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THE Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA) is furious over delays in the employment of some of its members, which has left medical doctors sitting at home without work.The JMDA told the Jamaica Observer that on July 1 when the 2020 medical year began, doctors were being turned away from health
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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It is high time that Justice Singh put an end to this nightmare  - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, Justice Claudette Singh’s letter on July 9, 2020, requesting Mr. The article It is high time that Justice Singh put an end to this nightmare  appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Fortified by CCJ decision, GECOM must make democracy prevail - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, Guyana’s highest Court has spoken on the March elections, and the air of all of CARICOM is purer for the CCJ’s Judgement.  The article Fortified by CCJ decision, GECOM must make democracy prevail appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Report from Guyana’s chief elections officer rejected by OAS
Deeming it as acting in bad faith and contrary to the interest of democracy in Guyana, yesterday the Organization of American States (OAS) rejected the latest report of the country’s chief elections officer which gives the win in the disputed March...
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Ten new recoveries from COVID-19 bring percentage of people well to 81 per cent
Ten people have recovered from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the percentage of persons who are now well to 81 per cent, or a total of 615 people since March 10.   However, there have been five new cases of the...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
CEO of GECOM has become a law unto himself - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, The CEO of GECOM is possibly the best at fabrications and outright falsifications. The article CEO of GECOM has become a law unto himself appeared first on Stabroek News.
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OAS slams Lowenfield over latest report to GECOM - Stabroek News
The Organization of American States (OAS) today repudiated the latest report by Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield fabricating a `win’ for the incumbent APNU+AFC and it warned that in the coming days a report will be issued to the body’s Permanent Council on this and other
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This has been a test of restraint, sanctions are now needed - Stabroek News
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Customers fume over bills outside JPS corporate office
Scores of protesters are now gathered near the Jamaica Public Service Company's (JPS) corporate offices in New Kingston, where they are demonstrating against what they believe is “a lack of transparency...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Black Lives Matter is creating change in America - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, All over America, millions of people been have marching, chanting the slogan “Black Lives Matter” in recent weeks. The article Black Lives Matter is creating change in America appeared first on Stabroek News.
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East Africa: Water Cooperation Between States 'Key' to Blue Nile Dam Project
[Africa Renewal] The Blue Nile is "critical for the livelihoods and development" of Egyptians, Ethiopians and Sudanese, the top UN official for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs told the Security Council on Monday, urging those States to reach a construction agreement on the Grand Ethiopian
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Shamfa Cudjoe: No special treatment for CPL players - Stabroek News
(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Shamfa Cudjoe says members of the Caribbean Premier League contingent will not be treated any differently if anyone tests positive for COVID-19 during their stay in Trinidad and
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TPDCo diversifying - Tourism company provides recreational park for Havendale residents
Providing a well-needed resource for residents of Roehampton in Havendale, St Andrew and the surrounding communities, the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo), as part of its Spruce Up Jamaica Programme, has added another project...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
One in four girls, aged 15-19, face sexual violence
ONE in four Jamaican adolescent girls aged 15-19 experience sexual violence in their lifetime, and with school closures and curfew measures due to COVID-19, local children agencies foresee a heightened risk of exposure.
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British development official urges GECOM to declare result from recount - Stabroek News
Baroness Sugg, Britain’s Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Overseas Territories and Sustainable Development, has joined the call for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to declare a final result from the March elections on the basis of the recount of
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Jamaica included in Antigua's 'travel bubble'
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC) - The Antigua and Barbuda Government says it has established a 'travel bubble' that will allow citizens from several states in the Caribbean Community (Caricom) to travel to the island without needing to present COVID-19 tests and certificates upon entry.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
South Africa: 'SLAPP' Suit to Define Legal Landscape in Environmental, Mining Cases Forever?
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- A South African court has heard the first part of a U.S. $1.3 million defamation suit that may have a profound impact on free speech in the country's future.
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GECOM can only declare results that are reflective of the franchise expressed by the electorate - Stabroek News
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Disabled Corentyne man gets helping hand with leaking roof, floor - Stabroek News
Bramha Kaiso, a 60-year-old resident of Corentyne, Berbice, who became disabled from a spinal injury and who suffered discomfort during the inclement weather, got relief after a contractor repaired his leaking
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'Major win' for mentally ill prisoners
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - More than 20 years ago, Abraham Lawrence was imprisoned after throwing stones at a group of men. The stones had damaged a police service vehicle in the process. His only 'crime', other than malicious destruction of property, was that he was deemed mentally ill and
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Jamaica is still safe for business – consul general
Amid a slowdown in tourism and remittance flow due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jamaica’s consul general in Miami, Oliver Mair, has sought to reassure the business community in Florida that Jamaica is safe for business as the country reopens its...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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British development official urges GECOM to declare result using recount - Stabroek News
Britain’s Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development today urged GECOM to declare a final result on the basis of the recount of
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Zimbabwe: Fresh Wave of Farm Grabs Sparks Outrage
[Zimbabwe Independent] A fresh wave of farm takeovers facilitated by government has intensified under the guise of trimming farm sizes, sparking fears of a renewed assault on white farmers, who feel besieged and are now rushing to court for legal recourse.
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Nepotism, cronyism run Jamaica - Stakeholders say the practice is deeply entrenched in politics, business
Jamaica’s political apparatus has operated and functioned on nepotism and cronyism since independence, but until lawmakers enact legislation to make the practice illegal, no amount of inflammatory language from state commissions will make a...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
PPP calls for Lowenfield’s removal - Stabroek News
The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Saturday added its voice to calls for the Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield to be dismissed for insubordination, while its presidential candidate Irfaan Ali accused him of denying the Guyanese electorate their democratically-elected
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Jamaica expects US$80 million from tourism by month end
(CMC): Jamaica expects to earn some US$80 million from tourism by the end of the month, Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett has said. He said Jamaica has welcomed more than 35,000 visitors since the reopening of the country's...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Nigeria coronavirus: 24,077 cases; record new cases, UK evacuation | Africanews
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, became the third African country to record over 10,000 cases of COVID-19. The milestone was reached on May 31 when 307 new cases took its tally to
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Hyacinth Massay ends 50-year public service tenure - Stabroek News
The Ministry of Public Health’s Disability and Rehabilitation Services on Tuesday bid farewell to long serving Rehabilitation Officer of the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre (PRRC) Hyacinth Massay. The article Hyacinth Massay ends 50-year public service tenure appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Gaps in national COVID response could leave abuse victims vulnerable, says group
A regional women's group is pointing to gaps within national responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, which could leave abused women and children even more vulnerable.   The Women's Entrepreneurship Network of the...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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'Their fight is our fight': Latinos in Las Vegas join Blacks in seeking end to own injustices - African American News Today - EIN News
of modern civil rights, Black Americans and Latinos have marched side and social movement originating among African Americans, emphasizing basic human rights and Customs Enforcement are similar to Black American groups fighting against police brutality
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