THE Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) had to call on replacements Raymond Pryce and Lisa Hanna late yesterday, after Peter Bunting and Krystal Tomlinson’s withdrawal from its team to participate in tonight’s first of three National Political Debates in the lead-up to the September 3 General Election. Bunting announced that he would not participate in […]
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HIS backers are certain that he will win handsomely, and Dr Nigel Andrew Lincoln Clarke is riding a wave that will take him across the line in colour and style at the end of the September 3 General Election. That excursion towards another phase of the 48-year-old minister of finance and the public service’s push […]
There was very little movement of people and motor vehicles in Albion, St Thomas, yesterday afternoon. But that, according to one resident, Rory Brown, is not unusual for the community whose residents awoke yesterday morning to find out that it was under a COVID-19 quarantine. “This community is kinda quiet. People who live here just […]
The young man many have fingered as the individual who spread COVID-19 in a St Thomas community recently has stepped forward to flatly deny the claim. Earlier reports linked the young man to the spread, with allegations swirling that he had gone to the eastern Jamaica parish for seek spiritual healing from the virus, but […]
THERE are indications that when Jamaicans go to the polls on September 3, electors among the just over 200 individuals now in isolation due to COVID-19 will not be among them because of the public health risk. There are signs, however, that electors among the more than 26,000 people currently in quarantine will be able […]
PRESIDENT of the Union of Clerical Administrative and Supervisory Employees (UCASE) Vincent Morrison says he is opposed to a general election in the midst of the country’s struggle with the COVID-19 crisis, but that the organisation would support any party which prioritises the rights of the Jamaican worker. “I cannot say with all certainty that […]
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness is expected to name the date of the next general election in the House of Representatives today. Holness is expected to bring an order to Gordon House to end the current states of emergency (SOEs), which have been imposed in the Hanover, St James, Westmoreland, Clarendon, St Catherine, Kingston East, Kingston […]
HARVARD University Professor Orlando H Patterson led a field of more than 120 Jamaicans who were announced yesterday as recipients of national honours awards for 2020. Patterson, who is now 80, was appointed a member of the Order of Merit (OM), Jamaica’s third-highest national honour. A historical and cultural sociologist, he previously held faculty appointments […]
LOCAL Government Minister Desmond McKenzie has summoned entertainment industry stakeholders to a meeting at his ministry today to discuss increasing violations of the protocols governing the reopening of the industry. “This disregard for the rules is happening at and through numerous events being held all over the country. Our surveys show that over 700 events […]
The Government of the United Kingdom (UK) has deepened its commitment to help Jamaica contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, with an additional support package valuing £1.35 million ($230 million). The new funding will support the Government of Jamaica’s work to secure the country’s borders against health risks; prevent violence against women, children and […]