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India declares support for Johnson Smith as Commonwealth Secretary General
India has joined several other countries in rallying behind Jamaica’s Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Kamina Johnson Smith in her campaign for the post of Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. In a letter addressed to Johnson Smith, the Indian Minister of External Affairs, Dr S Jaishankar, expressed his Government’s assurance…
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Indiana pastor admits ‘adultery’, woman tells church he took her virginity at 16
A pastor at a church in Warsaw, Indiana admitted in church last Sunday that he committed adultery. But in a twisted fate of events, the alleged victim stood up in the sermon and revealed that the incident the pastor confessed to happened when she was only 16-years-old. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. According…
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Trinidad PM says he was almost scammed into making ‘substantial deposit’ to a Chinese bank
Trinidad Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says he will be referring a scam which had him announcing that he and several other Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders had received “a substantial grant” from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) as well as “all other relevant authorities”. In a…
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15 killed in Texas school shooting
Texas Governor Greg Abbott says 15 people were killed in a shooting Tuesday at an elementary school. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. Abbott says the suspected shooter, an 18-year-old man, also died and was believed to be killed by responding officers. He says 14 children and one teacher were killed at Robb Elementary…
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Double Olympic champion Caster Semeny ‘Offered To Show Track Officials Her Vagina To Prove She Was Female’
Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya said she offered to show her vagina to track officials when she was just 18 years old to prove she was a female. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. She also accused the world athletics body of making her take medication that “tortured” her and made her fear that…
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FEATURE: Farm operated by the Weaver Family of Liberta Village
Situated in the parish of St. Paul is a farm on seven (7) acres of land owned and operated by the Weaver Family of Liberta Village. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. Since the passing of their father fourteen (14) years ago, the farm has been operated by four (4) siblings Mitsey, Annell, Elvis…
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The cloud over the Commonwealth S-G candidacy
JAMAICA OBSERVER: There is a cloud over Kamina Johnson Smith’s candidacy for the job of secretary general of the Commonwealth. This cloud had been formed long before the Andrew Holness Administration was “approached” to field Johnson Smith as a candidate. Of course, clouds can yield to a bright sunny day. Once “enstooled” in Marlborough House —…
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Explained: With Dominica having dropped the case against Mehul Choksi, where do India’s efforts to bring him back stand?
INDIA EXPRESS: Authorities in Dominica have dropped the charge of illegal entry against jeweller Mehul Choksi, wanted in India in the Rs 13,000-crore PNB loan fraud case. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. In May last year, Choksi was arrested in Dominica on charges of having illegally entered the country from Antigua, a country…
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High Commissioner of Antigua and Barbuda visits Jersey
BBC: Antigua and Barbuda’s high commissioner to the UK will visit venues that have hired Caribbean workers in Jersey. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. The Government of Jersey formed a three-year partnership with the nation in March to fill catering jobs. Karen-Mae Hill, who is on a three-day visit, will meet some of…
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WHO chief Tedros reappointed to second five-year term
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was reappointed to a second five-year term on Tuesday by the U.N. health agency’s member countries. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. No other candidate challenged Tedros for the post amid the ongoing difficulties of responding to the devastating coronavirus pandemic. “This is overwhelming,” Tedros said, after another World…
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NOAA predicts above-normal 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season
NOAA: Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service, are predicting above-average hurricane activity this year — which would make it the seventh consecutive above-average hurricane season. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. NOAA’s outlook for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, which extends from June 1 to November 30, predicts…