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Mother appeals for missing child to come home

A 14-year-old girl, who is suspected to have ran away from her Cottage Pen home in St Thomas, has left her mother, Maria Bryan, in a state of anxiety. The mother of three told The Gleaner that she has not been able to sleep or eat since Tuesday,...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Limpopo men sentenced to life for rape of 14-year-old

At the same time, a 27-year-old man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping a 21-year-old woman in Pulaseng Village, outside Tzaneen

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Volusia County’s final budget hearing set for Oct. 6 – Daytona Times

Volusia County’s second and final public hearing on the budget and tax rates for the 2020- 21 fiscal year will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 6 p.m. The budget and tax rates already underwent a first public hearing on Sept. 15. The final hearing had been scheduled for Sept. 29, at

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Source: Daytona Times

NWA working to clear blocked roads, drains in several parishes

The National Works Agency (NWA) says heavy equipment have been dispatched to several locations in St Thomas, Portland, St Mary, St Ann and Clarendon to clear landslides, washed down silt, and reopen blocked drains in order to reduce...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

KZN to 'present a clear plan' in coming weeks on taxi industry and political killings

A plan to stop rampant murders, due to taxi violence and political killings, will be expected in the coming weeks, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala said on

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Oklahoma’s governor says he has tested positive for COVID-19

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Wednesday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus and that... View Article The post Oklahoma’s governor says he has tested positive for COVID-19 appeared first on TheGrio.

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Source: theGrio

American woman dies in plane crash trying to deliver Covid-19 tests to Indonesian village

An American pilot died when her plane malfunctioned while she was on her way to deliver Covid-19 rapid test kits to a remote Indonesian village, officials

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Three deaths from COVID; 34 new cases

Three more people have died from COVID-19, increasing the number of fatalities to 221. One of the deaths was previously under investigation. Two of the deaths are persons from Westmoreland: one is a 53 year-old man and the...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

COVID response team set up as reopening schools named

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has been charged with inspecting the 17 schools slated to reopen under a two-week pilot this month and installing a rapid-response team to cauterise spread if coronavirus cases break out among students, faculty,...

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COVID-19: Algeria imposes wearing of masks

Algerian authorities have made the wearing of masks compulsory as part of new measures to contain Covid-19, in the run-up to the Muslim Eid al-Fitr

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Morant Bay High closed after student tests positive for COVID-19

Morant Bay High School in St Thomas has suspended classes for two days, starting today, after a student tested positive for COVID-19. The school says during the closure, it will undertake deep cleaning and sanitisation. It has indicated that the...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Charles pledges action as probe launched into hospital jump

An investigation has been launched by the South East Regional Health Authority(SERHA) into the bizarre account of a patient leaping from the third floor of the Princess Margaret Hospital in St Thomas on Saturday, November 7. The patient, 41-year-...

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Florida cities mop up after deluge from Tropical Storm Eta - Black News Channel

By FREIDA FRISARO and KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Eta was squatting off western Cuba on Tuesday after drifting away from South Florida, where it unleashed a deluge that flooded entire neighborhoods and filled some homes with rising water. The 28th

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Terry Crews responds to backlash over Black Lives Matter tweet

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‘There’s An African-American Man Threatening My Life’: Woman Calls NYPD After Being Asked To Leash Her Dog, Later Apologizes

A woman reportedly made a call to the New York Police Department (NYPD) accusing a black man of threatening her and her dog during an argument Monday morning that started when the man asked the woman to leash her dog in Central

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SA dancer and choreographer Kirvan Fortuin stabbed to death allegedly by 14-year-old girl

Police have arrested a 14-year-old girl in connection with the murder of Kirvan Fortuin, a well-known choreographer, who was allegedly stabbed to death during the early hours of Saturday morning in Cape

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Ribault Track Coach Gwendolyn Maxwell Dies at Age 86

Gwendolyn Maxwell, one of the most successful girls’ track and field coaches in the history of Florida, passed away Tuesday

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Former CBC Chair Cedric Richmond to Join Biden White House

Louisiana Rep. Cedric Richmond has been tabbed for a senior post in President-elect Joe Biden's White House staff.

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Man, 2 woman jailed for 80 years collectively for rape and assault of trafficked teen

After losing her father, her aunt badly treated the girl and told her that she was sending her to Gudwana in Cape Town who was looking for a wife," the prosecutor, senior state advocate Maria Marshall, said during the court

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Guyanese man dies in Barbados after seizure - Stabroek News

(Barbados Nation) On Tuesday morning, Kleisha Thomas was unable to reach her father on the phone. The article Guyanese man dies in Barbados after seizure appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Protesters demand jobs at Durban University of Technology

Community members blocked the gates of the DUT Indumiso Campus, demanding that they benefit from tenders awarded by the institution.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

COVID SPOILER - Virus caution to crash colourful nomination party

With a worrying rise in the number of Jamaicans contracting COVID-19 in the last week, prospective election candidates who plan to crank up their political machinery in a show of strength today – nomination day – are being warned that campaign...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

17 new COVID-19 cases, 6 more recoveries

Jamaica has recorded 17 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing to 1,146 the total number of confirmed positives. Also in the last 24 hours, recoveries moved to 770, as six additional persons were released from care, according to the...

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Three killed during protests over killing of well-known singer in Ethiopia

Following the killing of political singer Hachalu Hundessa, mass protests broke out in Ethiopia, leaving three people dead.

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Clarendon women to benefit from training programme

More than 20 women in Clarendon are to participate in a training programme geared at creating job opportunities for

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Mother of missing cop still awaiting answers from police force - Stabroek News

Two weeks after the disappearance of a police constable, his mother Charlene Jordan is yet to receive answers from members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) about her son’s disappearance. The article Mother of missing cop still awaiting answers from police force appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Highly Anticipated Senate Runoff In Georgia Shatters Early Voting Records

By Ja'han Jones Black Voices With three weeks left before polls close in two U.S. Senate runoff elections in Georgia that will determine the balance of power in Washington, a record number of early voters cast their ballots in person in multiple counties, according to reports. Following close races

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Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara Re-elected with 94.27% of Votes | Africanews

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Bomb scare halts 'Steroid King' underworld murder case in Cape Town

Alleged gang leaders Mark Lifman, 'Donkie' Booysen and William Stevens were expected in court before it was evacuated due to a bomb threat.

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Minister challenges commissioner to investigate allegations of vote-buying

Well-known Baptist minister, author and Gleaner columnist, Reverend Devon Dick, today challenged the police to investigate acts of vote-buying in St Thomas ahead of the September 3 general elections. Making reference to an event where candidates...

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#PNPvotes | Polls open for presidential elections

Amid light drizzle to heavy showers, People's National Party (PNP) delegates are turning out to elect a new president. Some 3,400 delegates are voting in the election being run across the island by the Electoral Office of Jamaica. THE...

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