The recent passing of former Minister of Labour and Social Security and Member of Parliament (MP) for North East St. Ann Shanine Robinson has led to an outpour of tributes. The former member of the Jamaica Labour Party died today May 29, 2020 from cancer. She was 66 years old. Leading the tributes was Prime […]
The Jamaican Government has announced that five of the ten new COVID-19 cases are from the Adventure of the Seas Ship in Falmouth. The ship which had over 1000 Jamaicans onboard as workers is currently being disembarked. Of these 5 new imported cases, there are 4 males an 1 female. Two have local addresses in […]
Jamaica has once again increased the number of COVID-19 recoveries in 24 hours. The new number is 26 an improvement over the 14 recoveries recorded yesterday. There are now a total of 171 recoveries. The recovery rate has also improved to 32.3%. The celebrations however are dampened by the 9 new positive cases of the […]
All is in place for compensation to begin for the bad gas incident of 2015. In 2015, motorists across the island were adversely affected when they purchased contaminated fuel. The Petroleum Trade Reform Committee (PTRC) was subsequently established in 2016 to investigate the “bad gas” reports and propose recommendations, several of which the Government has […]
PM Holness has welcome the hundreds of Jamaica ship workers who have arrived in Falmouth on Tuesday with a video message. In the message the Prime Minister has updated the Jamaicans on the Government’s plans for their disembarkment. He also commented on the delays that occurred for their re-entry and informed the group of the […]
According to the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Jamaica has registered the second consecutive day of no new COVID-19 cases. The Ministry has also announced that the last 24 hours sees the largest number of recoveries (14) for the island. The total number of recoveries now stands at 145. The total number of confirmed cases […]
During a news conference held at the Office of the Prime Minister today the following points highlights the main points raised: No new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. This is the second day to achieve this feat. There has been 4 additional recoveries over the same period. There has been 520 confirmed […]
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that the Royal Caribbean Cruise Liner “Anthems of the Seas” has received approval from the Jamaican Government to arrive in Falmouth. The ship which contains Jamaican ship workers will arrive at noon. The Jamaicans will be tested by health officials for covid-19 and accommodated in 400 rooms made available […]
Another audio recording of the voice purporting to be that of the captain of the Royal Caribbean Cruise Liner “Adventures of the Sea” has been released. In the recording the individual can be heard referring to the delayed disembarkment of the ship workers. The ship crew comprises over 1000 persons include some Jamaican nationals who […]
PM Andrew Holness has issued a statement in response to news that a cruise ship with some Jamaicans onboard is due to arrive in Jamaica today. The news has proven to be controversial as no clearance by Jamaican authorities was given to the ship. READ: Royal Caribbean Cruise ship on its way to Jamaica with […]