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200 Jamaicans back home, official warns of possible COVID-19 spike

JAMAICAN health authorities are bracing for a spike in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases locally, following yesterday’s arrival of more than 200 stranded...

Jamaicans stranded in Barbados lambast authorities for not assisting them to come home

Several Jamaicans who are stranded in Barbados due to COVID-19 have lambasted the Government for not doing enough to rescue them from starvation...

Jamaican student pilot dies in Florida plane crash

Student pilot Mark Daniel Scott’s death has been described as a major loss for young aspiring Jamaican aviators. The 25-year-old Wolmer’s Boys alumnus died in...

57 children among Jamaica’s 505 COVID-19 cases

FIFTY-SEVEN of Jamaica’s 505 confirmed COVID-19 cases are children, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry of Health and Wellness Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie has...

Jamaica: Mom dies after being wounded trying stop fight between sons

It should have been another typical Mother’s Day celebration on Sunday for 62-year-old Charmaine Henry and her family. But in a bizarre series of events,...

Jamaicans still flocking to overseas employment programme despite COVID-19

Almost 300 Jamaicans are to leave the island this weekend to take part in the seasonal farm work programme in the United States...

Jamaica cruise ship worker happy to be home, “It felt like prison”

“It felt like prison.” Those are the exact words of Jermaine who returned to the island yesterday after he was stranded on a cruise...

Confirmed coronavirus cases in Jamaica now 478 and 9 death

The Health and Wellness Ministry is reporting five additional COVID-19 cases in Jamaica, pushing the tally to 478. Portfolio Minister Dr Christopher Tufton indicated that...

Repatriating 5,000 Jamaicans could cost taxpayers $822m

Taxpayers will fork out $64 million to pay for accommodation and food for 330 Jamaicans stranded overseas by the COVID-19 pandemic who will arrive...

Caribbean coronavirus confirmed cases, death and recovered cases update as of 05/02/2020

As of 05/02/2020 the following are the confirmed cases, death and recovered from the caribbean Dominican Republic: 7,578 cases 326 death 1,481 recovered Cuba: 1,611 cases...

17 Jamaicans Farm Workers among 47 others Contract Coronavirus In Canada

Seventeen Jamaicans are among 47 workers employed to Greenhill Produce in Chatham-Kent, Canada, who have contracted the coronavirus disease and have been placed in...

Jamaica: Cocaine Hidden In Easter Buns, Cheese Seized At Airport

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Police officers at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA), yesterday, discovered a quantity of cocaine hidden in cheese containers. According to the...
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Barbados recorded 37 new COVID-19 cases

There were 37 new positive COVID-19 cases on Sunday, out of the 1,436 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. They comprised both...

A Visitor form UK died in Jamaica of COVID-19

Jamaica on Monday recorded one more COVID-19 death, pushing the tally to 305. The deceased is a 77-year-old male from the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, there were...

Sandals founder Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart dies aged 79 following ‘short battle with illness’

Travel pioneer Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, who founded Jamaica's Sandals resort, has died. Stewart was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1941. He grew up on...

Barbados Confirms 161 New COVID-19 Cases

Barbados has announced 161 cases of COVID-19 at the Island’s Dodds prison. The discovery has prompted a massive contact tracing exercise. Authorities say the cases relate...