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EMPLOYEE AT MOH tests positive

Claude Mills Posted on April 17, 2020April 17, 2020

An employee of the Ministry of Health and Wellness has tested positive for COVID-19. The ministry made the announcement in a news release late Thursday. It said the worker is assigned to its head offices in New Kingston, but did not provide details on the suspected mode of transmission. Contact tracing at the head office […]

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Alorica employees told to report to work for testing

Claude Mills Posted on April 17, 2020

The South Eastern Regional Health Authority (SERHA) has called on all Alorica employees who were stationed in Portmore, St Catherine to report to the location today for testing. Employees were urged to report to the facility by 10 o’clock this morning. The call came after 52 of the country’s current 143 COVID-19 cases were linked […]

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LOCKDOWN IN JAMAICA

Claude Mills Posted on April 17, 2020April 17, 2020

After news that a new cluster of cases has popped up at at a BPO facility in Kingston, there are rumours that the country is heading for a total lockdown. “We can restart businesses, but we do not know how to resurrect the dead,” Prime Minister Andrew Holness said. Last night, Holness warned that even […]

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Four members of a St. Catherine family forced into quantarine

Claude Mills Posted on April 17, 2020

Four members of a St Catherine family have been placed in a government quarantine facility after allegedly fleeing to St James to escape the COVID-19 lockdown of their home parish. According to health authorities, the four family members, two adults and two children, were found at a Mount Salem premises in the western Jamaica parish. […]

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US Embassy says no deportees have COVID-19

Claude Mills Posted on April 16, 2020April 16, 2020

THE United States (US) Embassy in Kingston is seeking to allay fears that 62 Jamaicans scheduled to be deported from that country next Tuesday could add to Jamaica’s woes in dealing with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). According to the embassy, while the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues its removal operations during the […]

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HANOVER ENLISTS HELP TO TRACK RESIDENTS WHO FLED PORTMORE LOCKDOWN

Claude Mills Posted on April 16, 2020April 16, 2020

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 […]

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MAN BITES OFF WOMAN’S FINGER TO STEAL HER RING

Claude Mills Posted on April 15, 2020April 18, 2020

A male perpetrated a vicious attack on a female in downtown Kingston today, biting off her finger in order to steal her ring. The attack, which was captured on camera, reportedly occurred on Peter’s Lane in downtown Kingston. One of her digits of her right hand was severely injured. A portion of the finger was […]

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VICE PRINCIPAL SHOT AND KILLED AT HOME ON HOLY THURSDAY

Claude Mills Posted on April 10, 2020April 10, 2020

The vice principal of Excelsior High School, Ms. Coleen Walker, was shot and killed at her home by a lone gunman this evening. The Constabulary Communication Unit confirmed the shooting but could not disclose more details. ONE876 understands that Ms. Walker was at her Queensbury, St. Andrew (near Ackee Walk off Molynes Road) home cutting […]

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KARI DOUGLAS IN CURFEW ROW WITH COPS

Claude Mills Posted on April 8, 2020April 8, 2020

Councillor Kari Douglas was arrested last night and charged for breaches of the Disaster Risk Management Act and disorderly conduct after being accused of breaching the curfew order implemented in response to the growing COVID-19 crisis across the island. She was arrested and charged by officers from the Constant Spring Police. Reports are that at […]

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National Arena to be converted to a field hospital with 72 beds

Claude Mills Posted on April 8, 2020April 8, 2020

The National Arena in St Andrew will be used as a field hospital with 72 beds to respond to any surge in COVID-19 cases. This announcement was made by Dunstan Bryan, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness. This was disclosed this morning during a meeting of Parliament’s Special Select Committee discussing matters […]