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AP Source: NFL cutting preseason in half, pushing back start | The Atlanta Voice
The NFL will cut its preseason in half and push back the start of exhibition play so teams have more time to train following an all virtual offseason made necessary by the coronavirus pandemic, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated
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Striking nurses’ issue taken to government: HSB
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It’s time for HR function to evolve at a faster pace
It is now time for HR professionals to re-assert their leadership to build new ways of working that create sustainability for organisations and their workers at the same time leveraging on technology to enhance performance and productivity of
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CRH gets 2,000 face masks from BPOs
The Physiotherapy Department at Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay got a much-needed gift on Tuesday when the Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ) presented the institution with 2,000 face masks and 50 face
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Total lockdown of Region One mooted amid surge in COVID-19 cases
As Region One (Barima-Waini) becomes the epicentre of the Novel Coronavirus in Guyana with over 60 active cases, officials believe that a national intervention may be needed to have a total lockdown of the
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
KDIC delays implementation of risk-based system by one year
Kenya has spared small and weaker banks from paying increased premiums to the deposit insurance fund for one year amid Covid-19 pandemic that has adversely affected the cash flow positions of both regional and global
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‘If you can’t get nothing but a candy bar, get her something’
Met: Fall 2006, La Costa was visiting Hopewell Baptist Church in Birmingham, which Jerry attended, to rehearse for an annual gospel concert and Jerry sat in on the
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VIDEO: Fauci warns a coronavirus vaccine is not guaranteed
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, testified for three hours before the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
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Sterling K. Brown on voicing Black characters and speaking out: ‘All art is political’
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Call for six-year deadline on harassment claims
Calls are growing for lawmakers to set at least a six-year deadline for the reporting of sexual
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MKE Cares: Ordinance would require mask wearing in public spaces
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“F*ck That Hoe” Akademiks Says He Has An Issue With Chrissy Teigen Because She “Sneak-Dissed” Him
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Will America Fix the Race Problem?
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Integrity Commission accuses Wheatley of being dishonest
“It is the conclusion of the director of investigations that Dr Wheatley was dishonest in his aforementioned representations and, in this regard, sought to mislead and did mislead the director of investigation contrary to Section 48 (3) of the Integrity Commission Act, Section 11E of the Commission
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McGrath wins Kentucky Dem primary; McConnell showdown awaits
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Web of corruption?
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English County Championship can begin on Aug. 1, says ECB
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Former JDF soldiers offer solution to parking woes
Thompson and his partners — Major Winston Dwyer and Lt Colonel Richard Sadler — are the principals of Abacus Safe Park, which, the trio explained, has secured exclusive distributorship rights from an overseas manufacturer for vertical rotary parking systems in the Caribbean and North
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Religious party to ban strip clubs, casinos
The church-based Jamaica Progressive Party (JPP) will abolish income tax, ban go-go clubs, and raise salaries for civil servants if it gains state
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#TakeBackEssence: Richelieu Dennis Steps Down As CEO Of Essence Communications
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Uber in talks to buy Postmates for $2.6-billion: report
Uber Technologies is in talks to purchase food delivery service Postmates for about US$2.6-billion, Dow Jones reported, citing people familiar with the
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Fauci: US 'Going In Wrong Direction' In Coronavirus Outbreak
The U.S. is “going in the wrong direction” with the coronavirus surging badly enough that Dr. Anthony Fauci told senators Tuesday some regions are putting the entire country at risk — just as schools and colleges are wrestling with how to safely
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TKR to ramp up CPL preparations
Manager of the Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) Colin Borde said the local players will ramp up preparations for the 2020 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) as the government starts to relax covid19
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Motorbike mission: Activist delivers sunscreen to Ugandans with albinism
Many in the country are struggling to find work because of the ongoing pandemic, and when they can find work, a nationwide transport ban due to COVID-19 made it even more it difficult for those with albinism—a genetic condition where the body doesn’t produce melanin, a pigment found in skin, eyes
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Dr. Ankrehah “Kre” Johnson: The Ministry of Medicine
As a doctor, Ankrehah “Kre” Trimble Johnson was particularly saddened when 17-year-old Courtlin Arrington, a student at Huffman High School, was killed in
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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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Naspers posts 4.5% fall in full-year profit
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SPLC Action Fund: After Flag Vote, Mississippi Legislators Take Additional Steps to Help "Dismantle Vestiges of White Supremacy"
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College Football Amid a Pandemic is Not Worth the Risk to Young Men’s Lives
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Numsa threatens court action if govt doesn't resolve its issues with taxi industry
Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim said should the government and the taxi industry not resolve their issues, their members, who are passengers, will be caught in the
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