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UK amber list restrictions not preventing travel to the Caribbean

After being cooped up in her London home for what seemed like an eternity, digital marketing consultant Ursula Barzey had been looking forward to a holiday in the Caribbean. Her first order of business on what would have been her first trip abroad...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Sections of St Elizabeth to brace for water disruptions next week

The National Water Commission (NWC) is advising that it will be suspending operations at the Old Pepper Well in St. Elizabeth, from 9: 00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 4, 2020. This is necessary to facilitate...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Spillage at Ewarton Works effluent holding pond

Subsequent to continuous rainfall between Friday, October 23 and Sunday, October 25, there was a spill of the effluent holding pond at the Ewarton Works Plant leading to the Old John Gully in St. Catherine. As a result, areas in the vicinity of...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

GK Foundation awards over $21 million in scholarships

GraceKennedy Foundation (GKF) has awarded scholarships valued at over $21 million to 92 Jamaican tertiary students for the 2020/21 academic year. The 2020 GK scholarship recipients were announced during a virtual awards ceremony held...

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Why Manley said Pearnel Charles was locked up - Former politician yet to be paid for nine-month blackhole hell

In his dying days, Michael Manley gave Pearnel Charles Sr a reason why he was locked in a blackhole at the army’s Up Park Camp base for more than nine months in the election year of 1976. The now-retired Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) politician said...

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UN chief says Caribbean is vital to tackling COVID-19, climate change | New York Carib News

Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has praised leaders within the Caribbean Community (Caricom) for their leadership in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, even as they confront shocks to their economies, the tourism sector, trade, and remittances.

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Winds destroy roadside ‘school’, students escape injury

The old shop by the roadside in Huddersfield, St Mary, that Beverley Dressikie uses as classroom for her two daughters has been destroyed by winds associated with Hurricane Zeta whose outer bands affected the island recently. Dressikie’s children...

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Wavel Ramkalawan, the Anglican priest who is now president of Seychelles - Face2Face Africa

When Wavel Ramkalawan was elected president of the Republic of Seychelles on Sunday, October 25, the priest-politician became the first opposition candidate in 43 years to lead the East African island nation. 59-year-old Ramkalawan has been the leader of the country’s Seychelles National Party

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Gone Glamping! 5 Luxury Camping Destinations You Must Experience

In the era of COVID-19, nothing sounds better than escaping to the middle of nowhere for some R&R, some peace and quiet and to take in the rugged outdoors. Now, […] The post Gone Glamping! 5 Luxury Camping Destinations You Must Experience appeared first on Essence.

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Africa: Treatment Time Can Be Cut By a Third for Most Kids With TB

[spotlight] Tuberculosis (TB) treatment can be shortened from six to four months in 80% of children. This is according to findings from the SHINE study that were presented at a leading TB conference on Saturday.

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Raymond Antrobus: ‘By making our voices heard we can experience change’ - Voice Online

BRITISH JAMAICAN Poet, Raymond Antrobus is blazing a trail others in the field of education... The post Raymond Antrobus: ‘By making our voices heard we can experience change’ appeared first on Voice Online.

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Treatment capacity of Diamond water plant to rise - Stabroek News

The capacity of the Diamond Water Treatment Plant on the East Bank of Demerara is expected to rise within the next month as a result of the drilling of an additional well at the facility. The article Treatment capacity of Diamond water plant to rise appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Nursing homes shuttered; first COVID-19 death at Golden Age Home

Two private nursing homes in Manchester and Hanover have been ordered closed for COVID-19 health and safety breaches as Jamaica recorded its first coronavirus death at an elder-care facility. The developments are an important fault line as elder-...

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Osime Brown's family continues fight to keep him in Britain - Voice Online

THE MOTHER of a 22-year-old autistic man is continuing her fight to halt his deportation... The post Osime Brown's family continues fight to keep him in Britain appeared first on Voice Online.

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Dog bite bill’s teeth too sharp – Dabdoub

While making it clear that dog owners must be held accountable if their animals injure people or cause damage to property, Jalil Dabdoub, president of the German Shepherd Club, is urging the Government to make adjustments to the Dogs (Liability for...

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Debate rages as Trump defeat hinges on COVID-19

The results of next Tuesday’s presidential election may be a verdict on Donald Trump’s management of the coronavirus outbreak that hit a one-day record of 86,600 infections on Thursday among a world-leading nine million cases. But despite rising...

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$2b in losses for NWC The National Water Commission has leaked upwards of $2 billion in losses because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mark Barnett, its president, has said. Speaking at the NWC’s first quarterly press briefing on Tuesday, Barnett said...

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Surrey's ACE Cricket Programme to launch as independent charity - Voice Online

SURREY COUNTY Cricket Club’s ACE Programme – a project designed to increase cricketing opportunities for... The post Surrey's ACE Cricket Programme to launch as independent charity appeared first on Voice Online.

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Regal Cinemas’ closure just the latest blow to an industry on life support -

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Celebrating the women of the British Black Panther Movement | Natalie Joseph

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Mali sentences two to death for 2015 terror attacks in Bamako | Africanews

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Ethiopia: Civilians Continue to Suffer From Repeated Violence in Metekel. What We Know So Far

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- News of sustained attacks targeting civilians has been coming out of Benishangul Gumuz regional state, Metekel Zone, since the first week of September, 2020. Ethiopian social media is replete with graphic images of victims whose lives are brutally cut short including

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Quinton de Kock's hard road to being Mumbai Indians leading scorer

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Exxon to cut 14,000 jobs as pandemic hits oil demand - Stabroek News

(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp said yesterday it could cut its global workforce by about 15%, including deep white-collar staff reductions in the United States, as the COVID-19 pandemic batters energy demand and

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This Day in History — October 30

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Stakeholders examining drainage solutions for Mandeville

MANCHESTER - The long-standing problem of flooding during heavy and persistent rainfall in the south-central town of Mandeville has united political representatives in an effort to find drainage solutions.

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Tobago gets prestigious UNESCO award - Stabroek News

(Trinidad Guardian) North-East Tobago has been awarded the prestigious UNESCO Man and the Biosphere designation. The article Tobago gets prestigious UNESCO award appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Former President Obama on Tuesday offered a seething rebuke of Jared Kushner after the White House senior adviser a day earlier said that for President Trump’s economic policies to work, Black Americans had to

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