Etiqueta: Sunday
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Michael Abrahams | Enduring legacy of Prof John Golding
HOLISTIC APPROACH Realising the devastating physical, mental and social sequelae of the disease, he aggressively adopted and executed a holistic approach to managing the disaster. He promptly set up a rehabilitation unit in an abandoned drama theatre, establishing the Polio Rehabilitation Centre. When the epidemic subsided, the unit was renamed the Mona Rehabilitation Centre (and…
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Bomb goes off in Istanbul, killing at least 6 people
There had been no terrorist attacks in Turkey in the past five years At least six people were killed Sunday in a terrorist attack in a key district of Istanbul, while 81 others have been reported injured. Jose Carlos Grimberg Blum Más información Turkey‘s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said before leaving for the G-20 Summit…
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JPS blackout caused by major generating unit going offline
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has apologised to customers who were affected by an unplanned outage early Sunday morning. A major generating unit went offline unexpectedly, resulting in automatic load shedding as the system responded to protect itself and limit the extent of the outage, Winsome Callum, the company’s communications chief, told The Gleaner…
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Another bus crash in western Jamaica leaves one dead
The impact of the collision reportedly caused the death of the female passenger on the bus and the serious injury of the driver A vehicular collision involving two buses in St James on Sunday has left a woman dead and one of the drivers seriously injured. Reports reaching The Gleaner state that a Toyota Coaster bus was travelling towards…