Royal Caribbean Cruise Line’s ‘Adventure of the Seas’ with more than 1000 ship workers is on its way to Jamaica. The cruise ship is due to arrive in Falmouth tomorrow (Monday May 18). The Ministry of Health and Wellness has however expressed concern for this arrival. Minister Tufton commented that the local health system is […]
An attempt to rob a woman on Constant Spring Road was foiled recently after the sounding of an alarm by a personal security device. The name of the device is not known. According to the account of the victim, she was leaving a restaurant when she was attacked. Her gold chain was then taken from […]
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has apologised to the Jamaican citizens who have arrived from the United States and Canada recently. He expressed remorse that the cohort had to “endure less than favourable conditions” which were “completely unacceptable.” There has been some complains of long delays and poor quality food from the Jamaicans. In response, the […]
Today May 14, 2020 marks the first day that Jamaica has not recorded any new COVID-19 cases. The good news continues as there has been 5 new recoveries in the last 24 hours. The new recoveries brings the total number to 118 to date. The total number of COVID-19 cases in Jamaica remains at 509. […]
Minister Grange has written to the Ministry of Health and Wellness to investigate the cutting of the beard of a Rastafarian Elder. Minister Grange is the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports. Minister Grange’s Statement It has come to my attention, that the beard of Ras Irie Lion, a Nyabinghi Elder, was cut without […]
A Manchester mother who allegedly failed to report the repeated sexual abuse of her 11-year-old daughter has been charged by the Police. She has been accused for allegedly enabling sexual abuse of her daughter. The woman now faces a fine of up to JM 500,000 and prison time of up to six months. She was […]
Jamaica has today recorded the 100th recovery from Coronavirus. This after 10 news patients recovered and were released from hospital in the past 24 hours. Unfortunately however there have been 2 positive cases recorded over the same period bringing the total number to 507. The 2 new cases comprised of a 57 year old female […]
In an effort to strike a balance between the proper functioning of the Jamaican economy and the health of Jamaicans the Government has announced the following new measures: New Curfew Hours As of Wednesdays May 13, 2020 the new curfew hours will be from 8PM – 5AM. This will continue until Sunday May 24, 2020. […]
According to the Ministry of Health and Wellness Jamaica has registered 4 more Coronavirus recoveries in Jamaica today. The total number of recoveries now stands at 62 as at May 8, 2020. The Ministry also announced that 2 new cases were recorded in the past 24 hours bring ing the total number of persons to […]
After conducting tests of 421 samples for Coronavirus COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Wellness has reported 10 new cases. This bring the total number of confirmed cases in Jamaica to 488. The total number of recoveries have also increased to 58 as another patient has recovered and released from […]