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Montserrat rejoins Caribbean RADO - Stabroek News
The Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Organization (RADO) yesterday announced that Montserrat has successfully reapplied and has been accepted to rejoin the regional doping body.  The article Montserrat rejoins Caribbean RADO appeared first on Stabroek News.
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JCF resolute despite terrible loss
Members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) yesterday said they remain resolute in their task to beat back criminality even as the death of Superintendent Leon Clunis rocks the organisation. Speaking with journalists at Kingston Public Hospital where Clunis died, senior members of the JCF said
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Free virtual legal clinics for U.S. Veterans - DefenderNetwork.com
The Veterans Legal Initiative is a program that offers free legal advice and legal representation to low-income veterans. Currently during the Covid-19 pandemic, legal clinics are held every Friday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. over the phone. Applications can be submitted online or requested by
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Defiant Lesotho PM shows no sign of resigning
Lesotho's embattled prime minister appeared far from quitting after the attorney general advised him that he could not be forced to resign despite a scandal over his former
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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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After the dust comes the rain
After the second wave of the the Saharan dust blanketed Jamaica over the weekend, sections of the island experienced heavy rain yesterday, the last day of June, which is part of the secondary rainy season.The rain caused flooding in sections of the Corporate Area and Jamaica Observer photographer
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Four San Jose officers placed on leave after alleged racist and anti-Muslim posts - TheGrio
Four San Jose Police Department officers are placed on administrative leave after they allegedly posted racist and anti-Muslim messages in a private Facebook group. On Saturday, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo called on the SJPD to investigate racist comments made by four retired and current officers
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Educator Says ‘Farewell’ After 38 Years | Florida Sentinel Bulletin
MRS. GWENDOLYN D. FIELDS-WILLIAMS BY GWEN HAYES Sentinel Editor               Mrs. Gwendolyn D. Fields-Williams has said “farewell to a profession that I’ve absolutely enjoyed for the past 38 years.” She has been a Business and Career Technology Education Teacher in the School District of
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Ways for summer learning at home during COVID-19
UAB News Studies have shown that summer learning loss is real and evident in our children. University of Alabama at Birmingham experts have suggestions for resources and activities to engage summer learning from home during the pandemic. Using household items Carla Marchant, visiting instructor in
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Kakuzi parent company faces claims in UK for Africa abuses
Kakuzi parent company faces claims in UK for Africa abuses
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Districts expecting less state education money - The Bay State Banner
Governor Charlie Baker announced Thursday that Massachusetts schools will reopen in the fall under one of three possible scenarios – a full return with social distancing, partial remote teaching, or fully
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Khupe changes congress date
THE Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T was yesterday forced to change its extra-ordinary congress date from September 4 to July 31 following legal advice from its lawyer Lovemore
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SHOCK & GRIEF
Superintendent Leon Clunis's wife and children had planned to welcome him home yesterday. But news of his sudden passing moments before he was to be discharged from Kingston Public Hospital turned the family's joy into grief.
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Deadline for Real IDs extended to October 2021 | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Crusader Staff Report The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended the federal REAL ID deadline to October 1, 2021. The original deadline was October 1, 2020, but the coronavirus pandemic forced federal officials to give Americans more time to obtain the REAL ID. “The decision to
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NOT OVER!
Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey says the not guilty verdict of the six men who had been accused of several crimes as alleged members of the Westmoreland-based King Valley Gang, though unexpected, has not taken the fight from the lawmen.
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JTA happy with PEP placement method
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Owen Speid, president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association, says the organisation is satisfied with the methodology used by the Government for students' Primary Exit Profile
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COVID-19 cases climb to 818 in Gary with 56 dead | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Crusader Staff Report About 818 residents in Gary have been infected with COVID-19 and 56 have died from the disease, according to the figures released by the mayor’s office on Tuesday, July 7. At a virtual press conference on July 1, Gary Health Commissioner Dr. Ronald Walker said 32 Gary
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Baltimore City Comptroller: Henry Upsets Pratt | Afro
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com Baltimore City Comptroller Joan Pratt has held the office as the City’s independent fiscal executive since 1994. But, this week her run as Comptroller has come to an end. Pratt has been defeated in her bid for a seventh term by Baltimore City
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Kenya: Fake Goods Cost Kenya 'Sh40 Billion' Yearly, Says KAM
Association chairman Steven Smith said that such products have also exposed the local business people to unfair competition adding that some were a health risk to
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An ill-advised meeting - The Bay State Banner
Clearly Police Commissioner William Gross does not understand the chain of command. Mayor Walsh is individually responsible for the outcome of the revisions in the role of the police. If the commissioner is unable to comply with the commands or directions of the mayor, he should
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Malawi swears in new president Lazarus Chakwera | Africanews
June 28: Chakwera, Chilima sworn in
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Public hearing to rename streets named for KKK wizard | Atlanta Daily World
PUBLIC HEARING TO RENAME LAKE FORREST DRIVE AND FORREST LAKE DRIVE TO TAKE PLACE AUGUST 4 SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (June 29, 2020) – The public hearing on the renaming of Lake Forrest Drive and Forrest Lake Drive will take place during the August 4, 2020 meeting of the Sandy Springs City Council. The
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HAIL THE MAN!
People's National Party President Dr Peter Phillips (right) and the man he defeated to retain his position in the Opposition party, Peter Bunting, greet each other in COVID-19 safety style, during yesterday's meeting of councillors and caretakers held at the Mico University in St
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Three women killed, Rygin King hurt on bloody Sunday
MONTEGO BAY, St James Popular hardcore dancehall artiste Rygin King was up to late yesterday evening in emergency surgery after he was one of three people shot one fatally by unknown assailants in an incident in Westmoreland yesterday afternoon.A woman was shot dead and another man shot and
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11 New COVID-19 testing sites and CVS stores in metro-Atlanta | Atlanta Daily World
As COVID-19 cases surge in Georgia this week, CVS Health is expanding its testing program by announcing 11 additional test sites at select CVS Pharmacy drive-thru locations across the state. With these new sites, CVS Health will have a total of 86 drive-thru test sites across Georgia, with 69% of
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ABC 7 CHICAGO TO HOST FOURTH IN SERIES OF VIRTUAL TOWN HALLS, DO YOU HEAR ME? A DISCUSSION ABOUT RACE, MODERATED BY TERRELL BROWN AND LEAH HOPE | Chicago Defender
ABC 7 Chicago, Chicago’s Number One station for news, presents the fourth installment in a series of virtual town halls, DO YOU HEAR ME?  A DISCUSSION ABOUT RACE, Thursday, June 25 at 2 PM on abc7chicago.com.  The hour-long town hall will be moderated by ABC 7 Eyewitness News anchor Terrell Brown
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Clampdown on high-profile convicts
SECURITY Minister Horace Chang says within another week convicts within the prison system who have been issuing instructions to cronies on the outside will be moved to newly constructed cells.Dr Chang told the House of Representatives yesterday, in his 2020/21 sectoral debate presentation, that the
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Voters met with broken machines, long lines in Atlanta - TheGrio
Primary voting kicked off in Georgia on Tuesday, with reports of long lines and multiple voting machines not working. Many suspect the chaos is a preview of November’s presidential election.  READ MORE: Biden promises police changes without stripping funding Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms took
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A cross of 'Faith'
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - The Opposition People's National Party's (PNP's) majority in the Manchester Municipal Corporation was reduced to just one yesterday after Faith Sampson, councillor for the John's Hall Division in Manchester North Western, changed sides to join the ruling Jamaica Labour
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