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Restaurants fired up as dining back on menu

Published:Thursday | July 2, 2020 | 12:27 AMJason Cross/Gleaner Writer

Restaurateurs are upbeat about today’s all-clear to start accommodating dining customers again after being restricted to take-out orders amid austere COVID-19 containment measures since March. Yesterday, Local Government and Community Development...

PM stands by his man - Scandal-plagued Wheatley may get second chance as minister

Published:Thursday | July 2, 2020 | 12:26 AMEdmond Campbell/Senior Staff Reporter

Despite adverse findings against Dr Andrew Wheatley by the director of investigation at the Integrity Commission, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has hinted that he would not rule out appointing the embattled former energy minister in a future...

Appleton shaken after armed robbery

Published:Thursday | July 2, 2020 | 12:26 AMHopeton Bucknor/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: The St Elizabeth police have confirmed that a man has been taken into custody in connection with Wednesday’s armed robbery at Appleton Estate in Siloah. According to reports, shortly after 8 a.m., three masked men entered the estate...

‘Nothing to hide’ - Camperdown chairman instructs that account documents be given to Integrity Commission

Published:Thursday | July 2, 2020 | 12:26 AMRomario Scott/Gleaner Writer

The chairman of Camperdown High, which has been engulfed in the Petrojam scandal, has fired back at the Integrity Commission, declaring that the school’s administration has nothing to hide. This after the commission reported to Parliament that the...

Crawford slams Parchment Brown as partisan

Published:Thursday | July 2, 2020 | 12:25 AM

Rhoda Crawford, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) standard-bearer who is seeking to unseat the incumbent for Manchester Central, Peter Bunting, in the upcoming general election, has signalled that her contract ends this month and she will shortly be...

Published:Friday | July 3, 2020 | 12:27 AM

The wearing of masks has been shown to significantly reduce the transmission of the virus. Additionally, boosting your immune system is essential in fighting the virus. This can be done by simply eating more fruits and vegetables and exercising...

Double trouble - Ombudsman cracks whip on public servants campaigning for election

Published:Thursday | July 2, 2020 | 12:25 AMEdmond Campbell/Senior Staff Reporter

Political Ombudsman Donna Parchment Brown has written to the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) regarding allegations that public officials aligned to the party are actively involved in representational politics in breach of the Code of Conduct and...

Ford: Duhaney shot thrice, died on spot - Mom relieved long autopsy wait over

Published:Thursday | July 2, 2020 | 12:19 AMNadine Wilson-Harris/Staff Reporter

The family of 24-year-old Javane Duhaney is now breathing a sigh of relief after an autopsy was completed yesterday, nearly two months after he was shot dead in Kingston. The procedure, which was originally scheduled to be carried out last week,...

News Briefs

Published:Thursday | July 2, 2020 | 12:15 AM

Robbers hit Appleton Estate At least one suspect has been held in connection with yesterday morning’s armed robbery at the sales office of J. Wray...

Holness headache - Petrojam scandal resurfaces with force as Wheatley labelled ‘dishonest’ in report

Published:Wednesday | July 1, 2020 | 12:28 AMEdmond Campbell/Senior Staff Reporter

Prime Minister Andrew Holness is facing a tough decision on whether to name a key loyalist, the scandal-scarred Dr Andrew Wheatley, among his ruling party’s slate of prospective candidates in the next general election. The embattled former energy...

Clunis’ sudden death shocks cops, family

Published:Wednesday | July 1, 2020 | 12:27 AMAndre Williams/Staff Reporter

When Leon Clunis called Senior Superintendent Wayne Cameron at 12:35 p.m. on Tuesday to remind him that he would be discharged shortly from the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), neither man would imagine that the wounded “warrior” would be leaving...

Religious party to ban strip clubs, casinos

Published:Wednesday | July 1, 2020 | 12:24 AMNadine Wilson-Harris/Staff Reporter

The church-based Jamaica Progressive Party (JPP) will abolish income tax, ban go-go clubs, and raise salaries for civil servants if it gains state power. JPP President Gilbert Edwards, who migrated to the United States when he was 20 years old,...

Hellshire vendors plead for beaches to stay open

Published:Wednesday | July 1, 2020 | 12:24 AMJudana Murphy/Gleaner Writer

Vendors and fisherfolk at Hellshire Beach in St Catherine are appealing to the Government to keep beaches open as they attempt to recover from the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond...

Questions over $6 million school donation Paulwell requested from Petrojam

Published:Tuesday | June 30, 2020 | 12:00 AM

The Integrity Commission has raised questions about a donation by state-owned oil refinery Petrojam to Camperdown High School in Kingston. In it's report tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, the Integrity Commission said Camperdown received a...

Four more imported COVID cases increase tally to 702

Published:Tuesday | June 30, 2020 | 12:00 AM

The Health Ministry has reported four more imported COVID cases increasing the overall tally to 702. The new patients -- two men and two women -- recently arrived on flights from the United States. Meanwhile, recoveries remain at 553. At this time...

Integrity Commission identifies criminal, administrative breaches at Petrojam

Published:Tuesday | June 30, 2020 | 12:00 AM

The Integrity Commission has identified several prima facie criminal and administrative breaches at the state-owned oil refinery Petrojam. In a report tabled in Parliament this afternoon, the commission named several people who may by guilty of...

PRETESTING U-TURN - New hurdle for visitors from high-risk COVID US states

Published:Wednesday | July 1, 2020 | 12:06 AMJanet Silvera/Senior Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Visitors from the high-risk American states of Florida, New York, Arizona, and Texas are now required to pretest for the new coronavirus before travelling to Jamaica, says Prime Minister Andrew Holness. Combined, the four states...

McKenzie to crack whip on COVID beach bums

Published:Tuesday | June 30, 2020 | 12:23 AM

A 91 per cent non-compliance rate with COVID-19 social-distancing protocols was observed among beach- and rivergoers at the weekend, triggering a stern warning from Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie that he will outline more rigid measures...

Cracks open up over egg scramble - Producers reportedly skipping line at farmers’ markets

Published:Tuesday | June 30, 2020 | 12:23 AMChristopher Serju/Gleaner Writer

A falling-out amid the executive of the Jamaica Egg Farmers’ Association (JEFA) over alleged abuse of government subsidy, as well as the subsequent sidelining of the sector lobby, has pitted President Roy Baker against his vice-president, Mark...

Stop order on Dovecot expansion

Published:Tuesday | June 30, 2020 | 12:22 AM

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has issued notice of intention to suspend the permit awarded to Kumanda Park Limited, operators of the Dovecot Memorial Park in St Catherine, for the controversial expansion of the burial site....

PM mum as watchdog demands Belnavis quit

Published:Wednesday | July 1, 2020 | 12:06 AM

Weeks after St Ann’s Bay Mayor Michael Belnavis became embroiled in controversy over his stewardship of municipal funds, climaxing last Thursday with a demolition related to building breaches, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reserved comment...

I missed chance to be a dad - George Williams reflects on lost moments, five-decade incarceration

Published:Tuesday | June 30, 2020 | 12:20 AMJudana Murphy/Gleaner Writer

It was George Williams’ first Sunday as a free man, and his family made certain that he had a hearty dinner and experienced the warmth and togetherness of being at home in Ewarton, St Catherine. The 71-year-old was released last week after spending...

Salt Spring residents protest councillor’s ouster

Published:Tuesday | June 30, 2020 | 12:20 AMAdrian Frater/News Editor

Western Bureau: Scores of residents in Salt Spring, St James, yesterday staged a protest to voice their opposition to the motion moved earlier this month to boot their councillor, Sylvan Reid, and his Catadupa Division counterpart, Gladstone Bent,...

New COVID pre-testing requirement for some US visitors

Published:Monday | June 29, 2020 | 12:00 AM

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced new COVID pre-testing requirements for visitors to Jamaica from high-risk US states. At a press conference at Jamaica House on Monday, Holness said as of July 10, people visiting Jamaica from Florida, New...

Bartlett warns against sterile treatment of tourists

Published:Monday | June 29, 2020 | 12:37 AMJanet Silvera/Senior Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has urged Jamaica’s hotel staff and other hospitality stakeholders not to lose their good-naturedness in trying to mitigate against the spread of COVID-19. The minister’s comments came during his...

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