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GANG MEMBERS NABBED ON KIRK AVENUE

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

Eight persons suspected to be linked to a gang which operates in sections of the St. Andrew South Division, were arrested by the Police, today, Friday, April 17. A known Vybz Kartel associate was also detained in the raid. The individuals , seven men and one woman, were taken into custody following ongoing investigations into […]

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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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VYBZ KARTEL SENTENCE REDUCED

Claude Mills Posted on April 17, 2020April 19, 2020

The Court of Appeal has chopped off over 30 months off the prison time that Vybz Kartel and his co-convicts must serve before they are eligible for parole. Kartel must now serve 32 years and six months instead of 35 years. Kartel, whose real given name is Adidja Palmer, must now serve 32 years and […]

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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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Trelawny records first case

Claude Mills Posted on April 16, 2020

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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A’mari says “bring home Jamaicans” stuck at sea

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

Social media blogger Amari “DJ Mona Lisa” was moved to tears when she read a newspaper article detailing how several Jamaican crew members on-board the Marella Discovery 2 were largely ignored by the Jamaican government after they requested permission for them to disembark the cruise ship to return home two weeks ago. She believes that […]