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Jamaican medical student in Cuba readies for Spanish Town Hospital mission

THOUGH restricted in movement by the COVID-19 pandemic, Cuba-based Jamaican medical student Oraine Darren Lynch is biding his time, as he prepares for a final-round push towards a mission that will decide his future. Read More

A young farmer's desire to speak with Audley Shaw
Okeito Thompson wants to sit down with Minister of Agriculture Audley Shaw to speak about the future of young people and increased production in the sector.... Read More

Indian community gives packages to St Mary people
The Indian Cultural Society in Jamaica yesterday donated 175 food packages to communities in St Mary where the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives and livelihood of the people there.... Read More

Cruise crew still want to come home, despite horror stories
Neither graphic reports of the horrors experienced by some in State quarantine nor Prime Minister Andrew Holness' explanation that there is simply nowhere to house them, have dampened stranded Disney Fantasy crew members' pleas to be allowed to come home.... Read More

Sunday Brew — May 17, 2020

with HG HELPS Editor-at-Large helpsh@jamaicaobserver.com | Sunday, May, 17 2020

Why hasn't the care package senior thief been arrested?� Read More

Digicel's 'Shake to Win' boosts MoBay charities

Sunday, May, 17 2020

The Blossom Gardens Child Care Facility (BGCCF) and the Montego Bay Animal Haven have received donations of $200,000 each from telecommunications giant, Digicel. Read More

NCEL to launch new online course for principals, vice-principals

Sunday, May, 17 2020

The National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL) is now accepting applications for its Virtual Instructional Leadership (VIL) online course that will be launched within weeks. Read More

Exam headache!

BY KIMBERLEY HIBBERT Senior staff reporter hibbertk@jamaicaobserver.com | Sunday, May, 17 2020

STUDENTS across Jamaica are on tenterhooks as they wait with bated breath to learn their fate regarding external examinations, following the Government's decision to forfeit participation in the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) assessments slated for July. Read More

PM, Clarke copied as Gaming Assn acts on eve of court hearing

Sunday, May, 17 2020

Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Minister of Finance Dr Nigel Clarke are among those copied on a letter written by secretary of the Jamaica Gaming Association Sudu Ramani to executive director of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) Vitus Evans seeking to have a study... Read More

Can vitamin D protect you from COVID-19?

BY FITZ-GEORGE RATTRAY | Sunday, May, 17 2020

THERE has been a lot of talk regarding nutrition and COVID-19, expressing connections between proper nutrition, and, specifically, the roles of vitamins D, C, A, and minerals such as zinc in supporting immune system function. Read More

No dominoes at church!

BY MARK CUMMINGS Editor-at-Large cummingsm@jamaicaobserver.com | Sunday, May, 17 2020

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Pastor of the King's Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mount Salem, Charles Brevitt, yesterday warned members of his congregation to “cease and desist” from playing dominoes on the compound, arguing that if the Government is not allowing it to be... Read More