(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 […]
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The world of Sport has ground to a screeching halt since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) a global pandemic earlier this month. Almost every major sporting league – FIFA, EPL, NBA, NHL, MLB and ATP Tour – has cancelled or suspended activities. Sports fans will not get an opportunity to […]
Hours after an early end to the Hilary term, hundreds of teachers are uncertain about when schools will reopen and what format will be used to teach when that time comes. President of the Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union (BSTU) Mary Redman explained that as Government maneuvres unchartered territory with the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers are hoping […]
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 […]
MONTEGO BAY, St James — President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) Omar Robinson last night expressed confidence that the 600 hotel rooms being sought by Government to accommodate COVID-19 patients will be realised. “The JHTA understands fully the dilemma that is facing the Government and the nation at large, and is willing […]
ATTORNEY General Marlene Malahoo Forte has responded to concerns that the Government may not have acted within the law in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are monitoring and managing a crisis that is unprecedented. I see the debate raging in the public space about the constitutionality of the measures that we have taken. […]
Top-flight private security company KingAlarm is reducing the rates of its guard service to all its customers for the month of April as a contribution to Jamaica’s efforts to combat the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). At the same time, KingAlarm Managing Director John Azar has called on other businesses that can afford to reduce their […]
Former chief medical officer Dr Winston De La Haye has warned that there will be psychological fallout from the COVID-19 crisis, and suggested that the Government seeks help now to put interventions in place for the expected deluge of depression. According to Dr De La Haye, various psychological and counselling organisations stand ready to assist […]
THE Ministry of Local Government was yesterday scrambling to provide shelter for the homeless after a few were reportedly arrested on the first night of a seven-day, night-time curfew imposed by the Government to help slow the spread of COVID-19. The curfew was announced by Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Monday, but it appears as […]
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 […]