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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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Categories Entertainment News

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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Categories Entertainment News

Dre Day grabs Grammy statuette on Koffee project

Well-known producer DreDay is all smiles these days. Within the next two weeks, he will receive a Grammy certification for mixing four of the five songs on Koffee’s ‘Rapture’ EP, marking a major milestone in the talented producer’s storied career. The Grammy statuette and certification will serve as further vindication of the producer’s efforts over […]

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Categories Breaking NewsMusic

Vybz Kartel could be freed if coronavirus hits prisons?

VYBZ Kartel fans are wondering if he may be released as the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread throughout Jamaica and gains a foothold in the correctional services. Speculation was fuelled when Iran’s judiciary chief said on Monday that authorities temporarily freed about 70,000 prisoners to help limit the spread of the coronavirus as officials reported […]

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Premier League cancellations this weekend as Chelsea player contracts coronavirus

Chelsea’s players and coaching staff were ordered into isolation as Callum Hudson-Odoi became the first Premier League player confirmed to have the new coronavirus late on Thursday. The news casts the viability of this weekend’s games further into doubt after Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta tested positive, also throwing their team into lockdown. “Chelsea men’s team […]

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Bull Bay a ghost town as coronavirus fears spread

The entire communities of Seven Miles and Eight Miles in Bull Bay on the St Andrew/St Thomas border have been placed under quarantine, initially for two weeks, as Jamaica ramps up efforts to contain the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The island’s authorities are also adopting precautionary quarantine procedures in response to a […]

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