(Jamaica Star) A Westmoreland man was beaten by angry members of a household, after he broke into their house in the Frome community and stole two bottles of rubbing alcohol and a can of Lysol spray. He later confessed that he stole the items to protect his family from the coronavirus. The residents said that […]
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(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica has confirmed another case of the Coronavirus. This has pushed to 16, the number of confirmed cases. The patient travelled from New York on March 10, 2020 and has been isolated at the St Ann’s Bay Hospital in St Ann since Tuesday. In the meantime, the authorities have now placed the community of […]
When you think of the perfect beach holiday you imagine turquoise water, clear blue skies and relaxing on a comfy sun lounger, with the only sound the crashing of waves on near white sand beach. You picture a waiter handing you a refreshing cocktail, before gently dozing off in the sunshine – followed by an […]
Police in Barbados have launched an investigation into the alleged suicide of one of their own. While the administration would neither confirm nor deny that there was another suicide, they told Barbados TODAY this morning that one of their veteran law enforcers had died in “unnatural” circumstances. “On the morning of Thursday, March 12, the […]
There was relative calm at quarantined Cornpiece settlement in Hayes, Clarendon, on Friday, day two of lockdown, as the Government mobilises to contain the local spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the island. This, except for one man, Adrian Nembhard, a resident of the community who complained that the package of food provided […]
BRACING for the rough times expected to follow the COVID-19 pandemic, churches are still hopeful congregants will be able to offer tithes and offerings essential to their ministries, especially since outreach programmes for the needy must continue. Anglican archbishop of the West Indies Howard Gregory says it is early days yet to assess the financial […]
CHIEF Medical Officer Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, pointing to “problems with stigma”, says Jamaicans must come to terms with the reality that people deemed to be COVID-19 positive will be isolated at home in the coming days. “What we want to do is to prepare the public is that we are going to have positive cases […]
NEWS of the Leader of the Opposition, Dr Peter Phillips’s, stage three colon cancer diagnosis shocked the island last week with many people questioning the form of cancer and one’s chances of survival. Dr Phillips has subsequently affirmed his faith in the Jamaican health system and is set to undergo further treatment to overcome the […]
THE Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has launched a formal investigation into the death of Jodian Fearon, the young mother who developed complications last Friday after being denied access to health care at several Corporate Area hospitals. The revelation was made by Prime Minister Andrew Holness at yesterday’s virtual press conference at Jamaica House in St […]
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — As Europe and the US loosen their lockdowns against the coronavirus, health experts are expressing growing dread over what they say is an all-but-certain second wave of deaths and infections that could force governments to clamp back down in a drawn-out, two-steps-forward-one-step-back process. “We’re risking a backslide that will […]