Buju Banton’s daughter took to Twitter to voice her opinions about media company CVM demanding their unvaccinated workers submit a ‘COVID test result every Monday’. She disagreed with the TV station’s stance of threatening to cut their workers’ wages if they failed to follow new protocols. “It’s CVM telling unvaccinated workers to provide a negative […]
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30 Covid cases in one day in Jamaica…lockdown looming
Jamaica now has 958 COVID-19 cases, after recording 30 new cases in the last 24 hours. Of the newly confirmed cases, 19 are females and 11 are males, with ages ranging from six to 87 years. Four are imported cases, with addresses in St James (three) and Clarendon (one). They arrived in the island in […]
Read MoreMask-wearing gunman murders St. Thomas businessman
A mask-wearing gunman gunned down a 55 year-old businessman, Arju Balani, at his business establishment on Queen Street, Morant Bay, St. Thomas on Saturday, May 2. Yesterday, there was a video which circulated on social media that showed several cops ferrying an injured Balani otherwise called ‘Raj’ to a waiting police car. Reports from the […]
Read More396 COVID-19 CASES IN JAMAICA
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton has reported 32 new cases of COVID-19 within the past 48 hours, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 396. Of the new cases, 15 are associated with the Alorica call centre in Portmore, St Catherine, 11 are contacts of confirmed cases, one is […]
Read MoreOne deportee tests positive for COVID-19
Health Minister Christopher Tufton has confirmed that one of the 46 deportees who arrived in Jamaica from the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus. Other countries face similar challenges. Guatemala, the largest source of migration to the U.S.-Mexico border in recent years, fears the U.S. is exporting the virus there through deportation flights. […]
Read MoreHANOVER ENLISTS HELP TO TRACK RESIDENTS WHO FLED PORTMORE LOCKDOWN
The Hanover Health Department has received the assistance of the police in its search for residents of Portmore, St Catherine, who have reportedly fled to Hanover. The parish of St Catherine is under lockdown since yesterday after becoming the epicentre of positive coronavirus cases in the country. The Hanover Health Department had dispatched health workers […]
Read MoreTrelawny records first case
The parish of Trelawny has recorded its first case of COVID-19. A source at the Ministry of Health confirmed that a child in a community in the parish is among the additional 18 confirmed cases that were announced by Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton this morning at a virtual press conference. The parishes […]
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