.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Oh, what one Chuck(le) can do!
MINISTER of Justice Delroy Chuck's argument for not delaying the reporting of allegations of sexual harassment under the new Bill before Parliament seems to have done more than the paid advertisements and media coverage have done to increase interest in the process since last year.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
County promises shorter lines for November voting -
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County will use new technology to help voters track wait times and speed check-in at polls this November, in addition to sending vote-by-mail ballots to every registered voter in hopes of limiting the potential spread of COVID-19, officials said June 19. An independent
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RICHARDO Powell struggles to speak without having to pause for breaths.I'm in some very serious pain, he admitted while sharing his ordeal with the Jamaica Observer yesterday.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Gary at the bottom in U.S. Census response | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Crusader review shows city far below state average and ranked 12th out of 13 Lake County towns By Erick Johnson Three months after the U.S. Census launched its 2020 count, the response from Gary’s residents remains far below the state and national average and at the bottom of the list in Lake
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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group
Birmingham Street Will Not Be Renamed Black Lives Matter Blvd.
The Birmingham Times The Birmingham City Council will not consider a resolution that seeks to rename a portion of Sixteenth Street North to Black Lives Matter Boulevard. After considerable opposition from activists and some downtown business owners the resolution has been withdrawn. “We all
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Source: The Birmingham Times
WI Business Owner Triples Initial Donation and Commits to Making 3. 5 Million Face Mask Kits
Major Retail, Manufacturers Step Up and Operation Expands Nationally Rebel Converting, a Saukville based manufacturer of hospital grade disinfectant wipes, is more than tripling its initial donation of face mask kits in Wisconsin. Earlier in the month, the company shifted production to meet the
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Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper
Sugar talks break down
A breakdown in sugar production and threats of more closures have already impacted land issues in Holland, St Elizabeth, as well as the current negotiations for a new two-year agreement for sugar workers.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Parents rethink practices in education programme
PROGRAMME manager for the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) Orville Simmonds is hailing the parenting education component as one of the major achievements of the project, which ended recently.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Human Relations Commission hosts virtual Community Trust Talks - WS Chronicle
Chief Thompson, Sheriff Kimbrough and others discuss reform, defunding law enforcement The post Human Relations Commission hosts virtual Community Trust Talks appeared first on WS Chronicle.
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Ruths List Florida Chairman Of The Board Responds To Nationwide Outrage, Summons Protesters To Action | Florida Sentinel Bulletin
THE HONORABLE ARTHENIA JOYNER TAMPA Responding to the outrage over the murder of George Floyd spurring tens of thousands of protesters to take to the streets throughout Florida and the nation demanding an end to the slayings of unarmed black citizens, Ruths List Florida Chairman of the Board, The
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Financial Pathways of the Piedmont finds a fun way to support seniors - WS Chronicle
Financial Pathways of the Piedmont finds a fun way to support seniors The post Financial Pathways of the Piedmont finds a fun way to support seniors appeared first on WS Chronicle.
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12 Women of Color are making history - Milwaukee Community Journal
T.A.L.K. Publishing Celebrates its Historic Class of Authors    Twelve Women of Color Impart Stories of Healing, Hope, and Survival MILWAUKEE— In a historic feat, twelve women of color are now published authors after completing T.A.L.K. Publishing’s signature program, MyAuthorLab. The 90-day
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When a Spanish Town gang wanted to kill Wheatley's son
Javon Wheatley is not well known in Jamaica. But his dad is.The first born of former Energy Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley was marked for death by a certain infamous gang which still operates in the Spanish Town area of St Catherine, at a time when his father was trying to clean up the former Jamaica
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Mayor Announces New Neighborhood Investments on South and West Sides | Chicago Defender
Monday Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced at a press conference two new investments in the neighborhoods of Auburn Gresham and North Lawndale to address health care deserts. The first investment is a Healthy Lifestyle Hub in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood. A vacant 4- story building, located at 839
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World hunger worsening as COVID-19 weighs and obesity rises - UN
ROME, Italy (AFP) - Nearly one in nine people in the world are going hungry, with the novel coronavirus pandemic exacerbating already worsening trends this year, according to a United Nations report published Monday.
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How to enter Canada as a common law partner of a citizen
Dear Mr Brown,I understand that I can re-enter Canada as a common law partner of a Canadian citizen during the COVID-19 pandemic. I want to know how I can demonstrate my status for entry. I know that I would have to show that we lived together for a couple of years and that we have insurance, but
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