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UWI faces huge funding shortfall - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Gleaner) - The finances of The University of the West Indies, Mona, are in jeopardy, a state of affairs which chairman of the campus council, Earl Jarrett, admitted is threatening the viability of the largest university in
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Nigeria: How to Close Nigeria's 600 Million Condom Demand Gap
[Premium Times] "Popularizing condom use, at this time, represents one of the most important public health initiatives..."
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Hire more nurses for field hospitals, NAJ says
The Jamaican Government has been urged to hire out-of-work nurses to staff its COVID-19 field hospitals as the public health sector buckles under the burden of mounting infections. That is one of the decisions weighing on the mind of Prime Minister...
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Sen. James Lankford Apologized To His Black Constituents
Sen. James Lankford wrote a letter apologizing to his Black constituents for opposing the electoral college results after the Presidential Election
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Mona accounts for chunk of UWI debt - Commission pitches doubling fees; Beckles wants students to pay less
Government debt owing to The University of the West Indies (UWI) has been significantly reduced from US$117 million in July 2014 to US$51 million in November 2020. And of The UWI’s five campuses across the region, only Mona has relied on debt...
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COVID bed space running out in Manchester
With only five vacant beds on the COVID-19 ward at the Mandeville Regional Hospital and only 42 available across south-central Jamaica, the health authorities say they might have to turn to other parishes for help if the number of positive cases...
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Manhunt underway for man who allegedly killed woman, toddler at lodge in Limpopo | News24
Limpopo police have activated a 72-hour activation plan to arrest a man wanted for allegedly strangling a woman and two-year-old child to death.
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China, the US and a new world order - Stabroek News
A few days ago, China’s President, Xi Jinping, addressed the opening of this year’s Davos World Economic Forum. The article China, the US and a new world order appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Kenya coronavirus: record 80 new cases, Wajir rolls out virus campaign
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Three men accused of 'terrorising' Limpopo students arrested | News24
Three men who are accused of terrorizing University students in Venda and who are allegedly linked to 40 cases of rape and robberies have been arrested.
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Nigeria Records Worst Day in Covid-19 Management With 24 Deaths
[Premium Times] In the past 27 days, there have been nearly 200 fatalities as a result of COVID-19 complications in Nigeria.
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Authorities still to decide on how to use 1500 COVID vaccines - Stabroek News
Health authorities are still to decide whether they will withhold vaccines from the initial set to be used as a second dose for frontline workers or to inoculate another 1500 with the first
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Kenya coronavirus: Updates from March - April 2020
May 8: Govt to foot quarantine bills, cases at 607
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Africa: Zimbabwean Singer Anita Jackson Reaches Top 10 Video Count On Trace Africa
[New Zimbabwe] IT seems the lights are shining brighter on Zimdancehall female artiste Anita Jackson as her hit song "Fire" featuring fellow artiste Poptain has reached the Trace Africa top 10 videos.
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Kenya coronavirus: 3,727 cases; burial rules relaxed, first family uninfected
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Kenya: Public Hospitals Lack Capacity to Fight Rising Covid-19 Cases
[Nation] Public hospitals in Kenya lack capacity and personnel to handle the rapidly increasing cases of coronavirus and sustaining the universal health coverage (UHC), a new report by the Ministry of Health says.
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Sudan recalls ambassador to Ethiopia amid rising tensions | Africanews
Sudan Wednesday recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia, the foreign ministry said, as tensions between the two countries run high over a border region and Addis Ababa's controversial Blue Nile dam.
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Stewart bullish about Jamaica's ability to recover
Despite the heavy social and economic blows that the novel coronavirus pandemic has inflicted on Jamaica, Sandals Resorts International Executive Chairman Adam Stewart is still optimistic and bullish about the island's ability to recover.
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Strike in Limpopo healthcare sector suspended | News24
A strike in the Limpopo health sector has been put on hold after Health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba held talks with the unions.
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Africa: How Africa Is Leading From Behind in Global Coronavirus Vaccine Race
[Premium Times] Most African countries, including Nigeria, are banking on benefitting from the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Assess Facility, or Covax, the World Health Organization-backed programme
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Kenya: Mourners Who Travelled From Mombasa to Siaya Isolated
Twenty-five mourners who travelled from Mombasa to Siaya for burial were on Friday arrested and put into
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Aging Dams In India Pose A Growing Threat, Says UN | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
NEW DELHI — A glacier burst in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand last month that has claimed more than 70 lives revealed the vulnerability of some of the country’s development projects. And, now a UN report has claimed that an old, large dam in the southern state of Kerala could be a risk to
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Bribery and corruption spree at registry offices
BY SHELTON MASINA Allegations of corruption and bribery have resurfaced at some of the country’s registry offices with clients, especially those intending to collect their passports being forced to pay bribes to get travel documents in time. This emerged during a survey done by the Southern Eye in
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Kenya: Diamond Is Now Providing for His Son - Tanasha
[Nairobi News] Kenyan singer and former radio presenter Tanasha Donna has revealed that her baby daddy, Tanzanian singer Diamond Platnumz, is now providing for their son Naseeb Junior.
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Fire engulfs Alice Magistrate's Court building in the Eastern Cape | News24
Parts of the Alice Magistrate's Court building in the Eastern Cape have burnt down.
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Democrats Hold Hearing On Reparations Bill After Capitol Riot, Trump Acquittal
The deadly Capitol insurrection was meant to undermine Black votes and devalue Black life. Wednesday's hearing felt like a rebuttal.
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Rwanda extends lockdown over capital Kigali | Africanews
Businesses and public transport will now reopen on February 8 under strict guidelines
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Parents buckling under stress amid COVID loneliness
A global index commissioned by Nestlé has found that parents are facing intense pressure because of loneliness and social shaming, but a local family-life expert believes that Jamaican mothers have been largely insulated from the trend. The survey...
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MAJ says ready to help as Gov't outlines vaccination programme
With indications by Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton that the Government's ambitious COVID-19 vaccination roll-out plan stands to be staggered, not by the lack of potions but more by a shortage of personnel to administer the jabs, the Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ) is
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Hotels teeter on brink of collapse as Covid-19 bites
With zero per cent occupancy, Mr Ishpal Oberoi has to cough up Sh1.4 million every month to maintain his hotel on the shores of the Indian
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