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St. Jago High school student drowns in Eltham river – (writeups for 50US – QUARANTINE SPECIAL) 8763951518

A KPH nurse is mourning her 13 year-old son who reportedly drowned after going to a section of the Rio Cobre river located behind Eltham Park with two friends yesterday. After a frantic search by firemen, policemen and residents, the body was found this morning by JDF divers who retrieved the body. Nurse Stacey Gordon […]

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BREAKING NEWS: Jamaica records first death in COVID-19 pandemic

The coronavirus (COVID-19) has claimed its first life in Jamaica. Pemanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dunstan Bryan made the announcement at a press conference Thursday evening. “The patient tested positive today and died today,” Bryan said. The deceased, a 79-year-old man, died at the Mandeville Regional Hospital. It was also announced […]

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Horace Martin to release new album ‘Arise’ on Tasjay Productions label

Veteran reggae singer Horace Martin is worried that the crisis triggered by the rapid spread of the coronavirus may cancel an upcoming concert scheduled for Mexico City next month. “I have been to Mexico City almost 10 times since 2008, I have done big reggae festivals and other events over there. I don’t know why […]

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NEWMAN APOLOGIZES TO NURSES

Egeton Newman, head of the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODSS), has walked back comments he made recently supporting the decision of transport operators to withhold services to nurses and other medical personnel.  “Our advisory has been lifted and we pledge full support to all efforts by the  government to contain the coronavirus while at […]

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St. Ann’s Bay on edge as 3 cases of coronavirus at local hospital; local cases reach 10

The sleepy town on St. Ann’s Bay is on edge as more residents realize that three of the six persons confirmed as contracting the novel coronavirus were being treated at the nearby St Ann’s Bay Regional hospital. Residents are avoiding the hospital like the plague. The Ministry of Health & Wellness announced on Friday that […]

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LAP DANCES STILL A GWAAN A BACK ROAD

This may be your last weekend to get an old-fashioned-booty-jumping-hip-grinding lap dance at the ‘gentlemen’s clubs’ in Portmore and the Corporate Area. Checks with several go go clubs revealed that most proprietors were bracing for the hammer to fall soon but in the meantime, lap dances were still en vogue, despite the spreading threat of […]

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Rygin King cuts European tour short because of coronavirus fears in Europe

Dancehall artiste Rygin King and his management team will be cutting their European tour short, and attempting to leave The Netherlands to return home to Jamaica within the next 48 hours. “The shows in Italy and France have been cancelled. It appears all of the reggae festivals for the Summer seems to have been cancelled, […]

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