- New York state virus toll tops 4,000 with 594 new deaths in 24 hours 11:43 am
- Italy records lowest virus death toll in over two weeks 11:31 am
- Barbados records first COVID-19 death 11:33 am
- PNP Women's Movement calls for national relief campaign 11:09 am
- Medical students volunteer to fight COVID-19 10:54 am
- Bermuda's COVID-19 cases rise to 37 as lockdown starts 10:22 am
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Clean the bundle of germs on your phone
NEW YORK, United States (AP) — You're washing your hands countless times a day to try to ward off the novel coronavirus disease. Read More
Night curfew
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com | Tuesday, March, 31 2020
Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday warned that the police will increase vigilance and prosecute people who violate various orders which have been activated under law as he announced the imposition of a night-time curfew running from 8:00 pm to 6:00 am for seven... Read More
Nurses and doctors associations react to curfew
THE islandwide curfew imposed by the Government as a measure to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) might impact transportation of the island's nurses. Read More
Senate approves MOCA regulations despite some concerns
The regulations for the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA), including the code of conduct for agents, were affirmed in the Senate last Friday after a lengthy debate. Read More
'Butch' Stewart urges J'cans to fight COVID-19 together_20200301
Gordon “Butch” Stewart, making an impassioned plea to Jamaicans yesterday, urged his compatriots to take care of each other and unite to fight against the coronavirus which “has come upon the world with a speed and ferocity never before seen”. Read More
Chinese in MoBay make donation in COVID-19 fight
FALMOUTH, Trelawny — A donation of over $1 million worth of food and sanitisation items to the Trelawny Municipal Corporation by Jamaica Guangdong Association, a group of Chinese nationals here, will boost the resources available to nine councillors to assist their constituents as... Read More
This Day In History - March -31
Today is the 91st day of 2020. There are 275 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT Read More
Around the Caribbean... Around the Caribbean...Around the Caribbean...
Grenada PM defends curfew Read More
In Zimbabwe, 'you win coronavirus or you win starvation'
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — “We are already ruined. What more harm can coronavirus do?” Irene Kampira asked as she sorted second-hand clothes at a bustling market in a poor suburb of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare. Read More
US braces for big death toll
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — Bracing the nation for a coronavirus death toll that could exceed 100,000 people, President Donald Trump extended restrictive social distancing guidelines through April, bowing to public health experts who presented him with even more dire... Read More
Coronavirus hits rich and poor unequally in Latin America
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — From Mexico City to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and Santiago, Chile, the coronavirus is taking root in the world's most unequal region, where many of Latin America's first cases arrived with members of the elite returning from vacations or work trips to... Read More
KingAlarm cuts guard service rates
Top-flight private security company KingAlarm is reducing the rates of its guard service to all its customers for the month of April as a contribution to Jamaica's efforts to combat the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Read More
10 vessels sitting in Port Antonio harbour
PORT ANTONIO, Portland — The West Harbour in this town is now home to 10 vessels with a combined 28 passengers whom the local authorities have refused landing in keeping with the Government's travel restrictions in the wake of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak... Read More
Jamaican stuck in Egypt 'blows' out his birthday candle anyway
ON March 28, St Elizabeth native Kevin Thomas sang a COVID-19-inspired rendition of Happy Birthday to himself, used one hand to cover his mouth and the other to 'blow' out the candle on his birthday cupcake. After his first attempt to put out the tiny flame failed, he abandoned standard... Read More
Farmers expect they'll lose millions
FARMERS in Walkerswood, St Ann, are expecting to lose millions in the coming weeks as the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) hits markets for their produce. Read More
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