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MoBay Chamber pleads for Gov't to urgently start bypass
FREEPORT, St James - The Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) is urging the Government to reconsider its decision to push back, until next year, the start of the planned construction of the US$220-million Montego Bay bypass.At a press conference held in the resort city
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Angola: Ministry of Education Assesses Distance Learning Efficiency
Luanda — The upgrade of the TV and radio classes in the primary and first cycle (7th to 9th grade) education system were analyzed last Tuesday, in Luanda, at a meeting between the minister of Education, Luísa Grilo, and coordinators of the
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Source: allAfrica.com
Esports teams help HBCUs increase enrollment, retain students and create STEM opportunities | New Pittsburgh Courier
The holiday gift that keeps teenagers on the sofa with game controllers in their hands may help parents pay their college tuition. For some, training to compete in cyberspace contests like Fortnite and NBA2K could soon replace training for team sports — and create a new scholarship pipeline and
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Trump becomes first president to be impeached twice | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Bipartisan majority charges him with inciting Capitol riot By Jacob Pramuk, CNBC President Donald Trump, a man hyperaware of his achievements and place in history, added a first to his record on Wednesday. A week before he will leave office, Trump became the first American president impeached by
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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group
Classroom confusion
The Government is being urged to provide clear directions on the way forward for the education sector following ambiguous announcements over the past week.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Petition launched to rename London school after first Black headteacher who was Guyanese
In light of the worldwide Black Lives Matter movement, which is putting pressure on universities and schools to demolish statues of slavers, hundreds of parents and former students of a London school named after an 18th century slave owner are calling for it to be renamed in honour of one of
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Court case stalls House probe on lease for mining in Dry Harbour Mountain
DISCUSSIONS with the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and its parent ministry on the impact of recently approved mining leases in the Dry Harbour Mountains, St Ann, stalled at yesterday's meeting of the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) after the Permanent
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Access to COVID-19 vaccines not equitable, says Caricom
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC)- Expressing concern that regional states may not have equal access to COVID-19 vaccines, the Caribbean Community (Caricom) has called for a global summit to address the matter.
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Exam headache!
Aleisha Salmon, a grade 12 student at Meadowbrook High, told the Jamaica Observer that since the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) forced the physical closure of schools, she has been worried and fearful as she is not certain what will obtain with the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations
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Student at Mona Heights Primary tests positive for COVID, classes suspended
A grade six student at Mona Heights Primary School has tested positive for COVID-19, triggering a shutdown of face-to-face classes at the institution. Last month, school administrators quietly wrote to parents requesting that they sign COVID...
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Oklahoma’s Last Known Negro Baseball League Player Eugene Golden Laid To Rest | The Oklahoma Eagle
The Oklahoma Eagle Newswire Oklahoma’s last known Negro Baseball League player Eugene Golden was laid to rest today in Weleetka, Oklahoma.  Eugene Golden, was born in 1925 Clearview, Oklahoma to Ashford T. Golden and Julia A. (Roberson) Golden. At age 95, Goon passed this life into the
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Findings of inquest into the death of Andres Guardado are released | L.A. Focus News
The findings of an inquest into the death of 18-year-old Andres Guardado, who was killed near Gardena during a June encounter with two sheriff’s deputies, were released Friday evening. The four-page report, prepared by retired Justice Candace Cooper, who has served on the California Court of
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Probe under way to determine cause of fire at JPS storage facility
A major probe is now under way to determine the cause of a massive fire at a Jamaica Public Service (JPS) storage facility on Washington Boulevard in St Andrew in the early hours of yesterday morning.The fire, which started sometime between 2:00 and 3:00 am, took fire fighters more than four hours
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
The Rev. Thomas Beavers, New Rising Star, ‘Nothing is more powerful than love’
By Sydney Melson The Birmingham Times The Rev. Thomas Beavers, New Rising Star Church in Birmingham’s Brown Springs neighborhood, who has been pastor there for a decade, talks about Dr. Martin Luther King's teachings of love and peace. “There’s nothing more powerful than the force of love,” Beavers
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Visually challenged lawyer-to-be targets ADR | News | Jamaica Gleaner
WESTERN BUREAU: Armed with a bachelor’s degree in law, Garnian Hazel, a visually impaired resident of Success district in Hanover, says he wants to help prevent children involved in domestic conflicts from ending up in the country’s judicial system...
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'We are killing our own selves for the sake of money'
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Mayor of Mandeville and chairman of the Manchester Municipal Corporation Donovan Mitchell alleged yesterday that the police have been providing security at nightclubs which should be closed under the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA).
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Auld lang syne: New year brings final UK-EU Brexit split
LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) - Like a separated couple still living together, Britain and the European Union (EU)spent 2020 wrangling and wondering whether they can remain friends.On Thursday, the UK finally moved out. At 11:00 pm London time - midnight at EU headquarters in Brussels - Britain
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New educational initiative launched aiming to support young people impacted by lost learning due to COVID-19 - Voice Online
THE TOBUN Foundation has launched a new initiative aiming to support 250,000 disadvantaged young people... The post New educational initiative launched aiming to support young people impacted by lost learning due to COVID-19 appeared first on Voice Online.
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PATH students plus 100,000 others to get devices
THE Ministry of Education, Youth and Information last Thursday officially launched its 'One Laptop or Tablet Per Child' initiative, which is designed to promote inclusivity in the education sector.It aims to provide needy students with the requisite tools to function in the online teaching and
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Transforming lives and communities - Transformed Life Church, Digicel Foundation donate tablets, data to needy students
TRANSFORMED LIFE Church (TLC), in partnership with the Digicel Foundation, recently handed over 100 tablets for 50 students at seven primary schools in Portland and 50 students at a high school in St Mary. The provision of the tablets – each with...
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Global virus death toll hits two million
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) - The global death toll from COVID-19 topped two million yesterday, crossing the threshold amid a vaccine roll-out so immense but so uneven that in some countries there is real hope of vanquishing the outbreak, while in other, less developed parts of the world, it seems
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Job No. 1 for Fayval: Internet access for students
Reintegrating students into the mood and mode of formal education amid a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic will be a top priority for newly appointed Education Minister Fayval Williams. Face-to-face classes were suspended islandwide days after...
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Namibia: School Readiness Questions Asked
This they said is due to overcrowded classrooms that already exist at schools and hostels, which according to them will force them to revert to normal once all learners return to
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Today's Horoscope — January 1, 2021
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, January 1, 2021: Sensitive, organised and brutally honest, you're a complex individual. You succeed this year by not bottling up your emotions but by sharing them. Your work reflects this and receives accolades. If single, patience is key, as you can decide on a mate
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BIG COVID RESPONSE
Most of Jamaica's major hotels are now putting measures in place to have on-property COVID-19 tests for visitors who will require negative results for re-entry to their home countries.
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Azan: No welcome mat for ‘deportee’
Dubbing himself the ‘performance man’, Richard Azan says his record in Clarendon North Western is strong enough to repel the challenge of Phillip Henriques, whom he’s snarkily labelled a ‘deportee’ that he’ll dispatch come September 3. The People’...
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LAUSD teachers to provide more synchronous instruction, office hours next semester | L.A. Focus News
In hopes of engaging more with Los Angeles Unified students and families during distance learning, teachers will provide an additional 20 to 30 minutes of synchronous instruction for grades 1 through 12 on Mondays and hold an extra 30 minutes of office hours Tuesday through Friday of each week
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Jamaican students in US worried
A decision by United States (US) federal immigration authorities to revoke the visas of international students whose colleges offer only online courses this fall have left Jamaicans studying in America worried about their educational and financial future.
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'They made it!'
After over two months of anxiety-fuelled trauma over their fate as prisoners on United States turf, the captain and three crew members of ill-fated vessel Lady Lawla returned home yesterday, elated to find their feet firmly back on Jamaican soil for the new year.
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Rwanda: Govt to Recruit 580 Nursery Teachers
[New Times] The number of teachers in pre-primary schools is set to be increased from the current 33 to 613 in this fiscal year, according to the ministry of education.
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