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The Appeal Court yesterday threw out the challenge brought by the State against the 2014 injunction granted by then Judge Justice Bryan Sykes which gave the Jamaican Bar Association a temporary reprieve from certain legislative requirements under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) with which it is at
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State violence, a crisis of legitimacy, and the path to true public safety - African American News Today - EIN News
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Mayor demands Integrity Commission withdraw 'flawed' Petrojam report
Port Maria Mayor Richard Creary is demanding that the Integrity Commission withdraw what he describes as its 'deeply flawed' report on its investigation of alleged corruption at Petrojam that it tabled in Parliament last week.
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Liz Peek: Democrats beware – Backlash against leftist mob rule growing. Here's what polls show
Repudiation of the cancel culture, the looting of neighborhoods, the defaming of our nation’s history, the destruction of public monuments – is cropping up in big ways and small.
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Tanzania: JPM Makes New Appointments to Reinforce Efficiency
[Daily News] President John Magufuli has appointed former Police Force Spokesperson and Commander of Tanzania Zambia Police Unit Assistant Commissioner of Police Advera Bulimba as new Nzega District Commissioner.
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Somalia: Mystery As Staff in the Attorney General's Office Killed By Justice Minister's Bodyguards in Mogadishu
[Dalsan Radio] An official from the office of the attorney general was shot dead by bodyguards of justice minister while driving a car in Somalia's capital Mogadishu.
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Woman Who Pointed Gun At Black Family Brings Out The White Lady Waterworks During Interview, Says She 'Was Terrified' - Blavity
A White Michigan woman, who was charged with felonious assault for pointing a gun at a Black mother and her children, tried to explain herself in an interview.
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Behaviour of gov’t officials raise ‘serious doubts’ over acceptance of CCJ ruling - Golding - Stabroek News
Former Jamaica Prime Minister ­, who headed the Organization of American States (OAS) election observer mission to Guyana, has said that the behaviour of government functionaries has raised “serious doubts” over whether they will accept the ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) that has
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‘You Should Have Been George Floyd’: Black Iowa High School Baseball Player Racially Harassed During Game - Blavity
Baseball fans in Iowa yelled slurs at a Black baseball player last month.
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Jamaicans urged to report people who flout quarantine rules | New York Carib News
Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, is encouraging citizens to report people who have returned to the island and are not complying with the quarantine orders.
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No new COVID cases, two additional recoveries
The Health Ministry is reporting that there was no new COVID cases in Jamaica today. This means the tally remains at 753.  However, there were two additional recoveries increasing the total to 605. The Health Ministry also reported that...
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Local community should start kicking in sanctions - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, Business establishments in Guyana should immediately stop conducting transactions with the PNC-APNU+AFC list of candidates for the March 2020 general and regional elections. The article Local community should start kicking in sanctions appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Holding on to hope - Michael Forbes starts new campaign to attend York University
Michael ‘MJ’ Forbes is still holding on to the hope of taking his place at the York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada this year. As he prepares to sit the second and final unit of the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations, the 19-year-...
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Madagascar COVID-19: Two lawmakers succumb, 25 others infected | Africanews
July 13: Two lawmakers succumb, 25 others infected
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Citizens and Police Interaction - The Next Step - My WordPress
Commentary By Clarence Bradford I have spoken and written about “Citizens and Police Interaction - The Next Necessary Step!” As chaos and destruction have captured Minneapolis, and other American cities; again I will sound the alarm and make a sound recommendation regarding how to start amending
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Gary man seeks to have conviction overturned | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By David Denson In February 2000, Cleveland C. Bynum was arrested and charged with killing five people; Angela Wallace, Suzanne Wallace, Shelia Bartee, Anthony Jeffers and Elizabeth Daily-Ayers. The following year Bynum was later convicted of committing those crimes and received a 300-year
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Video Shows Officer Point Gun at Doctor on His Own Property | Afro
By Colleen Slevin The Associated Press A Colorado police department where officers were fired after re-enacting the chokehold death of a young Black man is under scrutiny again after video emerged of an officer pulling a gun on a doctor trying to park at a refugee center he operates.  Police body
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Mobile unit to provide services for children with disabilities in rural areas
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security says it has retrofitted a mobile unit to facilitate assessment and registration of children with disabilities in rural communities.  The services are being provided under the Early...
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China carries out first coronavirus-related execution
China put a 24-year-old man who fatally stabbed two inspectors at a checkpoint to death in the country's first coronavirus-related execution. Ma Jianguo was executed ...
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Zindzi, Nelson and Winnie Mandela’s youngest daughter dies aged 59 - Face2Face Africa
The youngest daughter of Nelson and Winnie Mandela and South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark, Zindzi Mandela-Hlongwane, passed away in the early hours of Monday at the age of 59. State broadcaster, SABC, reports Zindzi died at a Johannesburg hospital. The cause of her death is yet to be
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45, 000 citizens to benefit from $528-Million water projects
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Caring cops
MEMBERS of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) have contributed $2 million to the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) COVID-19 Jamaica Response Fund.
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US teacher accused of giving semen-tainted flutes to schoolgirls sentenced
SACRAMENTO, California (AP) - The founder of an international music programme who was accused of giving semen-tainted flutes to California elementary school students was sentenced Wednesday to 18 years in state prison, the state attorney general's office said.John Zeretzke, 61, of Ventura was
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Prosecutors want R. Kelly jury to be anonymous - TheGrio
R. Kelly is going back to trial for racketeering and sex trafficking charges. New York City federal prosecutors are requesting... View Article The post Prosecutors want R. Kelly jury to be anonymous appeared first on TheGrio.
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EU collaborates with UHWI to advance organ transplant programme in Ja
THE European Union (EU) is supporting University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) and the Ministry of Health and Wellness to develop a national deceased organ transplant programme to address the steadily increasing prevalence of renal failure and end-stage renal disease in the region.
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AP FACT CHECK: If he's said it once, he's said it 100 times | The Atlanta Voice
If saying things 100 times could make them true, President Donald Trump’s account of how the U.S. is doing with the coronavirus would be true. COVID-19 testing would be the envy of the world, the economy would be on the cusp of roaring back, the threat would be receding in a pandemic that has
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Rwanda: Justice Minister Vows to Crack Down on Corrupt Officials
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‘Come clean on human rights abuses’
BY PRECIOUS CHIDA HUMAN rights lobby group Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has challenged government to come out clean on its sincerity to investigate and end human rights abuses, mostly perpetrated by State security agents. The grouping said government should conduct itself in a transparent manner
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iMOM: A 2020 message from a 2010 valedictorian - TSDMemphis.com
by Brittany Holst - I graduated as valedictorian of Middle College High School, Class of 2010. It was one of the biggest milestones in my life. Loved ones gathered at the Orpheum Theatre to watch my fellow classmates and I walk across the stage to receive our diplomas. Fast forward to
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China carries out first coronavirus-related execution | Afro
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