People of Caribbean and African ancestry in the United Kingdom (UK) admit to being concerned over the impact of COVID-19 on their communities, historically some of the poorest in Britain, with a disproportionate number of deaths among black people...
Sixty-year-old Fitzroy James was a picture of contentment as he sat in a minibus, selling 3,000 pounds of yam, Irish potato, cabbage, and other produce in Barbican, St Andrew, yesterday. He was one of several farmers gathered at a mid-morning...
Kerrian Barrett beamed with pride as she watched her two-year-old daughter, Keijhaine Thompson, manoeuvre her way through the YouTube tabs on her tablet, easily selecting her favourite shows on her own. Barrett shared that as early as one month old...
UWI, WHO collaborate on COVID-19 drug study PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): The University of the West Indies (UWI) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are collaborating on a large international project examining options for drugs to treat the...
At a time when dark COVID-19 clouds hang over the country, Junior Whyte has been a shining light in Allman Town, Kingston, giving a helping hand to the elderly and persons with disabilities in the community. Whyte started his outreach mission three...
COVID-19 is the largest challenge we have ever seen and it needs a united and caring response from all of us together as one. The virus is an attack on our humanity. It is a challenge to our values and all that we cherish as Jamaicans. We must...
Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) says its St Catherine and Cross Roads offices will reopen on Monday. It follows confirmation that the 24-hour St Catherine curfew will end tomorrow. TAJ says the following offices will resume operations on...
The Health Ministry is reporting that 19 of its employees have now tested positive for the coronavirus. Up to yesterday, only seven had tested positive. However, in a release this evening, the Health Ministry said following the sampling and testing...
Jamaica has recorded its eighth coronavirus death. The deceased patient is a 63-year-old female from St Catherine who was a contact of a confirmed case. In the meantime, 26 new COVID cases have been recorded in Jamaica pushing the tally to 422....
Sandals Resorts International is reportedly seeking to add Playa’s Jewel Dunn’s River and Jewel Runaway Bay to its hotel portfolio. News of the interest comes months after Playa, which currently operates Hyatt Ziva and Zilara, Jewel Grand Montego...
“Mi foot dead! Mi foot dead!” were the reported cries of a 16-year-old schoolboy to his cousin after he was allegedly attacked by a group of Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers in his Majesty Gardens, St Andrew, community on Sunday. The boy had...
First-time mom Jodian Fearon “died a terrible death” from heart failure exacerbated by last-minute pregnancy-related stress at The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), the medical doctor hired to observe her post-mortem has revealed....
Beneficiaries under the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) who pick up their payments at large post offices in urban centres will be paid cash in May at Paymaster locations. This was announced by permanent secretary in the...
The health and wellness ministry has only $300 million left to spend out of the $2.8-billion budget it has received to fight the coronavirus disease and has signalled that it will be going back to the finance ministry for more. “We are now in...
Residents of COVID-19 quarantine zones are barred from donating blood until the state-imposed restriction is lifted, the Blood Bank has said. Director of the Blood Bank, Dr Alisha Tucker, says that although there has been no suspected or reported...
Prime Minister Mia Mottley yesterday announced a phased reopening of government and business operations, ending a mandatory 24-hour lockdown imposed on April 3 amid the global coronavirus pandemic. In a 7 p.m. national address, Mottley also...
Seventeen Jamaicans are among 47 workers employed to Greenhill Produce in Chatham-Kent, Canada, who have contracted the coronavirus disease and have been placed in isolation. Forty-five of the positive cases are migrant workers and two are members...
An urgent call has been made for the Ministry of Health and Wellness to deploy an “army” of workers to trace contacts of people who test positive for the coronavirus disease. There is also pressure for stricter oversight for quarantined people who...
Though miles away from home, 16-year-old Jaiden Weir-Jackson is extending her charity to Jamaicans as the Government seeks to flatten the COVID-19 curve. In the coming weeks, reusable cloth face masks that are fitted with charcoal filters will be...
We have been through many struggles. I am begging you to stay home. I know you are feeling down but after the battle, the victory will be sweet. We are not giving up. There is no giving in. Stay home and stay safe. – Toni-Ann Singh, Miss World 2019
The overwhelming turnout to Jamaica’s first ever Drive-Thru Farmers’ Market at the Agricultural Marketing Corporation (AMC) complex on Spanish Town Road yesterday tested the endurance of staff who were kept on their feet filling orders at a...
COVID-19 has unravelled the thread of worship and social cohesion that bind Jamaica’s 6,000 Muslims, but adherents have, like other people of faith, adapted rituals to cope with the new norm of distancing. This reality has become more apparent in...
The government is now concluding negotiations with a contractor to outfit the National Arena in Kingston as a COVID-19 field hospital. At a digital press conference on Wednesday, Permanent Secretary in the Health Ministry Dunstan Bryan...
Attorney-at-law Clyde Williams has announced his resignation as a member of the People's National Party (PNP). Williams, in a post on Twitter, said, he wrote to PNP general secretary Julian Robinson announcing his resignation and his email has...
The Health Ministry is reporting that five healthcare workers are among the 396 confirmed coronavirus cases in Jamaica. At a virtual press conference on Wednesday, Permanent Secretary in the Health Ministry Dunstan Bryan reported that all five are...
