The gut punches to descendants of enslaved Africans keep coming. There is no let-up to breathe or just to assess the resulting damages.   Scars of slavery are already etched on our bodies, minds and souls. But new welts are added almost daily. From the killings and deep-rooted bigotry against blacks to the recent discovery that Scotland enslaved Africans in the West Indies, the wounds…

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With cases of COVID-19 continuing to spread in areas of Jamaica, the government is clamping down, pushing back the deadline for when it would lift quarantine deadlines and increasing curfew hours.   As of mid-August, the island nation of nearly 3 million people has seen an uptick to 1,146 individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 and the death of 14 people. More women than men, so far,…

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