Musician Bamm Holt has teamed up with SunCity Radio to provide some COVID-19 relief to disabled persons during the pandemic. Born Scwayne Holt, the grandson of reggae icon John Holt, the artiste has, through the Volts of Holt Foundation’s HOPE...
Jamaica has recorded 31 new coronavirus cases pushing the tally to 288. The ages of new patients range from two months old to 72 years old. Of the 31 new cases, 25 are linked to the Alorica call centre in St Catherine while the other six are under...
Nevis premier Mark Brantley has given up 100 per cent of his salary until the federation overcomes the coronavirus. At the same time, his Cabinet ministers have taken a 10 per cent salary cut for the next three months. According to Brantley,...
Jamaica yesterday recorded its youngest COVID-19 fatality, with a four-year-old falling victim to the new coronavirus that has killed seven persons locally. The casualty marks a divergence from the respiratory disease’s most vulnerable target –...
Farmers in Manchester are battling on two fronts – a near five-month drought that has ravaged crops, leaving them reeling from millions of dollars in losses made worse by the closure of dozens of large hotels from the impact of COVID-19. In...
WESTERN BUREAU: Three of four men who were lured to the March Town community in Green Island, Hanover, yesterday to purchase a motorcycle are now missing and presumed dead while a fourth man has been hospitalised with multiple gunshot wounds....
The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) has received more than 30 reports of price-gouging since a law prohibiting exploitative costing took effect on March 31. Price-gouging occurs when a seller increases the prices of goods, services, or...
Pandemonium erupted on a St Andrew bus on Wednesday as terrified commuters leapt from the vehicle fearful that an elderly passenger in the throes of death might have had COVID-19. The unidentified man, aged about 65, was pronounced dead at the...
Jamaican teachers in Japan have said that they are afraid and anxious as uncertainty sweeps the globe amid a deadly coronavirus pandemic that has crippled economies and left nearly 200,000 people dead. “I can’t wait to see the back of this virus,...
Paper has never looked so beautiful. It has taken a love of art and a desire to be one’s own boss for Prescella Asmar to start PA Arts and Craft, a business that specialises in paper decorations for virtually all forms of celebrations. For parties...
WESTERN BUREAU: Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn believes that several laws, including the Disaster Risk Management Act and the Cybercrime Act, should be amended, allowing for harsher penalties when persons use technology to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Wakefield Primary in Trelawny, which came in for much praise by agriculture ministry officials in March for its excellent school garden, has fallen prey to thieves, who raided their farm. The institution, which was integral to the...
As the coronavirus disease continues to ravage small economies, former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson is pushing for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the African Union (AU) to lobby for debt cancellation while renewing calls for reparation....
Western Bureau: It would appear that the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) has finally gotten a handle on the rampant disorder at the Charles Gordon Market in Montego Bay, as it relates to getting vendors to operate in line with the health and...
Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith has sought to dispel claims that Jamaica’s borders have reopened to incoming passenger traffic. At the time, she is reporting that a group of Jamaicans stuck in Antigua is to be flown back here as...
Police are being called on COVID-positive patients by neighbours, fuelling serious concern about heightened discrimination associated with the pandemic. Yesterday, an individual who showed no symptoms of having COVID-19 told Health Minister Dr...
Former national long jumper Nolle Graham has enlisted as a foot soldier in the battle against COVID-19 in New York, armed with scrubs, mask, and lots of heart in curtail the alarming outbreak of the new coronavirus. Graham opted to pursue a career...
The resumption of the school term is often marked by students jostling for desks and chairs. Now, they’re scrambling for cell phones in an emerging scenario of musical chairs – especially in multichild households. Several parents and teachers who...
A Jamaican who resides in the United States has launched a food-delivery platform for Caribbean restaurants in an effort to cushion the harsh impact of COVID-19 on business operations. The US has become the epicentre of the virus over the last...
Credit unions give $4m to telethon The Jamaica Cooperative Credit Union League (JCCUL) on Tuesday handed over J$4 million to Telethon Jamaica: Together We Stand, the fundraising initiative to provide the country’s front-line healthcare workers...
Dennis Brown Sr lay unresponsive in the lap of his youngest son while he was being transported to The University Hospital of the West Indies on Tuesday evening. Moments later, the 48-year-old tiler of Grants Pen was dead. Brown Sr was allegedly...
Painting a worrying picture of many Jamaicans struggling to stave off the pangs of hunger from the COVID-19 economic fallout, opposition lawmaker Phillip Paulwell is urging the Government to double the $10.6-billion aid package. Paulwell argued...
The minister with responsibility for information Karl Samuda, says the Government will “in due course” address concerns raised by a global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders. In it's 2020 world press freedom index released...
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Public-school teachers are demanding reimbursement for hikes in their electricity bills and Internet costs related to hours-long online classes after schools were shuttered three days after the outbreak of COVID-19 in Jamaica on March 10...
