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- 3,000 health workers trained under compassionate care programme 8:48 pm
- US adds 55,000 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours 8:30 pm
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Cruise passengers could start arriving in September, says Bartlett
MONTEGO BAY, St James - With the hotel sector set to resume welcoming visitors next Monday, after being shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic for more than two months, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is now projecting that the island could start... Read More
Jackson Town spice farmer welcomes reopening of tourism sector
JACKSON TOWN, Trelawny - Thirty-seven-year- old Jackson Town spice farmer, Kemar Turner, could not mask his joy recently when Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced that the island's airports will be opened for international flights as of June... Read More
MSAFF assists school's football teams to cushion COVID-19 blow
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - The Manning's School Alumni Football Foundation (MSAFF) has adjusted their mandate in light of the COVID 19 pandemic, which has caused the cancellation of sporting events across the ... Read More
RUSEA'S HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GET TABLETS
Five students of the Rusea's High School in Lucea, Hanover, were recently presented with tablets donated by founder and managing director of GeoTechVision, Valrie Grant, who is also a past student of the school. Here, the students (seated, from left) Kaheem Luckoo... Read More
Set a timeline for events, sports administrators
After the sudden shut down of nearly all sporting events globally in mid-March due to the COVD-19 pandemic, and the subsequent postponement and cancellation of others, including the Olympic Games, there are signs that live sports will be back soon. Read More
Still committed!
MONTEGO BAY, St James - After not being played for the first time this year in nearly 30 years because of the ban on all organised football competitions in the island by the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers of the St James... Read More
Smooth sailing as student turnout high in western Jamaica
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Dr Michelle Pinnock, the Ministry of Education's Region 4 director, says yesterday's temporary reopening of secondary schools to facilitate students sitting the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) exit exams in July, went smoothly across western... Read More
COVID-19-stranded Canadians look forward to going home
BY GARFIELD MYERS Editor-at-Large, South Central Bureau myersg@jamaicaobserver.com | Monday, June, 8 2020
TREASURE BEACH, St Elizabeth — When the Canadian husband and wife pair of Tom and Susan Little arrived here back in March, they had a flight booked to return to Toronto on May 15. Read More
Stakeholder defends CLA in wake of damning Forbes article
MONTEGO BAY, St James — At least one key player in the lucrative cannabis industry has come out in strong defence of the Jamaica Government and the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), which have recently been blamed for dragging their feet on export licensing, resulting in... Read More
VIDEO: Mandeville schools ready for partial resumption of classes
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — School administrators at four secondary institutions in this south-central town say they are ready to facilitate the partial resumption of classes starting tomorrow for students preparing to sit secondary level exit examinations in... Read More
Tranquility Bay to be reopened as police facility
TREASURE BEACH, St Elizabeth – Just under a decade since the Tranquility Bay facility at Old Wharf in this secluded south coast village was used for a short time as a police training academy, police recruits are to return there. Read More
Manchester's Heartease in pain
MANDEVILLE, Manchester – The murder of 36-year-old Shanalee Bailey on Thursday, allegedly by the father of four of her five children in Heartease, close to Mandeville, has yet again focused attention on the high rate of domestic violence in this south-central... Read More
St Ann Municipal Corporation defends $47-m contract with cleaning company
THE St Ann Municipal Corporation has defended its $46.8-million sanitisation contract with a National Contracts Commission (NCC)-approved company for the resort town of Ocho Rios and other areas, to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Read More
Bartlett happy with plans in place for reopening of tourism sector
MONTEGO BAY, St James — As the island braces for the June 15 phased reopening of the tourism sector which was brought to a standstill by the COVID-19 pandemic, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has expressed satisfaction with the safety of tourism facilities he toured in western... Read More
St Elizabeth aerodrome, airstrip to get attention
MINISTER of Transport and Mining Robert Montague says airport development projects will this year be undertaken by the Government as part of an initiative to improve and expand Jamaica's aviation industry. Read More
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