BANK of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor Richard Byles says the economy is projected to contract by between seven and 10 per cent during the 2020-21 fiscal year as a result of the impact of the novel coronavirus. Speaking at the central bank’s digital quarterly press briefing yesterday, the governor pointed out that this is a revision […]
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The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has activated containment protocols with immediate effect at the Horizon Adult Correctional Facility following the confirmation of five COVID-19 cases yesterday. “We currently can confirm five positive cases from seven tests conducted at the Horizon facility. The entire inmate population has been put on lockdown as we transition from […]
THERE were unconfirmed reports last night that the final count for the Westmoreland Eastern constituency has produced a tie. On election day, last Thursday, the Jamaica Labour Party’s Daniel Lawrence polled 4,837 votes, to the 4,823 gained by the People’s National Party’s Luther Buchanan. But yesterday it emerged that both candidates had polled 4,837 votes, […]
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes is confident that the local justice system has made good from the bad of the COVID-19 pandemic that led to the closure of the doors of courts across the island on several occasions since March. Speaking at the Annual Assize Service of the judiciary held at Webster Memorial Church in St […]
AS she takes her place as one of the youngest Jamaicans ever to be appointed to the Senate, Opposition Senator Gabriela Morris has put youth and education as well as issues affecting women at the top of her agenda. Morris, 23, was appointed yesterday at the opening of the new session of Parliament and […]
BUSINESS owners and operators in Port Antonio, Portland, are outraged over what they said is a spate of robberies that have plagued their once quiet town since the nightly curfews were imposed to restrict movements in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19. With the current pandemic and the curfew laws that have been […]
Despite a dramatic increase in COVID-19 cases over the past two months, more than 60 per cent of respondents in the latest survey conducted by veteran pollster Bill Johnson have given the Government high marks for its handling of the pandemic. At the same time, concerns about the virus have jumped from 55 per cent […]
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 […]
THE number of Jamaicans requesting assistance with food from Food For the Poor Jamaica (FFP) since the onset of the novel coronavirus pandemic has doubled. As at September, up to 65,000 care packages of food items and hygiene products have been distributed to the nation’s poor, with approximately 300,000 households receiving direct, pandemic-related support, according […]
GOVERNMENT officials are convinced they did all they could, procedurally, to avert the alarming cluster of COVID-19 cases recently discovered at the Golden Age Home in Vineyard Town, St Andrew. Now an investigation has been launched to find out why the system failed, and efforts are being made to ensure it does not happen at […]