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Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley labeled a question asked by BBC journalist, Christian Fraser, as “inappropriate” during an interview to discuss the announcement of the Caribbean nation’s recent reform proposals including removing Queen Elizabeth II as its Head of State and also legalizing
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He’s a Jolly good fellow - Jamaican black-rights lobbyist inducted into Order of Canada
WESTERN BUREAU: One year after a Toronto street was named after him, Jamaica-born Canadian B. Denham Jolly has again created history by being appointed Member of the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian honours. Created in 1967,...
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JLP & PNP divided, but most Jamaicans agree Queen needs to go | New York Carib News
The country’s two main political parties are still bitterly divided over the issue of the removal of Queen Elizabeth II as Head of State.
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Court to rule December 17 on challenge to appointment of Senior Counsel - Stabroek News
The High Court will on December 17, 2020 issue a ruling on the the application filed by attorney Timothy Jonas who is challenging last year’s appointment by former President David Granger of four senior
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Sunday Brew — October 25, 2020
A feeble attempt to muzzle�THEY have all tried their thing from time to time. The mission: to muzzle the media and silence practitioners who see things differently from what's in front of their eyes.
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GG grants early release to Canadian serving time for drug smuggling
A Canadian man who was sentenced to two years and six months for attempting to smuggle 20 pounds of cocaine from Jamaica has been granted an early release by Governor General Sir Patrick
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Horne in the race
Senator Norman Washington Horne has confirmed that he is interested in becoming president of the People's National Party (PNP),...that is if the organisation's delegates so desire.
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Bunting's Senate swearing-in may be delayed to January
GORDON House is still awaiting a writ from the governor general confirming the resignation of Norman Horne and the appointment of Peter Bunting to replace him in the Senate.
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'We will be constructive, fearless,' promises new Opposition Leader Mark Golding
Newly sworn-in Opposition Leader Mark Golding has promised to lead a team that is constructive and fearless. Golding, who on Saturday defeated Lisa Hanna in the People's National Party (PNP's) presidential election, was this morning ...
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Peter Bunting appointed to Senate
Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding has advised the Governor General to appoint Peter Bunting as a Senator. This now ends the row over the seat. Earlier today, embattled businessman Norman Horne indicated that he had asked the Governor General to...
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ELECTION WOE - COVID Cabinet team to review 98-case one-day jump
A 98-case jump in COVID-19 cases and a 15th death will concentrate the minds of a Cabinet subcommittee that meets today to review the record one-day increase. New concerns are rising about whether to postpone the September 3 general election...
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Kenya: New Lobby to Keep Track of ICPD25 Resolutions
[Nation] A new high-level commission of international advocates, experts and activists has been established to ensure commitments made on women's health and rights at last year's Nairobi International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD25) regarding sexual and reproductive health and
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The learned judge erred, made contradictory findings, Gov't argues in SOE appeal
The Government in the Notice of Appeal filed in relation to the September ruling of Supreme Court Justice Bertram Morrison that the detention of five men under states of emergency (SOE) was 'unlawful',is arguing, among other things, that 'the learned judge erred' in several respects and also 'made
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Legacies of Sir Banja Tejan-Sie – Sierra Leone’s last Governor General
Alhaji Amadu D Tejan-Sie Esq: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 August 2020: The 8th day of August marks the 20th anniversary of the death of my immediate elder brother, my mentor Sir Banja Tejan-Sie Esq., GCMG, second Speaker of the Sierra Leone House of Representative, former Chief Justice, and the last
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Pressure on Horne to come clean on citizenship - Gov’t says cockroach staying out of PNP’s fowl fight
Edmond Campbell/Senior Staff Reporter Attorney-at-law Jalil Dabdoub says if the People’s National Party’s (PNP) Norman Horne holds United States citizenship, the governor general and leader of the Opposition should act by withdrawing his...
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Former education minister arrested and charged
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Three senior cops elevated to rank of DCP
THREE of the Jamaica Constabulary Force's members have been elevated to the rank of deputy commissioner of police (DCP).The appointments of the former assistant commissioners of police (ACP) Fitz Bailey, Richard Stewart, and Dr Kevin Blake were approved by the governor general, acting on the
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Kanton Hardy, the young author who wowed Prime Minister Andrew Holness and other state officials with the book he wrote at eight, was among 57 recipients of a scholarship/bursary, courtesy of the Victoria Mutual Foundation on Saturday. Hardy was...
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In remembrance of Sierra Leone’s governor general Sir Banja Tejan-Sie – SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH
Mohamed Kutubu Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 August 2020: Twenty years ago yesterday -  8 August 2000, Sierra Leone's last Governor General – Sir Banja Tejan-Sie passed away in London just a day after celebrating his 83rd birthday. Contemporary Sierra Leone's judiciary faces existential
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God dump the Queen - Jamaicans ruled by monarch like Jews under a Hitler, says lobbyist
Anti-colonial campaigner Bert Samuels believes that Jamaica should follow in the footsteps of Barbados in dumping the Queen of England as head of state. Samuels, a reparation lobbyist, said that the retention of the monarchy in Jamaica’s...
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Governor General suspends use of insignia depicting black man as 'Satan'
Governor General Sir Patrick Allen has suspended personal use of the controversial insignia of the Order of St Michael and St
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UWI to confer honorary degrees on 14 Caribbean nationals
Former St Kitts-Nevis prime minister, Sir Kennedy Simmonds, is among 14 people who will receive honorary degrees from The University of the West Indies (UWI) at its 2020 graduation ceremonies early next year.
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Churches march against plan to legalise same sex unions in Barbados
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,Oct. 18, CMC – The first in a series of marches to protest against plans to legalise same sex unions in Barbados, was held on Saturday. On Saturday morning, more than 200 church members marched through the town of...
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PRESIDENT of the United District Constables Association Damion Pryce is calling for changes to the Constables (District) Act, 1899, amid mounting pressure from his subordinates for better representation.Pryce's call follows comments from district constables islandwide who have told the Jamaica
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The biggest crime in Ja is food crime – Dr K’adamawe K’Nife
Thursday night, at an International Men’s Day digital forum organised by the Clarendon Inter Agency Network, Dr K’adamawe K’Nife pointed to one of the biggest dangers to Jamaican men. K’Nife, who holds a doctor of philosophy degree in sustainable...
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Justice Vivene Harris elevated to Court of Appeal, five parish court jurists moving up
Justice Vivene Harris, who presided over the successful prosecution of a police death squad case, is to be appointed the as 13th judge on the Court of Appeal, filling the last vacant seat on the nation’s second-highest court.  ...
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