SENIOR Public Relations and Marketing Manager at the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) Richard Jones says the agency will begin construction of the Bernard Lodge housing development in St Catherine, in 2019. In an interview with JIS News, Jones said the development will include 1,600 studio and single bedrooms, detached and semi-detached units.
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1,600 houses for Bernard Lodge
THE National Works Agency (NWA) has turned to Petrojam Limited as a shortage of asphalt severely impacts roadwork across the island.NWA Acting Manager, Communications and Customer Service Ramona Lawson told the Jamaica Observer yesterday that Petrojam had indicated that it was working overtime to get things back on track.
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Asphalt shortage hits roadworks islandwide
WASHINGTON, DC (CBS Local) – The Food and Drug Administration has a message for soy and almond milk drinkers: you’re not drinking milk and your bottle labels may change very soon. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb addressed the agency’s enforcement of “standards of identity” during a Politico media event in Washington. Gottlieb says the FDA will begin cracking down on companies marketing non-dairy products as “milk.” “If you look at our standard of identity, there is a reference somewhere in the standard of identity to a lactating animal,” the FDA chief said on July 17 . “And, you know, an almond doesn’t lactate, I will confess.” Gottlieb admitted that the agency hadn’t been doing a thorough job of enforcing what companies label as “milk” and also that the FDA expects someone to file a lawsuit against their decision on behalf of the plant-based dairy imitators. “This is going to take time,” Gottlieb explained. “It’s not going to take two years, but it probably takes something close to a year to get to go through that process.” The National Milk Producers Federation welcomed the FDA’s crackdown, claiming dairy imitators violate federal standards according to USA Today .
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‘An Almond Doesn’t Lactate’: FDA To Crack Down On Soy, Almond ‘Milk’
GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP/CBS Local) – A woman says her request for a specialty license plate to honor her wife has been denied by the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles. Amy Bright told WFMY-TV in Greensboro she wanted a plate reading “LSBNSNLV,” for “lesbians in love.” The DMV issued a statement saying the agency has the right to deny any license plate it deems “offensive to good taste and decency.” The Greenville woman said it’s ridiculous she can’t celebrate her wife this way. Bright notes her request has no curse words or hate speech. She said she previously had a plate reading “OUTLSBN,” for “out lesbian.” She is appealing and says she’ll sue if the appeal is denied. The DMV says it has rejected more than 7,000 license plate requests over the years. (Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
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40-year-old Efrain De La Rosa is the eighth person to die in ICE custody in fiscal year 2018, the agency says
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ICE: Immigration detainee’s death appears to be suicide
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AFP) – The World Anti-Doping Agency will “urgently” investigate allegations of widespread doping in athletics, the body announced on Friday.
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WADA vows to ‘urgently’ investigate doping claims
