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From gunslinger to motivational speaker, a deportee's journey through crime, drugs, and death
His only crime at the age of 15 when he migrated to Canada to live with his mother was that he looked too much like his dead father, a former Jamaican don, and that got him kicked out on to unforgiving streets after just six months.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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EXPLAINER | Can the 21:00 curfew be legally challenged? | News24
News24 looked at the reasons why the national curfew can be legally challenged, and what has to be proved for it to be declared invalid.
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Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago lie in the Caribbean Sea off the northeast coast of Venezuela. Trinidad, the larger at 1,864 sq mi (4,828 sq km), is mainly flat and rolling, with mountains in the north that reach a height of 3,085 ft (940 m) at Mount Aripo. Tobago, at just 116 sq mi (300 sq km), is heavily
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Caribbean social justice NGOs emphasise right to free and fair elections here - Stabroek News
A group of Caribbean NGOs have iterated their support for Guyanese to enjoy a free, fair and democratic system of election that expresses the will of the people and have also posited the need for a more inclusionary process of government going
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Katz's Deli offers outdoor dining for the first time in its 132-year history - L.A. Focus Newspaper
For the first time in its 132-year history, the deli, a New York City staple known for its pastrami sandwiches, is adding outdoor seating in response to the Covid-19
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T&T hosts CPL alone, no fans at grounds - Stabroek News
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Are you storm-ready?
MOST of us would've heard about Tropical Storm Gonzalo by now and know that it is approaching the Caribbean. Were it to affect Jamaica, how prepared would you be?Since a storm not only threatens the physical infrastructure of the island but also poses serious threat to life, health and
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Stabroek Sports’ Boxing’s Hall of Fame
Terrence Alli can be described as the greatest Guyanese boxer never to win a world
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Deadly double
In the immediate aftermath of the September 12, 1988 Hurricane Gilbert - the worst storm to hit Jamaica this century, a sharp rise in malnutrition, a quiet but troubling affliction, failed to make the news headlines.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Eye on Holness as Rowley's PNM wins T&T Election | New York Carib News
Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley’s electoral win on Monday night might be viewed by his Jamaican counterpart, Andrew Holness, as the signal of an incumbency wave that might prod him to announce a general election shortly.
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Post-lockdown travel: These places in Europe will pay you to visit
Hoping to re-boost their tourism sectors, a host of trendy destinations in Europe are offering an array of incentives to attract you to their shores once possible.
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If you value essential workers, raise the minimum wage | New Pittsburgh Courier
By Holly Sklar Every day in these hard times, grocery workers and delivery drivers, healthcare aides and cleaning staff, childcare workers and fast food cooks, go to work for $7.25 … Continued The post If you value essential workers, raise the minimum wage appeared first on New Pittsburgh Courier.
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Airline says it will pay if you get infected while travelling
Dubai-based Emirates has announced it will cover a portion of medical, quarantine or funeral expenses if passengers get infected.
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Smith, Ada “Bricktop” (1894-1984)
Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith (“Bricktop”), vaudevillian actress, singer, nightclub owner, and international celebrity host, was born August 14, 1894 in Alderson, West Virginia, to Thomas and Hattie Thompson Smith. Her father passed away in 1898 and Mrs. Smith moved
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SGR empty seats order signals ticket price rise
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After long wait, J'cans stranded in C'bean to be repatriated
CARIBBEAN Airlines will, as of this weekend, be operating flights for Jamaicans stranded in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, The Bahamas, and Antigua and Barbuda, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith has
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Green anxious to ‘unleash’ Nedd, Sinclair on CPL - Stabroek News
Newly appointed captain of the Guyana Amazon Warriors, Chris Green, is excited to unleash on the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Cricket West Indies Emerging Players signees, Ashmead Nedd and Kevin
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Uganda: As Lockdown Eases, Economy Faces Long Walk Back to Health
Although Uganda began to relax some of the lockdown rules last week, including allowing private vehicles to return to the roads, the country faces an uphill ride back to economic normalcy, a wide-ranging survey by this newspaper
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Simmon says no concern about Holder’s fitness, Gabriel close to 100 per cent
MANCHESTER, England, CMC – West Indies head coach Phil Simmons has sought to give the assurance that there is nothing to worry about as far as the fitness of captain Jason Holder is concerned, and he will be ready for the Wisden Test series beginning next
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Pollard, Northants cancel contract by ‘mutual agreement’
LONDON, CMC – Kieron Pollard’s contract with English county Northamptonshire has been cancelled by “mutual agreement”, amidst the ongoing uncertainty owing to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Stranded cricketers one step closer to coming home
Amid the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a return home soon seems to be more and more assured for stranded Guyanese cricketers in Trinidad and
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T&T election August 10
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday announced August 10 as the date for the general election in Trinidad and Tobago, just under one month shy of the fifth anniversary when voters went to the polls on September 7, 2015 to elect his People's National Movement
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Smythe, John Henry (1915-1996)
Jurist and Royal Air Force (RAF) Flight Lieutenant John “Johnny” Henry Smythe was born on June 30, 1915, in the West African port city of Freetown, Sierra Leone. He received a grammar school education and had worked as a civil servant before joining the Sierra Leone Defence Corps (part
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As the elections saga /drama continues to unfold, its by-product of emotional strain has begun to have significant effects on our personal relationships. The article What will CARICOM do now? appeared first on Stabroek News.
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CHTA'S Taste of the Caribbean launches virtual Friday lime | New York Carib News
MIAMI (May 27, 2020) – Caribbean food and beverage industry aficionados have been raising their glasses every Friday evening to toast the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s (CHTA) new “Limin’ wid Taste” expositions by some of the region’s leading
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The intimate and personal revelations made of powerful men do not fail to gather an audience, and if said powerful men are as legendary as Kwame Nkrumah, you get the widest and the most committed attention. What is the psychology behind thirsting after these revelations? Perhaps, it is a mere
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Students can learn during school closures, but a new approach is needed for distance learning - Black Voice News
In summary Distance learning will never be as good as in-person learning, but we can do a lot better. New research provides key lessons for how to ensure high-quality educational opportunities. By Heather Hough, Special to CalMatters Heather Hough is executive director of Policy Analysis for
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Beep-beep! Here comes the pudding man!
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Trinidad: Rowley alleges UNC sharing out fridges, stoves for votes - Stabroek News

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