FUNERAL directors across the island are urging the Government to address concerns surrounding the handling of COVID-19 bodies. Michael Jones of Jones Funeral Home said there is a lack of regulation in the industry and in the absence of appropriate guidelines, some industry players flout with general safety protocols that guide handling of the deceased […]
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THE question of whether the evidence given by a prosecution witness, which has so far proven crucial in the ongoing case involving alleged members of criminal outfit, the Uchence Wilson Gang, can be used to show that accused gangster Uchence “Terrence” Wilson was the leader of the gang loomed large yesterday. Shortly before 12 yesterday […]
SIBLINGS Dwayne and Feleca Jonas are now both waiting to be called to the Jamaican Bar Association, having recently successfully completed their two-year tenure together at Norman Manley Law School (NMLS). Though the brother/sister duo, who are two years apart in age, are overjoyed and thankful, it has also left them in a reflective mood, […]
THERE is emerging evidence that face-to-face classes during the novel coronavirus pandemic may not be as risky as feared, at least not for children under 12. Director of the Department of Communicable Diseases at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Dr Marcos Espinal says the evidence suggests that pre-teens do not very effectively transmit the […]
The Government of the United Kingdom (UK) yesterday ignored calls for clemency and deported 13 Jamaicans who it said had combined jail terms of more than 100 years, including three convicted of murder, another of manslaughter, while others had been sentenced for crimes including drug dealing, burglary and robbery. The British Government also indicated that […]
AT the age of 15, she spent three months on the harsh streets of Kingston after her parents told her she was not welcome in their homes. Twenty-three years later, though light years removed from the situation that caused her to run the streets — at one point sleeping under the bed of a former […]
Growing up at Maxfield Park Children’s Home since age five was an experience that made all the difference for Treniel Lowe. Now, the 24-year-old, final-year University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) hospitality and food service management student is giving back to other children at the State-run facility. After a concerned neighbour found him and his two […]
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland – Cornel Romans, 31, who has been diagnosed with bullous lung disease and is unable to work; and his retired parents could not mask their joy last week when a Manning’s High School teacher spearheaded the renovation of their Smithfield house and beautified its surroundings, just in time for Christmas. The teacher, […]